Tag: JD-U
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Political circus starts in Bihar ahead of assembly polls
Reports said the five RJD’s Members of Legislative Council (MLCs), Upper House of the Bihar legislature, walked to the chamber of acting Council chairman today and submitted their resignations.
June 23, 2020 -
Poster war between Lalu, Nitish turns bitter ahead of Bihar polls
On Monday again, Patna woke up to yet another giant poster that read “Bihar ka mukhyamantri gayab kyon hai (Why the chief minister of Bihar has gone missing)?”
June 15, 2020 -
Big ‘strategic blunder’ by Nitish ahead of Bihar assembly polls
The chief minister is drawing ridicule from his opponents for poor turnouts at this important JD-U programme meet organised on his birthday.
March 2, 2020 -
Amid growing speculations, Nitish says NDA is intact in Bihar
The “clarification” assumes significance in the light of the prevailing speculations about his growing proximity with Opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav from the RJD in the recent week during which he had held two successive closed-door meetings with the latter in the Bihar assembly.
March 1, 2020 -
Nitish Kumar in serious trouble with huge dependency on BJP vote-bank
The poor performance of his party, the JD-U, on two seats in Delhi which he contested in alliance with the BJP—first such alliance in over a decade outside Bihar—speaks volumes about how Nitish failed to leave his impact on migrant Bihari voters.
February 12, 2020 -
Prashant Kishor congratulates Arvind Kejriwal, says Delhi protected ‘soul of India’
Taking it to Twitter, Kishor said, "Thank you Delhi for standing up to protect the soul of India."
February 11, 2020 -
Political parties ‘bitten by yatra bug’ in Bihar
Be it the ruling NDA or the Opposition, each side has focused their eyes on issues which suit their voters.
February 10, 2020 -
Twist in Bihar politics: ‘Job done’, Prashant Kishor and Pavan Varma shown door
Poll strategist Kishor was working as the national vice-president whereas Varma, a diplomat-turned-politician, had been serving as party’s national general secretary-cum national spokesperson.
January 29, 2020 -
JD-U vertically split over CAA, NRC
The development has come as a huge embarrassment to the party ahead of the coming assembly elections even as the party leadership looks helpless.
January 22, 2020 -
Protests in Bihar after custodial death of JD-U Dalit leader
The officer-in-charge of Nagarnausa police station and a sub-inspector has been suspended by Nalanda Superintendent of Police Neelesh Kumar.
July 12, 2019 -
JD-U doesn’t want ‘symbolic representation’ in Modi government, will stay out: Nitish Kumar
I spoke to my party leaders and people and they were not agreeing to one berth and the symbolic representation, said Nitish Kumar while addressing the media in New Delhi.
May 30, 2019 -
JD-U to stay out of Modi ministry: Nitish Kumar
The Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also reached the Rashtrapati Bhawan to participate in the swearing-in ceremony of the Modi cabinet.
May 30, 2019 -
‘Make Nitish Kumar PM candidate’: JD-U demand causes consternation in NDA
The JD-U's demand and assertion by its leaders that NDA may not get majority have left the BJP embarrassed
May 10, 2019 -
Why the BJP badly needs allies
If Modi is to save the day, the BJP needs a new narrative besides new allies.
January 13, 2019 -
Student polls bring fresh tension in JD(U)-BJP relation in Bihar
The cause of fresh tension is the alleged move by Prashant Kishor, JD-U vice-president considered very close to chief minister Nitish Kumar, to meddle in the Patna University Students’ Union (PUSU) elections and work in favour of his party.
December 5, 2018 -
Was revolt ‘orchestrated’ to delay seat-sharing deal with Nitish Kumar’s JD-U?
According to him, JDU has lost its significant support base over the past few years owing its bizarre moves to frequently desert its allies midway.
November 10, 2018 -
BJP ally JD-U dares Union Minister to change name of Bakhtiyarpur
Sanjay Singh, considered close to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, dared Giriraj to change the name of Bakhtiyarpur.
October 22, 2018