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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 >
Patna/Begusarai: Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi will kick off his Bihar election campaign with two back-to-back rallies on Friday, addressing the people of Samastipur and Begusarai, while Union home minister Amit Shah is scheduled to hold separate meetings in Siwan and Buxar the same day. Shah has already addressed a rally at Taraiya in Saran on Oct 17.The first phase of the assembly elections is scheduled for Nov 6, followed by the second phase on Nov 11 and the results will be declared on N ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 24 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Manoj Tiwari on Friday accused the opposition Mahagathbandhan of merely considering Muslims as a "vote bank" and not providing them with benefits. Speaking to reporters here, Tiwari said that benefits to the Muslim community have been provided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar instead. He also said that Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav had to "struggle" to declare himself ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday remembered the contributions of Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur in building the nation and vowed to fulfil the aspirations of the 14 crore population of Bihar, claiming that their dream is the dream of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). PM Modi, addressing a huge gathering of people, said, "Today is an extremely important day in my life. Before coming here, I had gone to Karpoori Gram, where I got the opportunity to pay my res ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Reacting to the declaration of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav as Mahagathbandhan Chief Ministerial candidate for the upcoming Bihar Assembly election, Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister and BJP leader Jaiveer Singh on Friday said the people of Bihar are "not in a mood to tolerate Lalu's family once again." Speaking to IANS, Jaiveer Singh said, "The entire state of Bihar witnessed what it was like 20 years ago -- the jungle raj, hooliganism, looting, and illegal land en ...Read More >
Mukesh Sahani has been named the Deputy Chief Ministerial candidate for the Mahagathbandhan in poll bound Bihar, parties representing the Opposition bloc announced on Thursday. The alliance, which includes the RJD, Congress, Left parties, and Sahani's Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), has already picked Tejashwi Yadav as its Chief Ministerial face. Sahani's selection could be seen as a strategic move to consolidate support among Bihar's fisherman and other backward communities and strengthen the a ...Read More >
New Delhi: After the Opposition alliance in Bihar named RJD's Tejashwi Yadav as its chief ministerial face and VIP's Mukesh Sahani as deputy CM nominee, the BJP dismissed the move, calling the bloc a "divided house." "It's a divided house. That's why they were trying to send out a message of unity at the press conference (held in Patna on Thursday)," BJP national spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam told ET. "You don't need to send out a message of unity - it's reflected in your nature, conduct, commi ...Read More >
Bihar Assembly Election 2025 News Live Updates: As the election fever is raging across Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karpoorigram in Samastipur district, the birthplace of Karpoori Thakur on Friday. After meeting Thakur's family, he will address a massive public rally at the Samastipur airport ground, marking his first Bihar campaign event since the election dates were announced. Earlier this month, PM Modi inaugurated the Karpoori Thakur Skill University virtually. He said th ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Mahagathbandhan on Thursday announced Tejashwi Yadav as its chief ministerial candidate and Mukesh Sahani as the deputy chief ministerial face ahead of the Bihar assembly elections. While Tejashwi's nomination came as no surprise, Sahani's elevation -- from a former NDA ally once written off by rivals to a pivotal figure within the alliance -- marks a significant turn. ...Read More >
PATNA/NEW DELHI: Hours after the Mahagathbandhan named Tejashwi Yadav as its CM face, PM Modi on Thursday raised the pitch of 'jungle raj', saying people will not forget the 15-year RJD govt for 100 years and never allow its return, however hard the opposition alliance may try.'Jungle raj' was the constant theme in his interaction with five youths associated with BJP as he slammed the opposition's gathbandhan as "lathbandhan" (unruly alliance), in what was seen as allusion to the lawlessness tha ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 23 (ANI): Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Thursday claimed that Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) "tortured" Congress and other parties in the Mahagathbandhan to declare Tejashwi Yadav as the Chief Ministerial candidate of the alliance for the upcoming Assembly polls. Dy CM Choudhary alleged that the RJD fielded candidates against Congress and alliance partners to force them to accept Tejashwi as the CM face. Addressing a press conference in Patna, Samra ...Read More >
