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Chirag Paswan’s LJP won just one seat and secured less than six percent of the vote (Archive) Nitish Kumar appears poised to return as Bihar’s chief minister (for the sixth time) despite his party’s poor performance in the elections; Janata Dal United (JDU) went from 71 seats in 2015 to …

Written by Santosh Singh | Patna | Updated: November 13, 2020 1:33:57 pm Tejashwi Yadav addresses the MLA party in Patna on Thursday. (AND ME) Tejashwi Yadav said Thursday that the RJD could move the court if the Election Commission cannot satisfactorily respond to inquiries from 20 Mahagathbandhan candidates who …

Bihar Prime Minister Nitish Kumar tried on Thursday to clarify his recent comment “aakhiri chunaav” (latest poll), which had sparked intense speculation, and claimed it was a statement made by him every time an election campaign ended, but it was “misunderstood” this time. The president of JD (U) was speaking …

The NDA MLAs will meet on Sunday and formally elect Nitish Kumar as their leader. Patna: The dishes were cleared today for the formation of a new government in Bihar with Nitish Kumar, who will return as prime minister, handing Governor Phagu Chauhan resigning from his ministry and recommending dissolving …

In the overestimation and underestimation of ideas in Bihar, the message from the state, which sows a political narrative for the country in every election, is that “badlav” does not necessarily mean a change of government. It may very well mean a realignment within the same political formation. Bihar’s message …

The NDA had announced Nitish Kumar as its main ministerial candidate before the elections (Archive) New Delhi: The partners of the National Democratic Alliance will meet on Sunday to decide who will be the next Chief Minister of Bihar, Janata Dal United leader Nitish Kumar said on Friday. “The party …

Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Friday that the NDA will meet on Sunday to formally elect its leader in Bihar. The meeting will take place at 12:30 pm, said Kumar, who will likely be sworn in for a fourth consecutive term in Bihar. Following the poor performance of …

Bihar 2020 Assembly Election: Nitish Kumar had faced a lot of public anger during his campaign. Patna: Nitish Kumar, who will become Bihar’s prime minister for the seventh time but with diminished status in the ruling alliance after finishing at No. 3, rejected the label of “arrogant” in a media …

The Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) party of former Bihar Prime Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi clarified on Friday that it will continue to support the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the state led by Prime Minister and President of Janata Dal (United), Nitish Kumar. “We want to make it clear that …

Nitish Kumar’s JDU party won 43 seats in Bihar elections (archive) New Delhi: Bihar’s chief minister Nitish Kumar has clarified his recent comment on the “last elections”, saying that he will not retire in the near future and that his comment was misinterpreted. “I did not talk about retirement … …