JDU general secretary Pawan Verma said that if BJP feels and is willing to fight the assembly elections alone, then they must take a clear decision.
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Lok Sabha Polls 2019: NDA in Bihar set to take on Mahagathbandhan, but what are its prospects?
Will the NDA survive the litmus test of 2019?
Sharad Yadav, Upendra Kushwaha to contest upcoming Lok Sabha polls under one banner
New Delhi: Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) leader Sharad Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) leader Upendra Kushwaha likely to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls under one banner. Sharad Yadav’s LJD will be merged into Kushwaha’s RLSP. Senior LJD leader and close associate of Sharad Yadav, Arun Shrivastava spoke[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur shelter home case: JDU suspends former state minister Manju Verma from the party
Patna: Janata Dal-United (JDU) has finally suspended its former state minister and senior party member Manju Verma in the infamous Muzaffarpur Shelter Home case. JDU state president Vashishtha Narayan Singh confirmed Verma’s suspension from the party. Manju Verma is still on the run and Supreme Court has slammed Nitis Kumar govt[Read More…]
Prashant Kishor’s attempt to connect youth and students wing of JDU lacks basic homework
New Delhi: Janata Dal-United national vice president Prashant Kishor (PK) soon after assuming the chair clears his priority and immediately held a meeting with the students and youth organisations leaders at the party headquarter in Patna. It is a welcome move and will be helpful in reviving the Chhatra Janata[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar appoints Prashant Kishor national Vice President of Janata Dal United
Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) president appointed Prashant Kishor an election strategist as the National Vice President of the Janata Dal-United on Tuesday. Prashant Kishor is now officially number two after Nitish Kumar in the JDU. Kishor who joined the party last month has been promoted by the[Read More…]
Bihar: Political blame game of who benefited from whom? Congress leads the charge
Congress lone Rajya Sabha member and Bihar Pradesh Congress Campaign Committee chief Akhilesh Singh attacks Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and said: Kumar is a power-hungry leader, became the Chief Minister of Bihar again after joining hands with Congress in 2015. Singh said “We both had 2 seats each in Lok Sabha 2014.[Read More…]
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Who could be the NDA’s candidate from Begusarai?
Janata Dal-United MLA has urged to Chief minister Nitish Kumar to not to give away the Begusari Lok Sabha Seat to any outside candidate or MLA won’t take part in the upcoming election campaign for the party. JDU MLA Bogo Singh has said that “He will go on sick leave[Read More…]
Sharad Yadav disqualification case: Jolt to JDU?
Former Janata Dal-United leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sharad Yadav is likely to tip the scale in the disqualification case that the Delhi High Court is hearing. Yadav had registered a case with the Delhi High Court after he was debarred from JDU for making an announcement of his own[Read More…]
RS Deputy Chairman election: YSR Congress to vote against NDA candidate
Hyderabad: The YSR Congress party on Tuesday decided to vote against the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate in the upcoming Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman’s election. Party leader and Rajya Sabha member V. Vijaysai Reddy announced that the party will vote against Janta Dal-United (JD-U) MP Harivansh Narayan Singh, who is[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar’s ‘Sushasan’ is a ‘Kushasan’ for Women and Girls of Bihar
Bihar, exactly a year ago had hit headline of every media house. The reason was the shocking political masterstroke by Nitish Kumar for his survival as Bihar’s Chief Minister anyhow by hook or crook. Year after, it is again in headlines but this time it is not about settling political[Read More…]
No question of being part of any coalition with RJD, says JD-U
New Delhi: The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Sunday said that it would like to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections with its coalition partner BJP while stressing that there was no question of patching up with the corrupt Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). Today at our National Executive we discussed the[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar is face of NDA in Bihar: JD(U)’s message to BJP
Patna: The Janata Dal (United) core committee met in Patna on Sunday ahead of a meeting of the National Democratic Alliance scheduled later this week, after which a senior party leader said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is the face of the NDA in Bihar. Kumar, also the JD(U) national president, held[Read More…]
Sharad Yadav, Ali Anwar disqualified from Rajya Sabha
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, who is also the Rajya Sabha Chairman, on Monday disqualified rebel Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar as members of the upper house of Parliament, party leader R.C.P. Singh said. In a Facebook post, Singh said: “Today (Monday) the Chairman Rajya Sabha M.[Read More…]
BJP-JD(U) alliance natural: Sushil Modi
Kolkata: Taking a dig at RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and veteran BJP leader Sushil Modi on Friday said the alliance between Nitish Kumar’s JD-U and his party was “natural” and the “unnatural” Nitish-Lalu partnership died “naturally”. In July, Nitish Kumar became Bihar Chief Minister for the[Read More…]
Political Circus: The fall and fall of Nitish Kumar
At one time, he was the poster boy of Indian politics. Not only did he slay the villain of Bihar’s “jungle raj” in 2005 by rounding up lawless elements after winning an election and launching social and economic development projects, he also scored another resounding electoral victory in the company[Read More…]
Will go and protest at Jantar Mantar: Sharad Yadav
Janata Dal United (JD-U) leader Sharad Yadav on Wednesday said that he and other leaders would “go and break the anti-people law” by protesting at the Jantar Mantar here. “If not Jantar Mantar then the protest site should be shifted to Boat Club as before. Shifting it to Ramlila Ground[Read More…]
Nitish-led JD-U to contest Gujarat elections on its own
The Janata Dal-United faction of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced it will contest the Gujarat Assembly elections on its own, and not form an alliance with the BJP. “We will contest the Gujarat Assembly elections on our traditional seats,” JD-U General Secretary K.C. Tyagi told reporters here.[Read More…]
Gujarat assembly election: Sharad Yadav to alliance with Congress
The separated faction of the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) will contest the Gujarat assembly election in coalition with the Congress, said its leader Sharad Yadav. He also urged for a “minimum division” among opposition parties as they take on the ruling BJP. Yadav told that he talked to Congress vice-president,[Read More…]
Cabinet reshuffle: JD(U) clarifies it is not joining PM Modi’s new team
The Janata Dal United (JD(U)) on Sunday clarified that no one from the party is going to be a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new cabinet. “Our National President has already made it clear, so there is no question of me or anyone from the JD(U) joining the cabinet,”[Read More…]
Sharad Yadav will never support Lalu Yadav, says JD (U)
The Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) has cleared that its senior leader Sharad Yadav is never going to back Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief, Lalu Yadav, as the latter is claiming. The JD(U) said Lalu Yadav is making such remarks as he is upset with the failure of the grand alliance.[Read More…]
JD(U) to extend support to NDA’s presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind
After attending a committee meeting of the party, a Janata Dal (United) MLA, said that the party has decided to support NDA’s presidential candidate, Ram Nath Kovind. “Yes, at the meeting our party decided to support Ram Nath Kovindji as the presidential candidate… he is a good person”, Ratnesh Sada,[Read More…]
JDU slams BJP over famer’s condition in Mandsaur
The Janata Dal United (JDU) on Thursday organised a press conference on the ongoing farmer tension in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. Farmer issues were discussed at length in the conference. The party leaders said that they condemn the ill-treatment meted out to the farmers in Mandsaur. They said that they fully[Read More…]