Senior Bihar Congress leader Vijay Shankar Mishra, a two-term former MLC, died here on Saturday after prolonged illness. Mishra, 76, is survived by a daughter and a son. Mishra, who was BPCC vice president in the 1980s, when the Congress ruled Bihar, breathed his last at his residence in Nurpur locality. In his condolence message, … Read more
Congress’ Bihar unit is the latest one to highlight its internal rift, this time over the appointment of a new PCC president. A number of senior Congress leaders from Bihar have opposed the proposal of AICC in-charge of the state, Bhakta Charan Das, to make party MLA and Dalit leader Rajesh Kumar Ram the new … Read more
New Delhi: The Congress screening committee for Bihar held its first meeting on Thursday and decided to field seven sitting MLAs in the upcoming assembly polls, sources said. The Congress on Wednesday had held internal discussions over the distribution of party tickets and sharing of seats other parties. Among those who participated in the meeting … Read more