Tag: Nitish Kumar
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13 detained for pelting stones at Nitish Kumar’s Convoy
13 suspects have been detained in connection with throwing stones at Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s convoy on Sunday, according to the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP). In Patna, stones were thrown at the Chief Minister’s cavalcade earlier on Sunday. When the event happened, Nitish Kumar wasn’t in the cavalcade. The cavalcade, according to reports,…
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The way girls change boyfriends”: BJP’s Kailash Vijayvargiya slams Nitish Kumar
BJP leader’s ‘sexist’ jibe at Nitish Kumar earns Congress’ backlash. After several BJP officials criticised the Bihar Chief Minister on numerous fronts, Kailash Vijayvargiya offered an odd perspective on the abrupt breakup of the partnership with Nitish Kumar. “I once heard that ladies abroad may switch boyfriends at any time while I was travelling. Similar…
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Newly Inducted Bihar Law Minister skips court hearing; warrant issued
As one of the 31 new ministers inducted into the new cabinet on Tuesday, Bihar’s new law minister Kartikeya Singh of the RJD allegedly skipped a court hearing in an abduction case to take his oath of office. This left Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to face criticism from the estranged ally BJP and the rest…
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Bihar Cabinet Expansion Update: 31 Bihar MLAs, including Tej Pratap, sworn in; RJD gets lion’s share of portfolios
16 of the 31 ministers sworn in on Tuesday represented the RJD, 11 represented the JD(U) of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, two represented the Congress, and one represented the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) of former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi, and one represented the Independent. Among other MLAs, Tej Pratap Yadav, brother of Deputy Chief Minister…
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Bihar Cabinet Expansion: 16 RJD, 11 JD(U) to be inducted
Following the formation of a Mahagathbandhan in Bihar by Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav, all eyes are now on the cabinet expansion scheduled for Tuesday, August 16 at 11:30 a.m. On August 9, the Janata Dal (United) opted officially to break relations with the BJP, and Nitish Kumar’s party merged with the Rashtriya Janata Dal…
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Cong’ claims Sonia Gandhi instrumental in forming the Mahagathbandhan
Interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi mediated the establishment of a new government in Bihar, Mahagathbandhan, according to party MLAs. Nitish Kumar, the leader of the JD(U), took the oath of office as Bihar’s chief minister for the eighth time in a low-key ceremony at Raj Bhavan, after breaking relations with the BJP-led NDA and forming…
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Bihar Political Crisis: BJP stages a mega protest
BJP protest: Amid all the political turmoil in Bihar, BJP is staging a mega protest with all the senior leaders at the party headquarters in Bihar. Seasoned Ministers have come together to stage a protest against Nitish Kumar, slogans like Nitish Kumar Haye Haye are echoing the Bihar Headquarters of Bhartiya Janta Party. Sanjay Jaiswal…
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Ravishankar Prasad: All allegations are baseless, Nitish free to daydream
Amid all the allegations thrown by Nitish Kumar at the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, BJP senior leader Ravishankar Prasad ridiculed all the allegations and said he’s free to daydream about becoming a prime minister as there is no vacancy for the position. Where Sanjay Jaiswal declared in an exclusive interview with NewsX that the real…
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Bihar Political Update: How are the number stacked up as of now
Bihar Political update : Even though Tejashwi Yadav’s RJD emerged as the only significant party in Bihar’s assembly elections in 2020, the Mahagathbandhan alliance was unable to become the government. While the RJD won 75 seats, the BJP and JD(U) respectively took home 74 and 43 seats. Only 19 of the 70 seats the Indian…
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Bihar Political Crisis: Nitish Kumar to take oath for the 8th time
On Tuesday, Nitish Kumar officially switched from the BJP to the RJD for the second time, breaking the saffron party’s recent streak of success and delaying its aspirations to replicate its state-wide victory in the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. Nitish Kumar visited Raj Bhavan twice throughout the day, first to announce his resignation as…