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Will meet Sonia along with Nitish soon to cobble up opposition unity: Lalu

RJD president Lalu Prasad on Wednesday said that he along with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would soon meet Congress' interim president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi in an effort to unite all major non-BJP parties ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. He claimed that the BJP wants to disturb communal harmony in society to hide the real issues that are plaguing the people. I along with Nitish Kumar ji will meet Sonia (Gandhi) ji in Delhi. I will also meet Rahul Gandhi after completion of his padyatra. The united opposition will throw the BJP out of power in the next Lok Sabha polls, Prasad said while addressing the party's state council meeting. Referring to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's upcoming visit to the Seemanchal area of Bihar, the former chief minister said people need to be alert and careful. BJP leaders may instigate people of different communities to fight with each other in the state. Nitish ji is also very careful about this visit of the Union Home Minister, Prasad ...

Lalu's son-in-law spotted at Bihar govt meetings; BJP condemns presence

The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar was on Friday embarrassed as video footages surfaced wherein a son-in-law of Lalu Prasad, founding president of the RJD that helms the new ruling coalition, was seen at two official meetings. Notably, both the meetings were presided over by Prasad's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav, who was sworn in as a minister earlier this week with environment, forestry and climate change portfolio. According to video clips, at the first meeting of officials that Yadav attended in his capacity as minister on July 17, Shailesh Kumar, married to his eldest sister Misa Bharti, a Rajya Sabha MP herself, was seen seated in the back row. However, a day later, Kumar was again present at a meeting of the pollution control board, seated next to his brother-in-law minister. The course of events drew strong condemnation from the BJP, which has lost power following the volte-face by the chief minister last week. "Tej Pratap Yadav remains in news for all the wrong reasons. No

Bihar Cabinet: Nitish keeps home department, Tejashwi gets health, roads

The RJD and the Congress, the new allies in power, have got departments that were previously held by the BJP

Nitish wants to centralise power in his hand: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav

In wake of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar having a heated exchange with Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav claimed former's working style is fast becoming of a dictator

Nitish Kumar inaugurates higher secondary schools in 3,304 panchayats

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday inaugurated a number of new higher secondary schools and several upgraded ones in 3,304 panchayats across the state

Nitish Kumar in a bind: Quit the alliance with Lalu or risk reputation

If Nitish Kumar joins the saffron brigade, he will be accused of crass opportunism