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Patna (Bihar): Congress MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh on Tuesday acknowledged a "tussle" within the Mahagathbandhan during the Bihar assembly elections' ticket distribution, warning that it has created confusion among voters. "I do not deny that there indeed has been a little mess up. The manner in which there was a tussle over the distribution of tickets has indeed sent a wrong message," he told ANI, responding to questions about Mahagathbandhan allies facing each other on 12 seats. He stressed th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Congress is rushing senior politician Ashok Gehlot to Patna for a meeting with RJD scion Tejashwi Yadav to resolve Bihar assembly election-related issues, ranging from "friendly fights" to manifesto release and campaign plan. Opposition sources said Congress general secretary KC Venugopal held a discussion with Tejashwi, following which Gehlot, state in-charge Krishna Allavaru and RJD will hold talks on Wednesday.The state netas of 'Mahagathbandhan' alliance partners are likely to hol ...Read More >
Bihar Elections 2025: INDIA bloc faces turmoil as JMM exits the opposition alliance, claiming a 'political conspiracy' by RJD and Congress. With nominations finalised, the fragmented INDIA bloc grapples with internal disputes as it gears up for a crucial electoral showdown. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) released its list of 143 candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections on Monday, effectively ending the prolonged seat-sharing negotiations within the opposition Mahagathbandhan allianc ...Read More >
PATNA: Just a fortnight before the first phase of polling in Bihar, partners in the INDIA bloc, which seemed to be in a disarray till Sunday, appeared going into the damage-control mode on Monday with some withdrawing candidates against each other on certain seats.RJD announced its list of 143 candidates, leaving the remaining 100 for its allies. It dropped 31 MLAs and nominated new candidates. Congress has fielded candidates for 61 seats, while the Left comprising the CPI-ML, CPI and CPM announ ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 20 (ANI): As the nomination process for the second phase of the Bihar Assembly elections concluded on Monday, the political landscape in the state has taken a decisive turn. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) released its list of 143 candidates, effectively concluding prolonged seat-sharing talks within the Mahagathbandhan alliance. However, the alliance suffered a blow as the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) formally withdrew from the elections. Also Read | Bihar Assemb ...Read More >
New Delhi: As the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) announces a list of 143 candidates, Janata Dal (United) national spokesperson Rajeev Ranjan Prasad on Monday called it a "one-sided announcement" while saying that it indicates Bihar Leader of Opposition (LoP) Tejashwi Yadav has "accepted defeat". Speaking to ANI, Prasad argued that Yadav's "arrogance and boastful claims" have been crushed by his own allies. "Where has their alliance survived? Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav were making l ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 20 (ANI): The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Monday announced one more candidate, Minnat Rahmani, for the upcoming Bihar Assembly Elections, an official press release from AICC said. Rahmani will contest from the Supaul assembly constituency. This takes the total number of seats the Congress is contesting to 61. Polling for the Bihar elections 2025 will take place on November 6 and 11. The results will be announced on November 14. Meanwhile, the Rashtriya ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 20 (ANI): The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has released its list of candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly Elections, fielding 143 contenders across the state. The official list was released on the last day of nominations for the second phase. 24 Women candidates are among the 143 named as contestants. With this announcement the shape of the Mahagathbandhan alliance is also clear with RJD contesting 143, Congress 61, CPI ML 20 and the remaining likely to go to M ...Read More >
Bihar elections: Case Filed Against Tej Pratap Yadav For Using Police Beacon During Bihar Poll ProcessionTej Pratap Yadav has been booked for violating the Model Code of Conduct after using a vehicle with a police logo and beacon during his nomination rally in Mahua. The Bihar 2025 polls will see a strong contest between NDA and Mahagathbandhan. Lalu Prasad Yadav's elder son and Janshakti Janta Dal (JJD) chief, Tej Pratap Yadav, has been booked for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct ...Read More >
Bihar gears up for Assembly Elections. Chirag Paswan's party questions Tejashwi Yadav's chief ministerial candidacy. The alliance has not confirmed Tejashwi Yadav's name. Internal clashes plague the alliance. Congress released its first list of 48 candidates for the upcoming elections. Key constituencies are being strategized for. The elections are scheduled for November 6 and 11. As Bihar gears up for Assembly Elections, Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) on Saturday attacked th ...Read More >
Bihar Election 2025: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) released a list of 25 candidates on Sunday for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls. The AIMIM Bihar unit approved 25 candidates, including Mohammed Kaif for Siwan, Anas Salam for Gopalganj AC, Advocate Shams Aagaz for Kishanganj, Rashid Khalil Ansari for Madhubani, Mohammad Manzoor Alam for Araria, among others. Also Read: Meet Ex-Security Guard Who Built 400-Crore Empire, Now Jan Suraaj's Pick For THIS Seat In Bihar Electio ...Read More >
Patna: Two days ahead of the last date of filing nomination papers for the first phase of Bihar assembly elections, all eyes are on the rebels. Reports about resentment among ticket aspirants are coming from almost every part of the state. The three major parties - ruling BJP and JDU and the main opposition RJD - are keeping a close eye on the possible rebels. In the first phase of polls on November 6, around 121 assembly seats will go to polls. While NDA has announced its candidates for the f ...Read More >
As per reports and repeated indications by Rashtriya Janata Dal -- the senior partner in Mahagathbandhan, the Congress is likely to get a less number of seats than the last elections due to its performance in the 2020 assembly polls. In the last state election, the INC managed to secure only 19 out of 70 seats it contested. With just over a day before for the nomination for first phase of Bihar election ends, the lack of consensus among the Opposition bloc ( Mahagathbandhan) over various aspect ...Read More >
Union Minister Giriraj Singh has taken a jab at political strategist Prashant Kishor for opting out of the Bihar assembly elections. He accused Kishor of being acutely aware of his slim chances of success, branding Kishor's party as merely a 'vote splitter' and a mere accessory to the RJD. Patna, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday criticised Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor for his decision not to contest the Bihar assembly polls, claiming that the poll strategist-turned-politici ...Read More >
