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Will NDA’s house of cards hold in Tamil Nadu? Late-night meetings in Delhi rarely make for calm politics, and the one that unfolded late evening last week between Union home minister Amit Shah and AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, or EPS, was no exception. In optics, it was another routine round of koottani (alliance)…
Chirag Paswan, Nitish Kumar and Maithili Thakur (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Bihar’s 2025 verdict was at once predictable and surprising. Predictable because as usual the NDA retained the power and Nitish Kumar is once again expected to retain the CM chair. Surprising because new, youthful faces such as Chirag Paswan and Maithili Thakur played decisive, complementary…
NEW DELHI: After drawing blank in Bihar assembly elections, Jan Suraj party on Saturday expressed disappointed over its performance and claimed that votes shifted in favour of NDA to prevent RJD from coming to power.Party president Uday Singh said that NDA’s decision to roll out Rs 10,000 to 75 lakh women under Mukyamantri Mahila Rozgar…
NEW DELHI: Union minister and LJP(RV) chief Chirag Paswan met Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar in Patna on Tuesday to congratulate him on the NDA’s decisive victory in assembly elections. The meeting stands out because of their political history and years of speculation over whether the two leaders could ever comfortably coexist in the same…
New Delhi/Patna: When Nitish appeared vulnerable, Didis rallied around.That women voters in Bihar are partial to Nitish Kumar-led NDA govt for its pro-women policies since 2005 is well known. What acted as a turbo-boost this time was the cash transfer of Rs 10,000 to over 1.5 crore women in poll season. As if Rakhi after…
Women outshine men in voter turnout In the 2025 Bihar election, two headline-grabbing outcomes have captured the spotlight: a sweeping victory for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and a record voter turnout unseen in more than seventy years. Yet, the most defining aspect of this election may well be who turned out to vote and…
The National Democratic Allaince (NDA) seems set to secure a historic win in Bihar with trends showing it is well on its way to secure a whopping 208 seats in the 243-seat assembly. The 2025 polls unfolded against the backdrop of a meticulously crafted campaign focused on stability, development, and inclusivity, where the NDA’s narrative…
PATNA: The NDA on Friday made a welfare and aspirational pitch in the Bihar assembly elections, countering RJD’s govt job campaign with the promise of creating over one crore employment opportunities, including in govt, based on an elaborate skill census.It also sought to consolidate crucial support bases, such as extremely backward class (EBC) voters, with…
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The ruling NDA alliance in Bihar on Friday released its election manifesto, the “Sankalp Patra”, promising jobs, industries, and infrastructure growth. But the move quickly drew sharp fire from the opposition Mahagathbandhan bloc with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav leading the charge, calling it a bundle of “jumla”…
NEW DELHI: In the run up to Bihar assembly poll announcement, Nitish Kumar was seen as NDA’s weak link – his fitness under scrutiny, focus on CM’s gaffes in and outside legislatures, the image of ‘sushashan babu’ fraying as sensational murders and collapse of bridges made national headlines allowing RJD-led Mahagathbandhan to home in on…
