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Patna: Amid continuing suspense over CM Nitish Kumar's next move, Bihar BJP president Sanjay Saraogi on Sunday said the JD(U) president would take oath as a Rajya Sabha member on April 10, setting the stage for a major political transition in Bihar."After his oath in the Parliament, the BJP's central leadership and NDA allies will sit together and take a decision over the next CM of Bihar," Saraogi said. The development is expected to bring an end to Kumar's record-breaking tenure as Bihar's lon ...Read More >
Patna: Ahead of CM Nitish Kumar shifting to Delhi as a Rajya Sabha member, leader of opposition in the Bihar legislative assembly, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, and his estranged sister Rohini Acharya on Sunday launched sharp attacks on the ruling NDA govt, alleging Bihar lags behind other states on most development indicators while crimes against women have become a matter of serious concern. Yadav, who is also the RJD national working president, further challenged Kumar and his two deputies to a publ ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid homage to Babu Jagjivan Ram on his birth anniversary, honouring the former Deputy Prime Minister for dedicating his life to equality and social justice. Jagjivan Ram, born April 5, 1908, was a Dalit leader, freedom fighter, and key political figure whose birth date is observed as Samata Diwas in parts of India. In a post on X, PM Modi said, "Humble salutations to former Deputy Prime Minister Babu Jagjivan Ram Ji on ...Read More >
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar will resign as the member of the Bihar Legislative Council on March 30 (Monday), the last day by which he can quit membership of one House to continue in another. JD(U) working president Sanjay Kumar Jha said that as per laid down Constitutional procedure, one has to resign within 14 days from a House if a person is elected to another House. "He will follow that," he added, while talking to media persons in Patna. According to the Prohibition of Simultaneous M ...Read More >
Patna, Mar 30 ( UNI) Nitish Kumar, one of the longest serving chief ministers of Bihar, was first sworn in on March 3, 2000, despite not being a member of either the Bihar Legislative Assembly or the State Legislative Council at that time. Kumar, a member of the 13th Lok Sabha and a union Cabinet Minister, had resigned from the cabinet to become the Chief Minister of Bihar for seven days in March 2000 after the Assembly elections in the State resulted in a hung House. NDA and allies had 151 MLA ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], March 30 (ANI): Bihar Minister Deepak Prakash on Monday said Bihar's longest-serving Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar will continue to work for the state even as he transitions to the Rajya Sabha, asserting that his "guidance will remain available" for Bihar's development. "He will go to the Rajya Sabha. He will work for Bihar from the Rajya Sabha. His guidance will continue to be available in the future as well..." Prakash said. The remarks come ...Read More >
Under the 'Prohibition of Simultaneous Membership Rules, 1950' (framed under Articles 101 and 190 of the Constitution), a person elected to both Parliament and a state legislature must vacate their seat in the state legislature within 14 days of election to the Rajya Sabha. Nabin announced his resignation on social media, addressing his constituents from Bankipur in Bihar, as he reflected on his political journey. He was first elected in a bypoll necessitated by the demise of his father, a legi ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], March 30 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Nitin Nabin on Monday confirmed that he will resign from his position of Bankipur MLA after being elected as a Rajya Sabha MP from Bihar. Nitin Nabin's statement comes amid rumours of him not tendering his resignation while the NDA in Bihar delves into the new Chief Minister face after JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar also got elected as a member of the Upper House of Parliament. Also Read | New Rules From 1 April 2 ...Read More >
Patna, Feb 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Budget Session of the Bihar Legislative Assembly witnessed massive disruptions on Monday, with members from both the ruling party and the opposition creating a ruckus inside the House. As the House convened, legislators from both sides stood up holding placards and raising slogans, leading to a noisy atmosphere. Despite repeated appeals by the Speaker for order and for members to take their seats, the uproar continued. Question Hour commenced amid the chaos, ...Read More >
The BJP on Monday appointed six-time MLA from Darbhanga, Sanjay Saraogi, as Bihar's new president of the party. He assumed charge with immediate effect. Saraogi, 57, a former cabinet minister in the Bihar government, replaces the present incumbent Dilip Jaiswal, who took oath as industry minister in Nitish Kumar-led NDA government last month. Jaiswal served as president for about two years. Jaiswal is understood to have been replaced in keeping with the BJP's stated policy of "one person one p ...Read More >
