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  Karakat Election Results 2024: CPI-ML candidate defeats Pawan Singh and Upendra Kushwaha

  Bihar | June 04, 2024 21:22 IST

  Karakat Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Established in the delimitation of 2008, comprising three assembly segments each of Rohtas and Aurangabad districts, Karakat has, so far, always voted for the BJP-led NDA, which is backing former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha this time.

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  RLSP merges with JD(U)

  News | March 14, 2021 17:40 IST

  Rashtriya Lok Samta Party chief Upendra Kushwaha on March 14 announced party's merger with Janta Dal (United), said like-minded people in Bihar should come together.

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  Candidates for all five RLSP seats announced; Kushwaha to contest from two

  April 03, 2019 20:14 IST

  Making the announcement at a press conference, Kushwaha insisted that he was not contesting from more than one place out of fear of defeat from his sitting seat but to teach a lesson to both the JD(U) and the BJP which have been jointly conspiring to finish him off politically by destroying his party.

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  Mahagathbandhan comes out with final allocation of seats

  March 29, 2019 17:29 IST

  The announcement was made by Tejashwi Yadav at a press conference on Friday, but absence of any senior Congress leader on the occasion showed the party's displeasure over arm-twisting by Lalu Prasad's RJD.

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  Police lathi charge during RLSP's Jan Aakrosh rally in Patna

  News | February 02, 2019 16:24 IST

  Police lathi charge during RLSP's Jan Aakrosh rally in Patna

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  BJP under no pressure from allies, says Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

  India | December 31, 2018 16:35 IST

  Playing down the exit of the TDP and RLSP from the NDA this year, Naqvi said those leaving for their “own political reasons” cannot be stopped.

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  Mutiny in Upendra Kushwaha's RLSP as legislatures write to Election Commission claiming control over party

  Politics | December 28, 2018 12:52 IST

  Two RLSP MLAs and an MLC have opposed Kushwaha's decision to break off ties with the NDA and written to EC claiming control over the party.

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  RLSP legislators revolt against Kushwaha; say they will remain in NDA

  India | December 15, 2018 18:36 IST

  Dealing a blow to Kushwaha, both the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) MLAs-- Sudhanshu Shekhar and Lalan Paswan-- and its lone MLC-Sanjiv Singh Shyam- made a statement to this effect at a joint press conference in Patna.

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  Upendra Kushwaha declares 'war' on BJP, stops short of announcing split with NDA

  India | December 06, 2018 20:15 IST

    To a question whether a meeting with Congress president Rahul Gandhi was on the cards, he said "I need nobody's permission to meet anyone".

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  Kushwaha-led RLSP likely to sever ties with NDA, major decision today

  Politics | December 06, 2018 7:01 IST

  On Wednesday, the RLSP made a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government and the Nitish Kumar regime in Bihar.

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  Speculations rife on Kushwaha's 'big announcement' in RLSP's state executive meet

  India | November 16, 2018 19:14 IST

  Mercurial RLSP leader Nagamani echoed the prevailing mood on the eve of the meeting with a cryptic remark, "There will be a big explosion in a day or two".

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  Upendra Kushwaha to apprise BJP chief of his woes in Bihar

  India | November 11, 2018 21:29 IST

    Kushwaha said he would also request Shah to clear the "confusion" over seat-sharing among the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) constituents in the state at the earliest.

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  Bihar: LJP, RLSP not ready to compromise after BJP, JDU finalise seat sharing formula for 2019

  November 09, 2018 0:05 IST

  A speculation had been rife that the BJP and the JDU could field their candidates on 34 out of the total 40 seats in Bihar, leaving the rest for the Lok Janshakti Party and the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party.

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  Upendra Kushwaha demands respectable number of seats from BJP to fight in Bihar; holds talks with Paswan

  Politics | October 30, 2018 22:26 IST

  The BJP, the LJP and the RLSP had contested 30, seven and three seats of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar in 2014 and won 22, six and three of them respectively.

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  BJP offers two seats to RLSP in Bihar

  India | October 30, 2018 15:44 IST

    The offer was made to RLSP chief and Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha on Tuesday during a meeting with BJP General Secretary and Bihar in-charge Bhupendra Yadav, informed sources said.

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  Some in NDA don't want Narendra Modi as PM again: Upendra Kushwaha

  India | September 01, 2018 10:53 IST

  Kushwaha has been in news for the past few days with rumours claiming that he was exploring options outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA.

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  RLSP, LJP refute speculation about quitting NDA

  India | March 17, 2018 21:07 IST

  Amid growing speculation that RLSP chief and Union Minister Upender Kushwaha might follow in the footsteps of the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and dump the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Kushwaha said it is baseless and far from the truth.

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  Upendra Kushwaha's RLSP may ditch NDA to join hands with RJD before 2019 polls

  Politics | October 17, 2017 23:39 IST

  RLSP chief and Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha held a secret meeting with RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Monday night.

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  I'll join politics if people want it: Hardik Patel

  Politics | October 01, 2015 19:52 IST

  New Delhi :  Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel, who announced the formation of a new organisation, Akhil Bharatiya Patel Navnirman Sena (ABPNS) here on Wednesday, said that he would join politics "if people want"

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  Bihar Assembly polls: Top 10 key players

  Politics | September 24, 2015 11:57 IST

  New Delhi: The high-voltage Bihar Assembly poll is just round the corner. The two main rival camps – ‘grand alliance' comprising JD(U), RJD, Congress and BJP-led NDA are leaving no stone unturned to ensure their