Bihar Election 2010

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday firmly ruled out the possibility of controversial Mokama MLA Anant Singh's entry into the Grand Alliance in Bihar of which his party is the largest constituent.

Over 57 per cent of the electorate voted in 55 constituencies in Bihar where polling took place in the fourth phase of assembly elections today. Stakes are high for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in this round as in the last elections in 2010, when it was in alliance with Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United), it had bagged majority of the seats whe...

Nitish Kumar has said that it was the BJP, and not him, that cancelled a dinner in 2010, an incident referenced repeatedly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he has attacked the Bihar Chief Minister in election speeches.

Tejaswi Yadav, former Bihar cricketer, is on a mission. The 26-year-old son and political heir of Lalu Yadav wants to win back Raghopur, for years a family citadel, but lost to the Janata Dal United or JDU in the 2010 assembly elections.

Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar's mega gamble seems to have paid off; along with the Congress they have won six of the 10 seats where by-elections were held in Bihar. The BJP has won four, a deficit of two seats from 2010 and a big slide when compared to its performance in these assembly segments just three months ago in the national elections.

Will he allow Narendra Modi to attend his swearing-in? During this interview to NDTV's Prannoy Roy, Nitish Kumar takes that tough question, and explains whether he has any interest in being PM someday.He also says he never takes time off. Despite his hectic campaign, he'll be back at work on Thursday.ENTIRE TRANSCRIPTNDTV: Congratulations on a land...

Its a landslide victory for the JDU-BJP alliance in Bihar. But look at the fine print, and it's evident - comparatively the BJP has done better than the JDU. ''It's a huge majority for the NDA. The BJP and the JDU workers won the trust of people,'' says Nitish Kumar, all set for a second term at the helm of Bihar.  In the last elections, the J...

It was billed as a watershed election - where development was taking on a formidable opponent in the politics of caste.The clean sweep for Nitish Kumar and the BJP  - and the complete decimation of Lalu Prasad Yadav - shows that the fight was hardly a close one.  This is Bihar's 'nayi kahani,' said Nitish, at a press conference in Patna t...

Lalu Prasad Yadav, routed in the Bihar elections, has congratulated Nitish Kumar on his victory and assured the new government of his party's cooperation.But he was pointed in saying that he was not congratulating the BJP.Lalu conceded defeat saying the results were unexpected and said he accepted the people's mandate. He also he would introspect o...

Often called Chanakya for his political astuteness, Engineer-politician Nitish Kumar blended his secularist ideology with pragmatic politics and combined the development plank with innovative social engineering equations in Bihar to bask in glory yet again.Doing an encore after today's landslide victory, the 59-year-old chief minister with his trad...

BJP on Wednesday took a dig at Congress in the wake of its poor showing in the Bihar Assembly elections saying 'Rahul factor' did not work in the polls."Congressmen were blowing their trumpet and chanting Rahul Gandhi's name. Where is that Rahul factor," wondered senior BJP leader Ananth Kumar.He said the 'Rahul factor' did not work in Karnataka, M...

Nitish Kumar will be the Chief Minister of Bihar again, and with a landslide victory.   Once it was clear he was back with a huge majority, Nitish Kumar thanked Bihar and said this was a victory of the people and not that of his alliance. He promised to work hard for Bihar and its people. He said development had won in Bihar.(Watch)Nitish said...

Out in the flat, dusty plains of eastern India, Nitish Kumar stood before several thousand farmers at a recent campaign rally and described his turnaround of India's poorest and once most ungovernable state, Bihar. Law and order had been restored. Roads and bridges had been built. More women were holding elective office and fewer and fewer girls we...

Describing the JD(U)-BJP combine's performance in Bihar polls as "unprecedented", BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Wednesdayy said the election results have made it clear that only "politics of development" worked in the country."This (victory of NDA) proves that there will be no space for politics of caste in 21st century politics. Politics of progr...

Congratulating the JD(U)-BJP alliance for its good showing in Bihar elections, Union Home Minister P C Chidambaram today said the development argument has prevailed in the state."If development argument has prevailed in Bihar, we should all be happy. We congratulate Nitish Kumar as well as the two parties - the JD(U) and BJP - for their extremely g...

