Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and other leaders paid tribute to Ram Vilas Paswan, after mortal remains of the late Union Minister and LJP founder reached at Patna airport yesterday. Pawan died on October 8 (Thursday) in Delhi.
It was 1969 and a young Ram Vilas Paswan was about to take over as deputy superintendent of police when friends persuaded him to contest the Bihar assembly poll instead. He won and thus began the political career of Bihar’s tallest Dalit leader.
BJP has released the first list of candidates on 27 seats of the first phase of the Bihar Assembly election 2020. RJD has so far announced the names of its candidates in 41 seats. While the BJP has played bet on the upper caste community in more than half the seats, the RJD has fielded OBCs, especially the Yadav community.
Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan, one of the most prominent Dalit leaders of the country who had been a part of several governments headed by rival parties, died on Thursday at the age of 74.
Speaking to the media, Bihar ex-DGP Gupteshwar Pandey said that after JDU, there was a possibility that I may contest poll, but though I didn't get the party ticket I will continue to give my service to NDA whenever and wherever they will need.
West Bengal: Police use water cannon & lathi-charge to disperse BJP workers during a protest at Hastings in Kolkata. BJP has launched a state-wide 'Nabanna Chalo' agitation march today to protest against the alleged killing of its party workers.
Bihar: Hours after Janata Dal (United) released the first list of 115 candidates for Bihar Assembly Elections 2020, former DGP Gupteshwar Pandey said that he has experienced a lot of struggle in his life and is dedicated to the people of Bihar.
The BJP on Wednesday allocated 11 seats to associate partner Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) from its quota of 121 seats in Bihar assembly polls.
Facing questions over his government’s handling of the Hathras case, CM Yogi Adityanath continued to target the opposition and asked the cadres to expose the conspiracies against UP government. CM Yogi had earlier accused the opposition of attempting to trigger caste and communal riots in the state.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday released the first list of 27 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Bihar. The party has fielded shooter Shreyasi Singh from the Jamui assembly seat. Shreyasi joined the BJP earlier this week. She is the daughter of former Banka MP, Digvijay Singh.
Rahul Gandhi was trolled by the BJP for using a cushion while riding a tractor on the third day of his tractor rally in Punjab on Tuesday. But the former Congress president countered the trolls for not asking questions about the Prime Minister's recently refurbished aircraft.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over India-China standoff, says that if Congress been in power, it would have thrown out China from the country in less than 15 minutes.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leads tractor rally, as part of party's 'Kheti Bachao Yatra'. I am not moving and am happy to wait here. 1 hour, 5 hours, 24 hours, 100 hours, 1000 hours or 5000 hours, he tweets.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has already recommended a CBI probe into the case said that the opposition was indulging in a conspiracy to incite caste-driven communal riots in the state.
Punjab: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Patiala speaks on Hathras case; says, "I wanted victim's family to know that they are not alone, we are there for them. The entire family was targetted by Uttar Pradesh administration, but our PM didn't say a word on the issue."
Ahead of Bihar Assembly elections, Mahagathbandhan agreed on seat distribution formula in which RJD will contest 144 seats, whereas partner Congress has got 70 seats out of the total 243.
While addressing a press conference, BJP leader Sambit Patra has slammed Mamata government over the murder of BJP leader Manish Shukla.
Rajasthan: BJP workers and leaders, including party's state chief Satish Poonia, protest in Jaipur against the rise in crimes against women, in the state. Satish Poonia says, "We have sought an appointment from the Governor, we will meet him in a day or two."
Uttar Pradesh: A website named justice for Hathras is under scanner for offensive content. Yogi Adityanath Government claims that the website was trying anti-CAA unrest like plot.
The agitation and protests against the Uttar Pradesh administration over handling of the Hathras gangrape and murder case continued on Sunday. Though Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has already recommended a CBI probe into the case, on Sunday said that the opposition was indulging in a conspiracy to incite caste-driven communal riots in the state.
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