Opposing groups in Bihar are scrambling to finalize their seat-sharing agreements for the upcoming assembly elections, with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress nearing their completion, and the Bharatiya Janata Party, Janata Dal (United) , and The Lok Janshakti Party ended at least part of its own, people familiar …
Read More »Bihar Elections: After Lalu’s Loyalty ‘Warning’, RJD Not Ready To Give Cong More Than 60 Seats
Written by Santosh Singh | Updated: October 2, 2020 10:56:29 am Lalu Prasad Yadav. (Proceedings) While the nomination process for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections began on Thursday, the Grand Alliance of the Opposition appears to be stagnant in the allocation of seats, and RJD National President …
Read More »Congressional Ultimatum to RJD as Bihar Polls on Seat Sharing Talks Near Final Stage
File photo of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav with his son and Tejashwi Yadav. (PTI) After its lousy show in last year’s blank Lok Sabha polls, the RJD has decided not to give the allies enough leverage at its expense. The party also feels that Congress will always be open …
Read More »Is Chirag Paswan ready for Bihar’s big bet?
The raging Covid-19 pandemic and Electoral Commission guidelines have greatly affected election campaigns in Bihar. However, this has in no way stopped political juggling in the state. With just one day before the nomination for the first phase of voting, the political alignments remain far from resolved. On the other …
Read More »Sushant Singh Rajput’s father meets Nitish Kumar, thanks him for CBI Push
Sushant Singh Rajput’s father KK Singh meets with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna Patna / New Delhi: Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s father met today with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the state capital Patna to thank the head of Janata Dal United for recommending an IWC investigation into …
Read More »Bihar Assembly Election 2020: JP Nadda to Meet with Top Bihar BJP Leaders on Election Strategy and Seating Sharing
BJP National Chairman JP Nadda will meet today with Bihar’s top party leaders on the strategy for the upcoming assembly elections and to discuss the allocation of seats. The meeting between Nadda and other Bihar leaders will be held at the party’s office in New Delhi. Hours earlier, BJP Chief …
Read More »Can Chirag Paswan do to Nitish Kumar what his father had done to Lalu Prasad in 2005?
Patna: Will Lok Janshakti Party boss Chirag Paswan shoot Janata Dal (United) boss Nitish Kumar what his father, Ram Vilas Paswan, had done to Lalu Prasad Yadav in 2005? Poll watchers recall that it was Ram Vilas Paswan who actually turned the 15-year-old Lalu-Rabri regime upside down. The confusion created …
Read More »Chirag Paswan Ultimatum to BJP on Shared Seat Before Bihar Polls
File photo of LJP chief Chirag Paswan with JDU president and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. (PTI) The LJP has also made it clear that if the allocation of seats does not happen soon, the party will present candidates in 143 of the 243 seats in Bihar. News18.com Last update: September …
Read More »Key Bihar Ally Lok Janshakti Party Chirag Paswan’s ultimatum to BJP in shared seat before election
The status of BJP’s relationship with the Paswans has been complicated in recent months Patna: The ruling BJP, mired in trouble with his allies, received an ultimatum from Bihar’s key ally Chirag Paswan just weeks before the October-November state elections. Chirag Paswan, whose father Ram Vilas Paswan is a minister …
Read More »Bihar 2020 elections: nominations begin, undecided alliances
Written by Santosh Singh, Dipankar Ghose | New Delhi, Patna | Updated: September 29, 2020 8:58:16 am Bharatiya Janata Party Chairman JP Nadda points to ‘Aatmanirbhar Bihar’ campaign vans ahead of Assembly elections in Patna. (Photo / PTI Archive) Just two days before the submission of nominations for the first …
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