Bihar politics

PATNA—Dozens of top Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) leaders joined the main opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar on Friday. The development is being viewed as a major setback to RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha ahead of his…
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PATNA—As health condition of jailed RJD president Lalu Prasad deteriorates, a campaign has been launched on social media to seek his immediate release. On Saturday evening, Prasad was shifted to AIIMS-Delhi from Rajendra Institute of…
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PATNA—RJD legislator and Bihar opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav has summarily rejected the media speculations of his party joining hands with chief minister Nitish Kumar in near future. “There is just no questioning of allowing entry of…
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PATNA—Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan feels the present NDA government in Bihar may not last its full term and has asked the party workers to get ready for the next assembly elections which he says could take place “any…
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PATNA—The BJP on Friday named former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi as its candidate for the by-election to the Rajya Sabha seat in Bihar. The seat has fallen vacant following death of LJP president Ram Vilas Paswan who died…
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PATNA—Buffaloes have made entry into the Bihar elections being held at the time of Covid-19. With the big rallies and road shows involving several SUVs missing this time due to Corona restrictions, the candidates have turned to buffaloes to…
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NEW DELHI/PATNA—Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), a key NDA ally headed by Chirag Paswan, on Monday decided to contest elections on 143 assembly seats in Bihar. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of LJP parliamentary board chaired…
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PATNA—Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Bihar Opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday rejected chief minister Nitish Kumar as any factor in the state politics and added the real fight is between the RJD and the BJP. “Nitish Kumar…
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PATNA—Former BJP minister Sanjay Paswan has suggested the Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar to make way for others saying the people urgently want “generational shift” in politics. In an interview to a TV news channel, Paswasn said “the…
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PATNA—A virtual conflict appears imminent between the two ruling NDA partners in Bihar with the BJP strongly opposing the JD-U’s move to contest on more seats. The BJP has got cautious after the JD-U inducted at least six RJD legislators…
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