As NDA totters in Bihar, BJP says it will stand by alliance with JD(U) Last month, the BJP national leadership made it clear that the alliance between the party and the JD(U) was to be held onto. The Hindu · Aug 8, 2022
Whatever decision taken under Nitish's leadership will be accepted by everyone in JD(U), says Tyagi JD(U) spokesperson K C Tyagi also asserted that there was no question of any kind of division or split within the party. The Hindu · Aug 8, 2022
Bihar Political Tremor: CM Nitish Kumar revolts, alliance with BJP at dead end? All is not well between the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) and the BJP. Amid speculation of a split in the NDA government in Bihar, Nitish Kumar has called a meeting of all party MPs and MLAs on Tuesday. Read more on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Aug 8, 2022
JD(U) says it won’t join Union Ministry; hits back at R.C.P. Singh The former Minister of Steel resigned from the party on August 6 after the party sought an explanation on graft charges against him The Hindu · Aug 7, 2022
Nitish to skip event attended by PM Modi again Chief Minister may skip a meeting of NITI Aayog, set to be chaired by PM Modi in New Delhi on Monday The Hindu · Aug 6, 2022
R.C.P. Singh quits JD(U) after party seeks response on graft charge Party workers alleged that he had amassed “huge property” in the name of his family members between 2013 and 2022 The Hindu · Aug 6, 2022
Manipur Assembly adopts resolutions to establish population commission, implement NRC The 60-member Assembly also resolved to establish a State Population Commission The Hindu · Aug 6, 2022
Strict enforcement of prohibition law in dry Bihar still a challenge, says JD(U) minister while reacting over latest hooch deaths in Saran PATNA: Bihar’s building construction minister and senior JD(U) leader Ashok Kumar Choudhary on Friday said the station house officer (SHO) of Saran’s Maker police station, where spurious liquors were being illegally manufactured and sold, would be either involved in the racket or he would have overlooked all the liquor-related happenings. The Times of India · Aug 5, 2022
JD(U) minister Vijay Choudhary supports JP Nadda over remarks against family-centric political parties PATNA: In a bid to ease the rift between the NDA allies, ruling JD(U)’s senior leader and state’s education minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary on Tuesday said there is nothing wrong in what BJP national president J P Nadda said at Patna on Sunday about the growing “Parivaarvaad” (familialism) and dynasty… The Times of India · Aug 2, 2022
Har Ghar Tiranga: BJP’s allies, opposition skip changing social media DP to tricolour NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday changed the display picture (DP) of the accounts on his social media platforms to the tricolour and exhorted all to follow suit as part of the ongoing ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ (grand celebrations for 75 years of independence). While Union ministers, BJP… The Times of India · Aug 2, 2022
Bihar: Opposition slams J P Nadda for his BJP's supremacy remark PATNA: Opposition parties on Monday flayed BJP's national president J P Nadda for his statement that all other political parties will vanish and only BJP will exist in the country. The Times of India · Aug 2, 2022
Chhatra JD(U) chief Nitish Patel raises issue of delayed academic sessions in different universities in Bihar PATNA: The issue of delayed academic sessions in state’s traditional universities was raised by student leaders also at the meeting of newly appointed office-bearers of Chhatra JD(U), held at the JD(U) state office in Patna on Monday. The Times of India · Aug 1, 2022
Former Jehanabad MP Arun Kumar gets 3-year jail term for remarks against Bihar CM Nitish Kumar PATNA: A Jehanabad based special court for the MP/MLA cases has sentenced former Lok Sabha member Arun Kumar to three years in prison for his controversial remarks against Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in June 2015. The Times of India · Jul 31, 2022
Patna University students gherao BJP president J.P. Nadda Earlier in the day, a mega road show was held by state BJP party workers and leaders to welcome him The Hindu · Jul 30, 2022
The Hindu · Jul 30, 2022 Friday offs in Bihar schools brings to the fore ideological fault-lines in Bihar NDA A section of the BJP leaders raise objections to Urdu medium schools in Muslim dominated districts remaining shut on Fridays and holding classes on Sunday.
The Times of India · Jul 30, 2022 BJP & JD(U) cross swords over weekly holiday in Bihar govt schools PATNA: Just two days before Union home minister Amit Shah's visit to Patna, JD(U) and its ally BJP again engaged in the war of words, this time on the issue of observing weekly holiday in the state government schools on Friday, instead of Sunday, in the Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region of…
The Times of India · Jul 29, 2022 Bihar minister Sanjay Kumar Jha takes a dig at former JD(U) president RCP Singh, says only CM Nitish Kumar leader PATNA: JD(U) on Friday took strong exception to the slogans raised by the loyalists of former party president RCP Singh, projecting him as the “future chief minister of Bihar”.
The Hindu · Jul 29, 2022 Posters, hoardings, huge arches and saffron flags flood Patna BJP gearing up for two-day joint national executive meeting of all its seven frontal organisations today
The Times of India · Jul 29, 2022 JD(U) revives special status demand ahead of Amit Shah’s visit to Bihar PATNA: The Janata Dal (United) on Thursday once again raised the demand for special category status to Bihar ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to the state for the national executive meet of the party’s seven morchas, starting from July 30.
The Hindu · Jul 27, 2022 Expelled JD(U) leader castigates Nitish Kumar in RSS mouthpiece Ajay Alok says Bihar CM is practising ‘appeasement politics’
The Times of India · Jul 25, 2022 Nitish Kumar skips swearing-in of President Droupadi Murmu, leading to speculations about sour relation between BJP and JD(U) PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar didn’t attend the swearing-in ceremony of President Droupadi Murmu in the national capital on Monday. It was the second invite by BJP’s top brass in the last four days that Nitish preferred to stay away from, leading to speculations that is not all well between…
The Times of India · Jul 16, 2022 BJP leaders hail nomination for Jagdeep Dhankhar, Nitish Kumar to back him NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leaders including Union home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh and party president JP Nadda on Saturday said the election of NDA’s Vice-Presidential candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar, who has a farming background, to the constitutional post will further increase the dignity of the chair.
The Times of India · Jul 16, 2022 Nitish Kumar's JD(U) to support Jagdeep Dhankhar in vice-presidential election PATNA: Bihar CM and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar on Saturday welcomed the decision to declare West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as the NDA’s candidate for the vice-president post.
The Hindu · Jul 16, 2022 BJP sweeps panchayat bypolls in Arunachal Pradesh By-elections were held for one Zilla Parishad member seat and 14 gram panchayat seats on July 12.
The Times of India · Jul 15, 2022 BJP, JD(U) spar over Patna SSP Manavjit Singh Dhillon’s remarks on RSS PATNA: BJP and JD(U), the two leading NDA allies in the state, are at loggerheads over recent controversial remarks by Patna SSP Manavjit Singh Dhillon, in which the IPS officer drew parallels between the Popular Front of India (PFI) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).