As far as candidates facing serious criminal charges are concerned, the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Janata Dal-United and the Rashtriya Janata Dal are quite close to each other.
Chokar Baba has decided to quit grain for a lifetime. According to reports, he has said that he will now continue to eat only fruit for life.
Party sources said that during the three-phase polls, Rahul Gandhi may address six rallies — two in each phase — and one joint rally along with the Mahagathbandhan partners.
Paswan’s demise — exactly 20 days before Bihar goes to polls, is also expected to impact the election prospects of the LJP, and the overall dynamics as well as outcome of the three-phased polls in the eastern state that kicks off on October 28.
Bihar goes to polls in less than a month.
The term of the Bihar Assembly comes to an end on November 29.
LJP’s “Modi Prem” remains intact despite BJP’s strict instructions.
Sources also said that the tickets for candidates for the Harnaut, Sultanganj, Hisua and Tekari constituencies have been held back for similar reasons, anticipating a backlash from voters.
In the outgoing assembly, RJD was the largest party with 73 MLAs followed by JD(U) 69, BJP (54), Congress (23), CPI-ML (3), LJP (2), HAM and AIMIM of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi one each and Independent (5).
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday finalised the seat-sharing pact.
Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) on Monday forged a poll alliance with three other political outfits including Chandrasekhar Azad’s Azad Samaj Party.
BJP has released it’s first list of candidates on Tuesday.
Former minister Awdhesh Singh will contest from Gaya’s Wazirganj, he has won from this seat in 2015.
On October 5, JD(U) had announced the first list of candidates.
An anti-Nitish front by the LJP led by a 37-year-old talking about jobs and ‘Bihari first’ is likely to resonate among the young and restless.
A police official said on Monday that Mallik was shot dead by some unidentified assailants at his residence in Purnia on Sunday.
Ahead of Assembly elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav, and four others have been named in an FIR that was filed in connection with the murder of an expelled party leader Shakti Malik.
The third NDA ally, the Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP) on Sunday announced it will go alone, citing ideological differences with the JDU.
While one senior Bihar BJP functionary claims that Nitish Kumar’s JD-U will be fighting on 124 seats while BJP on 119, another source at Delhi hints at an agreement of 50-50 seat sharing where the JD-U will be given a symbolic one extra seat.
Party general Secretary and Bihar Prabhari of BJP Bhupendra Yadav was present during her induction into the party as was BJP leader Arun Singh.
RJD sources said that JD-U leaders have used Sahani as a pawn to demean Tejashwi and the RJD.
The Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 is all set to begin in three phases this October-November.
Amid speculations that LJP would part ways with the NDA, a Central Parliamentary Board meeting was held under the leadership of party chief Chirag Paswan today, where the call was taken.
The former state secretary of Rashtriya Janta Dal, Shakti Mallik was shot dead by unknown assailants in Purnia district on Sunday morning.
According to sources in Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Congress applied pressure tactics to take 70 seats as RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is lodged in Ranchi jail and Congress running the government in Jharkhand.