Patna, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed MLA Sanjay Saraogi as the new Bihar BJP President, a move being seen as highly significant within the party and one that has stirred fresh political discussions in the state. Sanjay Saraogi, a six-time MLA from Darbhanga Sadar and a prominent leader from the Vaishya community, has been entrusted with this key organisational responsibility. The appointment was announced through an official letter issued by the BJP Nat ...Read More >
The inaugural session of the 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly got underway on Monday with the newly-elected members taking the oath of office. Pro-tem speaker Narendra Narayan Yadav administered the procedure allowing the members of recite oath in five languages -- Hindi, English, Urdu, Sanskrit or Maithili. Ministers in the Nitish cabinet were the first to take oath, with deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary, elected from Tarapur assembly seat, coming to the dais first. He was followed by ano ...Read More >
Patna, Dec 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The newly formed 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly witnessed several fresh faces taking oath on the first day of the session. Among them was Osama Shahab, son of former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin, who made his political debut by winning the Raghunathpur seat in Siwan on an RJD ticket. Osama registered an impressive victory in his very first election. After 26 rounds of counting, he secured 88,278 votes, defeating JD(U) candidate Vikas Kumar Singh, who received 79,0 ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) national president Chirag Paswan met and congratulated Union Education Minister and BJP's Bihar election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan on the victory in the elections. He visited the Delhi residence of Dharmendra Pradhan last night. BJP National General Secretary and Bihar in-charge Vinod Tawde was also present during the meeting. Meanwhile, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar tendered his resignation to the ...Read More >
Maithili Thakur is set to become the youngest Bihar MLA. Almost ten Gen Zs stood the electoral test in the two-phase Bihar Assembly elections, including spiritual singer and BJP's Alinagar candidate Maithili Thakur. Here is how the nine candidates aged 25 years stand as of 4 pm: In Alinagar, Maithili Thakur is on the path to become the state's youngest ever MLA. She is almost 7,000 votes ahead of Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) Binod Mishra. Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party's (RLJP) Yash Raj lost f ...Read More >
Purnia | Araria | Kishanganj: The four districts of Seemanchal -- Araria, Purnia, Katihar and Kishanganj -- have more than 50% minority population. In 2020 polls, NDA won 12 seats (BJP-8, JDU-4), Mahagathbandhan seven (Cong-5, RJD-1, CPI(ML)(L)-1) and AIMIM of Asaduddin Owaisi five for the first time. After elections, four MLAs of AIMIM joined RJD and Mahagathbandhan's number rose to 11. In 2025, the challenge for NDA is to maintain the number, while the Opposition needs to prove its mettle by ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 10 (ANI): A day before the second phase of voting in the Bihar Assembly elections, a political storm erupted after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Mahagathbandhan Chief Ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav accused the Election Commission of functioning as a "tool" of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and claimed that the Commission had "died." His remarks triggered sharp condemnation from BJP leaders, who alleged that the opposition habitually attacks ...Read More >
Patna, November 10: The second phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly elections 2025 will be held on Tuesday, November 11. Polling will begin at 7 AM and conclude by 5 PM. A total of 1,302 candidates are fighting for 122 constituencies spread across 20 districts of Bihar. These districts are West Champaran, East Champaran, Supaul, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Araria, Purnea, Kishanganj, Katihar, Banka, Bhagalpur, Nawada, Jamui, Aurangabad, Gaya, Rohtas, Kaimur, Jehanabad and Arwal. Of the 1, ...Read More >
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued consolidated instructions on the post-poll scrutiny of Form 17A (Register of Voters) and other poll-day documents to strengthen transparency and detect even subtle malpractices at polling stations and recommend for repolls if required. All candidates were informed in advance about the date, time, and venue of the scrutiny, it stated in a release. Accordingly, scrutiny of documents was conducted smoothly in all 121 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) w ...Read More >
Patna, Nov 4 (PTI) An FIR was registered against Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh 'Lalan' on Tuesday for making a controversial statement against opposition leaders during campaigning for arrested JD(U) candidate Anant Singh in Bihar's Mokama, the Patna district administration said. The minister landed in a fresh controversy with the surfacing of a video in which he can be purportedly heard asking NDA supporters to intimidate the opponents on polling day. "The video footage was examined by th ...Read More >
