Nitish Kumar On Demonetisation

Nitish Kumar is showing no burnout when it comes to agreeing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Yesterday, the Bihar Chief Minister said the PM is correct to claim that his shock demonetisation move animated the war against black money. Today, Mr Kumar said the Prime Minister's pushing of simultaneous state and general elections is sagacious.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is still bullish on demonetisation as a winning strategy against black money, despite a central bank report saying that 99 per cent of all the cash voided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last November is back in banks.

Nitish Kumar, who loaned impassioned support to the demonetisation drive, has called for a review in about two weeks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's controversial move. However, sources say, rather than reversing his stand, the Chief Minister is expected to disclose that recent tours he has made across Bihar have revealed that there is large publ...

Bihar's ruling Janata Dal (United) appears to be in no hurry to reconsider its support to the central government's ban on 500 and 1,000 rupee notes. Despite Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's earlier comment that the party will re-evaluate its support after the 50-day cooling off period sought by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the notes ban announce...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dispensed the first three minutes of his speech in Patna today on triple-A praise for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose prohibition policy he later highlighted as "inspirational."

The Congress's attempt to extend the unity of opposition parties over the notes ban outside parliament with a meeting and joint press conference addressed by its party chief Sonia Gandhi in a rare appearance, is falling apart, with the Left and Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) reportedly RSVPing their inability to attend. Sharad Pawar's Nationali...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that donation sources of an amount as little as Rupee 1 to political parties should be disclosed.

Reacting strongly to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's assertions that BJP should answer about land purchases before demonetisation, the party today urged the CM to first ask ally Lalu Prasad about the source of construction of posh Rabri Bhawan in Delhi at a cost of Rs 100 crore.

Amid reports of differences between him and party chief Nitish Kumar on demonetisation, senior JD-U leader Sharad Yadav today asserted both were on the same page on the issue and there was "not even an iota" of disagreement.

Mamata Banerjee's roadshow against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's currency ban was in Patna today but did not find an enthusiastic response from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

When Mamata Banerjee phoned Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar about joining her protest against the notes ban in Delhi recently, his response to her was simple. When President Pranab Mukherjee had signed off on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's move, the protest was redundant, he explained to her.

With the political pot on the boil in Bihar since Chief Minister Nitish Kumar supported the Centre's demonetisation move despite protests by allies, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today asked him to review ties with RJD and Congress.

Reports that claim he met with BJP chief Amit Shah and spoke recently to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the phone are "baseless" and prove that "opponents are trying to politically assassinate me," claimed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today at a meeting of his party legislators in Patna.

In pursuance of party chief Nitish Kumar support to demonetisation, JD(U) has decided to keep off from the nationwide protest by Opposition tomorrow against the scrapping of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes as well the dharna to be held by TMC chief Mamata Banerjee here on November 30.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he has taken a principled stand on the banning of 500 and 1,000 rupee notes as he is convinced that the step will help fight black money while his party hinted it was prepared to stand alone among opposition parties in its support for demonetisation.

Nitish Kumar is showing no burnout when it comes to agreeing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Yesterday, the Bihar Chief Minister said the PM is correct to claim that his shock demonetisation move animated the war against black money. Today, Mr Kumar said the Prime Minister's pushing of simultaneous state and general elections is sagacious.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is still bullish on demonetisation as a winning strategy against black money, despite a central bank report saying that 99 per cent of all the cash voided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last November is back in banks.

Nitish Kumar, who loaned impassioned support to the demonetisation drive, has called for a review in about two weeks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's controversial move. However, sources say, rather than reversing his stand, the Chief Minister is expected to disclose that recent tours he has made across Bihar have revealed that there is large publ...

Bihar's ruling Janata Dal (United) appears to be in no hurry to reconsider its support to the central government's ban on 500 and 1,000 rupee notes. Despite Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's earlier comment that the party will re-evaluate its support after the 50-day cooling off period sought by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the notes ban announce...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dispensed the first three minutes of his speech in Patna today on triple-A praise for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose prohibition policy he later highlighted as "inspirational."

The Congress's attempt to extend the unity of opposition parties over the notes ban outside parliament with a meeting and joint press conference addressed by its party chief Sonia Gandhi in a rare appearance, is falling apart, with the Left and Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) reportedly RSVPing their inability to attend. Sharad Pawar's Nationali...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that donation sources of an amount as little as Rupee 1 to political parties should be disclosed.

Reacting strongly to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's assertions that BJP should answer about land purchases before demonetisation, the party today urged the CM to first ask ally Lalu Prasad about the source of construction of posh Rabri Bhawan in Delhi at a cost of Rs 100 crore.

Amid reports of differences between him and party chief Nitish Kumar on demonetisation, senior JD-U leader Sharad Yadav today asserted both were on the same page on the issue and there was "not even an iota" of disagreement.

Mamata Banerjee's roadshow against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's currency ban was in Patna today but did not find an enthusiastic response from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

When Mamata Banerjee phoned Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar about joining her protest against the notes ban in Delhi recently, his response to her was simple. When President Pranab Mukherjee had signed off on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's move, the protest was redundant, he explained to her.

With the political pot on the boil in Bihar since Chief Minister Nitish Kumar supported the Centre's demonetisation move despite protests by allies, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today asked him to review ties with RJD and Congress.

Reports that claim he met with BJP chief Amit Shah and spoke recently to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the phone are "baseless" and prove that "opponents are trying to politically assassinate me," claimed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today at a meeting of his party legislators in Patna.

In pursuance of party chief Nitish Kumar support to demonetisation, JD(U) has decided to keep off from the nationwide protest by Opposition tomorrow against the scrapping of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes as well the dharna to be held by TMC chief Mamata Banerjee here on November 30.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he has taken a principled stand on the banning of 500 and 1,000 rupee notes as he is convinced that the step will help fight black money while his party hinted it was prepared to stand alone among opposition parties in its support for demonetisation.