By: Desk Explained | New Delhi, Patna | October 15, 2020 11:21:02 am While most of the sections that voted for his father are expected to remain intact, Chirag may also garner upper-caste support in seats where he has run higher-caste candidates. (Proceedings) The national chairman of the Lok Janshakti …
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The existence of several smaller players has complicated the political arena for Bihar. In addition to the two main fronts, the NDA and the Mahagathbandhan, the current Assembly elections will have several fronts and smaller parties in the fray. These smaller parties and fronts are often labeled ‘Vote Katwa’ or …
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The burden of grief, at a juncture that could be most critical in his political career, proved too much for Lok Janshakti Party Chairman Chirag Paswan, who fell unconscious after lighting his father Ram Vilas Paswan’s funeral pyre here on Saturday. The 37-year-old lawmaker has been a mourning image since …
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File photo of the late Ram Vilas Paswan. (PTI) Despite his national ambitions, Ram Vilas Paswan could, from the days of Janata Dal and after, never really get out of Bihar politics. The closest he came to becoming the state’s CM was in February 2005 when his LJP party won …
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The national flag was flown at half mast in Delhi and the capitals of all states and UT as a token of respect to Cabinet Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, who passed away on Thursday. The Union Ministry of the Interior (MHA) issued a notification in this regard this Thursday, after …
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NEW DELHI: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan had urged BJP Chairman JP Nadda to cast a saffron party leader as the main ministerial face of the NDA in Bihar, claiming there is a ” wave “against Prime Minister Nitish Kumar that could result in the loss of the …
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NEW DELHI: Once again, the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) of the Lok Sabha MP Chirag Paswan, led by the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), has played a role in Bihar politics. It may turn out to be a repeat of the post-2005 state poll scenario when the regional party, then led …
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NEW DELHI: In a major turn of events, senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Usha Vidyarthi, joined the Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) in New Delhi on Wednesday. Vidyarthi joined the LJP in the presence of the party chief, Chirag Paswan. Prior to this, another BJP stalwart, Rajendra Singh, …
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NEW DELHI: The JD (U) led by Nitish Kumar and the BJP on Tuesday reached a formula of 122: 121 shared seats for the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar. Announcing the agreement to share seats for the 243-member assembly, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said the allies will be accommodated …
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“I have opposed Nitish Kumar since 2013, when I entered politics,” said Chirag Paswan. Patna: Hours before a formal media briefing for the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar today, the BJP issued an emphatic statement in support of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. “Only those who accept Nitish Kumar’s …
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