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday firmly ruled out the possibility of controversial Mokama MLA Anant Singh's entry into the Grand Alliance in Bihar of which his party is the largest constituent.

Over 57 per cent of the electorate voted in 55 constituencies in Bihar where polling took place in the fourth phase of assembly elections today. Stakes are high for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in this round as in the last elections in 2010, when it was in alliance with Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United), it had bagged majority of the seats whe...

Nitish Kumar has said that it was the BJP, and not him, that cancelled a dinner in 2010, an incident referenced repeatedly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he has attacked the Bihar Chief Minister in election speeches.

Tejaswi Yadav, former Bihar cricketer, is on a mission. The 26-year-old son and political heir of Lalu Yadav wants to win back Raghopur, for years a family citadel, but lost to the Janata Dal United or JDU in the 2010 assembly elections.

Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar's mega gamble seems to have paid off; along with the Congress they have won six of the 10 seats where by-elections were held in Bihar. The BJP has won four, a deficit of two seats from 2010 and a big slide when compared to its performance in these assembly segments just three months ago in the national elections.

Will he allow Narendra Modi to attend his swearing-in? During this interview to NDTV's Prannoy Roy, Nitish Kumar takes that tough question, and explains whether he has any interest in being PM someday.He also says he never takes time off. Despite his hectic campaign, he'll be back at work on Thursday.ENTIRE TRANSCRIPTNDTV: Congratulations on a land...

Its a landslide victory for the JDU-BJP alliance in Bihar. But look at the fine print, and it's evident - comparatively the BJP has done better than the JDU. ''It's a huge majority for the NDA. The BJP and the JDU workers won the trust of people,'' says Nitish Kumar, all set for a second term at the helm of Bihar.  In the last elections, the J...

It was billed as a watershed election - where development was taking on a formidable opponent in the politics of caste.The clean sweep for Nitish Kumar and the BJP  - and the complete decimation of Lalu Prasad Yadav - shows that the fight was hardly a close one.  This is Bihar's 'nayi kahani,' said Nitish, at a press conference in Patna t...

Lalu Prasad Yadav, routed in the Bihar elections, has congratulated Nitish Kumar on his victory and assured the new government of his party's cooperation.But he was pointed in saying that he was not congratulating the BJP.Lalu conceded defeat saying the results were unexpected and said he accepted the people's mandate. He also he would introspect o...

Often called Chanakya for his political astuteness, Engineer-politician Nitish Kumar blended his secularist ideology with pragmatic politics and combined the development plank with innovative social engineering equations in Bihar to bask in glory yet again.Doing an encore after today's landslide victory, the 59-year-old chief minister with his trad...

BJP on Wednesday took a dig at Congress in the wake of its poor showing in the Bihar Assembly elections saying 'Rahul factor' did not work in the polls."Congressmen were blowing their trumpet and chanting Rahul Gandhi's name. Where is that Rahul factor," wondered senior BJP leader Ananth Kumar.He said the 'Rahul factor' did not work in Karnataka, M...

Nitish Kumar will be the Chief Minister of Bihar again, and with a landslide victory.   Once it was clear he was back with a huge majority, Nitish Kumar thanked Bihar and said this was a victory of the people and not that of his alliance. He promised to work hard for Bihar and its people. He said development had won in Bihar.(Watch)Nitish said...

Out in the flat, dusty plains of eastern India, Nitish Kumar stood before several thousand farmers at a recent campaign rally and described his turnaround of India's poorest and once most ungovernable state, Bihar. Law and order had been restored. Roads and bridges had been built. More women were holding elective office and fewer and fewer girls we...

Describing the JD(U)-BJP combine's performance in Bihar polls as "unprecedented", BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Wednesdayy said the election results have made it clear that only "politics of development" worked in the country."This (victory of NDA) proves that there will be no space for politics of caste in 21st century politics. Politics of progr...

Congratulating the JD(U)-BJP alliance for its good showing in Bihar elections, Union Home Minister P C Chidambaram today said the development argument has prevailed in the state."If development argument has prevailed in Bihar, we should all be happy. We congratulate Nitish Kumar as well as the two parties - the JD(U) and BJP - for their extremely g...