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NEW DELHI/PATNA: Before these polls, Chirag Paswan had described himself as “sabji mein namak” (salt in vegetables), which is essential to any political broth. Winning 19 of the 29 seats his party contested, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief proved his mettle again in Bihar as his performance propelled NDA past the 200-seat mark. What…
NEW DELHI: The two senior Bihar NDA constituents — the BJP and chief minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) — may have swept the assembly elections between themselves. But it was Union minister Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), which brought in the extra seats and powered the coalition’s march beyond the 200-seat mark.Though…
Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas appears set for a strong performance in the Bihar assembly elections, with the party leading in 22 seats according to the latest trends on the Election Commission website. This is the most impressive showing for LJP(RV) compared to 2020 when it managed to win only one seat.In the…
NEW DELHI: Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Tuesday endorsed Nitish Kumar as the NDA’s chief ministerial face for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections and offered clarification on Union minister Amit Shah’s recent “MLAs will decide” remark.“How many times does it need to be said that chief minister Nitish Kumar is the…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan, accusing him of “greed for power” and alleging that he has compromised his political stand for a share in the ruling alliance.Responding to Paswan’s recent comments on his late father Ram…
NEW DELHI: Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) (LJP(RV)) chief Chirag Paswan on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the “collapsed” Mahagathbandhan alliance claiming that their hopes of coming to power are nothing but “Mungeri Lal ke sunehre sapne.““The way an infighting is going on in the Mahagathbandhan and the way the alliance has completely collapsed,…
Stage set for Bihar assembly elections 2025 NEW DELHI: The seat-sharing deal for the upcoming 2025 Bihar assembly election revealed a subtle but significant shift in internal power dynamics within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). For the first time since the early 1990s, the two principal partners — the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)), led by…
India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, right, and Chirag Shetty in action (Claus Fisker/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In a thrilling men’s doubles semifinal at the Denmark Open Super 750, India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to Japan’s Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi on Saturday.The Asian Games champions, who had recently reached finals in both Hong Kong Super…
NEW DELHI: When Ram Vilas Paswan, Bihar’s legendary political “weatherman,” passed away in 2020, the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) seemed at a crossroads. His son, Chirag Paswan, stepped in to lead the party, inheriting both the mantle and the expectations of a Dalit political legacy.Since taking over, Chirag has sought to modernise the party’s…
Satwik-Chirag Denmark Open badminton Semifinal Live Updates: India’s ace men’s doubles duo, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, advanced to the semi-finals of the Denmark Open 2025 after defeating Indonesia’s unseeded pair Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Rahmat Hidayat 21-15, 18-21, 21-16 in a tense 65-minute encounter on Friday. In a gripping contest at the Jyske Bank…
