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PM Modi in Samastipur (PTI) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday kicked off his Bihar election campaign from Samastipur, joined by chief minister Nitish Kumar, reaffirming the NDA’s confidence of returning to power and attacking the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan. PM Modi took a sharp dig at Lalu Prasad’s party, saying Bihar would keep “jungle…
Who will be NDA’s CM face? Tejashwi Prasad Yadav is the chief ministerial face for ‘Mahagathbandhan’ in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. This was announced after weeks of speculation and seat-sharing squabbles in the opposition camp. The formal announcement, made by senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot in Patna in a joint presser, has shifted the…
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is once again gearing up for a highly charged season of student politics, as the university’s Election Committee officially released the schedule for the 2025-26 Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) elections. The announcement has reignited campus activity, signalling the return of intense campaigns and strategic manoeuvring that have long defined…
Nitish with PM Modi, Nitish with Tejashwi, Prashant Kishor (PTI file photos) NEW DELHI: ‘Teesra moracha’ (third front) is often like that uncle in an Indian wedding who is not happy with the state of affairs, does nothing, but rarely has an impact on the actual celebrations.The third front is also a rare presence, reflecting…
Tejashwi Yadav files his nomination from the Raghopur assembly constituency. (ANI photo) Bihar Assembly elections 2025 will be held in two phases — on November 6 and November 11 — setting the stage for a high-stakes contest between the RJD-Congress-led Mahagathbandhan and the BJP-JD(U)-led NDA.From Tejashwi Yadav’s family bastions to seats marked by “friendly fights”…
PATNA: The INDIA bloc continues to grapple with mounting internal friction, which is beginning to derail its election campaign in Bihar as the filing of nomination papers for the second and final phase of closes on Monday. Some seats have witnessed INDIA bloc partners fielding candidates against each other and none of them withdrew their…
Sometimes, the margins of victory can be paper thin — and in a state like Bihar, where allegiances and alliances shift like monsoon clouds, that couldn’t be more true. Every election here is a reminder that even a few hundred votes can redraw political maps.As the 2025 Assembly elections draw closer, attention is turning to…
NEW DELHI: When Chirag Paswan campaigns shoulder to shoulder with BJP leaders, Nitish Kumar fine-tunes his alliance messaging, and BJP’s top brass, from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Union home minister Amit Shah, lead high-pitched rallies, the Congress and its Mahagathbandhan allies still appear tangled in seat-sharing disputes and mixed messaging.As Bihar heads for assembly…
Prashant Kishor, Tejashwi, Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar (L-R) Bihar assembly (background) NEW DELHI: For nearly three decades, Bihar has been dominated by socialist forces, with Lalu Prasad’s RJD and Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) shaping the state’s political landscape. Since 1990, these two stalwarts of the JP movement have kept national parties on the sidelines. Ahead…
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…
