PATNA: RJD neta Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Sunday rejected any chances of CM Nitish Kumar returning to the fold of opposition Grand Alliance, declaring that they wouldn’t welcome him any more. He said that the opposition alliance was now directly headed for assembly elections.Interacting with reporters after staging a dharna to protest the non-implementation of…
NEW DELHI: Is Nitish Kumar losing his cool way too often these days? On Friday, the Bihar chief minister lost his temper inside the state legislative council and surprised many with his choice of words to refer to former chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi.“Jab iske husband doob gaye to apni wife ko bana…
NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday once again indulged into a heated argument with an RJD MLC, claiming that women had no issues in the state. This came after the opposition party leader questioned the JDU government over higher education of females in the state.Urmila Thakur was voicing her dissatisfaction with education…
Prashant Kishor said Nitish Kumar won’t be the chief minister even if BJP-JD(U) wins the election. NEW DELHI: Election strategist and Jan Suraaj Party chief Prashant Kishor on Wednesday made a major prediction about the upcoming state assembly election and whether Nitish Kumar will become the chief minister again. Dismissing any chance of Nitish Kumar’s…
NEW DELHI: Bihar state assembly on Tuesday witnessed a fiery showdown between chief minister Nitish Kumar and his former deputy Tejashwi Yadav over the state’s infrastructure. During the ongoing budget session, the chief minister claimed that he “made RJD supremo Lalu Yadav what he became” and invoked the past records of the Rashtriya Janata Dal…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Chirag Paswan on Saturday criticised RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav over his call for Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar‘s son Nishant Kumar to join politics “as soon as possible” for the sake of the future of the JD(U).Paswan said that the decision to enter remains with Nishant.“If he has so much information,…
NEW DELHI: Has Nitish Kumar lost the sheen and also the bargaining power that helped him dominate Bihar’s political landscape for over two decades? The critics of Nitish Kumar say that the recent cabinet expansion, which saw 7 BJP MLAs join his ministry, is a clear indication of who is calling the shots in Bihar.The…
Nitish Kumar (left) and Prashant Kishor NEW DELHI: Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor on Thursday urged voters to ensure that Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s party, the JD(U), does not win any seats in the upcoming assembly elections. He described Kumar as “physically tired and mentally retired” and accused him of staying in power by frequently…
Nitish Kumar’s cabinet on Wednesday got seven new ministers. All of them are from the BJP. NEW DELHI: As Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar expanded his cabinet on Wednesday with seven BJP MLAs taking oath as ministers, Congress leader Supriya Shrinate said the expansion was only a diversion tactic ahead of the election scheduled for…
NEW DELHI: As Bihar’s assembly elections draw closer, the battle for the state is shaping up to be a high-stakes affair. After Lalu Yadav’s invitation to Nitish Kumar, RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav on Sunday extended an invitation to Nitish’s son, Nishant Kumar.Nishant Kumar who is reportedly set to make his electoral debut in the…
