Bihar Bjp Loss

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's exit from the Mahagathbandhan alliance and consequently the INDIA bloc to align with the BJP is a "loss" for the Saffron party and a "gain" for the opposition alliance, Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK said on Sunday.

The Lok Sabha elections are likely to be advanced as the BJP fears with time it will suffer more loss because of the opposition unity, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today, backing a similar claim made by Mamata Banerjee.

Bihar's ruling coalition and the opposition BJP held on to their seats as votes were counted for key polls seen to be a test for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's decision to dump the BJP and form a new government with Tejashwi Yadav's RJD in August.

A key political aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday blamed "lack of coordination among NDA partners" for the recent defeat of the BJP in a crucial by-election in the state.

Bringing petrol and diesel under the GST regime is not possible for the next 8-10 years as no state is ready to face the annual revenue loss of over Rs 2 lakh crore on this account, BJP member Sushil Kumar Modi said in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

With the BJP suffering a crushing defeat in the Jharkhand elections after its separation from the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU), the party leadership in neighbouring Bihar on Thursday insisted that its alliance with Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United remains strong and unaffected by differences over seat-sharing.

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav may be going through a rough patch after his party drew a blank in the Lok Sabha elections, but his family continues to stand by him. And that includes his mercurial sibling, Tej Pratap, who had recently launched a parallel outfit to protest being sidelined in the party.

Rahul Gandhi's offer to resign as Congress president is suicidal and will amount to falling into the BJP's trap, jailed Bihar politician Lalu Yadav has said in an article that he tweeted this morning.

The BJP has begun testing the waters on seat-sharing with allies in Bihar ahead of the 2019 parliamentary elections, claiming earlier this week that it had worked out a deal that was fair to all while ensuring the NDA alliance wins every seat it can in a crucial battleground state.

Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray's took frequent swipes at the BJP for its approach towards its NDA allies. But he wasn't among the only one in the NDA to deliver a sharp message to the BJP. Just hours into the BJP's electoral losses in Thursday's by-elections, there were some discordant noises from Bihar as well. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata D...

Enthusiasts had then declared that the opposition should start preparing for the 2024 parliamentary elections because 2019 was a done deal for the BJP. Now, the loss will write a new script, not only for UP and Bihar, but also for 2019.

Modi has not seen acche din in 2015. First, he lost the assembly elections in Delhi at the start of the year and then the Bihar elections at the end of the year. Clearly, his much-vaunted charisma has taken a deadly blow, for these two major election losses took place notwithstanding his personal involvement in both of them.

Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has initiated discussion on Goods and Services Tax (GST) with Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh after BJP was trounced in Bihar Assembly elections.

Retaining the Ratlam-Jhabua Lok Sabha and Dewas Assembly seats in the bye-elections to be held tomorrow will be crucial for BJP after its humiliating defeat in Bihar polls, even as the Congress is leaving no stone unturned to give the saffron party a tough fight.

Battling a virtual revolt from within after its Bihar defeat, the ruling BJP today said none of the criticism by party veterans had been directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's exit from the Mahagathbandhan alliance and consequently the INDIA bloc to align with the BJP is a "loss" for the Saffron party and a "gain" for the opposition alliance, Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK said on Sunday.

The Lok Sabha elections are likely to be advanced as the BJP fears with time it will suffer more loss because of the opposition unity, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today, backing a similar claim made by Mamata Banerjee.

Bihar's ruling coalition and the opposition BJP held on to their seats as votes were counted for key polls seen to be a test for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's decision to dump the BJP and form a new government with Tejashwi Yadav's RJD in August.

A key political aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday blamed "lack of coordination among NDA partners" for the recent defeat of the BJP in a crucial by-election in the state.

Bringing petrol and diesel under the GST regime is not possible for the next 8-10 years as no state is ready to face the annual revenue loss of over Rs 2 lakh crore on this account, BJP member Sushil Kumar Modi said in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

With the BJP suffering a crushing defeat in the Jharkhand elections after its separation from the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU), the party leadership in neighbouring Bihar on Thursday insisted that its alliance with Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United remains strong and unaffected by differences over seat-sharing.

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav may be going through a rough patch after his party drew a blank in the Lok Sabha elections, but his family continues to stand by him. And that includes his mercurial sibling, Tej Pratap, who had recently launched a parallel outfit to protest being sidelined in the party.

Rahul Gandhi's offer to resign as Congress president is suicidal and will amount to falling into the BJP's trap, jailed Bihar politician Lalu Yadav has said in an article that he tweeted this morning.

The BJP has begun testing the waters on seat-sharing with allies in Bihar ahead of the 2019 parliamentary elections, claiming earlier this week that it had worked out a deal that was fair to all while ensuring the NDA alliance wins every seat it can in a crucial battleground state.

Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray's took frequent swipes at the BJP for its approach towards its NDA allies. But he wasn't among the only one in the NDA to deliver a sharp message to the BJP. Just hours into the BJP's electoral losses in Thursday's by-elections, there were some discordant noises from Bihar as well. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata D...

Enthusiasts had then declared that the opposition should start preparing for the 2024 parliamentary elections because 2019 was a done deal for the BJP. Now, the loss will write a new script, not only for UP and Bihar, but also for 2019.

Modi has not seen acche din in 2015. First, he lost the assembly elections in Delhi at the start of the year and then the Bihar elections at the end of the year. Clearly, his much-vaunted charisma has taken a deadly blow, for these two major election losses took place notwithstanding his personal involvement in both of them.

Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has initiated discussion on Goods and Services Tax (GST) with Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh after BJP was trounced in Bihar Assembly elections.

Retaining the Ratlam-Jhabua Lok Sabha and Dewas Assembly seats in the bye-elections to be held tomorrow will be crucial for BJP after its humiliating defeat in Bihar polls, even as the Congress is leaving no stone unturned to give the saffron party a tough fight.

Battling a virtual revolt from within after its Bihar defeat, the ruling BJP today said none of the criticism by party veterans had been directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.