Tag: JD(U)
Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) successor an ex-IAS officer who cleared UPSC before graduating
Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, a former IAS officer who took a plunge into active politics about a decade ago, is now JD(U) president. His proximity with BJP leaders will help.
Violation of ‘alliance dharma’, says JD(U) as 6 of 7 MLAs join BJP in Arunachal Pradesh
The MLAs' defection to the BJP has shrunk the JD(U) seat count in the 60-member Arunachal assembly to just one.
How BJP got JD(U)’s Mewa Lal to resign as Nitish’s minister within an hour of taking charge
BJP had highlighted corruption charges against Choudhary in 2016, and claims it was caught unawares when now-ally JD(U) decided to make him a minister.
Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar CM today, Amit Shah, JP Nadda to be present
Having won 31 more seats in the election than its alliance partner JD(U), BJP is expected to appoint two deputy CMs as well, similar to its Uttar Pradesh government.
Modi’s ‘Hanuman’, Chirag Paswan, will find no place in his government
Chirag Paswan has called NDA's win in Bihar a victory for PM Modi. BJP, though, is unlikely to warm up to him given that Paswan's LJP put a dent in JD(U)'s seat tally.
Anant Singh to Sanjiv Chaurasia — How musclemen with criminal records are faring in Bihar
Parties have fielded 1,201 candidates with criminal cases in the 2020 Bihar polls, according to an ADR report.
Manju Varma, JD(U) ex-minister who had to resign over Muzaffarpur scandal, loses to RJD
Former social welfare minister Manju Varma lost her post after Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual exploitation case — in which 34 girls were allegedly exploited — came to light in 2018.
LSE alumnus Pushpam Priya, Congress’ Luv Sinha trail behind BJP’s Nitin Navin in Bankipore
Pushpam Priya Choudhary of Plurals Party comes from a political family from Darbhanga that has had a long association with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar.
Win or lose, BJP to go for broke in Bihar, at Nitish Kumar’s cost
Bihar results would come as a vindication or repudiation of the BJP’s take-no-prisoners strategy. Nitish Kumar won’t be happy either way.
2 days on, not a murmur within JD(U) urging Nitish to reconsider ‘retirement decision’
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has announced these polls will be his last but that has hardly rocked his party, unlike in 2014, when workers protested vociferously against his then decision to quit.