Patna: Folk singer Maithili Thakur, along with RJD MLA Bharat Bind joined the BJP on Tuesday. She is likely to be fielded from Alinagar in Darbhanga. Sitting MLA Mishri Lal Tadav has quit BJP. Earlier, it was speculated that the BJP would field her from her home seat Benipatti, but retained sitting MLA Vinod Narayan Jha in its first list of 71 candidates announced Tuesday. Alinagar is the home of Maithili's maternal uncle.Maithili turned 25 recently. Her father Ramesh Thakur is also her guru and ...Read More >
PATNA: Union home minister Amit Shah said Friday that NDA allies will fight the Bihar assembly elections "under the leadership of JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar" but a decision on who will head the next govt will be taken by elected legislators, leading to JD(U) saying there was no ambiguity as Nitish Kumar would return as CM in the event of victory. "Elected MLAs of the coalition partners will first elect their respective party leaders, who will sit together and decide as to who will head the next go ...Read More >
PATNA: Former state minister and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani on Friday announced that he would not contest upcoming Bihar assembly election and focus on improving party's performance. Talking to media persons, Sahani said that he decided not to contest the election as it would divert his focus from party to the seat from where he would contest the election. "If I am not in the fray, I can move across the state and mobilise support for our candidate," he added. Sahani was ...Read More >
Muzaffarpur: The Congress released its first list of 48 candidates for the Bihar assembly elections on Thursday night -- just hours before the deadline for filing of nominations for the first-phase polling comes to an end -- fielding its state party chief Rajesh Ram from Kutumba assembly constituency and state legislature party leader Shakeel Ahmad Khan from Kadwa seat. The announcement came even before a final seat-sharing arrangement within the Opposition grand alliance has been finalised ami ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 16 (ANI): As the deadline for filing nominations for the first phase of polling in the Bihar Assembly elections nears, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released its list of star campaigners, while the Mahagathbandhan is yet to announce its seat-sharing arrangement. The BJP, which leads the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar, along with Janata Dal (United), has named prominent figures, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home M ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India] October 16 (ANI): Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal on Thursday suggested that Mukesh Sahani, the chief of the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), is being humiliated within the INDIA bloc. From what Ive seen on social media, attempts are being made within the INDI alliance to humiliate Mukesh Sahani. He been betrayed after the promises he was initially given. Mukesh Sahani needs to reflect on how he used to be respected within the NDA compared to what he is being subjected to ...Read More >
Bihar Assembly Election: In another claim of alleged discord within the opposition camp, Bihar BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal Thursday claimed that a 'tug of war' is happening between the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress due to internal conflict within the Mahagathbandhan, which will continue to weaken opposition ranks, and pull more voters towards the incumbent NDA. "There is infighting going on in the Mahagathbandhan. The tug-of-war happening between RJD and Congress in the Mahagathbandhan pr ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 16 (ANI): Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal on Thursday took a sharp dig at the Mahagathbandhan, saying that internal discord within the alliance is evident and will continue to weaken it in the future. Speaking to reporters, Jaiswal said, "There is infighting going on in the Mahagathbandhan. The tug-of-war happening between RJD and Congress in the Mahagathbandhan proves that this will be their nature in the future as well, so the voters have made up their minds f ...Read More >
Darbhanga: Sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Alinagar in Bihar's Darbhanga district, Mishri Lal Yadav, has resigned from the party, alleging disrespected within the BJP. "My self-respect has been hurt. Even as an MLA, I was not given due respect in the party. Therefore, my continued stay in the BJP is not justified," Yadav said in his resignation statement. Yadav was elected from the Alinagar assembly seat in 2020 on a Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) ticket and later joined the BJP-l ...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 >
Bihar Congress president Rajesh Kumar said the party has finalised the seats it will contest in the upcoming assembly elections, with approval from alliance partners and the central election committee. A formal announcement is expected in a day or two. The INDIA bloc, led by RJD, includes Congress, Left parties, VIP, and may add JMM and RLJP, with seat-sharing adjustments for new allies. Bihar Congress president Rajesh Kumar on Thursday claimed that the party has finalised the seats it will be ...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 [India], October 6 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Monday informed that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists throughout the country after announcing the schedule for the Bihar Assembly elections. The 243 Assembly seats in Bihar will go to the polls in two phases on November 6 and November 11, with the counting of votes scheduled for November 14. Addressing the press conferences, the C ...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 >
The declaration comes at a politically sensitive moment. While Congress leader Rahul Gandhi recently sidestepped questions on the Mahagathbandhan's chief ministerial face, Yadav's statement signals his bid to project himself as the coalition's natural leader. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav has announced that his party will contest all 243 assembly seats in Bihar, intensifying uncertainty within the Mahagathbandhan over seat-sharing. Speaking at a workers' rally in Kant ...Read More >
Patna/Bhagalpur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' gathered momentum on Friday as it moved through Munger and Bhagalpur, drawing large crowds and sharp political reactions. The yatra, aimed at highlighting alleged irregularities in the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, entered its sixth day with colourful displays of alliance flags and enthusiastic supporters lining the streets. Rahul, accompanied by RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, CPI-ML general s ...Read More >
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