Bihar Assembly poll

Chirag Paswan breaks silence on LJP's decision to contest Bihar election alone

Ending all speculations, the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) on Sunday (October 4) announced that it will go solo in the upcoming Assembly election in Bihar. The Chirag Paswan-led party made the statement after a meeting of its senior party leaders in Delhi.

Oct 05, 2020, 11:49 AM IST

EC to take decision in next two-three days to visit Bihar: CEC Sunil Arora

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has clarified that a decision would be taken in the next two to three days to visit Bihar, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora said on Monday.

Sep 22, 2020, 12:40 PM IST

Bihar Assembly poll: We can form a government on our own, says Union Minister RK Singh

Union Minister RK Singh on Friday (September 4) said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (NJP) is capable of forming government of its own in Bihar, but his party does not want to break its partnership with the Janata Dal (United). 

Sep 04, 2020, 19:43 PM IST

Bihar JDU leader Maheshwar Hazari calls Chirag Paswan, Tejashwi Yadav 'weak students of politics'

Bihar minister and senior JDU leader Maheshwar Hazari dubs LJP chief Chirag Paswan and leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav as weak students of politics for their demand to postpone the state elections.

Jul 24, 2020, 12:54 PM IST

RJD authorises Lalu to select candidates, talk to allies

 RJD on Tuesday authorised its chief Lalu Prasad to select party candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections starting next month, and hold talks with alliance partners on all emerging issues.

Sep 15, 2015, 19:02 PM IST

Rs 1.65 crore cash, liquor seized in poll-bound Bihar

 As part of intensive drive to check the use of money and violation of Model Code of Conduct, Rs 1.65 crore unaccountable cash, 10,386 litres of liquor and 100 kg ganja were seized today from different parts of Bihar ahead of state assembly elections .

Sep 14, 2015, 19:10 PM IST

Bihar Assembly poll: Hectic parleys among secular alliance partners over seats

 Hectic parleys were today held among the grand secular alliance partners to hammer out competing claims and identify the seats the parties would fight in the October-November Bihar assembly polls and an announcement is expected by Tuesday.

Sep 14, 2015, 19:04 PM IST

Manjhi says "satisfied" with seats, calls truce with Paswan

 After getting more seats than offered earlier, former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday said he was "fully satisfied" with the seat-sharing arrangement among NDA allies for contesting the state assembly polls.

Sep 14, 2015, 18:51 PM IST

NDA fails to clinch seat-sharing deal as Manjhi plays hardball

NDA's Bihar allies have failed to clinch a seat-sharing deal till late evening with Mahadalit leader and former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi playing hardball, demanding more seats than what has been offered by the alliance spearhead BJP.

Sep 13, 2015, 20:40 PM IST

Bihar Assembly polls: Amit Shah calls BJP meet tomorrow to finalize names of candidates

Bharatiya Janata Party Amit Shah will on Monday hold a meeting of the Bihar BJP core group to finalise the nmaes of the candidates for the upcoming state Assembly polls, as per news reports.

Sep 13, 2015, 20:29 PM IST