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A caste census is a "sensitive issue... to be dealt with very seriously and is not for election campaigning", the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP's ideological mentor, said at its Kerala conference.

The Congress has refuted JD(U) leader KC Tyagi's claim that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was offered the prime ministerial post by the INDIA bloc after the Lok Sabha election results were announced.

Key BJP allies - TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar - on Friday endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the leader of the NDA.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U), which the BJP relies on heavily since losing majority in the Lok Sabha, has reiterated its demand for special category status (SCS) for the state.

Bihar BJP president Samrat Chaudhary on Thursday announced that the NDA would contest the 2025 assembly polls in the state under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his incoming Andhra Pradesh counterpart Chandrababu Naidu have emerged as kingmakers after Tuesday's Lok Sabha election result, which left the BJP 32 seats short of majority and dependent on their support.

The BJP-led NDA retained a strong position in Bihar, securing three-fourths of the state's 40 Lok Sabha seats, though it did lose some ground to the INDIA bloc. Both the BJP and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) won 12 seats each.

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan on Tuesday won the Hajipur Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, where he defeated the nearest RJD rival by over 1.70 lakh votes, the Election Commission said.

The JDU of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was part of the Congress-led INDIA opposition bloc before jumping to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP coalition.

Union minister and BJP candidate from Bihar's Patliputra, Ram Kripal Yadav, had a narrow escape last night when his convoy was attacked and gunshots fired

BJP MP Ram Kripal Yadav on Saturday lodged a complaint with the police, alleging that his cavalcade was attacked by supporters of the RJD after polling got over in the Patliputra Lok Sabha constituency.

This was one of the tougher phases for the BJP in 2019 as it could win just 44% of the seats on offer.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday called poll strategist Prashant Kishor a "BJP agent". The BJP is losing the elections, so he has been called after three-four rounds of voting to set the narrative, claimed the former deputy chief minister of Bihar

The per capita income of the people of Bihar would have more than doubled had there been no misgovernance during the Lalu Yadav-led RJD government, Union finance minister and senior BJP leader Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday.

Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who died of cancer at 72, had been the quintessential organisation man with formidable clout as the BJP's tallest leader in Bihar. His famed skills had been put to test every election season.

A caste census is a "sensitive issue... to be dealt with very seriously and is not for election campaigning", the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP's ideological mentor, said at its Kerala conference.

The Congress has refuted JD(U) leader KC Tyagi's claim that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was offered the prime ministerial post by the INDIA bloc after the Lok Sabha election results were announced.

Key BJP allies - TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar - on Friday endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the leader of the NDA.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U), which the BJP relies on heavily since losing majority in the Lok Sabha, has reiterated its demand for special category status (SCS) for the state.

Bihar BJP president Samrat Chaudhary on Thursday announced that the NDA would contest the 2025 assembly polls in the state under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his incoming Andhra Pradesh counterpart Chandrababu Naidu have emerged as kingmakers after Tuesday's Lok Sabha election result, which left the BJP 32 seats short of majority and dependent on their support.

The BJP-led NDA retained a strong position in Bihar, securing three-fourths of the state's 40 Lok Sabha seats, though it did lose some ground to the INDIA bloc. Both the BJP and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) won 12 seats each.

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan on Tuesday won the Hajipur Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, where he defeated the nearest RJD rival by over 1.70 lakh votes, the Election Commission said.

The JDU of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was part of the Congress-led INDIA opposition bloc before jumping to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP coalition.

Union minister and BJP candidate from Bihar's Patliputra, Ram Kripal Yadav, had a narrow escape last night when his convoy was attacked and gunshots fired

BJP MP Ram Kripal Yadav on Saturday lodged a complaint with the police, alleging that his cavalcade was attacked by supporters of the RJD after polling got over in the Patliputra Lok Sabha constituency.

This was one of the tougher phases for the BJP in 2019 as it could win just 44% of the seats on offer.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday called poll strategist Prashant Kishor a "BJP agent". The BJP is losing the elections, so he has been called after three-four rounds of voting to set the narrative, claimed the former deputy chief minister of Bihar

The per capita income of the people of Bihar would have more than doubled had there been no misgovernance during the Lalu Yadav-led RJD government, Union finance minister and senior BJP leader Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday.

Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who died of cancer at 72, had been the quintessential organisation man with formidable clout as the BJP's tallest leader in Bihar. His famed skills had been put to test every election season.