No more public praise for LK Advani, decides Nitish Kumar's party
Reported by Manish Kumar; Edited by Mala Das | Thursday June 20, 2013
The BJP, which was dumped on Sunday by Nitish Kumar after a 17-year alliance, boycotted the vote by staging a walk-out. Before that, it asked Mr Kumar to explain why the president of his party, Sharad Yadav, recently said that reconciliation may be p...
Will consider return to NDA if LK Advani helms it: Sharad Yadav
Reported by Manish Kumar; edited by Mala Das (with inputs from Agencies) | Monday June 17, 2013
A day after his party, the Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) ended a 17-year alliance with the BJP, party president Sharad Yadav listed the terms for a possible reconciliation.
How is Narendra Modi to blame for Gujarat riots, asks Rajnath Singh
Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday June 16, 2013
Shortly after the Janata Dal (United) snapped ties with the BJP today and targeted Narendra Modi without naming him, BJP President Rajnath Singh defended the Gujarat Chief Minister and the party's decision to appoint him as the head of the election c...
Let alliances break, Narendra Modi stays, snaps BJP: 10 developments
Manish Kumar (With inputs from agencies) | Sunday June 16, 2013
Without naming him, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made it clear today that he has ended a 17-year alliance with the BJP because of the leading role it has drawn up for Narendra Modi.
Nitish Kumar, Sharad Yadav on ending alliance with BJP: Highlights
NDTV.com | Sunday June 16, 2013
After ending its 17-year-old alliance with the BJP, Janata Dal (United) president Sharad Pawar and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addressed the media.
Live: Ahead of BJP split, Nitish Kumar meets party leaders now, Governor next
Reported by Manish Kumar; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Sunday June 16, 2013
Mr Kumar and his party, the Janata Dal United or JDU, are scheduled to meet at 12.30 pm. They are expected to pass a resolution to end the alliance of 17 years. Sources say that JDU President Sharad Yadav will quit as Convenor of the National Democra...
Hectic Act 3 of Nitish Kumar's likely break-up with BJP: 10 developments
Edited by Surabhi Malik | Sunday June 16, 2013
With the gong being sounded for the alliance between the BJP and Nitish Kumar, it's a busy Sunday for Bihar with lots of political drama.
Nitish Kumar calls cabinet meet today, exit formality before likely split
Reported by Manish Kumar; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Sunday June 16, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party Janata Dal United or the JDU is likely to end its 17-year-old alliance with the BJP today. The announcement of the split is likely to be made after a JDU meeting at 12:30 pm where a resolution is expected to ...
Bihar BJP skips meeting with Nitish Kumar, whose team says it's over
Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Saturday June 15, 2013
With an end to the 17-year-old alliance looking imminent, BJP leaders in Bihar have refused to meet Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Mr Kumar had called up Sushil Modi, who is also the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, and other senior BJP leaders from the...
Nitish Kumar verses BJP: poems today, but a Sunday split, say sources
Edited by Mala Das | Saturday June 15, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar returned to Patna this afternoon from a tour and virtually announced that his alliance with the BJP is over.
In verse, Nitish Kumar appears to offer obituary of BJP alliance
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Friday June 14, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar returned to Patna this afternoon from a tour and virtually announced that his alliance with the BJP is over.
As Nitish Kumar returns to Patna, BJP calls meet on the likely split
Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Friday June 14, 2013
The momentum of the efforts by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the BJP to prep for their big split this weekend is picking up. On record, the BJP and Mr Kumar's Janata Dal United (JDU) say the alliance has not yet collapsed; privately, both par...
Food Security Bill: Ordinance on hold, government wants special session of Parliament
Written by Sandeep Phukan | Thursday June 13, 2013
A dramatic U-turn in less than 24 hours. On Wednesday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath had told NDTV that the government should not wait for a day to make the Food Security Bill a legal right. Today, the government said it would make "one m...
With Nitish Kumar exploring options, Bihar BJP calls emergency meet
Reported by Manish Kumar; Edited by Mala Das | Thursday June 13, 2013
Aware that it's likely to be dumped soon by Nitish Kumar, the BJP in Bihar held an emergency meeting of its senior leaders to discuss its strategy for the break-up and after.
Advani requests Punjab Chief Minister to speak to Nitish Kumar to keep NDA intact: sources
Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Thursday June 13, 2013
Senior BJP leader LK Advani spoke to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday evening and requested him to speak to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar about keeping the NDA alliance intact, sources have told NDTV.
