Bihar Elections 2020

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will not join the Congress' 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' when it enters his state on January 30, sources said Thursday afternoon.

The 71-year-old Bihar leader also accused the BJP of working against the JD(U) in the 2020 assembly elections, despite being in an alliance at that time, and blamed his party's unsatisfactory performance in the last assembly elections on the alliance

Day after Tejashwi Yadav suggests Congress should give up driving seat at least in some regions, Congress says won't let itself be weakened

Nitish Kumar said on Wednesday that after the 2020 Bihar election, in which his party won fewer seats than the BJP, he agreed to become Chief Minister only because of pressure.

An FIR has been registered against Rashtriya Janata Dal MLA and Lalu Yadav's son Tej Pratap Yadav for allegedly not disclosing details of his property in the affidavit filed during the 2020 Assembly elections in Bihar, police said on Thursday.

Tejashwi Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) may have lost the Bihar Assembly polls of October-November 2020 to the NDA, but not before giving incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a minor scare. He is now carrying the battle scars of that contest over to Assam, which is set to vote in March-April. And the northeastern state may only be the beginnin...

When the Election Commission began preparing for the Bihar assembly election amid the coronavirus pandemic, some felt it was being "fool-hardy", but the safe and successful conduct of the massive democratic exercise has given us appreciation, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said on Wednesday.

Eight of the 14 newly sworn-in ministers in Bihar have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

Newly sworn-in Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced the various portfolios allotted among his council of ministers, keeping the home portfolio for himself. A 14-member council of ministers was sworn in by Governor Phagu Chauhan on Monday in Patna. This included two Deputy Chief Ministers, Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi, both from the ...

Sushil Modi, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar who was replaced this time by two other BJP leaders, will be missed, his former boss Nitish Kumar said on Monday. Asked if he would miss Mr Modi, Mr Kumar -- who took oath as Chief Minister on Monday along with 24 other ministers -- said "yes".

Nitish Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the fourth straight term today.

Nitish Kumar is set to be sworn in as Chief Minister for the fourth straight term but with the results this time downgrading him to second place in the ruling alliance, he is likely to have two deputies from ally BJP instead of one, say sources.

Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar is on a wafer-thin majority in Bihar "managed" by the Bharatiya Janata Party, said senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha on Saturday adding his government won't last long.

Nitish Kumar elected as leader of NDA legislature party, set to become Bihar's chief minister for 4th straight term

The decision on whether Nitish Kumar would get another term as Bihar's chief minister may be taken today at a legislators' meeting of the National Democratic Alliance, which won majority seats in the recently concluded polls.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will not join the Congress' 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' when it enters his state on January 30, sources said Thursday afternoon.

The 71-year-old Bihar leader also accused the BJP of working against the JD(U) in the 2020 assembly elections, despite being in an alliance at that time, and blamed his party's unsatisfactory performance in the last assembly elections on the alliance

Day after Tejashwi Yadav suggests Congress should give up driving seat at least in some regions, Congress says won't let itself be weakened

Nitish Kumar said on Wednesday that after the 2020 Bihar election, in which his party won fewer seats than the BJP, he agreed to become Chief Minister only because of pressure.

An FIR has been registered against Rashtriya Janata Dal MLA and Lalu Yadav's son Tej Pratap Yadav for allegedly not disclosing details of his property in the affidavit filed during the 2020 Assembly elections in Bihar, police said on Thursday.

Tejashwi Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) may have lost the Bihar Assembly polls of October-November 2020 to the NDA, but not before giving incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a minor scare. He is now carrying the battle scars of that contest over to Assam, which is set to vote in March-April. And the northeastern state may only be the beginnin...

When the Election Commission began preparing for the Bihar assembly election amid the coronavirus pandemic, some felt it was being "fool-hardy", but the safe and successful conduct of the massive democratic exercise has given us appreciation, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said on Wednesday.

Eight of the 14 newly sworn-in ministers in Bihar have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

Newly sworn-in Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced the various portfolios allotted among his council of ministers, keeping the home portfolio for himself. A 14-member council of ministers was sworn in by Governor Phagu Chauhan on Monday in Patna. This included two Deputy Chief Ministers, Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi, both from the ...

Sushil Modi, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar who was replaced this time by two other BJP leaders, will be missed, his former boss Nitish Kumar said on Monday. Asked if he would miss Mr Modi, Mr Kumar -- who took oath as Chief Minister on Monday along with 24 other ministers -- said "yes".

Nitish Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the fourth straight term today.

Nitish Kumar is set to be sworn in as Chief Minister for the fourth straight term but with the results this time downgrading him to second place in the ruling alliance, he is likely to have two deputies from ally BJP instead of one, say sources.

Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar is on a wafer-thin majority in Bihar "managed" by the Bharatiya Janata Party, said senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha on Saturday adding his government won't last long.

Nitish Kumar elected as leader of NDA legislature party, set to become Bihar's chief minister for 4th straight term

The decision on whether Nitish Kumar would get another term as Bihar's chief minister may be taken today at a legislators' meeting of the National Democratic Alliance, which won majority seats in the recently concluded polls.