The RJD may offer only 7 seats out of 40 in Bihar to Congress for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, sources said.
Nitish Kumar on January 28 took oath as Chief Minister of Bihar for a record ninth time after a dramatic volte-face, ditching the Mahagathbandhan and the opposition bloc INDIA and forming a new government with the BJP, which he had dumped less than 18 months ago.
Bihar: A transformer explosion at Patna Civil Court resulted in the death of lawyer Devendra Prasad and left two others severely injured. One of the injured lawyers later succumbed to their injuries at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH).
The Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar won a vote of confidence in the Assembly on February 12. The new government secured 129 votes amid a walkout by the opposition members. The Bihar assembly has a strength of 243 MLAs.
The last date of nomination for MLC elections is March 11.
Political activities remain intense in Bihar amidst the ongoing controversy surrounding 'parivarvaad' between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RJD chief Lalu Yadav.
The BJP is likely to contest in 17 seats in Bihar in the Lok Sabha elections. The party may offer 14 seats to Nitish Kumar's JDU, sources said.
Filing of nominations will come to a close on March 11, and the last date for the withdrawal is March 14. Voting is scheduled for March 21.
Earlier in the day, Congress MLAs Murari Prasad Gautam and Siddharth Saurav, and RJD MLA Sangita Kumari joined the BJP. The development comes just weeks ahead of the declaration of Lok Sabha polls by the Election Commission.
Hazari, a second-term MLA from the reserved Kalyanpur assembly constituency, had been holding the deputy speaker's post since March, 2021.
Bihar news: Bhim Singh and Dharmsheela Gupta had filed nominations from BJP while Sanjay Jha was declared the candidate from JDU.
BJP has already announced the names of its two candidates from Bihar, former ministers Bhim Singh and Dharamsheela Gupta. These three NDA candidates will file nominations on February 14.
Bima Bharti is an MLA from the Rupauli assembly seat of Bihar. Police have arrested Awadhesh Mandal, husband and son of JDU MLA on charges of possessing illegal weapons.
An FIR has been filed for the kidnapping of JDU MLAs Bima Bharti and Dilip Rai. JDU MLA Sudhanshu Shekhar lodged this FIR at Kotwali police station of Patna.
Nand Kishore Yadav was the former cabinet minister for road construction and health in the Government of Bihar. Yadav is also considered a clean BJP face in Bihar.
Nitish Kumar, a key member of the opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc, took a U-turn and joined BJP-led NDA. Subsequently, he took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a record ninth time on January 28.
Bihar politics: Jitan Ram Manjhi earlier said that we want 2 ministerial posts, an independent minister has been given a ministerial post, in Magadh one post has been given to a Scheduled Caste then one post should also be given to an upper caste. We have Anil Singh as a strong leader.
The election of a new Speaker, who would succeed Awadh Bihari Choudhary of the RJD, is also scheduled on February 12 and so is tabling of the state Economic Survey.
Bihar news: The newly formed NDA government in Bihar, headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, will seek the trust vote on February 12, the inaugural day of the budget session, according to a revised notification issued on the matter on Thursday (February 1).
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