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Prez polls: Amid speculation over future, dented coalition in Bihar needs repair

Speculation comes on the back of Nitish mocking Cong over Presidential poll and Lalu's new trouble

Governance becomes causality in Bihar's political squabbling

With uncertainty looming large on the prospects of the Grand Alliance government in Bihar, the governance appears to be the first causality. Many important decisions have been put off or delayed considering the political instability. Even the cabinet meeting was postponed twice and finally took place on Wednesday. "But that was also pretty basic and took care of the small matters like rationalisation of taxes on fertilizers after the implementation of the GST. There is a complete standstill in government offices. Leave alone policy decisions, even the routine working has been halted. Everyone is waiting the fog of instability to be over," said a senior IAS official. One look on the government activities indicates the slowdown. The industries department had decided last month that it would formalise a list of probable start-ups by the first week of July. However, the list is not ready even a month later. Even work on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's "seven resolves" has been stopped as ..

Project Nitish as UPA face to save party, Ramachandra Guha advises Congress

Nitish too is a leader without a family burden but he isn't a megalomaniac like Modi, he said

No compromise with Nitish's zero tolerance policy against corruption: JD(U)

JD(U) to meet amid media speculation that Kumar might announce some tough decision on Tejaswi

Do you have alternative agenda to match Modi govt, Nitish asks Congress

In a thinly veiled dig at the his alliance partner Congress, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asked the opposition parties should present "an alternative agenda" against the Modi government instead of merely harping on their unity. He asked the Congress to take the lead as "a big party in setting an alternative narrative" for the next general election. "Just talking of unity among opposition parties isn't enough," the Chief Minister told the scribes on the sidelines of his weekly Lok Samvad programme, "there must be an agenda against the BJP-led government at the center. This must not be just in reaction to what the BJP says or does, but an alternative narrative. Congress, being the largest party, must lead from the front."He once again rejected the rumors about becoming PM face for opposition in 2019. "We are a small party and very well know the futility of nourishing prime ministerial ambitions. It is seen that the candidate whose name is in circulation never gets to the post," ...

Target 2019: Does Opposition need Nitish Kumar more than he needs them?

To recover lost space within Oppn, JD (U) to take up issues of farmer protests, mob lynchings

After skipping Sonia Gandhi's lunch, Nitish Kumar meets PM Modi today

Gandhi organised a luncheon meeting, which was attended by the leaders of 17 parties

Nitish Kumar skips Sonia Gandhi's call but accepts PM Modi's lunch invite

JD (U) rejects speculation that party might revive its alliance with BJP

Not in race for PM post in 2019, says Nitish Kumar

The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader said he had no personal aspiration for the post

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar expresses displeasure over power franchisee model

Kumar described the work as unsatisfactory especially in terms of rural electrification in the state

Nitish meets Sonia as Oppn mulls putting up a common presidential candidate

The buzz over a larger Opposition umbrella to counter the BJP in the 2019 national polls gained ground as Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi at her official residence.The meeting comes days after Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi attended the 100th anniversary of the civil disobedience movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi at Champaran in Bihar.According to sources, the two leaders discussed the recent assembly polls in five states, in which the BJP did well, and the need for the Opposition parties to come together. The meeting between JDU's Nitish Kumar and Sonia Gandhi assumes significance as BSP supremo Mayawati recently made some pro-alliance noises as she targeted the saffron party.SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, who joined hands with the Congress before the UP polls, welcomed Mayawati's remark though SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav did not find the idea interesting.However, SP sources said the change of guard has taken place in the party and Akhilesh ...

Don't talk of growth, create peaceful atmosphere first, says Nitish Kumar

Said atmosphere of peace, love, harmony and tolerance can only take country to path of progress

Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad ask Congress, Left to build anti-BJP alliance

But Opposition unity a chimera because of regional contradictions, absence of a lynchpin

'Imaginary' plans cannot let anyone become PM: BJP on Nitish-for-PM

The JD(U) urged all opposition parties to come together and create an alternative against the former

Nitish Kumar lends colour to 'lotus', picture goes viral on social media

The Bihar CM coloured a lotus picture at an inaugural function in Patna Book fair

Grievance redressal law strengthened good governance: Nitish Kumar

More than 89,937 complaints had been sorted out under the mechanism in nearly 7 months of its launch

Nitish Kumar rejects BJP demand to postpone longest human chain

Human chain in support of prohibition is part of a social campaign

JD(U) to review demonetisation outcome on Jan 23: Nitish Kumar

He said his priority was human chain on Jan 21 to express people's resolve towards alcohol ban

Modi and Nitish bonhomie reflection of mature politics: JD(U)

Kumar said healthy relation between Centre and state is for national interest

Nitish's son's assets four times him, valued at over Rs 2.36 cr

Kumar's total assets have declined to Rs 56.49 lakh in 2016 from Rs 58.97 lakh in 2015