Janata Dal United

Prashant Kishor's Tough Questions For Nitish Kumar On Bihar And BJP

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday February 18, 2020

Poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor today redirected his attention to Bihar politics with a brand new outreach and aimed a series of uncomfortable questions at former mentor Nitish Kumar, who expelled him from the Janata Dal United last month after an acrimonious war of words. Announcing a "Baat Bihar Ki" programme to reach out to tho...

Chandrika Rai, Tej Pratap's Father-In-Law, Quits Rashtriya Janata Dal

India News | ANI | Friday February 14, 2020

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and father-in law of Tej Pratap Yadav, Chandrika Rai, today said he has resigned from the party.

Why Nitish Kumar's Party Thinks It Will Win Bihar Again

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Thursday February 13, 2020

After Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party made a clean sweep in Delhi, all eyes are on Bihar, where assembly elections are expected to take place by November. This is the first time the NDA - the BJP, Nitish Kumar and Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janashakti Party are contesting together. In the triangular politics of the state, the position of the Chief Mi...

JDU Urges Centre To Remove Queries On Parents In NPR: Report

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Friday January 31, 2020

In a meeting of National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the Janata Dal United (JDU) today formally put forth its demand of removing queries regarding parents from the centre's National Population Register questionnaire, days after party chief Nitish Kumar made public his unease over the exercise.

Why Kanhaiya Kumar Thanks Nitish Kumar For "Slap In Face" To BJP

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Friday January 31, 2020

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday personally intervened to allow Left leader Kanhaiya Kumar and the Congress's anti-Citizenship Amendment Act march, which was blocked by the West Champaran district administration, allegedly at the instance of a BJP member of parliament. In a show of strength, the Janata Dal United chief, who has made hi...

"Happy This Coronavirus Is Leaving Us": JD(U) Leader On Prashant Kishor

India News | NDTV News Desk | Wednesday January 29, 2020

As the Nitish Kumar-Prashant Kishor fight boils over in Bihar's ruling Janata Dal United (JDU), a party leader has added to the spiraling feud by comparing Mr Kishor to the deadly Coronavirus.

After Nitish Kumar's Amit Shah Swipe, Prashant Kishor's Stinging Reply

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday January 28, 2020

Prashant Kishor -- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's close aide -- called out his boss on Tuesday over his claim that he was inducted in the Janata Dal United through a recommendation from the BJP's all-powerful leader Amit Shah.

'Press EVM Button So That Current...' Prashant Kishor Vs Amit Shah

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday January 27, 2020

Amit Shah's comment on "pressing the button (voting) with anger" during the Delhi election to make a point against anti-CAA protesters inspired a sharp retort from Prashant Kishor, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s election strategist and the number two leader of BJP's Bihar ally Janata Dal United (JDU).

In Prashant Kishor vs Sushil Modi, An Old Clip Attacking Nitish Kumar

India News | Reported By Manish Kumar, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Saturday January 25, 2020

Janata Dal United's deputy chief and election strategist Prashant Kishor today launched an all out attack against Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, days after the BJP leader took a shot at Mr Kishor and another senior JDU leader Pavan Kumar Varma and called them "ungrateful".

"Is That A Letter?" Nitish Kumar's Cutting Message For Aide Pavan Varma

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday January 24, 2020

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, after hitting out at close aide Pavan Varma over a letter criticizing him, made it clear today that he was not about to oblige the Janata Dal United (JDU) general secretary with a response. "Is that a letter," Mr Kumar said caustically to reporters.

Free To Leave: Nitish Kumar Dares Party Colleague Pavan Varma In Fight Over CAA

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday January 23, 2020

Nitish Kumar has delivered a knock-out snub to close aide Pavan Varma, who had publicly called him out on his stand on ally BJP and the decision to partner with it for the Delhi election amid nationwide protests against the citizenship law CAA. "He can go and join any party he likes, my best wishes," the Bihar Chief Minister declared to the media t...

JD(U) Leader Attacks Colleague For Calling Out Nitish Kumar On BJP Tie-Up

Assembly Delhi | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 23, 2020

Janata Dal (United) leader Vashishtha Narayan Singh on Wednesday criticised party leader Pavan Varma for questioning "in public" the BJP tie-up for the Delhi assembly polls, calling it "absolutely" an act of indiscipline.

On Citizenship Law, NPR, Nitish Kumar's Remarks Signal Significant Change

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday January 13, 2020

Nitish Kumar today said he was open to a debate on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in the Bihar assembly, signalling, for the first time, his reservations on the controversial law that his party Janata Dal (United) supported in parliament. On the National Register of Citizenship (NRC), Nitish Kumar said that there was "no question" of or need...

Nitish Kumar's Party Irked As BJP Leader Talks Of Options For Top Post

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday January 9, 2020

The BJP should rein in its leaders who speak out of turn and violate "coalition dharma", Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United suggested today after a leader pitched for another Chief Ministerial candidate from his party. The BJP has already officially accepted Nitish Kumar as the Chief Ministerial candidate of the alliance.

Centre Keeps Bihar Waiting For Flood Funds Again, Opposition Slams Amit Shah

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Wednesday January 8, 2020

With less than a year to go for the assembly polls, the centre has yet again kept Bihar's Nitish Kumar government waiting for the Rs 4,000 crore it has demanded in flood damages.