Bihar Assembly

Sushil Kumar Modi Rakes Up Fodder Scam In Assembly, Leaves RJD Fuming

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 25, 2019

Irregular expenditures in excess of Rs 650 crore between 1987 and 1997 - the period during which the fodder scam happened - are being scrutinized by courts probing the multi-crore-rupee scandal, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi has said in the assembly.

In Bihar Assembly, Sushil Modi Papers Over Rift With Nitish Kumar

India News | Written by Manish Kumar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday July 23, 2019

The NDA will contest next year's Bihar assembly elections under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi said on Monday - a comment seen as an effort to allay the tension between the two allies, simmering since the victory in the Lok Sabha elections.

Bihar State Polls To Be Contested Under Tejashwi Yadav's Leadership: RJD

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 6, 2019

Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal on Saturday reaffirmed its faith in the leadership of his younger son Tejashwi Yadav, a day after he failed to turn up at the party's foundation day celebrations, raising many eyebrows.

Bihar Assembly Adjourns As Opposition Wants Health Minister's Resignation

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 2, 2019

Bihar Assembly was adjourned on Tuesday as the opposition parties shouted slogans demanding the resignation of Health minister Mangal Pandey over the deaths of more than 150 children due to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in the state.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: PM Modi Is "Losing And Is Desperate", Says Congress Leader Salman Khurshid

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday May 16, 2019

Unlike in the Bihar Assembly elections, the Muslim vote has split between the Congress and the SP-BSP alliance in the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, said former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid.

"Bihar Has Power Under Nitish Kumar": Amit Shah's Positive Twist To An Old Topic

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Saturday March 30, 2019

Years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought up the issue of electricity to target the grand alliance in the 2015 Bihar assembly elections, BJP president Amit Shah on Friday raised the same topic in a rally at Bihar's Aurangabad to drum up support for the National Democratic Alliance ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. His approach, however, was a li...

Bihar's Last Day Of Budget Session Rocked By Shelter Home Scandal

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 20, 2019

The Bihar assembly was adjourned for a few hours on Wednesday, the last day of the Budget session, as opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) members stalled the proceedings, demanding resignation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the wake of an order by a special POCSO court on Muzaffarpur sex scandal.

Bihar Assembly Seeks Caste-Based Census In 2021, A First Since 1931

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 19, 2019

The Bihar Assembly on Monday passed a resolution recommending to the Centre to conduct caste-based census in 2021, when the next head counting exercise would be held in the country.

"Make Brajesh Thakur's Call Records Public To Expose BJP Leader": Tejashwi Yadav

India News | Edited by Stela Dey | Tuesday February 19, 2019

Leader of the Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday demanded that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar make public the call records of Brajesh Thakur, the main accused in the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case. He said if made public, a BJP leader who is apparently hiding will be exposed.

Lawmakers Demand Nitish Kumar's Resignation Over Bihar Shelter Home Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday February 18, 2019

The Bihar Assembly plunged into turmoil on Monday, forcing adjournment till 2 pm within minutes of commencement of proceedings, as the opposition MLAs kicked up a ruckus demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal.

"Which Minister Visited Muzaffarpur Shelter Home": Tejashwi Yadav

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 14, 2019

Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav Thursday demanded that the call detail record (CDR) of the mobile phone of Brajesh Thakur, the kingpin of Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal, be made public so that the other accused could be nabbed.

Tej Pratap Yadav's Private Bodyguards Spotted At Bihar Assembly Premises

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 13, 2019

A posse of private bodyguards, hired by RJD legislator Tej Pratap Yadav, were on Wednesday found roaming inside the Bihar assembly premises where the budget session is underway, prompting the state police chief to order an inquiry into the security breach.

Bihar Assembly Disqualifies RJD Lawmaker After He Was Given Life Sentence

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 27, 2018

RJD MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav, who was recently awarded life imprisonment by a court in Patna for the rape of a minor girl, has been disqualified from the Bihar Assembly, a notification issued on Wednesday said.

Upendra Kushwaha's Party Heads For A Split As Bihar Legislators Revolt

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Sunday December 16, 2018

Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) president Upendra Kushwaha on Saturday found himself staring at an unprecedented mutiny in the ranks, with all three party members in the bicameral Bihar legislature declaring that they will not abide by his decision to break up with the ruling BJP-led alliance in the state. The move came five days after the RLSP ch...

Yadav Family Drama In Bihar Assembly. Tej Pratap Avoids Brother Tejashwi

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday November 30, 2018

Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Yadav's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav today made his first appearance at the state assembly on the final day of the ongoing winter session.