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JD(U) Releases Manifesto, Targets Opposition On 10 Lakh Job Promise

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 23, 2020

The ruling JD(U) on Thursday released its manifesto for the Bihar polls, promising progressive schemes under second leg of the "seven resolves" of good governance in the next five years if it returned to power.

LJP Will Win More Seats Than JDU In Bihar Polls: Chirag Paswan

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 19, 2020

Continuing with his attacks against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan on Monday claimed that his party will win more seats than JD(U) in the Bihar polls.

JD(U) Candidate Gives Birth To Baby Amid Electioneering, Nitish Kumar Extends Wishes

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 18, 2020

In the midst of electioneering, the JD(U) candidate from Jagdishpur assembly seat Sushumlata Kushwaha delivered a baby girl, drawing rich praise from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday.

Chirag Paswan's LJP Releases Second List Of Candidates For Bihar Polls

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 17, 2020

LJP chief Chirag Paswan Friday released the party's list of candidates for 53 Bihar assembly seats which will go to polls in the second phase and targetted the ruling JD(U) saying voting for it meant pushing the state to "backwardness".

Stage Collapses At JD(U) Leader's Rally In Bihar

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Friday October 16, 2020

Several people were injured when a stage set up for Janata Dal (United) leader Chandrika Rai's election campaign rally collapsed on Thursday in Bihar's Saran district. The stage gave way due to overcrowding; no serious injuries were reported.

Amit Shah Was "Quiet": Chirag Paswan To NDTV On Squaring Off With JD(U)

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday October 15, 2020

Chirag Paswan, whose solo fight has become the X-factor in the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA)'s Bihar election campaign, says it was his father Ram Vilas Paswan who "instigated" him to go it alone, contrary to the narrative of the BJP.

"Congress Not Safe For Bengaluru": HD Kumaraswamy Rips Into Former Ally

India News | Written by Maya Sharma | Thursday October 15, 2020

The alliance and bonhomie in Karnataka between the Congress and HD Kumaraswamy's Janata Dal Secular proved short-lived and now, ahead of the by-elections in the state, knives are out. Both parties have fielded candidates for Bengaluru's Rajarajeshwarinagar assembly seat and sharp comments have been flying from both sides.

Congress, BJP, JDS In 3-Way Battle In Bypoll For Karnataka Assembly Seat

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Wednesday October 14, 2020

Bypolls to Bengaluru's RR Nagar Assembly seat will be held on November 3; the seat has been vacant since the sitting MLA, N Munirathna, was disqualified under the anti-defection law last year after crossing from the Congress to the BJP

HD Deve Gowda Dissolves Kerala Unit Of JDS, Replaces State Chief

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 13, 2020

Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Deve Gowda on Monday dissolved the Kerala unit of the party with immediate effect, accusing the state president CK Nanu of destabilising the party.

Nitish Kumar To Hit Bihar Campaign Trail With Virtual Rallies Today

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 11, 2020

Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar will hit the campaign trail from today, when he will address people of several assembly segments, spread across half a dozen districts that go to polls in the first phase of elections, a top leader of the ruling party said.

Raghuvansh Singh's Son Joins JD(U) Ahead Of Bihar Polls

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 9, 2020

Senior RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh's son Satya Prakash Singh on Thursday joined JD(U), a day after Lalu Prasad's party gave ticket to wife of don- turned-politician Rama Singh in the assembly elections.

Bihar Polls: Chirag Paswan's LJP Releases First List Of Candidates

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 9, 2020

The Lok Janshakti Party on Thursday named its 42 candidates for the Bihar assembly polls with some BJP turncoats figuring in the list as the party works to make the contest harder for the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led JD(U).

Congress Slams BJP After Nitish Kumar's Party Fields Leader Named In Sex Scandal

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 8, 2020

The Congress asked the BJP on Thursday to prevail on its alliance partner JD(U) in Bihar to cancel the candidature of Manju Verma, who was named in the infamous Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal, for the upcoming state polls.

Bihar Election: Nearly One-Fifth Of The Candidates From Nitish Kumar's Party Are Women

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 8, 2020

Nearly one-fifths of the candidates fielded by the ruling JD(U) in Bihar assembly polls are women - in line with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's emphasis on empowering women through a slew of measures, most notable, though controversial, being the prohibition law.

What Controversial Ex Bihar Top Cop, Left Out Of JD(U) Poll List, Said

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday October 7, 2020

Gupteshwar Pandey, the former police chief of Bihar who quit the force last month and was seen as priming himself for the election, will not be contesting this time. Mr Pandey had joined the Janata Dal United led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. But his name was missing from the complete list of 115 candidates of the party announced on Wednesday.