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With five political shifts over the last decade, Nitish Kumar has shown a knack for adapting to the ever-evolving dynamics of politics. Here's a look at his journey so far
The winning party requires 113 seats to form the Government in Karnataka out of 224 seats.
Yadav died on Thursday at a private hospital in Gurugram at the age of 75.
Amidst talks of opposition unity, Nitish Kumar has revived talks of merger of ex-Janata Dal constituents. These regional parties as a bloc could improve their national relevance
With the BJP virtually mauling the Congress-JDS combine in the parliamentary polls, and riven by internal dissensions and poor track record, the state government fears a real danger of defections that could send it packing.
The mercurial actor announced on the last day of nominations that he would neither contest nor campaign for the party for “health reasons”.
"Every religion is against consumption of liquor. All- India prohibition can help unite all people and all religions," said Nitish Kumar, whose government has imposed prohibition in Bihar.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said that efforts are on to change the JD(U) symbol from arrow to 'Chakra' (wheel) as the party lost many seats due to confusion among the voters over its symbol, which resembled to other parties.
Patel quota stir leader Hardik Patel on Saturday said he would support Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the upcoming Assembly elections in the state as the Janata Dal United leader belonged to his community.
With both RJD and Congress eyeing several seats won by JDU in the 2010 elections, Nitish Kumar is facing a tough time in convincing his party leaders. Even the candidature of some ministers is uncertain.
While the Janata Dal(United)-Rastriya Janata Dal-Congress alliance is fighting the elections with Nitish Kumar as CM candidate The Bhartiya Janata Party and allies are yet to announce a Chief Ministerial candidate, and are banking on Prime Minister Modi to win the election for them.
The message was that Mr Modi wants to meet me ... he has invited me for a cup of tea," Gowda told reporters here. Gowda said since he is unwell, he would visit Delhi to meet Modi on either June 3 or June 4. Asked what would be discussued during the meeting, Gowda said there is no agenda and they would have an informal chat.
After his mega farmers' rally on Sunday, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is expected to lead the party's charge and continue his attack on the government. All Congress MPs will be meeting Rahul in the evening.
The opposition alleged that the Narendra Modi government has done nothing on its poll promise to bring back black money in 100 days.
The BJP‘s losses – in Bihar, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh – can thus be read as the end of wave-like conditions that prevailed in May 2014. It is also about people wanting to ensure that there is a strong opposition to the BJP in states.
The Delhi Assembly on Wednesday completed the formality of oath taking by the members including the Chief Minister and other ministers with senior Congress member Matin Ahmed functioning as pro-tem Speaker.
It is also a confirmation of the political narrative hatched by Modi's detractors: to show that he is inherently divisive and hence responsible for all the bad things that happen during the course of this election campaign.
The split between the two parties looks imminent. There also have been indications that the JD(U) is reaching out to Independent MLAs in Bihar for support.
There is a difference between an alliance and a power-sharing agreement. An alliance has to share some core ideas and principles. A power-sharing agreement is about compromising principles and ideals to gain power. In this sense, neither NDA nor UPA is an alliance. They are pre- or post-election power-sharing arrangements.
Union minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday said that he didn't think it was possible for the Congress to come to power on its own soon. Jairam made the remark in Jaipur where the Congress will be holding a two-day Chintan Shivir. The party is expected to discuss the 2014 General Elections and the possibility of new alliances at the Shivir.
A decade after Godhra provided the spark that ignited almost the whole of Gujarat into a communal cauldron, this relatively underdeveloped constituency in the prosperous state remains deeply divided along religious lines.
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government came under severe criticism from the Opposition for bringing in a 'flawed', 'ineffective' and 'deficient' Lokpal Bill during the debate in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Welcoming the Centre's decision to call an all-party meeting to discuss the Lokpal issue, Janata Dal (United) today said the government should have consulted parties even before setting up a joint committee to draft the Bill.
NDA convener Sharad Yadav said on Wednesday that monsoon session of the Parliament will be stormy, as the issue of corruption would be raised.
