Former Union Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh and former RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh died today at AIIMS in Delhi, where he had been placed on a ventilator and was being treated for post-Covid complications. He was 74 years old. Singh, who has been admitted to AIIMS, Delhi for about a …
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Whenever the former Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh stopped his car to chat with journalists as he left the Parliament compound, it would be a time of anxiety for his officials. No, India’s most influential rural development minister would not reveal any state secrets. But his marathon of …
Read More »It’s Harivansh Narayan of JDU vs. Manoj Jha of RJD as Rajya Sabha prepares to elect vice president
Harivansh Narayan Singh of JDU (R) and Manoj Jha of RJD. The contest will be watched closely because both candidates are from Bihar, which will likely go to the polls in the coming months. News18.com Last update: September 11, 2020 3:39 PM IST FOLLOW US: Rajya Sabha is likely to …
Read More »One day after leaving Lalu Yadav’s party, the main leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh writes to Nitish Kumar
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, a senior RJD leader, resigned from Lalu Yadav’s party on Thursday. Patna: One day after leaving Lalu Yadav’s RJD party, former union minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh wrote to Bihar’s chief minister Nitish Kumar, requesting the extension of MGNREGA benefits to the agricultural sector, a step that is …
Read More »Lalu Prasad’s response to the resignation of Senior RJD Leader Raghuvansh Singh
File photo of RJD chief Lalu Prasad with main leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh on his left and his son Tejashwi Yadav on his right in Patna. (PTI) The top RJD leader, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, was reportedly unhappy with Tejashwi Yadav’s style of operation and the proposed induction of the alleged …
Read More »Before the big battle for Bihar, a showdown between JD-U and RJD in Delhi next week
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal’s first MP, Manoj Jha, is the joint opposition candidate for Rajya Sabha’s vice president elections scheduled next week, setting up a showdown between the RJD and its main rival in Bihar, Janata Dal (United States) by Nitish Kumar. , or JD-U, said people familiar with the …
Read More »In Bihar, forced to vote, Congress invites LJP to join the grand alliance and draws fire from the NDA
Congressional Leader Digvijaya Singh’s offer to Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan to join the Grand Alliance (GA) in Bihar has drawn criticism from the constituents of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar. Addressing the party’s virtual rally, Bihar Kranti Mahasammelan, with members and people from Sitamarhi, …
Read More »Tejashwi Yadav asks people to light the lamps at 9pm against unemployment
Bihar Assembly Election 2020: Tejashwi Yadav has urged the people to support the initiative. Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav urged people to light diyas, candles and lanterns on terraces, balconies or outside their homes for nine minutes starting at 9 p.m. Wednesday to mark their protest against the privatization …
Read More »Tejashwi Yadav throws 10 questions at Nitish Kumar, gets strong response
When Prime Minister Nitish Kumar launched the JD (U) campaign for the assembly elections through a virtual rally, the opposition leader and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav attacked him and launched 10 questions to the government. “Today he is heading to a virtual rally. The whole world has seen the fate …
Read More »Bihar NDA turns the battlefield for Dalit leadership as Manjhi and Paswan face off – patna
Dalit identity politics is taking center stage in Bihar and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) appears to be the battleground for deciding which party dominates the community, considered a formidable vote bank in the state. The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) ran a full-page ad on Friday, with a stinging slogan: …
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