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Patna: Ina major political development ahead of the Assembly elections, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) expelled 16 leaders, including a sitting MLA and two former ministers, most of whom have entered the fray against official NDA candidates. The expulsions have been announced in two separate communications issued, one on late Saturday and the other on Sunday, in which the rebel leaders have been charged with "anti-party activities" and violation of the ideology of JD(U). Among those ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 27 (ANI): Actress Akshara Singh extended warm greetings on the occasion of Chahth Puja, saying that the festival is very sentimental to Biharis. "Happy Chhath Puja to everyone...Chhath Puja is a big sentiment for us Biharis...Chhath Puja teaches us to see people as equals, understand each other and move forward together. I feel that throughout the year we should live together and not hate or cheat anyone," she said Also Read | Delhi Shocker: UPSC Aspirant Murdere ...Read More >
Darbhanga (Bihar) [India], October 27 (ANI): Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) National President Mukesh Sahni asserted that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar cannot be given the responsibility of the state as he is struggling with health issues. He also urged voters to give young politicians a chance to take over. "There is a wave of change in the entire state. In 2005, people felt he should be given a chance... In 2010, he indeed did development in the state. In 2015, he became CM with Lalu Yadav's sup ...Read More >
RJD candidate Veena Devi, wife of disqualified 'Bahubali' Surajbhan Singh, contends her husband is a changed man and claims she can reform Mokama. She criticizes Bihar's development as superficial, focusing on highways, while common people suffer. Veena Devi highlights local issues like poor education and healthcare, asserting her ability to bring change. The discussions around the closely-contested seat of Mokama in Bihar are centred around the battle between two 'Bahubalis' - Anant Singh and ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 27 (ANI): Actress Akshara Singh extended warm greetings on the occasion of Chahth Puja, saying that the festival is very sentimental to Biharis. "Happy Chhath Puja to everyone...Chhath Puja is a big sentiment for us Biharis...Chhath Puja teaches us to see people as equals, understand each other and move forward together. I feel that throughout the year we should live together and not hate or cheat anyone," she said Regarding the Bihar elections, she said, "I want ...Read More >
The Congress party has unveiled a list of 40 prominent campaigners for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections in 2025. This move aims to boost its presence in the state, where it is part of the opposition INDIA bloc. The list includes influential national and regional figures, highlighting the party's strategy to strengthen its position. Among the notable names are Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, and Ashok Gehlot. They are expected to lead dynamic rallies and engage wit ...Read More >
Darbhanga (Bihar) [India], October 27 (ANI): Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) National President Mukesh Sahni asserted that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar cannot be given the responsibility of the state as he is struggling with health issues. He also urged voters to give young politicians a chance to take over. "There is a wave of change in the entire state. In 2005, people felt he should be given a chance... In 2010, he indeed did development in the state. In 2015, he became CM with Lalu Yadav's sup ...Read More >
Bihar Election 2025: The air in Bihar is thick with election fever as the state approaches its assembly elections, a period when power games rise to the surface and the state's long tradition of strongmen politics takes center stage. The term 'bahubali' has long been used to describe individuals who command authority not through promises but through muscle, money and fear. These candidates inspire loyalty by intimidation, not persuasion, and this year, many of them are back in the electoral fra ...Read More >
Bihar polls: "Thugbandhan and Lathbandhan," Dharmendra Pradhan on 'friendly fight' within Mahagathbandhan Patna (Bihar) [India], October 26 (ANI): Union Minister and BJP election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday took a swipe at the Opposition in Bihar, saying that the RJD-Congress-led Mahagathbandhan, which has yet to announce its seat-sharing formula formally, is nothing but a 'Lathbandhan'. Speaking to ANI, Pradhan said, 'Where is the alliance there? It is 'Lathbandhan'. In their allia ...Read More >
