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).

Janata Dal United (JDU) president Nitish Kumar was sworn in by Governor Rajendra Arlekar at Raj Bhavan, hours after he resigned from the Bihar Chief Minister's post.

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The Election Commission has announced the date for the election for 56 Rajya Sabha seats in 15 states.

In a major action against the RJD by the new NDA government in Bihar, BJP leader Nand Kishore Yadav has given a notice of no-confidence motion against the Speaker of the state Assembly Awadh Bihari Chaudhary.

The ED case, filed under the criminal sections of the PMLA, stems from a complaint lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

RJD has said that they have tried to approach Nitish Kumar but he is busy. Both RJD and Congress want Bihar CM to clear his stand on the grand alliance and I.N.D.I.A bloc's future.