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    The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a prominent alliance of political parties in India which was created in 1998 and came to power for the first time between 1998-2004. Former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee served as the first leader of this coalition. The alliance started with 13 constituent parties with Bharatiya Janata Party at the helm. Currently, some of the parties in this coalition include Lok Janshakti Party, Telugu Desam Party, Shiv Sena, Naga People’s Front and more. The coalition is generally perceived as anti-congress, with the majority of political parties in the group being either centre-right or right-wing. Lal Krishna Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee are widely considered founding members of NDA. Since 2014, current Home minister Amit Shah has been heading the front. The coalition has its presence in the union government, 17 Indian state governments and 3 union territories. While Narendra Modi, the present Indian prime minister is the leader of the alliance in Lok Sabha, Piyush Goyal, who holds ministerial portfolios such as textiles, food and public distribution and commerce is the Rajya Sabha leader of the alliance. During the last general elections which were held in 2019, the alliance secured 353 out of a total of 543 seats in Loksabha and 118 seats out of 245 seats in the Rajya Sabha. More

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    • Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar CM for record 10th time on Thursday; PM Modi, Amit Shah to attend

      JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar submitted his resignation as the outgoing CM to Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Wednesday.

    • NDA's oath ceremony likely on November 20 in Patna's Gandhi Maidan, PM Modi expected to attend

      The term of the Bihar assembly ends on November 22. The election process has to be concluded before that. Legislature party meetings of all the allies and the joint meeting of the NDA will be held on Monday and Tuesday to elect their leader. Nitish Kumar will subsequently stake his claim with a joint letter of support.

    • Bihar elections: 28 NDAs ministers ride high on Bihar victory wave, 1 falls short

      One minister fell short, marking the alliance's only notable setback in an otherwise sweeping mandate.

    • Friendly fights, heavy losses: NDA leads all 11 Bihar seats where Mahagathbandhan fielded rival candidates

      Bihar Election Results 2025: The pattern across these constituencies makes one thing clear. The Mahagathbandhan’s internal rifts, poor coordination and clashing ambitions weakened its ability to present a united challenge.

    • Prashant Kishor predicted ‘10 or 150 seats’ for Jan Suraaj. Exit polls hand him a humbling reality check

      If Jan Suraaj ends up drawing a blank, Kishor will face a decision point. The outcome will force the political strategist-turned-politician to rethink both his methods and his message.

    • JD(U) faces a tough test in Phase 1 as margins thin in its bastions

      Nitish Kumar’s party is defending the largest number of stronghold seats but with sharply narrowing leads

    • Bihar Election 2025 Phase 1 Updates: State records 64.66% polling turnout, surpasses 2020 figure

      Bihar Assembly Election 2025: Bihar is witnessing a two way clash between the NDA and the opposition's Mahagathbandhan

    • NDA’s Sankalp Patra could cost Bihar Rs 36,892 crore, led by PM-Kisan top-up

      The ruling coalition’s welfare promises amount of nearly the state’s entire fiscal deficit for FY26

    • 'Important announcements regarding seat sharing, tickets at 11AM on Sunday': Bihar BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal

      The senior BJP leader dismissed speculations about rumblings of discontent among NDA constituents in Bihar.

    • Bihar elections: BJP leaders huddle at JP Nadda's residence amid seat-sharing tussle

      The meeting, attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and senior BJP leaders from Bihar, primarily focused on finalizing seat-sharing arrangements.

    • Seat-sharing talks in Bihar NDA to conclude only after poll dates announcement: Report

      Preliminary negotiations among allies are already underway, but BJP insiders told NDTV that the final call will be taken only after the dates are notified.

    • 'Does not play games in politics', says PM Modi on NDA's V-P pick CP Radhakrishnan

      PM Modi's comments reminded some MPs of Jagdeep Dhankhar, who resigned as Vice President suddenly on July 21 amid indications that his souring ties with the ruling party might have pushed him to quit.

    • Tit-for-tat: Why Opposition's VP pick from Andhra puts NDA in a spot

      Opposition announced that it will field ex-SC judge B Sudershan Reddy against NDA's CP Radhakrishnan for the post of Vice President, setting up a keen clash that could put alliance loyalties on both sides to the test.

    • Maha Guv CP Radhakrishnan extends gratitude to PM Modi after being picked NDA's Vice Presidential candidate

      A veteran BJP leader, Radhakrishnan, was elected to the Lok Sabha from Coimbatore twice and previously served as the Tamil Nadu BJP State President.

    • 'Full support': NDA allies welcome CP Radhakrishnan's nomination for Vice President

      Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, sources told PTI, will oversee the vice-presidential election, while Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju will be the polling agent.

    • Radhakrishnan focused on empowering marginalised, glad he is NDA nominee for VP polls: PM Modi

      Modi said Radhakrishnan has done extensive work at the grassroots in Tamil Nadu and he was glad that the NDA family has decided to nominate him as the Vice Presidential candidate of the alliance.

    • Maha Guv, RSS volunteer: Who is CP Radhakrishnan named Vice Presidential candidate by NDA

      Nadda said, “CP Radhakrishnan considered a statesman, commands respect in all sections of society in Tamil Nadu,” announcing him as the candidate for NDA.

    • NDA unanimously authorises PM Modi, JP Nadda to pick V-P candidate after Dhankhar's exit

      The NDA on Thursday authorised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president JP Nadda to pick the vice presidential candidate for the ruling alliance.

    • NDA, INDIA bloc spar in Bihar over SC order on electoral rolls

      Incidentally, a common grouse of the opposition parties has been that the SIR, ordered with barely a few months left for the assembly polls, was aimed at “helping” the BJP-led NDA, which has been in power for two decades.

    • BJP's message to NDA allies as Congress ramps up Ambedkar offensive: 'Must counter false narrative unitedly'

      Top NDA leaders met in the capital on Wednesday where they discussed the need to effectively counter the Opposition's narrative against the government on Ambedkar and the Constitution.

    • Nitish Kumar to lead NDA in 2025 assembly polls: Bihar BJP chief

      He also rejected speculations triggered by a recent remark of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in response to a query about Kumar, who heads the JD(U).

    • NDA’s performance dismal in Jharkhand’s tribal belt, only one of 28 nominees wins

      This was the second consecutive setback for the BJP after the Lok Sabha polls when it faced a crushing defeat in all five tribal seats out of the state’s total 14 parliamentary constituencies.

    • Maharashtra Polls: Shinde’s reaction on NDA inching towards thumping win

      Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on November 23 thanked people for the ‘landslide victory’ in the assembly elections. Shinde thanked voters of Maharashtra and said this is a landslide victory. He further added that Mahayuti will get a thumping victory. Watch here for more details

    • Manipur CM N Biren Singh convenes NDA meeting to discuss developing situation

      The development comes amid the National People's Party (NPP), which has seven MLAs in the 60-member Manipur Assembly, withdrawing support from the BJP-led government, claiming that the N Biren Singh dispensation has "completely failed to resolve the crisis and restore normalcy" in the northeastern state.

    • Will stay permanently with NDA, says Nitish Kumar

      Addressing a public meeting in favour of NDA nominee, Vishal Prashant of BJP for the Tarari assembly byelection, Kumar said, "I have said it earlier also…I am once again saying that we (BJP-JDU) were together earlier. I made a mistake twice in the past by joining hands with the RJD…., I went 'idhar udhar' twice in the past…But now, I have again come to the NDA. I will remain permanently with the NDA"

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