The Bihar BJP has expelled six party leaders, including Kahalgaon MLA Pawan Yadav, for engaging in anti-party activities during the ongoing assembly elections. These leaders were found to be working against the NDA nominees. Pawan Yadav, denied a ticket, is now contesting as an Independent. The Bihar unit of the BJP expelled six party leaders, including Kahalgaon MLA Pawan Yadav, for indulging in "anti-party activities". According to a party statement issued on Sunday evening, the expelled lea ...Read More >
New Delhi, October 27: The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar announced a Pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) during the Election Commission of India's press conference on Monday. He stated that the SIR exercise will be carried out in 12 states as part of the second phase of the nationwide voter list verification drive. The surprising part of the announcement was that Assam and Mumbai were excluded from the list, even though major elections are scheduled to take place there ...Read More >
Madhubani (Bihar) [India], October 27 (ANI): Bihar's political landscape is poised for a shake-up as Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party promises change. Speaking to reporters at an election rally in Madhubani, the Jan Suraaj founder claimed that the voters are moving beyond fear-driven choices between Nitish Kumar-BJP and Lalu Yadav-RJD, offering a leaderless, caste-neutral alternative focused on Bihar's youth. Also Read | Delhi Shocker: UPSC Aspirant Murdered in Gandhi Vihar; Woman Among 3 Ar ...Read More >
Madhubani (Bihar) [India], October 27 (ANI): Bihar's political landscape is poised for a shake-up as Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party promises change. Speaking to reporters at an election rally in Madhubani, the Jan Suraaj founder claimed that the voters are moving beyond fear-driven choices between Nitish Kumar-BJP and Lalu Yadav-RJD, offering a leaderless, caste-neutral alternative focused on Bihar's youth. "You will see a new political history being written in Bihar, and the era that has ...Read More >
Hyderabad: All polling stations set up for the upcoming Jubilee Hills Assembly by-election will have basic voter amenities like a mobile phone deposit counter will be available outside polling stations. Voters can hand over switched-off phones before entering and collect them after voting, said chief electoral officer for Telangana Sudharshan Reddy. He added that arrangements were being made to make voting easy and accessible for everyone, including senior citizens and persons with disabilities ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued detailed instructions to all Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) across States and Union Territories to ensure that every polling station is equipped with Assured Minimum Facilities (AMFs) and adequate voter assistance mechanisms on the day of polling. The directive comes as the Nuapada Assembly constituency in Odisha prepares to go to polls on November 11, 2025, alongside the second phase of the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections and ...Read More >
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * AIMIM announced 25 candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections scheduled for November 6 and 11 * Mohammed Kaif and Anas Salam are among AIMIM's candidates for Siwan and Gopalganj constituencies * Bihar elections feature NDA, INDIA bloc, and new party Jan Suraaj led by Prashant Kishor Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode The All India Maj ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Ahead of assembly polls in Bihar, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday issued an order to ensure a fair campaign environment. As per the order, no party, candidate, organisation or person shall publish any advertisement in print media on poll day and one day before the poll day, unless the contents are pre-certified by the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee. The ECI in the order said, "The ECI has announced the schedule for the General Election to the Legislati ...Read More >
With the Bihar elections on the horizon, the National Democratic Alliance is gearing up for what they believe will be a landmark victory. Confidence in Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi runs high among party stalwarts. In contrast, the opposition Mahagathbandhan is criticized for its splintered approach and lack of a cohesive leader. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday affirmed the National Democratic Alliance's victory in the Bihar elections, stating ...Read More >
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya attacked the opposition Mahagathbandhan following the arrest of an RJD candidate on dacoity charges and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's withdrawal from the Bihar elections. Maurya expressed confidence in the NDA's victory, stating the Mahagathbandhan is 'destroyed'. Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the opposition Mahagathbandhan after Sasaram RJD candidate Satendra Sah was arreste ...Read More >
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