Bihar Assembly Election

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.

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...

"Head Bihar Government, Not Ruling Alliance": Nitish Kumar's Googly

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Monday February 12, 2018

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is universally seen as the boss of Bihar's ruling alliance, which includes the BJP and two small regional parties. He thus caused somewhat of a stir today when he said he does not lead the alliance in the state

Not In Favour Of Midterm Bihar Assembly Polls, Says Tejashwi Yadav

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday January 30, 2018

A day after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Bihar assembly elections will be held as scheduled in 2020, opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday said his party was also not in favour of midterm polls

Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017: A 360 Degree View Of BJP's Landslide Win

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Saturday March 11, 2017

The BJP had learnt many lessons from its 2015 debacle in the Bihar assembly elections. One of them was not to celebrate too soon, and wait for the election trends to stabilise. Today, as a small group of workers came in early at the party's Lucknow office, there were no advance deliveries of flowers or sweets.

Jitan Ram Manjhi Says Will Not Take Quota Benefit In Elections

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday March 21, 2016

Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today said neither he nor his family members will avail of reservation benefits in the next general and assembly elections.

BJP Leader Shatrughan Sinha Rules Out Retirement From Politics

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday March 17, 2016

BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha, who was apparently sidelined by his party during Bihar Assembly election, today ruled out retiring from politics and promised to continue raising issues "objectively".

No Need For Review Of Reservation Policy: Sharad Yadav

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday January 25, 2016

Janata Dal(U) on Sunday suggested that there is no need for a review of the existing reservation policy in jobs and education, a day after Lok Sabha Speaker appeared to advocate a rethink on the policy.

Projects Under Bihar Package At Different Stages Of Implementation: Centre

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 12, 2016

In a bid to end uncertainty over the implementation of Rs 1.65 lakh crore package for Bihar, the Centre has said that it is being implemented as it is for the people of the state and not for any particular government.

After Huddle, BJP Seniors Decide To Meet Kirti Azad, Raise Issue In Party Forum

India News | Reported by Rahul Shrivasatava, Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Thursday December 24, 2015

The four BJP elders who pulled up the party leadership last month over the defeat in Bihar assembly elections, have decided to intervene in the Arun Jaitley vs Kirti Azad row. The elders will meet Mr Azad, and raise the issue in party forum instead of going public with their views, sources told NDTV.

Bihar Assembly Elects Nitish Kumar Confidante Vijay Chaudhary as Speaker

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 2, 2015

Vijay Chaudhary, senior Janata Dal (United) legislator and a close confidante of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, was today unanimously elected as the Speaker of Bihar Assembly.

Nitish Kumar Orders Free Electricity Connection to Everyone in Bihar

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday November 27, 2015

In a bid to keep up another election promise, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has directed officials to provide free electricity connection to everyone in Bihar by November 2017.

Rahul Gandhi a Rising New Star, Says BJP Leader Shatrughan Sinha

Bihar | Press Trust of India | Friday November 20, 2015

BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha has described Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi as a "rising new star" while calling the Bihar election results a "victory of democracy".