Nitish Kumar

The Mahagathbandhan's new 10-point overture to Bihar’s EBCs signals the Opposition's bid to wrest the 36 per cent vote bloc that has long kept Nitish Kumar in power.

The distribution represents a slight adjustment from the 2020 assembly polls, during which JD(U) fielded candidates in 115 seats and BJP in 110

In his opening remarks at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in Patna, Kharge launched a frontal attack on the BJP over a host of issues such as alleged "vote chori, economic slowdown, unemployment, social polarisation and targeting and weakening of autonomous constitutional institutions"

The announcement of the seat-sharing may have been deliberately pushed to the last minute in an attempt bid to minimise instances of leaders switching allegiances ahead of nomination.

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.

Responding to the recent decisions of the government, RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwary said, “They (NDA leaders) are simply copying our welfare agendas."

The senior lawyer, known for his anti-corruption campaigns, insisted that there must be “transparency and fairness” in the state’s land acquisition process.

Tejashwi took a dig at the ruling party and said, "Are we the BJP that we do not have any faces? We definitely will not contest the elections without projecting a Chief Ministerial face."

Elections in Bihar are expected to be announced by the Election Commission of India in the first week of October. The term of the Bihar Assembly concludes on November 22.

Photographs of the JD(U) supremo offering a bouquet of flowers to Shah, a former BJP president, were shared by the two leaders on their respective X handles.

Earlier, this scheme was applicable for unemployed youths who had passed their intermediate exams only.

In addition, the JD(U) chief said that the Bihar government has decided to extend the loan repayment period.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was at Purnea in eastern Bihar yesterday where he launched and laid the foundation stones of several projects worth Rs 36,000 crore

Unemployment and Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls have emerged as the key issues that respondents said they would vote on, a new survey on Bihar elections has found.

His remarks came while addressing a gathering in Kishanganj district. Making a big statement, Kishor said he would retire from politics if Nitish Kumar’s party crossed the mark of 25 in the Assembly polls

The tactful maneuvering, resorted to by alliance partners, to arrive at an agreed tally has only increased with the joining of two new parties -- Jharkhand Mukhti Morcha (JMM) and Padhupati Paras' LJP faction into the grand alliance.

The development came days after the Nitish Kumar-led party said it wanted to contest “at least one seat more” than the BJP

Another key project is the construction of a rail overbridge at level crossing 91 between Siwan and Pachrukhi railway stations on State Highway 89 (Babuniya–Siswan Road), estimated at Rs 92.16 crore.

Time and again, the choices of this vote bloc have upended predictions and delivered surprises on counting day, making it the X-factor no political party can afford to ignore.

Proposal to open seven new medical colleges in the state was green-lighted in the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.