Bihar Jdu

BJD Plans Special Status Demand With Nitish Kumar, Jagan Reddy's Parties

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 14, 2019

To push its demand for special category status for Odisha, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is planning to join hands with the YSR Congress and the JD(U) in Parliament and raise their voice unitedly.

"Strain" Between BJP, Nitish Kumar's Party Visible, Says Bihar Opposition

India News | ANI | Tuesday June 4, 2019

Reports of strained ties between the BJP and Janata Dal-United (JDU) in Bihar have raised the political temperature with key opposition parties uniting in lashing out at the two parties.

JDU, BJP Leaders Skip Each Other's Iftar Parties In Bihar

India News | ANI | Monday June 3, 2019

Hours after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expanded his Council of Ministers on Sunday, BJP and JDU leaders skipped the ''iftar'' party hosted by each other.

From BJP Ally Nitish Kumar, A "No" To Politics On Pulwama, Air Strikes

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Wednesday March 6, 2019

Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar today said no political statement should be made by anyone on the February 14 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama or the subsequent aerial strike at Pakistan's Balakot.

"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.

Nitish Kumar's Reveal On Party No 2 Prashant Kishor Involves Amit Shah

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Wednesday January 16, 2019

Election strategist Prashant Kishor's political debut as the number two of Bihar's ruling Janata Dal United was BJP president Amit Shah's idea, Nitish Kumar shared at an event on Tuesday.

"Anyone Can Kill Anybody": Tej Pratap Yadav Says He Needs More Security

India News | ANI | Thursday January 3, 2019

Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) leader and son of former Chief Minister Lalu Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav has expressed fear and asked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to increase his security amid the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.

"Nobody Listens," Says Bihar JDU Lawmaker, Submits Resignation

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday December 24, 2018

Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator Shyam Bahadur Singh, who represents the Barharia constituency, on Monday resigned from the party's primary membership in capital Patna, saying his voice was not being heard by those in power while the district administration has also turned a deaf ear.

Tejashwi Yadav Disapproves Of Posters Depicting Him As Lord Rama

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 19, 2018

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav Thursday disapproved of the posters put up outside his residence and the party office a day ago, depicting him as Lord Ram and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as demon king Ravana.

Posters Of Tejashwi Yadav, Nitish Kumar As Lord Ram, Ravan Spark Row

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 18, 2018

A controversy erupted in Bihar's capital, Patna on Wednesday, over posters put up by an RJD leader wherein the party's heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav was likened to 'Lord Ram' and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was portrayed as the ten-headed demon king 'Ravan'.

Nitish Kumar Is Boss In Bihar, His Party Says In 2019 Message To BJP

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Monday June 4, 2018

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar "is the face of the NDA in Bihar" as it is the largest constituent of the coalition, JD(U) national general secretary Pavan Varma said amid speculation that the party might press for a seat-sharing arrangement for the parliamentary election in 2019.

Bihar JDU Leader's Wife Allegedly Found Hanging

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 23, 2018

A 28-year-old woman, married to a leader of the ruling Janata Dal United in Bihar, was today found hanging from a ceiling fan in her house, police said.

As Chandrababu Naidu's TDP Insists On Special Status, "Us Too" Says Team Nitish Kumar

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday March 8, 2018

The BJP's alliance troubles are threatening to spread to Bihar, with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party mirroring Andhra Pradesh's demand for special status.

Gloves Off For Lalu Yadav's Party, Blames Nitish Kumar For Rising Crime

India News | Edited by Jatin Gandhi (with inputs from PTI) | Thursday December 31, 2015

A senior RJD leader has blamed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for rising incidents of crime in the state. Party vice president Raghubansh Prasad Singh today said it is for Mr Kumar to check the slide.

Top BJP Leader In Bihar Springs Surprise: Praise For Sharad Yadav

India News | Manish Kumar | Friday July 25, 2014

In a rare moment of political congeniality, one of the BJP's most senior leaders in Bihar paid tribute today to Sharad Yadav, whose party untethered a long-standing alliance with the BJP last year.