Patna: Former Bihar Assembly Speaker and ex-Janata Dal-United (JDU) leader Uday Narayan Chaudhury is admitted to Intensive Care Unit on Thursday evening after being diagnosed with dengue fever. “Loktantrik Janata Dal leader (LJD) Uday Narayan Chaudhary health worsened and later in the evening he was admitted to a private hospital[Read More…]
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Loktantrik Janata Dal welcomes merger talks with RLSP: Ratanlal
New Delhi: Professor Ratanlal, a founding member and National General Secretary of Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) welcomes the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party merger with LJD. Speaking with Newsd, Ratanlal said, ” We welcome all the like-minded parties to join LJD and strengthen the Grand Alliance in Bihar in order to defeat[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: Manju Verma asset seizure completed
Begusarai: In the infamous Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case, Bihar Police finished the seizure of properties of Manju Verma who’s evading arrest in an Arms Act case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) while probing the Shelter Home scandal. The raid was conducted by Manjhol Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) at Manju[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…]
Bihar: Tejaswi Yadav alleges CM Nitish Kumar of snooping
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejaswi Yadav accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of snooping. Tejaswi has tweeted about the breach of privacy on Thursday. In a tweet, Tejaswi launched the attack against Nitish Kumar and said, “Is this Nitish Ji’s paranoia for[Read More…]
Upendra Kushwaha-Sharad Yadav meeting: Is it a sign of a split in NDA ahead of Lok Sabha 2019?
New Delhi: Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha meeting Sharad Yadav ahead of Amit Shah has created a spark hinting towards a possible split in National Democratic Alliance(NDA) ahead of upcoming Lok Sabha Polls. The seat sharing formula among the NDA partners in Bihar, which was finalised by[Read More…]
Why there is no IIT or IIM in Mithilanchal, asks JDU leader Sanjay Jha
Senior Janta Dal United (JDU) leader and special advisor to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Sanjay Jha was speaking in a conclave on Saturday in Patna, where he asked about, why there is no IIT or IIM in Mithilanchal, and stated that “Nothing has been done for Mithilanchal, the region has[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…]
Lok Sabha Election 2019: BJP-JDU to contest on equal number of seats in Bihar
Amidst the hectic consultations between the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal-United (JDU) for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, both the alliance partners are likely to make the final announcements in a short while. Bihar’s Chief Minister and JDU chief Nitish Kumar is in Delhi and a meeting between[Read More…]
No action taken on Swarn Aayog report, ruling BJP and JDU takes different paths
In view of providing a boost to Upper castes, on January 27, 2019, the Bihar government had constituted a commission ‘Swarn Aayog‘ to analyse the poor condition of the upper castes. Under the chairmanship of the retired judge of Allahabad High Court, DK Diwedi the commission handed over its report[Read More…]
Bihar: JDU MLA threatens BJP leader in Gopalganj
During a heated argument over a road dispute in Gopalganj, BJP leader Shiv Kumar Upadhyaya has accused JDU MLA Amarendra Kumar alias Pappu Pandey of threatening to shoot him. Shiv Kumar Upadhyay is a member of BJP District Working Committee and Amarendra Kumar is a sitting JDU MLA from Kuchaikote constituency. Upadhyaya[Read More…]
Bihar: JDU and BJP have sealed seat-sharing deal, tells JDU spokesperson Sanjay Singh
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) have sealed a seat-sharing deal in Bihar for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The agreement will be formally announced soon, said JDU spokesperson Sanjay Singh on Tuesday in Patna. Earlier, there were disagreements over the seat-sharing between[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: JDU to contest on 150 seats, aiming Vindhya & Mahakaushal segments
Janta Dal United (JDU), who has collaborated with Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in Bihar, is making efforts to form a grand alliance with small political outfits of Madhya Pradesh against the BJP in the upcoming assembly polls. JDU Supremo Nitish Kumar along with party Vice-President Prashant Kishor will meet Madhya[Read More…]
JDU top leaderships full of upper castes: Is it a compromise with the backward class politics?
Prashant Kishor elevation in Janata Dal-United as Vice-President is seen as an attempt to woo the upper caste voters of Bihar ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha election 2019. It can be observed that the caste equation in Bihar politics is getting the top priorities across the political parties. The[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…]
The painful saga of victims of Bihar Police Constable Recruitment Fraud
A week ago, as reported, there has been a massive organized fraud and forgery in recruitment drive for post of “Constables” in Bihar police which took place under Central Selection Board of Constable (CSBC), Patna. In 11 districts, there were sequential mismatch of information of candidates such as, thumb impression,[Read More…]
UNDP report: Nitish Kumar’ development model ended in fiasco as Bihar tops the poorest state list
Patna: In a data released by United Nation Development Program on Multidimensional Poverty Index(MPI), Bihar tops the list of poorest state. A team of 15th Finance commission team has returned back from Bihar after a tour of 5 days. The finance committee also made it clear that they are not entitled[Read More…]
Tejashwi Yadav fingers at CM Nitish Kumar’s party leaders involved in former mayor’s murder
Former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav claimed serious charges against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, alleging that a close leader from his party was involved in murder of Sameer Kumar, the former mayor. RJD leader Tejashwi alleged that Muzaffarpur senior superintendent of police (SSP) Harpreet Kaur was transferred when she[Read More…]
Bihar: Political parties trying hard to woo upper caste voters in their favour
The 2019 general election is nearing and all the political parties in Bihar are busy in targetting their vote banks and started looking for an alternate possible political alliance. This time, these parties are trying to woo the upper caste vote bank keeping in sight the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.[Read More…]
Nitish cabinet to soon get expansion, Prashant Kishor likely to get new role
Patna: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has indicated signs of cabinet expansion after the entry of political strategist Prashant Kishor in JDU. After the resignation of social welfare minister Manju Verma, the number of ministers in the Bihar government has remained 28. While 36 ministers can be inducted in the cabinet. Nitish Kumar[Read More…]
Election strategist Prashant Kishor to make his political debut from Bihar, set to join JD(U)
Political strategist and founder of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) Prashant Kishor is joining the Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United (JDU) in Bihar. Kishor will join the party at the state executive today on Sunday. He has been credited with delivering election victories for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014[Read More…]
Bihar: NDA finalises Lok Sabha seat-sharing formula for state
Seat-sharing formula for the 2019 general elections has been finalised by the NDA constituents in Bihar, with the BJP getting the lion’s share of 20 out of the 40 Lok Sabha seats and the rest going to its allies including the JD-U, LJP and the RLSP, party leaders said on[Read More…]
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Election: A Knife-edge Election
On Penultimate day of Monsoon Session i.e 9th of August, Election for the post of Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha will be held. The chance of a contest is high as opposition may not agree to the consensus candidate citing an example of Lok Sabha where the Speaker is from[Read More…]
Nitish proposes new, impossible seat sharing formula to BJP
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar seems to have proposed an impossible formula for BJP-JDU alliance in Bihar. According to sources, the formula was proposed to the BJP President Amit Shah during his visit to Patna last week. As per the seat sharing formula being proposed by the Bihar Chief Minister, BJP[Read More…]
We (JDU and BJP) are working together in Bihar, but not outside: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
Amid signs of discomfort between BJP and JDU, along with long going controversy around Nitish Kumar joining the Mahagathbandhan, comes the remark of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar saying BJP and JDU share a trust bond within the boundaries of Bihar, and are working together within this state ‘only’. “We[Read More…]