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When Tarkishore Prasad, a member of the Back Caste, and Renu Devi of the Extremely Backward Caste (EBC), sat next to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on the podium in the Rajendra auditorium during the swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhawan in Patna , the message was loud and clear: the Bharatiya …

The other deputy CM Renu Devi has been assigned Panchayati Raj, Welfare of the backward classes and industry. The BJP has won some ministries such as Industry, Panchayati Raj (now with Renu Devi), Disaster Management (now with Tarkishore Prasad), Sugarcane Industries (now with Amarendra Pratap Singh) and Law (now with …

PATNA: Portfolios were allocated among Nitish Kumar’s cabinet members in Bihar on Tuesday and the prime minister retained key departments such as the home he had occupied in the previous government. Other portfolios left with the prime minister are the general administration, the cabinet secretary and the election, in addition …

A day after 14 ministers from Bihar’s new cabinet were sworn in, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced the portfolios. This is the first time that Bihar will have two deputy chief ministers. The new Bihar government has fourteen ministers: seven from the BJP, five from the JD (U) and one …

BJP President JP Nadda and Union Interior Minister Amit Shah will attend the swearing-in ceremony of the head of JD (U) and Bihar CM will appoint Nitish Kumar in Patna on Monday. The head of JD (U) will be sworn in as Bihar’s prime minister for a fourth consecutive term …

Katihar MLA, for four terms, Tarkishore Prasad was appointed leader of the legislative party of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday, in an indication that he could be the main deputy minister in the new government of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by Nitish Kumar. Prasad, 64, is …

PATNA / NEW DELHI: Bihar, which puzzled many last Tuesday by re-electing the NDA in defiance of psephologists’ predictions and the consensus on a possible setback, has not been without surprises. On Sunday, the BJP removed Sushil Modi as the leader of its legislative group in Patna, in a move …

The new cabinet in Bihar, under Prime Minister-elect Nitish Kumar, is likely to have two deputy ministers. This is because Kumar’s ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) elected Katihar MLA Tarkishore Prasad and Bettiah MLA Renu Devi as leader and vice chair respectively of their legislative party on Sunday, indicating …

The selection of Tarkishore Prasad, Katihar’s four-time MLA, as the leader of the BJP legislative party has put a question mark on Sushil Kumar Modi’s role in the NDA government led by Nitish Kumar, who will be sworn in on Monday. Prasad is being tipped to replace Sushil Kumar Modi …

Katihar MLA Tarkishore Prasad has been unanimously elected as the leader of the BJP legislative party in Bihar, party leader Sushil Kumar Modi said on Sunday. “I have been given this responsibility and I will fulfill the duty to the best of my ability,” said Tarkishore Prasad after being elected …