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Patna: Ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) announced its seat-sharing formula for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, all eyes have been on Union Minister Chirag Paswan's much-hyped "strike rate". His party, the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) or LJP (R), walked away with 29 assembly seats this time. Many believe his track record in the previous elections convinced the BJP to reward him so generously. But the real story behind Chirag's strike rat ...Read More >
PATNA: Emphasising the need for unity among NDA partners and mobilisation of cadre and sympathisers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged BJP workers to ensure the alliance's victory so that there is no return to the "jungle raj" that characterised the Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi governments.Addressing BJP workers over a video link, the PM referred to the remark a special court made while allowing charges to be framed against Lalu Prasad, his wife, former CM Rabri Devi, and his political succes ...Read More >
Patna: Union minister Chirag Paswan on Wednesday allotted his party LJP(RV) symbol to state president Raju Tiwary from Govindganj and to Hulas Pandey from Brahmapur while releasing the list of 14 candidates from his quota of 29 seats given by the BJP as part of the NDA seat-sharing agreement to contest the assembly elections on Nov 6 and 11.Apart from Raju Tiwari and Hulas, LJP(RV) has fielded Seemant Mrinal (Garkha), Sanjay Kumar Singh (Simri Bakhtiyarpur), Vishnu Dev Paswan (Darouli), Surendra ...Read More >
The National Democratic Alliance has announced its seat distribution for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. BJP and JD(U) will contest 101 seats each. LJP (Ram Vilas) gets 29 seats, with RLM and HAM allocated six seats each. This agreement aims to form an NDA government in Bihar once again. Polling is scheduled for November 6 and November 11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in the national capital on Sunday to attend the Central Election ...Read More >
Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Bihar President Dilip Jaiswal said that the party will announce its first list of candidates for the forthcoming Bihar Assembly polls on Monday evening. Speaking to the media, Jaiswal reiterated the NDA's unity after successfully reaching a common consensus on seat-sharing. "The NDA alliance has announced the seat-sharing arrangement. I have been saying from the beginning that we five 'Pandavas' will contest the Bihar assembly elections with complete unity. W ...Read More >
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) has finalized its candidates for the upcoming assembly polls. The party is expected to contest 103 seats and may replace four underperforming sitting MLAs with new faces. Other NDA partners, including the BJP and Chirag Paswan's LJP, are also finalizing their seat allocations. The elections are scheduled for November 6 and 11. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) has finalised its candidates for "all the seats" it will be contesting i ...Read More >
Bihar Assembly Election: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) is likely to contest 103 of the 243 seats in the upcoming Bihar Assembly Election, and is likely to drop four sitting MLAs. According to a senior party leader, the JDU has finalised its list of candidates for "all seats", which will be revealed in formal announcement by NDA leaders "at an appropriate time". The JDU leader, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the party has decided to replace four "non-perf ...Read More >
Guwahati: The poll fever in Bihar is getting more intense with time. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday declared that if the INDIA bloc, is in power, it will introduce a new law to make sure "that every family in the state has at least one member with a government job." The former deputy chief minister said, "My first announcement is that for every family in Bihar that does not have a government job, a new law will be made to provide one. The Act will be brought within ...Read More >
Ahead of the Bihar Assembly Election, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party in charge of the election, Dharmendra Pradhan, and Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and co-incharge Keshav Prasad Maurya, on Wednesday, chaired a BJP Election Committee Meeting at the party office in Patna. Patna (Bihar) [India]: Ahead of the Bihar Assembly Election, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party in charge of the election, Dharmendra Pradhan, and Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and co-incharge Kes ...Read More >
Patna: While remembering his father Ram Vilas Paswan on his death anniversary, LJP(RV) chief Chirag Paswan on Wednesday made some remarks that could raise concerns for the BJP and JD(U). But in the evening, he said talks were on the right track.Though his statements were interpreted as pressure tactics for "quality seats" he wanted from the BJP for his party, his posturing and demand of at least 15 seats by his fellow dalit leader and cabinet colleague Jitan Ram Manjhi delayed the NDA seat-shari ...Read More >
