Jdu Rjd

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday slammed the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led Bihar government and said the government is using the COVID-19 pandemic to stop the functioning of state Assembly.

The opposition RJD's claim of an impending split in the ruling Janata Dal (United) in Bihar on Wednesday met with an outright rebuttal by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, its de facto leader.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal on Saturday hinted at the possibility of a fresh alignment in Bihar if Chief Minister Nitish Kumar chose to snap ties with the BJP following the "humiliation" in Arunachal Pradesh.

The BJP-backed Nitish Kumar government in Bihar has filed a case against Rashtriya Janata Dal's Tejashwi Yadav and 18 other leaders from various constituents of the Grand Alliance-led Opposition for protesting without permission amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A day after a Janata Dal-United (JDU) MLA's aide was shot dead in Gopalganj, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar by terming the law and order situation in the state as "maha jungle raj".

The Election Commission today announced that it will hold on December 14 the bye-election for the Rajya Sabha seat of the late Dalit leader Ram Vilas Paswan who passed away in a Delhi hospital on October 9 following a heart surgery.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, who boycotted Nitish Kumar's Monday evening swearing in ceremony, did join the LJP's Chirag Paswan in congratulating the JDU chief after he was confirmed as Chief Minister of Bihar for an unprecedented sixth time

After weeks of bitter campaigning, three phases of voting, over 15 hours of counting, and allegations of cheating, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was announced as winner of the Bihar election in the (very) early hours of Wednesday. Boosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rallies, the NDA eased past the majority mark of 122 in the ...

Covid and its disastrous economic consequences have left Nitish Kumar and his party gasping for breath, not 31-year-old Tejashwi Yadav, asserted KC Tyagi, a spokesperson of the Janata Dal United or JDU, as he appeared to concede defeat just a little before 10 am in Patna.

The Bihar opposition's chief ministerial candidate, Tejashwi Yadav, today condemned the hurling of onions at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Madhubani during a public meeting, saying there are other forms of protest in a democracy.

A fiery election campaign is on as Bihar elects its next government in a three-phased state election, the largest in India since the first coronavirus case was reported. While RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's 10 lakh jobs promise has come under fierce attack from ex-ally - Nitish Kumar - the BJP, which is ruling in coalition with the JDU chief, has also...

The first phase of polling for the Bihar assembly elections passed off peacefully on Wednesday as an estimated 54.26 per cent of nearly 2.15 crore eligible voters exercised their franchise, marginally lower than in 2015, as the coronavirus scare failed to impact the turnout.

Opposition leaders Tejashwi Yadav, Chirag Paswan and Abhishek Manu Singhvi have attacked Bihar's incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the alleged clashes between the police and some "anti-social" elements in Bihar's Munger on Monday.

More than 50 per cent people voted in the first of the three-phase election in Bihar -- the first amid the coronavirus pandemic -- which will decide if Nitish Kumar will win a fourth term as Chief Minister. Till 5 pm, 52.24 per cent people voted, choosing candidates for 71 of the state's 243 seats. Nitish Kumar's challenger is RJD's Tejashwi Yadav,...

Jitan Ram Manjhi has spent the better part of his four-decades-long political career as a leader of parties in power. From the Congress to the undivided Janata Dal, and later its splinter groups - Lalu Yadav's RJD and Nitish Kumar's JDU - he has jumped from one party to another whenever a shift in power took place.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday slammed the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led Bihar government and said the government is using the COVID-19 pandemic to stop the functioning of state Assembly.

The opposition RJD's claim of an impending split in the ruling Janata Dal (United) in Bihar on Wednesday met with an outright rebuttal by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, its de facto leader.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal on Saturday hinted at the possibility of a fresh alignment in Bihar if Chief Minister Nitish Kumar chose to snap ties with the BJP following the "humiliation" in Arunachal Pradesh.

The BJP-backed Nitish Kumar government in Bihar has filed a case against Rashtriya Janata Dal's Tejashwi Yadav and 18 other leaders from various constituents of the Grand Alliance-led Opposition for protesting without permission amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A day after a Janata Dal-United (JDU) MLA's aide was shot dead in Gopalganj, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar by terming the law and order situation in the state as "maha jungle raj".

The Election Commission today announced that it will hold on December 14 the bye-election for the Rajya Sabha seat of the late Dalit leader Ram Vilas Paswan who passed away in a Delhi hospital on October 9 following a heart surgery.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, who boycotted Nitish Kumar's Monday evening swearing in ceremony, did join the LJP's Chirag Paswan in congratulating the JDU chief after he was confirmed as Chief Minister of Bihar for an unprecedented sixth time

After weeks of bitter campaigning, three phases of voting, over 15 hours of counting, and allegations of cheating, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was announced as winner of the Bihar election in the (very) early hours of Wednesday. Boosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rallies, the NDA eased past the majority mark of 122 in the ...

Covid and its disastrous economic consequences have left Nitish Kumar and his party gasping for breath, not 31-year-old Tejashwi Yadav, asserted KC Tyagi, a spokesperson of the Janata Dal United or JDU, as he appeared to concede defeat just a little before 10 am in Patna.

The Bihar opposition's chief ministerial candidate, Tejashwi Yadav, today condemned the hurling of onions at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Madhubani during a public meeting, saying there are other forms of protest in a democracy.

A fiery election campaign is on as Bihar elects its next government in a three-phased state election, the largest in India since the first coronavirus case was reported. While RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's 10 lakh jobs promise has come under fierce attack from ex-ally - Nitish Kumar - the BJP, which is ruling in coalition with the JDU chief, has also...

The first phase of polling for the Bihar assembly elections passed off peacefully on Wednesday as an estimated 54.26 per cent of nearly 2.15 crore eligible voters exercised their franchise, marginally lower than in 2015, as the coronavirus scare failed to impact the turnout.

Opposition leaders Tejashwi Yadav, Chirag Paswan and Abhishek Manu Singhvi have attacked Bihar's incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the alleged clashes between the police and some "anti-social" elements in Bihar's Munger on Monday.

More than 50 per cent people voted in the first of the three-phase election in Bihar -- the first amid the coronavirus pandemic -- which will decide if Nitish Kumar will win a fourth term as Chief Minister. Till 5 pm, 52.24 per cent people voted, choosing candidates for 71 of the state's 243 seats. Nitish Kumar's challenger is RJD's Tejashwi Yadav,...

Jitan Ram Manjhi has spent the better part of his four-decades-long political career as a leader of parties in power. From the Congress to the undivided Janata Dal, and later its splinter groups - Lalu Yadav's RJD and Nitish Kumar's JDU - he has jumped from one party to another whenever a shift in power took place.