Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, a votary of caste-based census, on Monday said several political parties in other states have started raising the same demand for caste enumeration of the country’s population and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has to make a decision on it. He also dismissed speculations that such a census, in which details … Read more
On Monday, an all-party delegation led by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar met PM Modi with a demand to hold a caste census to know the exact number of OBCs. “The leaders of 10 parties from Bihar have come together and we reiterated our demand before the PM to hold the caste census for once … Read more
Lalan Singh got elected as the new Janata Dal (U) president in the party’s national executive meeting in Delhi on Saturday. His name was proposed by outgoing president RCP Singh. RCP Singh had become party president seven months ago and now after becoming a Union minister, he resigned from the post. Lalan Singh is the … Read more
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar‘s JD(U), which bore the brunt of Chirag Paswan‘s brinkmanship in the assembly polls last year, on Monday said the LJP president was reaping what he had sown. JD(U) national president RCP Singh reacted with a sense of vindication to the developments in the party founded by late Ram Vilas Paswan, … Read more
NEW DELHI: The JD (U) has reached out to its former leaders who left the party over the years, seeking to regain its earlier strength after the recent Bihar election in which it won 43 seats in the 243-member assembly. It also plans to discuss the party’s organisational expansion plan in its upcoming national executive … Read more
Patna: In a bid to blunt the RJD‘s assertion that the NDA managed to win the Bihar assembly election by getting only 12,270 votes more than the Grand Alliance led by the party, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that victory by even one vote is ultimately a triumph. If anyone thinks that irregularities … Read more
The JD(U) lost one constituency of the Bihar legislative council to an Independent candidate and hold on to two others, while the other five were retained by the respective members belonging to the BJP, CPI and Congress in the elections held last month, officials said on Saturday. Counting of votes for the graduate constituencies of … Read more
Patna: The JD(U) has won the Hilsa assembly seat in Bihar just by 12 votes, according to the Election Commission website, a result contested by the rival RJD. According to the results updated on the Election Commission website late Tuesday night, JD(U)’s Krishnamurari Sharan alias Prem Mukhiya has polled 61,848 votes, while his nearest Atri … Read more
Patna: In line with its planning, Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) hurts Nitish Kumar-headed Janata Dal (United) in a number of seats, bringing down its tally even below 50 seats by the time of going to print. Chirag Paswan continued to attack the JD(U) and thus, it seems to have damaged the prospects of … Read more
Patna: As Bihar election is being conducted amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a section of young first-time voters shared their excitement and apprehension of casting their franchise for the first time in a new normal electoral environment. From capital Patna to far-off Khagaria, many asserted that they “voted to bring change”, while others said pollution, women’s … Read more