The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has managed to secure a majority of 125 in Bihar’s 243-member assembly. The percentage of votes for the two alliances is almost identical: 37.3% for the NDA and 37.2% for Mahagathbandhan (MGB). This is the smallest majority for a ruling alliance since the October 2005 …
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PATNA / NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s unequivocal support for a new term for Bihar CM Nitish Kumar may have cleared the way for the latter to begin his sixth term, but details on the new dispensation have yet to be worked out. Sources in BJP said that the …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly endorsed Nitish Kumar as leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar on Wednesday, ending speculation that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would push its own candidate for the highest post of the been after winning a narrow victory in the recently concluded assembly …
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Rahul Gandhi is the “only leader fighting an ideological battle,” Digvijaya Singh said (archive) Nitish Kumar should resign from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and endorse Tejashwi Yadav as Chief Minister, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said today, one day after the Chief Minister won a fourth term in Bihar, …
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PATNA: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan said on Wednesday that his aim was to dent the votes of Janta Dal-United JD (U) in the electoral battle and also make sure his candidate does not affect the Bharatiya Party. Janata (BJP). “My goal was to dent JD (U) and …
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Shiv Sena claimed that in case Nitish Kumar were to become prime minister again, the credit would go to Sena. Bombay: Praising RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav for putting up an “energetic fight” in the Bihar Assembly polls, Shiv Sena today criticized the BJP saying that if Nitish Kumar retains the …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday thanked the people of Bihar for voting for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to return to power in the state. His tweets came even as the count continued, slowed down by the coronavirus protocol. However, trends showed that the JDU-BJP combination gained 125 seats, …
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At 4 a.m., after the closest election of his life, Nitish Kumar telephoned Sushil Kumar Modi, who had served as his chief deputy minister. “Hum log aa gaye hain” he told the BJP leader. After a full night of vote counting, their alliance finally emerged as the winner in Bihar …
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True, Lok Janshakti Party may have affected JD (U) count, says Bhupendra Yadav Bhupendra Yadav talks about the recently concluded Assembly poll in the state. What do you attribute as factors that helped your victory in Bihar? The leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the confidence expressed by the …
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Youth power, embodied by the scion of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Tejashwi Praasad Yadav (31) and the head of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), Chirag Paswan (37), aimed to evict Nitish Kumar (69), the Bihar’s six-time chief minister and ruler’s boss Janata Dal (United), in assembly polls, but the latter …
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