The fourth and penultimate phase of Bihar’s assembly polls, the biggest popularity test in the country since the February Delhi election the BJP lost, ended on Sunday with around 58 percent of the 14 million electorate voting, officials said. Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Grand Alliance of Chief Minister […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked the people of Bihar to vote for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in the on-going assembly polls, and said the Grand Alliance’s win will lead to the state’s destruction. Attacking Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad, he said: “Jungle raj has got […]
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said he was ready to debate on the issue of reservation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Modiji IÂ’m ready to debate the issue of reservation with you any day,” the chief minister tweeted. “Stop misleading people and your efforts to add communal colour to Bihar assembly Polls,” he […]
Caste, caste, caste… As Bihar readies for the third phase of assembly elections on Wednesday, caste seems to have taken the centre stage yet again. Although rival claimants for power are talking about issues related to economic development, political activists and voters think it is caste which will finally determine who votes for who. That […]
Patna, A video clip showing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visiting a tantrik to seek his blessings was released by the BJP on Saturday. The BJP and its allies leaders targetted Nitish Kumar, saying he was promoting superstition and had lost his faith in the people. Ruling Janata Dal-Unitd leaders hit back at the Bharatiya […]
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday said that BJP is a ‘bimar’ (ill) party with a communal mindset, the harshest criticism by the chief minister so far of his former ally. “BJP is an ill (bimar) party and its thought is rotten (soch sadi hain),” said Nitish Kumar, targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party for creating […]
The BJP Thursday suspended two of its legislators in Bihar for choosing to back Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and not the party’s prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi, as the next prime minister. Bharatiya Janata Party’s state president Mangal Pandey said the party has suspended two legislators – Rana Gangeshwar Singh and Avanish Kumar Singh – […]
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday ruled out his party Janata Dal-United’s (JD-U) return to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA. “There is no question of us (JD-U) returning to the NDA,” Nitish Kumar said at a function here. The chief minister’s statement came after JD-U president Sharad Yadav Friday reportedly said that his party […]