The Mahagathbandhan alliance - the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress and Left parties - on Saturday released its manifesto for the upcoming assembly election in Bihar. From 10 lakh jobs to farm loan waivers, the manifesto has a plenty of promises.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party JD (U), who part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar, suspended 15 leaders who had done anti-party work from the primary membership of the party had the nam of Dadan Pahalwan also.
LJP president Chirag Paswan in an exclusive interview with India TV said that he had no faith in CM Nitish Kumar and also accused him of planning and plotting against his party candidates during 2014 LS election.
LJP president Chirag Paswan has said that his ties with the BJP are intact and would ensure Nitish Kumar's defeat.
The Congress Party has roped in former President of Aligarh Muslim University Student’s Union Dr Maskoor Ahmad Usmani as a candidate from Jale seat, Dharbhanga for the upcoming Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 that is all set to start on October 28.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on October 16 said that the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) left the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) as it wanted more seats than what the BJP was willing to give.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold 12 rallies in poll-bound Bihar, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, who is overseeing the party’s election preparations, said on Friday.
Kali Pandey, who switched over from the LJP, said it was a homecoming for him as he had earlier extended support to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1984 when he was a member of the Lok Sabha.
The BJP on Sunday released a list of 46 candidates for the second phase of Bihar Elections. Renu Devi to contest from Bettiah, Mithilesh Tiwari from Baikunthpur and Asha Sinha from Danapur Assembly Constituency.
BJP chief JP Nadda said on Sunday that the Nitish Kumar government took care of the people of Bihar amid the COVID-19 pandemic, asserting that it is important that the leadership of the state is secured with him.
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A former state secretary of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) was shot dead in Purnia district.
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will not contest the upcoming Bihar Elections in alliance with JDU due to ideological differences.
Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) leader Mukesh Sahani on Saturday walked out of a joint press conference held by the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the largest party in the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) to announce the seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday appointed former Maharashtra Chief Minister and party leader Devendra Fadnavis as its in-charge for the Bihar assembly elections, the party said in a statement.
The three-phase Bihar polls will be held on October 28, November 3 and November 7 in what will be the first large-scale elections in the country since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic.
Watch RJD MP Manoj Jha, joint oppn candidate for Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson election, speaks to India TV.
The Rashtravadi Janata Party (RJP) has moved a plea in the Supreme Court seeking postponement of the Bihar assembly elections scheduled for October-November to March next year in the backdrop of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the floods that are ravaging the state.
Watch India TV's exclusive report Congress begins virtual rally ahead of Bihar elections 2020.
Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday announced that his Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) has joined NDA in Bihar where assembly elections are due in October-November.
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