Patna: In a startling turn of events during his aggressive voter outreach campaign, strongman and former MLA Anant Singh took an unexpected tumble when the flimsy platform beneath him crumpled mid-speech on Sunday. Yet, he emerged unscathed and swiftly moved on to his next stop.The incident unfolded in Rampur Dumra village, part of the Mokama assembly constituency, Singh is fighting for, rallying supporters under his high-octane 'Toofan Sampark Abhiyan'.Panic briefly gripped the crowd after the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Chhath festival, once a purely spiritual and cultural celebration of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, has increasingly become a stage for political symbolism, with major parties across North India using it as a tool to woo voters. Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, from Patna's riverbanks to Delhi's Yamuna ghats and Lucknow's ponds along the Gomti river, political parties are vying to claim ownership of the festival, transforming faith into a political statement. According to source ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 26 (ANI): BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday alleged that the RJD had no roadmap to fight the upcoming elections and relied on the only model they knew, that of giving land and taking jobs. Speaking to reporters, the BJP MP stated that the people of Bihar will not be deceived. Also Read | Acid Attack in Delhi: 20-Year-Old Woman Sustains Injuries on Hands in Bid to To Protect Her Face, Case Registered. "Their (RJD) desperation is evident. They first said that t ...Read More >
Bihar Election 2025: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday visited the residence of Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) [LJP(RV)] chief Chirag Paswan to participate in Chhath Puja festivities, in a gesture that comes amid new political alignments and speculation over internal equations within Bihar's ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA). During the meeting, Paswan expressed gratitude to the Chief Minister for joining the celebration and dismissed opposition claims of tension ...Read More >
PATNA: The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Sunday expelled 16 rebel leaders, including an MLA and two former ministers, from the party. Some of these leaders are contesting polls against official NDA candidates in the upcoming assembly election in the state. Those expelled included Narendra Niraj alias Gopal Mandal, MLA from Gopalpur in Bhagalpur district, Sanjeev Shyam Singh, a former MLC who is contesting the Gurua assembly seat in Gaya district as the candidate of Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Pa ...Read More >
Playback singer Maithili Thakur, trained in Indian classical and devotional music, turned 25 on July 25 this year. Three months later, she is in a different field altogether as she contests the upcoming Assembly elections from Alinagar constituency in Darbhanga district as a surprise Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee. Ms. Thakur, the youngest among the candidates in the Bihar elections this time, hails from Benipatti in neighbouring Madhubani district, about 35 km from the Mithilanchal regio ...Read More >
The Voter Adhikar Yatra, with Tejashwi Yadav and other INDIA leaders, was expected to give the Congress visibility and legitimacy. After weeks of deliberations, the Mahagathbandhan declared RJD leader Tejashwi as its chief ministerial candidate and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani as the deputy CM face on Thursday. Tejashwi being the CM pick, though delayed, was natural. However, the choice of Sahani indicated a shift in leadership dynamics in the alliance. The RJD-led Mahaga ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 26 (PTI) Cracking down on rebellion in the party ahead of the assembly elections, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) expelled 16 leaders, including a sitting MLA and two former ministers, most of whom have entered the fray against official NDA candidates. The expulsions have been announced in two separate communications issued, one on late Saturday and the other on Sunday, in which the rebel leaders have been charged with "anti-party activities" and violation of the ideology o ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 26 (ANI): Ahead of the Bihar elections, Congress leader Pawan Khera on Sunday criticised the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for not announcing the name of the state's Chief Ministerial candidate. Speaking to ANI, the Congress leader stated that the alliance is afraid of losing the polls, as it has not announced the name of the Chief Minister. Further, he also alleged that the NDA lacks the courage to declare that Nitish Kumar will be their candidate for Chief ...Read More >
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav expressed anguish over Bihar's persistent poverty and unemployment under NDA rule, claiming CM Nitish Kumar won't be reinstated if the alliance wins. He accused the Centre of shielding corrupt leaders and promised a corruption-free government focused on people's grievances, affordable medicines, and jobs if the INDIA bloc is voted to power. Asserting that he feels anguished that Bihar's farmers are still poor despite the 20 years of rule by the JD(U)-led NDA in the sta ...Read More >
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has criticized the INDIA bloc for opposing electoral roll revisions in Bihar. He stated that every infiltrator will be detected and deported. Shah accused RJD supremo Lalu Prasad of prioritizing his family's prosperity over Bihar's development. He claimed that heinous crimes have decreased under NDA rule, contrasting it with the RJD era. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday slammed the INDIA bloc for opposing the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral r ...Read More >
