Bihar Election 2020

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who was the senior-most among the 23 letter writers demanding an organisational overhaul in the Congress, said they are raising issues as "reformists and not rebels".

RJD accuses Bihar Education Minister Mewalal Choudhary of not knowing national anthem

In 2017, Mewalal Choudhary had been ousted from the Janata Dal United over his alleged involvement in a corruption case while he was the vice-chancellor of the Bihar Agriculture University in Bhagalpur.

In its transition as senior partner, BJP faces challenges in Bihar

Now despite having more seats than the JD(U), infighting in the BJP, a weak party organisation, a lack of popular state leaders and dependence on Narendra Modi, has meant that the national party will continue to play second fiddle to the regional party

Bihar portfolio allocation: Nitish Kumar retains Home department; Deputy CM Tarkishore Prasad gets Finance

In all, 15 NDA leaders including the chief minister were sworn in during the ceremony attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda.

Nitish Kumar Swearing-in Highlights | Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM, BJP's Tarkishore Prasad, Renu Devi take oath as Deputy CMs

Nitish Kumar Swearing-in Highlights: Governor Phagu Chauhan administered the oath of office and secrecy to JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar.

Bihar Results 2020 | What Rahul Gandhi can learn from Tejashwi Yadav

Unlike Tejashwi Yadav, about 20 years younger to him, Rahul Gandhi comes across as someone unsure of his political footing

Newly-elected NDA MLAs to meet on November 15 to pick Bihar CM, stake claim, says Nitish Kumar

Despite the BJP emerging as the largest party in the ruling alliance the top leadership of the saffron party has endorsed Nitish Kumar as the next chief minister.

Bihar Results | LJP’s destructive impact and the emergence of Chirag Paswan

Chirag Paswan managed to send a clear message and prove a point to the JD(U), to the RJD and even to the BJP

Shrinking space and existential threats Congress faces

Apart from major organisational issues, the party has lost its support base among major caste groups in state after state. It never managed to appeal to the growing middle class in the post-liberalisation era or to the youth or women, which would have offset this loss of caste base

Tejashwi Yadav claims NDA won Bihar by deceit, calls in Congress for "deep" introspection

"It was undoubtedly a mandate for change. The NDA won by dhan, bal and chhal (money, muscle power and deceit," Tejashwi Yadav told a press conference after he was elected the leader of the five-party Grand Alliance, which gave a stiff competition to the NDA before the latter scraped through.

Bihar Election Results: After NDA win, all eyes on Nitish Kumar's cabinet composition

It will be for the first time since 2005 that Nitish Kumar’s JD-U will be the junior partner in the alliance. The JD-U contested 115 seats and won 43 while the BJP fought at 110 seats and won 71 of them.

Bihar Election 2020 | Result reignites dissent in Congress, questions raised about Gandhi family’s role: Report

The Mahagathbandhan – which fell just 12 seats short of the majority mark – could have won the Bihar Assembly election had Congress managed to perform as good as its alliance partners.

Bihar Election 2020: RJD-led Mahagathbandhan reaches out to AIMIM, former allies

The Grand Alliance can reach the winning number if it manages to get the AIMIM, Vikassheel Insaan Party and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) on its side.

Elections prove that there’s yet no political rival to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

The Opposition needs to reinvent itself, but from where does it start? Into the seventh year of his term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not appear to have a rival as far as the eye can see

BJP, for its own good, must not disturb Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

Narendra Modi and the BJP may have to ensure that the support for Nitish Kumar and his JD(U) is steady and continuous like in the previous term. Any change of strategy may be tempting, but fraught with uncertainty, given the numbers in the new Bihar Assembly

Bihar Election Result 2020: Nitish Kumar to remain CM, but ‘big brother’ BJP to get more Cabinet berths

The Bharatiya Janata Party will now be the leading party in Bihar's coalition government and is expected to get a lion’s share of berths in the state Cabinet.

Development only basis for politics now; women BJP's silent voters: PM Narendra Modi

Development work, trust, and aspirations and pride of Bihar have won in the state, PM Narendra Modi said.

Bihar Elections 2020: With an electoral sledgehammer, Hindutva outclasses the once-powerful caste system

The Hindu reform movement and the RSS have traditionally propagated against the stratified society. The BJP seems to be living up to that dream.

Bihar Election 2020 results | Five seats where BJP won with wafer-thin margins

As per data available on the Election Commission website, JD(U) won by a paper-thin margin in the Hilsa seat, where it got 12 votes more than the RJD runner-up.

Bihar Election 2020: Nitish Kumar will be CM, say BJP leaders; but party keeps future options open

According to a senior BJP leader, one of the options that the party is looking at is to offer Nitish Kumar the CM's post while keeping future options open at the same time.

Bihar Election 2020 Results: 26 women triumph in state polls, will form 11% of the assembly strength

Despite women forming almost half the state’s population, their strength in the state's legislative assembly is not well represented and actually fell from the previous legislature, when there were 28 female MLAs.

Bihar Election 2020 Results | NDA retains Bihar: A look at the map of BJP-ruled states

With this win let’s take a look at the states where BJP is ruling, either alone or in coalition.

Bihar Results | How and why the NDA won the Assembly election

Bihar is the second state after Maharashtra where the BJP has emerged as the big brother after being a junior for years. This will give it confidence that with right strategy and patience, it can expand its footprint in states where it has relied heavily on allies, such as Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir

Bihar Election 2020: AIMIM plans to contest in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal after success in Bihar polls

Addressing reporters here on Tuesday night, MIM's president Asaduddin Owaisi said the party will fight for justice inthe northern state's Seemanchal region. Reacting to allegations that his party was dividing anti-BJP votes, Owaisi said he was running a political party that has a right to contest on its own.

Bihar Election Result 2020: How BJP’s performance may impact 2021 West Bengal assembly polls

Bihar Election Result 2020: Electoral success in Bihar, despite all odds, is likely to boost morale of the BJP cadre in West Bengal where the saffron party is preparing to take on Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress.