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The Hindu

Bihar Politics: Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar CM for 8th time today

Seven parties including 164 MLAs along with independent MLA in our Mahagathbandhan, says Nitish Kumar at a joint presser with RJD's Tejashwi Yadav after meeting Bihar Governor. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

BJP crushes its allies, says Tejashwi Yadav

It is now left with no friends in the Hindi heartland, says RJD leader

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Nitish Kumar’s wavering affections for BJP and RJD

There are many commonalities between Nitish Kumar’s relationships with the BJP and the RJD

The Hindu

BJP counting on JD(U)-RJD contradictions to score in 2024 polls

While the BJP may have lost the government, it looks to stress on differences in the two parties to recreate momentum

The Hindu

Nitish Kumar dumps BJP for RJD, set to form government afresh

Mr. Kumar claims support of 164 MLAs from seven parties

The Hindu

JDU-BJP breakup: Why Nitish can afford to play maximalist again

It must have been a long night in Patna.

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Mahagathbandhan returns in Bihar under Nitish Kumar; includes 7 parties and 164 MLA

Ultimately the turmoil and tremor in Bihar politics came to an end this evening. Nitish Kumar finally dumped BJP in Bihar and claimed to form the new government of Mahagathbandhan. Read further on Dynamite News

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Will support any non-BJP govt in Bihar to help strengthen secular forces: Congress

The JD(U) has 45 legislators and RJD has 79 MLAs, while the BJP has only 75 MLAs in the 243 member State Assembly in Bihar

The Hindu

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:

Dynamite News

Nitish calls JD(U) meet in Patna on Tuesday as political crisis brews in Bihar

Opposition RJD says it is ready to ‘embrace’ the Chief Minister if he ditches BJP

The Hindu

Opposition parties write to Murmu; allege 'intensifying misuse' of probe agencies by Modi government

Leaders of several opposition parties raised the issue of the "stubborn attitude" of the government, which is not allowing an urgent discussion on the issue of price rise and GST hike

The Hindu

Tejashwi Yadav offered support to BJP to shield family from corruption cases, claims Bihar BJP chief

Tejashwi Yadav earlier claimed BJP’s Nityanand Rai wanted to move to RJD in 2019

The Hindu

Tejashwi faces ridicule for fumbling before Modi

His address had lasted barely 15 minutes.

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Rahul meets Lalu at AIIMS

Former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad is admitted in AIIMS after suffering multiple fractures due to a fall

The Hindu

Opposition to put up Vice-Presidential candidate

NCP chief Sharad Pawar holds preliminary talks in Delhi

The Hindu

Tejashwi makes fresh bid to fish in NDA's troubled waters

The BJP was obviously flabbergasted by the scale and intensity of the protests against Agnipath scheme.

Newslaundry

What Bihar’s AIMIM-RJD episode tells us about the challenges facing smaller parties

On a rainy day in Patna, Tejashwi Yadav went in an SUV to bring four MLAs to the Bihar legislative assembly building. Yadav, the leader of the opposition, drove the vehicle himself. The MLAs were all from the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, or AIMIM, and they were heading to meet…

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The Hindu

In a jolt to Owaisi, 4 AIMIM MLAs join RJD in Bihar

With 80 legislators, RJD becomes the single largest party in Assembly

The Hindu

4 out of 5 AIMIM MLAs join Tejashwi’s RJD in Bihar; becomes single-largest party again

The MLAs who joined Tejashwi Yadav’s RJD raised the party’s strength to 80 in the 243-strong assembly

Dynamite News

Bihar: Four AIMIM MLAs join RJD

Four Bihar AIMIM MLAs Shahnawaz, Mohammad Anzar Naimi, Muhammad Izhar Asfi and Syed Ruknuddin to join RJD today. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Thin attendance in Bihar assembly triggers fresh speculations of BJP-JD(U) rift

A “boycott” of the remaining part of the monsoon session was announced during the lunch hour by the leader of the opposition Tejashwi Yadav

The Hindu

Why Nitish Kumar is counting on a caste count in Bihar

His electoral stock vis-a-vis the BJP is dwindling — the enumeration exercise could help him recover political capital

The Hindu

With Yashwant Sinha on board, the Opposition hopes to bring Nitish Kumar to tilt scales in presidential polls

All eyes on Nitish who in 2012, while he was in NDA, voted for UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee and, in 2017 while he was in alliance with RJD, voted for Ramnath Kovind

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‘Modi promised One Rank One Pension, now delivering No Rank, No Pension,’ says Tejashwi Yadav

RJD leader also appealed to the youth to protest peacefully against the Agnipath scheme

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