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  Bihar: HAM chief Jitan Ram Manjhi to be Protem Speaker

  India | November 17, 2020 16:11 IST

  Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi will be the Protem Speaker in the new Legislative Assembly in Bihar.

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  'Mandate against NDA': RJD to boycott Nitish Kumar's swearing-in ceremony

  Elections | November 16, 2020 14:26 IST

  Nitish along with 13 ministers will take oath on Monday evening at the Raj Bhawan in Patna. This will be the Nitish's fourth consecutive term as the Chief Minister of Bihar.

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  Bihar: BJP's Nand Kishore Yadav to be next Speaker

  Elections | November 16, 2020 13:44 IST

  The Speaker's post has been with the JDU ever since he took over a decade and a half ago. JDU leader Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, who was Speaker in the previous tenure, will join Nitish Kumar's Cabinet.   

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  Who is Renu Devi: BJP's surprise pick as Bihar's deputy Chief Minister

  Elections | November 16, 2020 12:28 IST

  Bharatiya Janata Party leader Renu Devi will take oath as the deputy CM of Bihar on Monday. Devi was on Sunday elected as the deputy leader of the BJP legislature party on Sunday.

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  Who is Tarkishore Prasad: RSS veteran who is replacing Sushil Kumar Modi as Bihar's deputy CM

  Elections | November 16, 2020 11:49 IST

  Tarkishore Prasad won from Katihar Assembly seat. He replaces Sushil Kumar Modi as the deputy Chief Minister of Bihar.

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  Nitish Kumar begins his fourth term as Bihar CM, gets 2 deputies from BJP

  Elections | November 16, 2020 22:34 IST

  JD(U) president Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar chief minister for a fourth straight term on Monday at a ceremony which was attended by top BJP leaders including Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP Nadda. Along with Nitish Kumar, BJP leaders Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi also took oaths.

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  Bihar govt formation: NDA MLAs to meet on Sunday to formally elect Nitish as CM

  India | November 13, 2020 14:36 IST

  Nitish Kumar said that the NDA will stake the claim to form the next government after Sunday's meeting. The NDA in Bihar comprises four parties -- Janata Dal (United), BJP, HAM, and VIP.

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  BJP hijacked people's mandate in Bihar, Nitish must quit on moral grounds, says Tejashwi

  Elections | November 12, 2020 14:57 IST

  The NDA led by Nitish Kumar won 125 seats, three more than the halfway mark of 122 in the 243-chair Assembly. The grand alliance won 110 seats.

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  Bihar results: Congress concedes it was 'weak link' in RJD-led grand alliance

  Elections | November 12, 2020 12:40 IST

  Bihar Election Result: The Congress contested elections in an alliance with the RJD and Left parties. The party fielded 70 candidates but won just 19 seats. The RJD field candidates on 143 seats out of the 243, and won 75 seats. The Left parties won 16 of 29 seats they contested.

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  '26 meetings, 4,000 km journey': How JP Nadda spearheaded BJP's Bihar campaign

  Elections | November 12, 2020 11:17 IST

  JP Nadda completely threw himself into the Bihar elections. He reached every nook and corner of the state during the election by travelling about 4,000 kilometres across Bihar to create a favourable environment for the party.

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  Bihar Results: 68 per cent winners facing criminal cases, Lalu's RJD tops list

  India | November 12, 2020 10:15 IST

  A total of 163 ( 68 per cent) out of the 241 winners in the Bihar Assembly polls have declared criminal cases against themselves in the poll affidavits, with RJD topping the list with around 73 per cent.

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  Bihar results: Debutant Shreyasi Singh wants to turn Jamui into a sports city

  Elections | November 12, 2020 10:05 IST

  Bihar Elections Result: Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Commonwealth Games shooter Shreyasi Singh won from the Jamui assembly seat. She defeated RJD's sitting MLA Vijay Prakash Yadav by a margin of 41,049 votes.

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  RJD-led Mahagathbandhan got just 0.03% votes less than BJP-JDU combine

  Elections | November 12, 2020 10:03 IST

  Bihar Election Result: The Rashtriya Janata Dal led by Lalu Prasad's son Tejashwi Yadav powered the party to the status of the single largest party with 75 seats. But its alliance partner, Congress appeared to be the weak link and restricted the alliance from gaining majority.

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  Nitish Kumar set to become longest serving Chief Minister of Bihar, swearing-in next week

  Elections | November 12, 2020 8:39 IST

  Nitish Kumar will take oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the seventh time in 15 years. In the just held Assembly elections, the NDA won 125 seats, three more than halfway mark of 122 in the 243-chair Assembly.

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  'Biggest enemy': JD(U), BJP blast Chirag Paswan after LJP emerges as big disrupter

  Elections | November 11, 2020 14:47 IST

  According to India TV's analysis, had the LJP contested elections with the NDA, the alliance would have secured more than 160 seats. The LJP emerged as a vote cutter party at 37 seats, thus hurting the JDU candidates the most.

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  Bihar Results: Stellar show by BJP with highest strike rate, RJD slips to fourth

  Elections | November 11, 2020 14:30 IST

  Bihar ElectionResult: The BJP won 74 seats and Nitish Kumar's JD(U) secured 43 seats. Other NDA partners Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) won four seats each.

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  Giriraj Singh as Bihar CM in future? Here's what the BJP firebrand leader said

  Elections | November 11, 2020 13:40 IST

  In the just held Assembly elections, the BJP has won 74 seats and Nitish Kumar's JD(U) has secured 43 seats. There were talks doing the rounds that the BJP should stake claim over the CM's chair since it has more MLAs than the JDU.

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  'LJP showed courage', didn't stoop low for power': Chirag Paswan's assessment of Bihar verdict

  Elections | November 11, 2020 13:33 IST

  The LJP of Chirag Paswan has won just one seat of the 149 it contested in the Bihar Assembly elections. It emerged as a vote cutter party for the JDU on 37 seats. The LJP received 5.68 per cent of votes.

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  Nitish should thank Shiv Sena for getting CM post again: Uddhav Thackeray's party

  Elections | November 11, 2020 11:08 IST

  Bihar results: The Shiv Sena said that Amit had to declare well ahead of the elections that Nitish Kumar will be the Chief Minister irrespective of the numbers. It added that Shah had made a similar promise to the Shiv Sena in 2019.

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  Bihar Results: Nitish Kumar readies for another term, what worked for him

  Elections | November 12, 2020 8:34 IST

  Bihar Election Result: Nitish Kumar-led NDA secured a win in Bihar with a slender majority. The ruling alliance won 125 seats in the 243-member Legislative Assembly against 110 clinched by the RJD-led grand alliance.