Tag: Bihar elections
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Lalu Yadav gets bail but will stay in jail, won’t campaign in elections for first time in 40 years
Yadav, who is in jail for corruption since 2018, had handed charge to his son Tejashwi Yadav but has been overseeing party affairs from a prison hospital.
October 9, 2020 -
Actors, singers vie for tickets to contest polls in Bihar as Covid-19 hits film industry hard
Left with no or just fewer job options, these actors have turned to politics to cash in upon their popularity and turn a new chapter in their life.
October 7, 2020 -
Bihar: NDA backs Nitish, snubs Chirag; JD-U gets 122 seats, BJP 121
BJP stoutly backed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s leadership to the hilt and snubbed LJP chief Chirag Paswan who has raised a banner of revolt.
October 7, 2020 -
Conducting free, fair, participative and safe elections in Bihar a priority: CEC
Speaking to the Observers, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora gave a global perspective on the impact of Covid 19 on election schedules around the world and the detailed deliberation and assessments done by ECI before taking the decision to conduct elections in Bihar.
October 6, 2020 -
Election Commission extends polling time by 1-hour for Bihar Assembly elections
'It'll be held from 7 am-6 pm, instead of 7 am-5 pm earlier. However, this will not be applicable to Left-wing affected areas.'
September 25, 2020 -
Bihar Assembly elections to be held in three phases beginning on October 28; results on November 10
The tenure for 243 Assembly seats in Bihar is set to expire on November 29, 2020.
September 25, 2020 -
Election Commission to announce Bihar Assembly polls schedule today at 12:30 pm
The tenure for 243 Assembly seats in Bihar is set to expire on October 29, 2020.
September 25, 2020 -
‘Nitish Kumar played big role for new India, new Bihar’: PM Modi praises Bihar CM ahead of elections
'Bihar was behind in terms of development for many years -- politics, cash crunch were some of the reasons,' PM Modi said.
September 13, 2020 -
Yechury opposes digital campaign plan in Bihar
In a letter Yechury said Bihar Chief Electoral Officer had made this proposal for the entire election campaign to be conducted on a virtual platform because of the pandemic.
August 19, 2020 -
‘It’s too late’: Bihar state Congress leaders told Rahul Gandhi on preparations for upcoming elections
The sources further said that party leaders pointed out that the Congress organisational set-up in the state is weak.
August 7, 2020 -
ECI decides not to extend postal ballot facilities to voters above 65 years of age
Commission has already limited the number of electors to one thousand for each polling station for ease of voting.
July 17, 2020 -
Rift in Bihar NDA: LJP fires leader for calling NDA ‘intact’
This is, perhaps, for the first time that any leader has been sacked for talking about coalition unity.
July 2, 2020 -
Election Commission censures Giriraj Singh for Begusarai speech
The poll panel has warned BJP leader Giriraj Singh to be careful in future about his public utterances
May 13, 2019 -
Bihar elections: NDA prestige at stake in Phase 4
Darbhanga, Begusarai, Ujiyarpur, Munger & Samastipur are held by the NDA, first three by BJP and the last two by LJP
April 29, 2019 -
BJP to contest more seats in Bihar in 2019
Senior BJP Leader C.P. Thakur on Tuesday said that the party will contest more seats than its allies in Bihar in the 2019 parliamentary polls. “The Bharatiya Janata Party will contest from majority of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar in the 2019 polls,” Thakur, also a BJP Rajya Sabha MP, told reporters here. …
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April 17, 2018