Bihar poll on exit polls: Tejashwi Yadav emerged as the campaign driver The opposition coalition in Bihar led by Tejashwi Yadav will win 124 seats, just past the majority mark, and incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s National Democratic Alliance will win 110, an opinion poll aggregate said Saturday after the …
Read More »People will make sure Nitish Kumar steps down after this poll: Sanjay Raut on Bihar CM’s ‘last election’ comment – bihar choice
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said on Saturday that Bihar voters would withdraw Nitish Kumar in this assembly election, and commented on Nitish’s recent comment that this would be his last election. Speaking to the ANI news agency, Raut said: “Nitish ji is a very important leader. He has played …
Read More »Voting begins at 78 assembly seats as locals queue for final phase of polls amid Covid-19 precautions
Approximately 2.34 million voters, spread across 78 segments of the 243-member Assembly assembly, will decide the fate of 1,204 candidates, including the president and 12 members of the state cabinet. As in the previous two phases, Chirag Paswan’s LJP is also in the fray in several seats this time, threatening …
Read More »Bihar polls: the best districts affected by Covid-19 will vote in the third and final phase
Five of Bihar’s 15 districts, which go to the polls in the third and final phase of the assembly elections on Saturday, rank among the state’s top 10 Covid-19 districts in terms of the total number of cases. Polls in 78 seats in Bihar’s 243-member legislative assembly will decide the …
Read More »Looking back at Nitish Kumar’s ‘last’ rally and ‘last’ political campaign
“Today is the last day of the campaign and the day after are the polls. And this is my last pick. Ant bhala a sab bhala“Prime Minister Nitish Kumar said at an election rally in Purnia on Thursday as the curtains were drawn to campaign in this year’s most important …
Read More »Last pick, says Nitish Kumar. And Chirag Paswan Zinger follows
Chirag Paswan urged voters not to waste their votes on any JD (U) candidate (Archive) Nitish Kumar’s statement at a rally that Bihar’s choice is the last, later clarified by his aides, did not go without scathing comments from his opposition rival Tejashwi Yadav and his former ally turned top …
Read More »Bihar Assembly Election 2020: High Stakes in Phase Three
The stakes are high for the various alliances in the third and final phase of the Bihar assembly elections, which will go to the polls on Saturday (November 7). The vote will take place in 78 seats and all alliances, including the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the main challenger …
Read More »Tejashwi Challenge: Voters seek clean slate of ‘Kejriwal type’
Written by Vandita Mishra | Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Sasaram | Updated: November 5, 2020 7:11:30 am RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav addresses an election rally for the Bihar Assembly elections, in Madhubani district, on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 (PTI). One of the many Modi-style RJD campaign posters bears an image of Tejashwi …
Read More »Bihar 2020 Assembly Election: Nitish Kumar clarifies citizenship law, speaks ill of evicting citizens out of country
On Wednesday, Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, during his demonstrations ahead of the third and final phase of the assembly elections in the state, dismissed concerns from a section of society that some people could be deported outside the state. country in case the Center implements new citizenship laws. . …
Read More »Bihar elections: Nitish reaches out to Muslims at the Seemanchal demonstrations
Written by Dipankar Ghose | Araria (bihar) | November 4, 2020 9:55:57 pm Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Khanquah Mujeebia, Phulwarisharif in Patna, on Eid-E-Milad-Un-Nabi on October 30 (Photo: PTI). As the focus shifts to the third phase of the Bihar elections, where the Seemanchal region of northeast Bihar, …
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