View: Paswan’s wish to run with hare and hunt with the hounds depends on BJP’s plot for Nitish Kumar

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NEW DELHI: NDA ally Ramvilas Paswan-led LJP’s threat to field candidates against chief minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) in the Bihar assembly election has spiced up pre-poll discourse. The move, right when the RJD-led Opposition alliance is framing the contours of their seat-sharing formula, is being closely monitored for the multiple plots involved in it. Whether … Read more

Bihar assembly elections: Parties race for wider appeal with virtual rallies, digital ‘raths’

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New Delhi: Political parties across the spectrum have stepped up efforts to reach out to the electorate in Bihar digitally ahead of the upcoming assembly election. The BJP has taken the lead through several virtual rallies addressed by senior party leaders from the Centre as well as the state. The party is now going to … Read more

Bihar assembly elections: Stage set for Sharad Yadav’s return to Janata Dal (United)

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New Delhi: Sharad Yadav might come back to the Janata Dal (United) fold before the Bihar assembly elections, people close to the former JD(U) national president said. Several senior party leaders including chief minister Nitish Kumar have called and spoken to Yadav in the last few days, paving the way for his return, they said. … Read more

View: Parties, electors, managers in Bihar caught between the vote and the virus

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By Akshay Rout It would be interesting to know the views of political parties about what the nature of the election campaign is to be in pandemic-stricken Bihar. The Election Commission has been soliciting the views of political parties from time to time on critical issues as part of its consultative process, they being the … Read more

Lok Janshakti Party asks Election Commission to not hold Bihar elections in Oct-Nov

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NEW DELHI: BJP ally Lok Janshakti Party has written to the Election Commission against holding the Bihar assembly polls in October-November, when they are due, saying it will otherwise amount to deliberately “pushing people towards death”. The party has said resources should now be focused on curbing the COVID-19 crisis and tackling floods in the … Read more