Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan made a strong attack on Janta Dal-United, saying every vote given to party candidates will force children to migrate from the state
The BJP in Bihar expelled its nine leaders, including a sitting member of the outgoing assembly and two former MLAs, for entering the fray against official NDA candidates
Ramdas Athawale of Republican Party of India (RPI) is the only member in the Union Council of Ministers from an ally party
Even as the leaders claim that development is the key plank in the elections, the caste factor, however, has always been there and the strategy of all the parties hovers around this factor
His death comes with the Assembly election in Bihar less than a month away
The veteran Dalit leader died on Thursday at the age of 74 at a private hospital where he had recently undergone a heart operation
Intense political activities took place in Bihar where LJP's brinkmanship appears to have driven Nitish Kumar to work out a strategy of not announcing names of candidates till they file nomination
JD(U) and LJP sparred over an open letter from Chirag Paswan who had asserted that votes cast in favour of the party headed by Nitish Kumar will facilitate "forced migration" of future generations
Political observers feel Paswan's exit might have been crafted by BJP
Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan underwent heart surgery in a Delhi hospital, according to his son and Lok Janshakti Party chief Chirag Paswan
The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) meeting scheduled on Saturday was postponed owing to the ill health of Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan
Ahead of Bihar Assembly elections, sources have indicated that LJP may settle for 30 seats in the NDA
Chirag Paswan asked his party members and supporters to be prepared to fight in every situation and told them that it is not possible for anyone to suppress, reduce or erase the existence of the party
The parliamentary board of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has told its national president Chirag Paswan that it wants to contest in 143 of the total 243 seats in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections
Posters have been put up in patna by the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) in which all the leaders of the NDA alliance can be seen with the exception of LJP leader Chirag Paswan
Reports said that he may be discharged from the hospital on Tuesday after routine checkup.
JP Nadda said that his party will fight upcoming Assembly election in Bihar, along with Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
In addition to the Covid-19 pandemic, Bihar is also facing a flood situation, with 13 districts severely affected by deluge
Tension between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Chirag Paswan is becoming evident
He said that if the manifesto is released before the Assembly elections, caste will not be an issue, but the focus will be on development of the state