Tag: RJD

BJP likely to deny tickets to many Bihar MPs

According to informed sources, at least one-third of the 22 sitting candidates could either lose tickets or get their constituencies changed to lessen the impact of people's anger.

September 13, 2018

‘Lynching’~a matter of grave concern in Bihar

In the past five days, six persons have been beaten to death by angry mobs.

September 12, 2018

Congress, RJD walk out of Lok Sabha over Muzaffarpur case

"Home Minister is here, why he is not replying," Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said in the Lok Sabha soon after the House resumed its business.

August 6, 2018

Horror of Horrors

If 16 girls could be raped and one murdered in a “shelter” in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, the incident is much too grotesque to fetch a comparison with the Delhi gangrape and murder on 12 December 2012, as did an RJD member in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. But whereas the tragedy in the National Capital …

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July 26, 2018

Rahul Gandhi not sole opposition PM candidate: Tejashwi

The RJD leader, who heads the opposition in the Bihar Assembly, said the Prime Ministerial post was not an issue and there were "several real issues that matter for the country".

July 24, 2018

No-confidence motion | BJD walks out, Cong seeks more time for debate

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge sought more time saying 38 minutes allotted for his party leaders to address the Lok Sabha, was not enough.

July 20, 2018

RJD will support JD-U if Nitish Kumar retires: Tejashwi Yadav

Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Tarique Anwar has also ruled out inviting Nitish Kumar to the Grand Alliance. 

July 5, 2018

Srijan scam: Sushil Modi’s family has direct links with accused, says Tejashwi

"Sushil Modi and Nitish Kumar are direct parties in the Rs 2,500 crore scam but CBI not naming and questioning them. Why?

June 28, 2018

Somersaulting Nitish faces rough pitch in RJD

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is really caught in a critical situation now. Even as he called up his arch-rival, ailing Lalu Prasad, admitted in a hospital in Mumbai to enquire about his health triggering fresh speculations about his possible “ghar wapsi” in the Opposition Grand Alliance, the RJD claimed to have shut the door …

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June 28, 2018

Doors of Grand Alliance shut on Nitish Kumar: Tejashwi Yadav

In the 2015 state polls, the Grand Alliance of JD-U, RJD and the Congress had defeated the BJP-led NDA.

June 26, 2018

Tejashwi Yadav denies rift with brother Tej Pratap, says attention being diverted from real issues

Tejashwi Yadav said that his elder brother is his "guide” and also urged people not to make a “mountain out of a molehill”

June 11, 2018

Nitish Kumar, Mamata Banerjee, RJD leaders wish Lalu Yadav on his 71st birthday

Tejashwi Yadav along with Rabri Devi, Tej Pratap Yadav celebrated their father's birthday by cutting a 71-pound cake.

June 11, 2018

Tej Pratap unhappy over being sidelined in RJD

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav on Saturday courted controversy by claiming that he was being “ignored and sidelined” in the party. He also alleged that there was a section of party leaders looking to creating division and dispute between him and his younger brother Tejashwi Yadav. Tejashwi is …

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June 10, 2018

Rahul Gandhi meets RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav

Congress president Rahul Gandhi met RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav in New Delhi on Thursday, after which the Opposition Leader in the Bihar Assembly said their coming together was aimed at “protecting Constitution, secular-democratic values and goals of social justice”. The meeting came days after the RJD won the Jokihat assembly seat in Bihar in a bypoll, …

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June 8, 2018

Truth will always defeat a lie: Tejashwi Yadav

On Friday, Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav, led a delegation of RJD, Congress, CPI-ML and HAM leaders and met Bihar Governor Satya Pal Malik to stake claim to form the government in the state.

May 19, 2018

RJD chief Lalu Yadav rushed to hospital in Patna, discharged

RJD chief Lalu Yadav is scheduled to visit Mumbai next week, where he had undergone a bypass surgery a few years ago.

May 19, 2018

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav meets Bihar Governor, stakes claim to form govt

The RJD was relegated to opposition in Bihar last year after the JD(U) walked away from the three-party alliance, which also involved the Congress, and joined hands with the BJP to form a new government under Nitish Kumar.

May 18, 2018