Patna: The NDA reacted sharply to RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav's promise of providing permanent jobs to Jeevika didis with a monthly salary of Rs30,000 each to them.BJP national spokesperson and MP, Sudhanshu Trivedi, and deputy CM Samrat Choudhary mocked Tejashwi's promises. Trivedi said Tejashwi, who is distracted and disillusioned by the problems in his alliance, is making statements that not only question the credibility of his claims but also mock the electoral process.Choudhary said fo ...Read More >
Patna: Days after publicly declaring that he would not contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani has been announced as the Deputy Chief Ministerial face of the INDIA bloc. The alliance, led by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, named Yadav as its Chief Ministerial candidate and Sahani as his deputy face on Thursday, October 23. The announcement was made in Patna by senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, in the presence of Yadav ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 23 (PTI) The opposition INDIA bloc on Thursday declared RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav its chief ministerial candidate for Bihar assembly polls, in what is being seen as a last-ditch effort to put an end to squabbles and project unity ahead of the elections. Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, who has been camping in Patna since Wednesday to iron out differences with the RJD, said the decision had the approval of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Rahul Gandhi. Addr ...Read More >
Begusarai (Bihar) [India] October 23 (ANI): Union Minister Giriraj Singh launched a scathing attack on the Mahagathbandhan claiming that opposition's alliance in Bihar is a group of "ticket-selling parties". Singh said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi upcoming campaigns in the poll-bound state will ensure defeat of all these "vote-cutter" and "ticket seller" parties. "PM Narendra Modi will address a gathering of lakhs of people and kickstart the election campaigning in Begusarai and Samastipu ...Read More >
Kedarnath (Uttarakhand) [India], October 23 (ANI): The portals of the world-famous eleventh Jyotirlinga, Kedarnath Dham, were ceremoniously closed for the winter season at 8:30 am on Thursday, October 23, coinciding with Bhai Dooj (Kartik Shukla Saptami, Anuradha Nakshatra). Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was present on the occasion. Before the closure, the temple was beautifully decorated with flowers. The atmosphere in the temple complex reverberated with devotional tunes play ...Read More >
New Delhi: BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Thursday took a dig at the Opposition's Mahagathbandhan after posters for the alliance's first joint press conference in Patna featured only RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi missing from the visuals. Taking to X, Poonawalla mocked the optics of the Opposition bloc's internal dynamics, posting, "Joint PC? But only one picture. Rahul Gandhi & Congress ka 'samman chori'. Showed Congress & Rahul his place?" The ...Read More >
Bihar Elections: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday took a jibe at the Congress in Bihar, hours before a joint press conference of the Mahagathbandhan in Patna. The saffron party attacked the grand old party after pointing out that its leader Rahul Gandhi's photo was missing from the posters for the press meet. The sources said that the press conference was scheduled to formally announce Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav as the grand alliance's chief ministerial candidate f ...Read More >
Patna: The photographs of top INDIA bloc leaders were missing from a banner at the venue of the much-awaited joint press conference of the Mahagathbandhan in Patna on Thursday, triggering a controversy. The banner, the image of which has gone viral on social media, carried only a large photograph of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. A joint press conference of the Mahagathbandhan leaders is scheduled to be held in the state capital later in the day. This is the first press conference of the Mahagathb ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 23 (PTI) The photographs of top INDIA bloc leaders were missing from a banner at the venue of the much-awaited joint press conference of the Mahagathbandhan in Patna on Thursday, triggering a controversy. The banner, the image of which has gone viral on social media, carried only a large photograph of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. A joint press conference of the Mahagathbandhan leaders is scheduled to be held in the state capital later in the day. This is the first press conference of ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the Mahagathbandhan prepares to hold a crucial press conference on Thursday, speculation is rife that the long wait for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav's wish to be declared the alliance's Chief Ministerial face may finally come to an end. The development comes on the heels of a meeting between Tejashwi Yadav, senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, and the party's Bihar in-charge Krishna Allavaru, who met Tejashwi and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav ...Read More >
Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas (LJPRV) chief Chirag Paswan on Wednesday hit out at RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, mocking his poll promises of regularising contractual employees and Jivika Didis as "dreams of Mungeri Lal". Speaking to reporters in Patna, Paswan said, "First, he would at least form the government and then think of it. The Grand Alliance leaders are busy fighting among themselves. As a result, the Mahagathbandhan has been completely destroyed. Despite this, if Tejashwi Yadav thinks he ...Read More >
The Rashtriya Janata Dal on Tuesday announced pre-election sops for women voters to counter those offered by Bihar's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal United alliance. The sops include assurances that women employed as 'Jeevika didis' will have their jobs - currently on contract - made permanent and salaries will be raised to Rs 30,000 per month. Also, interest will be waived on outstanding loans and interest-free credit offered till 2027. The 'didis', the RJD said further, will be prov ...Read More >
Mohania in Kaimur district is a seat demarcated for Scheduled Castes, and natives of another state cannot contest an election in a reserved seat, they said, adding that the rule does not apply in general seats. In a setback to the opposition Mahagathbandhan in the Bihar polls, the Election Commission on Wednesday cancelled the nomination of RJD's Shweta Suman in the Mohania assembly seat after finding that she was a native of UP, officials said. Mohania in Kaimur district is a seat demarcated ...Read More >
Independent MP Pappu Yadav, who recently made a remark about Rahul Gandhi being projected as the leader of the Grand Alliance in Bihar, today clarified that he didn't mean the position entailed the Congress leader being the Chief Ministerial face of the alliance. He also said steering clear of friendly fights is the responsibility of the RJD. "We have always adhered to the dharma of alliance. We have not created the friendly fights. The RJD should withdraw its candidates from seats where they a ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 22 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday slammed Union Minister Giriraj Singh for his "namak haram' remarks targeting Muslims, and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take action against him. Taking a veiled jibe at the BJP, Abdullah said that its leaders resort to such statements during elections, claiming their "weak" position on the ground. He said, "It is regrettable if a Union Minister says such things. However, ...Read More >
Gaya (Bihar) [India], October 22 (ANI): Bhagirath Manjhi, son of Dashrath Manjhi, popularly known as the 'Mountain Man,' has expressed disappointment over not receiving a Congress party ticket for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, despite what he claims were prior assurances. Speaking to ANI, Bhagirath Manjhi said he had travelled to Delhi and stayed there for four days in the hope of securing a ticket to contest in the elections. "I stayed in Delhi for 4 days but didn't get the ticket... ...Read More >
Patna, October 22: Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas (LJPRV) chief Chirag Paswan on Wednesday hit out at RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, mocking his poll promises of regularising contractual employees and Jivika Didis as "dreams of Mungeri Lal". Speaking to reporters in Patna, Paswan said, "First, he would at least form the government and then think of it. The Grand Alliance leaders are busy fighting among themselves. As a result, the Mahagathbandhan has been completely destroyed. Despite this, if Tejash ...Read More >
Kaimur (Bihar) [India], October 22 (ANI): RJD leader Shweta Suman on Wednesday broke down in tears as she claimed that the Election Commission cancelled her candidature from Mohania Assembly constituency. Speaking to reporters, Shweta Suman alleged that the Election Commission officials were forced to cancel her candidature. "Pressure was constantly being placed on the RO and CO from Delhi. They were forced to make this decision. They said they were helpless... the BJP, PM Modi, and Amit Shah ...Read More >
Patna: The Opposition's Mahagathbandhan or INDIA bloc has not yet been able to arrive at the seat-sharing formula, even after the last date of filing nominations for the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 crossed. A "friendly fight" between INDAI Bloc members could be seen on 11 out of 243 seats. Reports of a rift within the Opposition bloc have been making the rounds for the past few days. Meanwhile, earlier on Wednesday, senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot met Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu ...Read More >
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