Bihar Election 2020: Nitish Kumar takes step back, agrees to 50:50 seat deal with BJP, say sources

Bihar Election 2020: Nitish Kumar takes step back, agrees to 50:50 seat deal with BJP, say sources

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar has reportedly reached a seat-sharing formula for the Bihar Election 2020 after several days of hectic talks between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal (United) leaders. According to sources, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JDU and the BJP have reached an almost even seat-sharing agreement. … Read more

Dalit lives matter? How Hathras horror may change Bihar election narrative

Dalit lives matter? How Hathras horror may change Bihar election narrative

In 1977, several Dalits had been killed by upper-caste landowners in Bihar’s Belchi village. Out of power, Indira Gandhi sensed a political moment. She travelled by train, jeep and tractor before settling for an elephant ride to negotiate muddy and water-logged tracks amid heavy rain. Her address to the community proved to be a game … Read more

WebMD Poll: Health Care, Pandemic Important to Voters

WebMD Poll: Health Care, Pandemic Important to Voters

Oct. 2, 2020 – More than two-thirds of WebMD readers – the majority of them women — say a candidate’s policies on health care and how they’ll handle the COVID-19 pandemic are “very important” to their vote, a new poll finds. In the poll of 1,000 readers, 67% ranked a candidate’s policies on healthcare … Read more

Video: Why Voting in This U.S. Election Will Not Be Equal

Video: Why Voting in This U.S. Election Will Not Be Equal

“Seven hours, 45 minutes, and 13 seconds it took for me to vote in Fulton County, Ga. As soon as I saw the line, I hit the stopwatch on my phone. I spent the first couple hours listening to a new Run the Jewels album. And then I ended up listening to the entire discography. … Read more