Patna: A shutdown called by the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) to protest against a police lathi charge which injured party chief and former Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha hit train and road services in Bihar on Monday. The state-wide strike was supported by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress and[Read More…]
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Bihar: RLSP Chief Upendra Kushwaha injured during lathi charge
During the lathi charge that took place while the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) workers were marching over their demands, party chief Upendra Kushwaha along with other party workers got injured. Following the lathi charge, interacting with journalists Kushwaha alleged that the Nitish government is opposed to education and this[Read More…]
“RLSP consider Rahul Gandhi as a PM candidate”, says Upendra Kushwaha
Bihar: In a convention organized by a media company, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party chief Upendra Kushwaha said, “My party considers Rahul Gandhi as a candidate for the post of Prime Minister”. Though he targeted Nitish Kumar on the the education system of the state, Kushwaha clarified that he has no[Read More…]
RLSP legislators rebel, say they are still with NDA
Patna: Five days after the RLSP quit the BJP-led NDA, all three of its legislators in Bihar Assembly on Saturday formally announced that they are still with the NDA and would continue with the alliance. The development is a clear indication that RLSP is on the verge of a split,[Read More…]
Split in RLSP: Party MLA wants to continue with NDA
Patna: Miffed up with Rashtriya Lok Samata Party President Upendra Kushwaha decision to quit National Democratic Alliance, its two MLAs and an MLC has decided to continue with the NDA and claimed their entitlement over the Party. RLSP legislators have alleged that Kushwaha is looking after his personal interest and[Read More…]
The political journey of RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha: Luv-Kush factor in Bihar politics
It is unfortunate that priority of the government is not to work for the poor but to fix political opponents by hook or by crook, were words of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief and former Union Minister of State Upendra Kushwaha in his resignation letter to Prime Minister, Narendra[Read More…]
Crack in JDU-BJP alliance; Will Nitish govt survive?
Patna: Everything is not okay between Janata Dal-United and Bhartiya Janata Party in Bihar post-Patna University Students’ Union Election results. Leaders from both parties have launched a scathing attack against each other. Janata Dal-United decides to send its representative to attend the NDA meeting in Delhi at the eleventh hour.[Read More…]
NDA meeting in Delhi: RLSP Chief Upendra Kushwaha likely to miss
New Delhi: National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders are meeting in Delhi today and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party Chief Upendra Kushwaha who is disappointed over the seat-sharing formula of BJP in Bihar, in all likelihood is going to miss it. Kushwaha has called for a press conference at 2 pm at[Read More…]
Is Upendra Kushwaha joining hands with Aam Aadmi Party?
New Delhi: Amidst the speculation of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha quitting National Democratic Alliance (NDA), a close source to RLSP suggested that he can join hands with Aam Admi Party (AAP). Kushwaha who is miffed with Bhartiya Janata Party over seat sharing issue in Bihar has[Read More…]
RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha resigns from Modi cabinet
New Delhi: Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) has decided to quit the National Democratic Alliance and the decision was taken in the ‘Chintan Shivir’ held at Valmikinagar, Bihar. All the party workers and executive members gave their consent for the final decision. The decision was long awaited as Kushwaha has[Read More…]
Bihar NDA crisis: Deadline over, Kushwaha to make the final announcement on December 6
Patna: Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) Chief Upendra Kushwaha can make a major announcement on December 6 over the issue of withdrawing support from Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in Bihar. Sources close to Kushwaha told Newsd that the deadline is now over and the party president will make an announcement[Read More…]
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…]
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…]
Upendra Kushwaha sets the deadline for November 30, attacks Sushil Modi on Srijan scam
New Delhi: Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief and Union Minister of state Upendra Kushwaha sets the deadline for November 30, in the seat-sharing issue for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls which has created a crisis in National Democratic alliance in Bihar. Kushwaha has given an ultimatum to Bhartiya Janata[Read More…]
Upendra Kushwaha ready to quit NDA; waiting for BJP’s response
Patna: Rashtriya Lok Samata Party chief and Union Cabinet minister Upendra Kushwaha is all set to quit National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over the seat sharing issue for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls 2019. Kushwaha who is also the minister of state in the Human Resource Department is waiting for the[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…]
Talks on, no decision yet on seat sharing: Upendra Kushwaha
New Delhi: Amidst reports that his party was offered two seats to contest in the Lok Sabha polls in Bihar, Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha announced his party RLSP’s first list of 66 candidates for the Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, a move which is seen as a pressure tactic to[Read More…]
Ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019, Upendra Kushwaha plans to expand RLSP in Jharkhand
In view of Lok Sabha elections 2019, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party has begun to explore the ground reality and new sites for the expansion of party, following which party chief Upendra Kushwaha has marked Jharkhand as a new spot. RLSP, which is in loggerheads with BJP and JDU over seat-sharing[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…]
NDA will sweep Lok Sabha polls in Bihar: State BJP chief Nityanand Rai
Patna, Sep 29 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Bihar President Nityanand Rai says that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will make a clean sweep of all the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the 2019 general elections. “The BJP has devised a strategy with its allies to ensure[Read More…]
Bihar: Blow to BJP, Upendra Kushwaha rejects Amit Shah’ 20-20 seat sharing formula
In a major blow to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the National Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha has refused to accept Amit Shah’s formula for the BJP’s twenty-twenty seats. RLSP is a part of NDA alliance in Bihar. BJP President Amit Shah had proposed Kushwaha to share the Lok[Read More…]
Some in NDA don’t want Modi as PM again: Kushwaha
RLSP chief and Union Minister of State for HRD Upendra Kushwaha on Friday said that some people in the BJP-led NDA did not want to see Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister again in 2019. Kushwaha refused to reveal the names of such people and said everything will be known at the[Read More…]
Bihar politics heats up with Upendra Kushwaha’s demand for new CM face
Union Minister of State for HRD, Upendra Kushwaha has demanded to change the Chief Minister face in Bihar for 2019 assembly elections. According to reports, he doesn’t want Nitish Kumar to continue to be the Chief Ministerial candidate of the state. Heating up the politics in Bihar, the Rashtriya Lok[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…]
LJP and RLSP will join ‘Mahagathbandhan’ in Bihar, says Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Senior RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has given a statement about Ram Vilas Paswan and Upendra Kushwaha. LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan and RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha are going to join the alliance soon. He even said that seats are being discussed and soon, Ram Vilas Paswan and Upendra Kushwaha[Read More…]