Patna: The BJP central parliamentary board will announce the party candidates on Oct 11-12 after the NDA partners jointly declare the seat-sharing deal, probably on Friday. The process of filing nomination papers for the first phase election in 121 seats to be held on Nov 6 is to begin on Oct 10. BJP state election committee held a marathon four-hour meeting in Patna on Wednesday to prepare a panel of names on 115 seats to be sent to the parliamentary board. BJP has prepared the panel of names b ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 9 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) has convened an emergency party meeting at its Patna office on Thursday to discuss the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections and organisational matters. Speaking to reporters after arriving in Patna on Wednesday evening, LJP(RV) President and Union Minister Chirag Paswan said that discussions in the meeting would focus on election strategies, seat distribution, and candidate selection. "A meeting has been called by the party's ...Read More >
New Delhi: As the leading alliances have started seat-sharing negotiations before the Bihar assembly elections, smaller parties are flexing their muscle to get a larger share in both the NDA and INDIA bloc. The BJP on Tuesday started seat negotiations with LJP(RV) leader Chirag Paswan. On Wednesday, on the death anniversary of his father, Ram Vilas Paswan, Chirag put out a post on X, which was a symbolic indication to the BJP to agree to his demands. "Papa always used to say: "Do not commit a ...Read More >
Patna: Union minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi played an emotional card on Wednesday by threatening to withdraw from the electoral race altogether, but remain loyal to the PM Narendra Modi. Amid reports that the BJP may offer his party not more than eight seats, Manjhi invoked the Mahabharata's Pandavas to make an emotional appeal for dignity and recognition, demanding 15 seats to maintain HAM(S)'s previous strike rate. His statement comes as the NDA struggles ...Read More >
Patna: While remembering his father Ram Vilas Paswan on his death anniversary, LJP(RV) chief Chirag Paswan on Wednesday made some remarks that could raise concerns for the BJP and JD(U). But in the evening, he said talks were on the right track.Though his statements were interpreted as pressure tactics for "quality seats" he wanted from the BJP for his party, his posturing and demand of at least 15 seats by his fellow dalit leader and cabinet colleague Jitan Ram Manjhi delayed the NDA seat-shari ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 8 (PTI) Bickering among the ruling NDA partners in Bihar over seat sharing has come to the fore, even though the BJP, which held a meeting on Wednesday on the issue, claimed that everything is fine in the alliance. Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said that he was "requesting and not making a claim" that his Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) be given a respectable number of seats, otherwise the party might not contest the election. Another Union minister Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Part ...Read More >
The Election Commission of India is set to announce Bihar election dates, anticipating a fierce three-way contest amidst Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's shifting alliances. Key issues like youth unemployment, development, and rural concerns dominate the political landscape. A controversial voter roll revision by the ECI, challenged by the opposition, further fuels pre-election drama. The Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to announce the dates for the high-stakes Bihar assembly election to ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 6 (PTI) Bihar elections are likely to settle the debate on whether the opposition has finally found a potent political plank in its protest against SIR or it will be another non-starter for the alliance, as the ruling NDA looks to maintain its firm grip on a state which has stood by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar since 2005. However, questions about his health have persisted and a popular verdict will clear the air on whether the JD(U) president continues to endure as the talismanic ...Read More >
Patna: The Election Commission (EC) on Monday announced the Bihar Assembly election schedule in two phases -- polling on November 6 and 11, and counting of votes on November 14. Officials indicated that the decision to hold the polls in just two phases, something which has not been done in the past two decades, is due to the effective curbing of the Naxal menace in the state. Let us take a look at the numbers in the Bihar legislative assembly over the years and what the EC's schedule entails i ...Read More >
PATNA/NEW DELHI: With a three-member Election Commission of India (EC) team winding up its two-day visit to election-bound Bihar on Sunday, ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Opposition parties have intensified their efforts to seal the seat-sharing dea. Opposition INDIA bloc leaders held a meeting at the official residence of RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav in the state capital to discuss seat-sharingarrangements for the upcoming assembly election. The meeting was attended by seni ...Read More >
