File photo of Lalu Prasad (L) and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar seems to have some uncanny connection with political doors. In 2023, Amit Shah had shut “BJP doors” for the JD(U) chief and yet he managed to open it and go inside. Two years later, RJD supremo…
PATNA: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday reiterated his commitment to staying with the NDA, putting to rest speculations about a possible “switchover.”“I will stay with the NDA,” Nitish told the media during his Pragati Yatra in Muzaffarpur. He added, “Do baar galti se idhar-udhar chale gaye the… ab kahin nahin jayenge (We accidentally…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, in first reaction to the recent talks about change in INDIA bloc leadership, thanked the opposition leaders who backed her for the post.“I am grateful to all the leaders who have honoured me. I wish good health to all of them. May they be well, may their party…
Mamata Banerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Congress, weakened by its electoral losses in Haryana and Maharashtra, now faces a strong challenge to its leadership of the INDIA(Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) bloc. Days after the Congress dismissed Mamata Banerjee‘s pitch to lead the opposition coalition as a ” good joke”, some of its allies…
PATNA: In what may create a new force in Bihar politics, Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor (PK) has decided to contest bypolls for four assembly seats in central-south region, where RJD-led grand alliance fared well in Lok Sabha elections.PK, who has been on a “padyatra” for two years, will officially launch Jan Suraaj as a…
PATNA: RJD president Lalu Prasad on Tuesday claimed there was no chance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi returning to office and that INDIA bloc would form the next govt at the Centre.“Modi gaye ab (Modi is gone now),” the former Bihar CM told media on Tuesday as he stepped out of his home to campaign…
PATNA: There can be nothing conventional about this family that takes the unconventional in its stride — be it the naming of two of their daughters or having four of their nine children take the plunge into active politics.With the Bihar power couple and former CMs Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi taking a step back…
PATNA: 60-year-old Nawada jailbreak convict Ashok Mahto recently went to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad seeking a Lok Sabha ticket for himself. But there was a problem. Lalu instantly calculated Mahto’s image wouldn’t allow him a victory. However, he suggested to Mahto that if he put up his wife for a fight, this…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday went all out to attack RJD leader Misa Bharti, daughter of former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav, over her remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “If people of this country give INDIA bloc a chance (to form the government), then PM Modi and other BJP leaders will be behind…
PATNA: RJD-Congress-Left Front Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) announced on Friday its seat-sharing formula for all 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, with Lalu Prasad‘s party getting the lion’s share of 26, Congress nine and Left parties five, reported.RJD‘s 26 seats are seven more than it had contested in 2019, when it drew a blank. Congress’s nine…
