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RJD women’s wing state president Ritu Jaiswal (Image credits: X @activistritu) NEW DELHI: RJD women’s wing state president Ritu Jaiswal on Sunday announced that she will contest the Parihar assembly seat in Bihar as an Independent candidate, protesting the party’s decision of giving the ticket to her detractor.“I am going to file nomination papers tomorrow…
Patna: The deadlock over seat sharing among opposition INDIA bloc partners continued even as the last date for filing nomination papers for first phase election to be held on Nov 6 ended on Friday.RJD spokesperson Chitranjan Gagan said a total of 71 party candidates filed nominations for the first phase, including the party’s CM face…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday targeted the RJD-Congress alliance in Bihar for opposing the Election Commission’s directive to verify the identity of women voters wearing burqas, saying the opposition was creating a controversy for political reasons. He said the Election Commission’s guidelines on voter identification were clear and would be…
NEW DELHI: A seat-sharing deal has yet to be announced by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led Mahagathbandhan, despite the last date for nomination for the first phase of Bihar assembly elections inching closer. However, RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav on Monday jumped the gun and gave away party tickets to candidates favoured by him.A large…
Prashant Kishor, Tejashwi Yadav (PTI file photos) NEW DELHI: Jan Suraj founder Prashant Kishor on Saturday took a dig at RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, saying Tejashwi would have to contest from two seats if Kishor decided to fight from Raghopur.He also predicted that Tejashwi would lose Raghopur, drawing a comparison with Rahul Gandhi’s loss in…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Udit Raj on Tuesday said that Bihar opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav was not INDIA bloc’s chief ministerial face and the name for the top post would be decided collectively.“Tejashwi Yadav may be CM face for RJD but INDIA bloc’s CM face will be decided collectively,” he said.Tejashwi Yadav has not commented…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a veiled swipe at Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi while inaugurating several education and skilling projects in Bihar, urging people to be vigilant against those attempting to claim the ‘Jan Nayak’ title associated with former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur.Speaking at the inauguration of Jan Nayak…
NEW DELHI: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday declared that his party is “ready for alliance with RJD,” sending a formal letter to Bihar’s leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav seeking entry into the Mahagathbandhan ahead of the upcoming assembly elections. These remarks come as Owaisi began his Bihar campaign with the four-day “Seemanchal Nyay Yatra”…
PATNA: The ongoing conflict within RJD president Lalu Prasad’s family over Tejashwi Prasad Yadav’s close associate and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Yadav escalated further on Saturday with Rohini Acharya, who gained prominence after donating her kidney to her father in 2022, unfollowing him (Lalu), her brother, their party the RJD and other family members on…
NEW DELHI: Politics over gaali has taken centre stage in Bihar again, this time with BJP accusing Tejashwi Yadav’s rally of insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s late mother, Heeraben. The charge, fuelled by a viral video shared by Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary and BJP Bihar X handle, has reignited the bitter slugfest between the RJD…
