Yadav sustained multiple injuries including a fracture in right hand. He was taken to the hospital by his supporters soon after the incident.
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav too has raised questions over the ‘Saat Nischay’ Yojana and asked the Chief Minister to tell about the expenditure estimates before the public.
Tejashwi also slammed JP Nadda, the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and urged him to “avoid making people of Bihar fools”.
A police officer and two home guards brutally thrashed and killed a software engineer in Bihar’s Bhagalpur on October 25.
In the Mahagathbandhan, in spite of the fact that the exit of RLSP, HAM and VIP would impact the overall vote percentage of the alliance this time, Tejashwi Yadav pushed these parties to a corner to the point that they were left with no option but to leave the alliance.
On Friday, former chief minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) president Jitan Ram Manjhi said that the law needs a review since a large number of innocent people are facing its consequences and serving jail terms.
Manoj Jha, RJD Rajya Sabha MP, said the Nitish Kumar government was deliberately not providing security to Tejashwi during rallies.
Taking a swipe at Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari without naming him, he said why he (Governor) is not asking the Bihar government – in which Bharatiya Janata Party is a partner – whether it has forgotten its ‘Hindutva’ and become ‘Secular’.
Local residents claimed that firing was done by the Munger Police on Monday night around 11.45 p.m., leaving one person dead and several others injured.
Champaran region has always been a strong hold for BJP. In 2015 assembly election, despite it had contested against RJD and JD-U, the BJP managed to won 13 seats out of 21 in both east and west Champaran.
An 18-year-old man was killed while several others were injured in a firing incident following a clash between the police and people during the Durga idol immersion in Bihar’s Munger district.
An indebted husband and wife died by suicide by hanging themselves in their residence in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur.
The provisional seat allotment results can be accessed by visiting the official portal of Bihar CET at bihar-cetbed-lnmu.in.
As many as four devotees were killed and several people were injured in firing after clashes during the immersion of Goddess Durga.
The superintendent of police (SP) of Munger, Bihar Lipi Singh has been making headlines for her role in the shooting that occurred at a Durga puja immersion.
As Bihar votes for phase one, the PM warned the people of Muzaffarpur about the ‘Prince of Jungle Raj’ in an apparent reference to Tejashwi Yadav and the ‘kidnapping industry’ of the past.
Kumar is the BJP candidate from Gaya town and he has been elected six times from this seat. On Wednesday, he was found wearing a yellow colour face mask with a print of lotus on it.
Bihar Election 2020 Phase 1 Voting LIVE Updates: Taking into consideration the safety of voters in view of the coronavirus pandemic, the timing of polling has been extended by one hour. Voters will be able to exercise their franchise from 7 am to 6 pm
Polling was underway on Wednesday for the first phase of Assembly polls in Bihar amid tight security while following Covid-19 norms put in place.
As the first phase of polling got underway on Wednesday in Bihar, two IEDs (cane bombs) were recovered from the Maoist-infested Aurangabad district’s Dhibra area, police said. Both were defused and a calamity averted.
In Bihar, elections are being held in three phases for 243 assembly seats. The first phase will be held on October 28 on 71 seats.
In Kahalgaon, the Congress has fielded senior party leader Sadanand Singh’s son Shubhanand Mukesh, whose political career hinges on a poll win.
Sanjay Kumar Singh, Additional Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar said that of the total 31,380 booths, as manyas 6,000 are sensitive or highly sensitive.
The Congress said that Rahul Gandhi will address a meeting at Near Middle School, Pakdihwa-Daunaha in West Champaran district and another at Gyaspur, opposite Shankara Modern School in Darbhanga district.
Supporters of minister Prem Kumar, who is in the fray for election from the Gaya assembly constituency, were busy speaking with workers at the polling booth level.