Cabinet expansion in Bihar: Shahnawaz Hussain was elected to Bihar’s legislative council last month. Patna: The expansion of Bihar’s chief minister Nitish Kumar’s cabinet today turned out to be a message to ally BJP, which had wanted to take the dominant position in the alliance after its great victory in …
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Vikassheel Insaan (VIP) Party Chief Mukesh Sahani is the richest minister in the Nitish Kumar government, according to details of assets declared by the prime minister and his cabinet colleagues uploaded to the state government website. Sahani, who has a portfolio of animal husbandry and fishing, has a net property …
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Amid signs of tension in the BJP-JD (U) relationship, RJD Senior Leader and former Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Choudhary said Monday that if Nitish Kumar quits the NDA and converts Tejashwi Yadav in the prime minister, the Opposition “will try to project the head of JD (U) as prime …
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PATNA: In less than 24 hours after JD (U) publicly expressed his “anguish” that BJP inducted six of their seven MLA to the party Arunachal pradesh, the saffron festival on Monday went into a damage control mode to protect against any threat to the continuation of the campaign led by …
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Patna: In a surprise move on Sunday, Nitish Kumar, Prime Minister of Bihar, resigned as national chairman of Janata Dal (United) (JDU) in favor of Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, erecting a ‘wall’ between the JD (U ) and his ally, the BJP, with Singh as his guardian. Nitish had been …
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NEW DELHI: The BJP may be winning assembly and local body elections and even by-elections held in various states across the country in recent months, but it has also been losing its allies or may not keep them in good mood. The latest ally to show signs of disenchantment with …
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NEW DELHI: Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish kumar on Sunday he said he had no desire to become prime minister and that if the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) wishes, it can appoint its own prime minister. “I had no desire to become prime minister. I said the public had given …
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Bihar’s chief minister Nitish Kumar said on Sunday that he is not eager to retain the CM chair and that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is free to choose any other leader for the post. “People say the BJP wants the CM position. I don’t care. I am not attached …
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Patna: The appointment of a new chief at Janata Dal United, primarily to give Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a chance to choose not to negotiate with the BJP’s top brass, indicates a deep division within Bihar’s ruling alliance. Ramchandra Prasad Singh was appointed head of Janata Dal United today by …
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NEW DELHI: The JD (U) on Sunday expressed their anguish over the change of sides of their six MLA to BJP in Arunachal pradesh, in a clear sign that the defection has not gone well with the NDA partner. “We express anguish for six JDU MLAs f from Arunachal Pradesh …
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