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Mukesh Sahani on his Deputy CM bid, the Mallah voter, and breaking with Nitish

Mukesh Sahani, founder of the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and the Mahagathbandhan’s nominee for Deputy Chief Minister, is among the most talked-about names in poll-bound Bihar. Once an ally of the National Democratic Alliance, Sahani is now with the Mahagathbandhan.

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‘Bid to buy votes’: Can Nitish’s Rs 10,000 promise calm anger over jobs, migration?

With the Chhath festival over, Bihar’s election season is heating up again. The Mahagathbandhan held its first joint rally in Sakra, Muzaffarpur, where top leaders Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav, and Mukesh Sahani shared the stage.

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Instead of attacking him for eating fish, Tejashwi tells PM to speak up on poverty, unemployment, inflation

A viral video showing Tejashwi Yadav eating fish fry has created political turmoil and triggered a national debate, with BJP leaders accusing him of hurting Hindu sentiments.

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Mukesh Sahani-led Vikassheel Insaan Party ties up with RJD, set to fight in 3 seats

Mukesh Sahani-led Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) joined hands with the Rashtriya Janata Dal to contest from three Lok Sabha seats in Bihar.

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Bihar JDU-BJP rift: Congress, Left leaders converge for RJD meeting at Rabri Devi's residence

Amid reports of an ongoing rift between Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bihar, MLAs and leaders of the Rashtriya Janata Dal arrived at the residence of Rabri Devi, wife of party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in Patna on Tuesday. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Bihar bypoll shows political fluidity in upper caste groups too

In a recent piece, sociologist Satish Deshpande talked about a new opacity that’s creeping into the understanding of caste identities, and the changes that they are witnessing in a break from the decades of caste clarity. It pointed to complex political mobilisation among backward caste groups, but argued that there…

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Bochaha result throws Bihar’s political equations into disarray

Cross-caste support for the RJD candidate has shaken the BJP

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RJD’s Amar Paswan wins Bochaha bypoll in Bihar

Ruling NDA candidate defeated by a record margin of over 36,000 votes

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Polling begins for by-elections in West Bengal, Bihar

By-elections for Asansol Lok Sabha seat and Ballygunge assembly segment in West Bengal, Bochahan assembly seat in Bihar are being held

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Bihar Council results will have no bearing on Assembly bypoll: Nitish Kumar

Bochahan becomes a prestige issue for NDA, RJD

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Nitish recommends Sahani’s removal from Cabinet

A reshuffle could be on the cards in Bihar

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At VIP’s cost, more breathing space for NDA, but one-upmanship battle lingers on for BJP, JDU

A dramatic week has unfolded in Bihar politics. It saw the Bharatiya Janata Party adding three more legislators to become the single largest party in the state assembly for the first time. The party’s gain, however, has meant a jolt to the Mukesh Sahani-led Vikassheel Insaan Party – an NDA…

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Long battle ahead but won’t bow down, says VIP chief Mukesh Sahani

Days ahead of bypoll for the Bochaha Assembly seat, 3 MLAs from his party had joined the BJP

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All 3 VIP MLAs join BJP in Bihar making it the largest party in Assembly

Our homecoming in the interest of State and country, the Vikassheel Insaan Party MLAs say.

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Bihar bypoll | Vikassheel Insaan Party to pit candidate against ally BJP in Bochaha

Bochaha seat fell vacant after death of VIP MLA Musafir Paswan in 2021

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Nitish, top JD(U) leaders yet to campaign in U.P.

BJP, the party’s alliance partner in Bihar, had rebuffed JD(U)‘s pre-poll tie-up offer

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