A stalled government medical college in Bihar's Vaishali district, a project championed by former health minister Tej Pratap Yadav, remains incomplete. Now expelled from his family's RJD party, Yadav is testing his personal political clout in the upcoming election with his own party, the Janshakti Janta Dal. The hospital, spread over 20 acres and estimated to cost Rs 462 crore, was designed to house academic blocks, staff quarters, and recreational spaces -- the kind of facility that promised l ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 25 (PTI) Claiming that his father Ram Vilas Paswan wanted a Muslim chief minister for Bihar in 2005 but the RJD did not agree to it, LJP (RV) chief Chirag Paswan on Saturday sought to reach out to the minority community, asking how will they get "respect" if they continue to remain a "bonded vote bank". "In 2005, my leader, my father, late Ram Vilas Paswan ji even sacrificed his own party to make a Muslim chief minister - yet even then, you did not support him," Chirag said in a ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) A major political controversy erupted in Bihar on Saturday after a video from an RJD rally surfaced online, showing a speaker making a provocative statement on the Waqf Bill and urging people to ensure Tejashwi Yadav becomes the next Chief Minister. The video, shared by BJP's National Spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari on X, shows a man addressing a public gathering from the RJD stage, making an open call to "tear apart the Waqf Bill" if Tejashwi Yadav forms the go ...Read More >
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bihar on October 30 to attend programs in Muzaffarpur and Chhapra, BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal said. Modi has already addressed rallies in Samastipur and Begusarai, launching the NDA's campaign for the November 6 and 11 Assembly elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit poll-bound Bihar on October 30 to attend two programmes in Muzaffarpur and Chhapra, said BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal on Saturday. Earlier, Prime Minister Modi visited ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: With the announcement of Tejashwi Yadav as the chief ministerial candidate for the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan on Thursday, following a prolonged period of uncertainty within the alliance, political attention in Bihar has once again turned towards the electoral significance and decisive consolidation of the Yadav community. However, the number of candidates belonging to the Yadav community who have been dropped or denied tickets by the BJP and JD(U) in the NDA alliance presents a contras ...Read More >
Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party is backing independent candidate Anup Kumar Srivastava in Gopalganj. Kishor alleges his party's nominee withdrew due to BJP pressure. Srivastava, a former BJP district president, was allegedly denied a ticket by the BJP. Kishor stated Srivastava is now part of the Jan Suraaj family. The party aims to counter the BJP's alleged tactics. Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Friday announced his support for rebel BJP candidate Anup Kumar Srivastava in Bihar ...Read More >
Bhojpur (Bihar) [India], October 25 (ANI): BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Friday said that Pawan Singh, the popular Bhojpuri actor and singer, ruled out contesting the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, instead setting his sights on the parliamentary elections. "Pawan Singh doesn't even want to contest the assembly elections; he wants to contest as an MP. I got him the ticket from Asansol, and in the future, we will get him to contest the election from the right place..." he said. While speaking to re ...Read More >
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addressed a rally urging support for the NDA in upcoming elections. He stated the state is progressing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's central government. Kumar also criticized RJD chief Lalu Prasad's past leadership. He mentioned his past alliances with Prasad's party were a mistake. Kumar emphasized his long-standing partnership with the NDA. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that the state was progressing with the help of Prime Minister Na ...Read More >
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday (October 24, 2025) asserted that Bihar was making progress with generous help from the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and urged the people to vote for the NDA in the assembly elections. The JD(U) president addressed a rally in Samastipur district, from where the Prime Minister launched his campaign for the high-stakes elections. Mr. Kumar lambasted RJD president Lalu Prasad, whom he did not mention by name, for misgoverning the state and "mak ...Read More >
Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday blazed through poll-bound Bihar with back-to-back rallies in Samastipur and Begusarai districts, calling upon voters to keep at bay the opposition RJD-Congress combine led by "people out on bail" and predicting a record-breaking victory for the NDA. The PM also sought to underscore the contrast between a fractious INDIA bloc and the cohesive BJP-led coalition, which included Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U), Lok Janshakti Party and Hindusta ...Read More >
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