The seat-sharing formula for the Bihar Assembly election announced by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday signals a major climbdown by his Janata Dal-United (JDU). For the first time in a Bihar Assembly election, the BJP has got equal share in the state polls. In this year’s Bihar Assembly election, the BJP may in fact … Read more
Nitish Kumar, Yogi Adityanath and Uddhav Thackeray, the chief ministers of the three most populous states of India have one thing in common. They all are members of the legislative councils of the respective states — Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. None of them has contested a Vidhan Sabha election to take oath as the … Read more
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