Traditional wisdom needs to be challenged, to enable and fuel MSME lending for the coming decade, says Rahul Jain, Head of BCG India & Hardik Shah, MD & Partner, BCG. The recent government campaign celebrating a decade of the MUDRA Yojana underscores the progress made in extending credit to micro-enterprises. The ad claims that by the time your food delivery order reaches home, 3,000 Mudra loans are disbursed. Guarantee schemes have shown promise and progress in bringing the small entrepreneurs ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is celebrating "MSME Seva Parv-2025: Virasat se Vikas" from September 28th to 30th. Jitan Ram Manjhi, Union Minister of MSME, Government of India, presided over the event, and Shobha Karandlaje, Union Minister of State for MSME, Government of India, inaugurated the occasion on Sunday at Rudraksh International Cooperation & Convention Centre, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medi ...Read More >
Varanasi, Sep 28 (IANS) Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has said strengthening the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector in India is essential, as it serves as a vital medium for generating employment and empowering the people. Addressing the MSME Seva Parv-2025: Virasat se Vikas event here, the Minister said, "The MSME sector holds great significance in India, as it is one of the largest contributors to job creation." The event is being held from 28th to 30th September. Jitan Ram ...Read More >
In the 2020 assembly election, the BJP contested 110 seats and won 74 of them As Bihar prepares for upcoming assembly polls, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) seat-sharing arrangement is close to being sealed. According to sources cited by CNN-News18, the BJP and JD(U) have struck a consensus, and an official announcement is expected to be made soon. The emerging formula indicates that the JD(U) could contest on 102 seats, while the BJP on 101. The arithematic has been reached keeping chi ...Read More >
Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hardened his stand on the issue of 'ghuspaithiya' (intruders) while addressing a public rally at Purnea in poll-bound Bihar on Monday. He asserted that it was his "guarantee that action will be taken against intruders". Lambasting the Congress and the RJD for putting not only Bihar's prestige, but also its identity in danger, Modi asserted, "A crisis of demography has erupted due to intruders in Seemanchal and the entire eastern India. People of Bihar, Bengal ...Read More >
Patna: Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) national president Chirag Paswan on Sunday said the National Democratic Alliance is moving forward with the goal of making Bihar a developed state. He also accused the Opposition of wanting to confuse people with issues like the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and the Constitution. "After PM Modi took oath for the third time, many developmental projects were implemented on the ground... The Opposition does not see all these ...Read More >
Gaya: Union micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S) founder Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday demanded 15-20 seats for his party, an NDA partner, in the upcoming state assembly elections.Speaking to the reporters in Bodh Gaya, Manjhi said, "I have been enjoying great respect and all kinds of respect as an alliance partner of the NDA. I think top leadership in NDA will consider our demand that is aimed at getting the status of recognised party. They ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], September 15 (ANI): Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) national president Chirag Paswan on Sunday said the National Democratic Alliance is moving forward with the goal of making Bihar a developed state. He also accused the Opposition of wanting to confuse people with issues like the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and the Constitution. "After PM Modi took oath for the third time, many developmental projects were implemented on the ground... T ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], September 15 (ANI): Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) national president Chirag Paswan on Sunday said the National Democratic Alliance is moving forward with the goal of making Bihar a developed state. He also accused the Opposition of wanting to confuse people with issues like the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and the Constitution. "After PM Modi took oath for the third time, many developmental projects were implemented on the ground... T ...Read More >
Gaya (Bihar) [India], September 14 (ANI): Union Minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha founder Jitan Ram Manjhi reiterated his request to contest 20 seats in the upcoming assembly elections under the National Democratic Alliance, stating it is a "do or die" situation for HAM if the NDA doesn't allocate enough seats to his party. He mentioned that his party has not set any target, but they need to have enough seats to gain recognition in the Vidhan Sabha. "We haven't set any such target yet. But i ...Read More >
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