In a letter to PM Narendra Modi on Thursday, Tyagi had called Kumar a "precious gem" of the socialist movement, and worthy of the highest civilian honour in the country.
The Bihar government, which is led by Janata Dal (United)’s Nitish Kumar, made the request during a pre-budget meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman last month, the people said, asking not to be identified because the discussions are private.
With the portfolio allocation of the Modi 3.0 Cabinet finally over, the next event to watch out for is who will be elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Ever since the BJP, TDP, JD(U) and other NDA allies came together to form the government, there have been reports that the TDP and JD(U) both are pressing for the post of the Speaker. If the reports are to be believed, then the question is why are the BJP allies desperate for the post. Watch the video to know more
PM Modi Oath Ceremony: Modi is all set to take oath as the prime minister on India for a historic third consecutive term with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) winning 293 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
One of the key turning points for the BJP in Bihar was the formation of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition, which brought together the BJP, JD(U), and LJP.
Gaya votes in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections on 19 April, 2024 with the results being announced with the rest of the country on 4 June 2024.
In a memorandum submitted to the committee, JD (U) general secretary Sanjay Kumar Jha and parliamentary party leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh said the party is of the view that simultaneous elections are important to strengthen the architecture of good governance.
BJP’s calculations in wooing back Nitish Kumar have served as a pincer strike on the opposition. It is a Himalayan task for the INDIA bloc to revive from its loss of the only big Hindi heartland state that it was in power
Nitish Kumar, seen as one of the architects of the Opposition INDIA bloc, is set to rejoin the BJP-led NDA for a third time. With his resignation as the Bihar CM earlier in the day, the JD(U) chief has dumped the Mahagathbandhan or the grand alliance — for the second time in the past seven years. Here's a look at his political career marked by several U-turns.
Initial indications point to 17 seats each for the JD (U) and the RJD and five for the Congress. The CPI (M-L) could be allotted one seat. Bihar has 40 Lok Sabha seats