The JD(U) won seven seats in the 60-member assembly of the northeastern state, next only to the ruling BJP which bagged 41 seats and secured a majority.

According to him, the aim is to save energy and reduce power related complaints.

Giriraj Singh posted the comment along with a picture of Nitish Kumar, Paswan, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi holding each other's hands at the iftar here on Monday.

"If Nitish Kumar joins the Grand Alliance again, we have no objection to it," Rabri Devi told media on Monday night.

It is learned that the JDU wanted three berths in Modi cabinet on basis of proportional representation.

"He (Nitish Kumar) will surely switch sides but no one can predict when will he do that or what will he say. This has happened several times earlier. It's not surprising... All I want is that everyone should come together against the BJP," he told the media.

Betraying people's mandate and alliance partners are his old habits...BJP people should be ready to witness 'Dhokha number 2'," Kushwaha told reporters here.

Members of allies, the BJP and LJP, were left out from the cabinet expansion.

Bihar CM will add at least five news faces in cabinet. The new additions to Bihar cabinet will be Narendra Narayan Yadav, Neeraj Kumar, Shyam Rajak, Sanjay Jha and Ranju Geeta, sources said.

"I am seeing reports in newspapers that we had asked for 3 seats, this is false. We had not asked for any seat," Nitish Kumar clarified.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that his Janata Dal-United will not be part of the Narendra Modi government as it did not want "symbolic representation".  

"After a new government is formed after the elections, leaders of all political parties should seriously consider holding the polls either in February or November. It will facilitate campaigning. People will cast votes in comfort, boosting the turnout. It will strengthen democracy," the Lok Janshakti Party leader said. In his comments, Kumar also disfavoured gap between voting days.

"Nathuram Godse was a 'deshbhakt', is a 'deshbhakt' and will remain a 'deshbhakt'. People calling him a terrorist should instead look within. Such people will be given a befitting reply in these elections," Pragya Singh Thakur told reporters in Bhopal on Thursday.

Interestingly, this is the first election the JD-U has contested without a manifesto. However, its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners -- the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) -- did release their manifestos.

A video has gone viral -- in which Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar can be seen not reacting to PM Modi's call for shouting Vande Mataram into the air. Kumar, in fact, is all silent and is waiting for the chants to get over.

"Since Narendra Modi has refused the basic rights of Bihar, ignored the aspirations of the people of Bihar, denied the rightful share out of each allocation, investment, the people of Bihar reject Modi," he added.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar minces no words when he is speaking. This time he chose an official forum to convey his feeling about the law and order condition in Bihar. Nitish picked up DGP Gupteshwar Pandey for a piece of advice on handling media. Here's what Nitish Kumar told Gupteshwar Pandey:

PM Modi and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar grabbed eyeballs on Sunday (March 3), when they shared the stage at a NDA rally for the first time in a decade. 

With the Sankalp Rally in Patna, the prime minister officially kickstarted NDA's election campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, also the first show of strength in Bihar ruled by BJP in alliance with JD-U.

BJP General Secretary Bhupendra Yadav claimed that Sunday's public meeting would be the biggest so far at the huge Gandhi Maidan in terms of presence of people.