Bihar Third Front

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

In a major step towards forging a united anti-BJP front, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar and other prominent opposition leaders on Sunday called for a new alliance that includes the Congress.

A third front has emerged in Bihar ahead of next month's polls with former Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha's party separating from the opposition alliance. Mr Kushwaha has been on both sides of the fence and is now likely to strike out on his own when Bihar votes for a new 243-member assembly from October 28 to November 7.

Nitish Kumar, the man once seen as a potential Third Front's Prime Minister remains a Chief Minister - and is at a historic low in his career. As the country heads towards the 2019 general election, the BJP is not inclined to give him too many seats in Bihar, arguing that arguing that he is not a vote-catcher anymore.

Mamata Banerjee was sworn in on Friday as West Bengal's chief minister for a second term, in the biggest oath ceremony Bengal has seen. Cheering from front row seats were political heavyweights like Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Within 10 days of NCP quitting the Third Front in Bihar, Samras Samaj Party (SSP) of former Union minister Nagmani today quit the grouping and announced its support for the 'Grand Alliance' in the remaining phases of the Assembly polls.

No government will be formed in Bihar without the support of Third Front, says controversial Madhepura lawmaker Pappu Yadav stressing that the the other two alliances are unlikely to get majority in the Assembly polls.

The Samajwadi Party (SP) today accused the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) of hatching a 'conspiracy' on behalf of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad after the Sharad Pawar-led party decided to walk out of the third front in Bihar.

The Third Front led by the Samajwadi Party will form the next government in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said today.

Bihar will have a Muslim Chief Minister if the third front wins the assembly election, former RJD leader Pappu Yadav said today.

Dismissing the formation of a Samajwadi Party led third front in Bihar, the ruling Janata Dal (United) or the JD(U), has said that there is 'only one front' in the state, which is the grand alliance formed by their party in alliance with Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress.

There is now a "third front" in Bihar, where the "Grand Alliance" led by chief minister Nitish Kumar takes on the BJP's coalition of four parties in assembly elections beginning mid-October.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which was first to pull out of the 'grand alliance' in poll-bound Bihar, today supported the decision of the Samajwadi Party (SP) to storm out of it saying it was making efforts to forge a third front of smaller parties in the state.

Buoyed by its spectacular victory in Delhi Assembly polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is now planning to make itself a significant political force in at least four major states in the next five years, without entering into any "arrangements of convenience" with any regional party.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, the de-facto head of the Janata Dal (United), today said that the Third Front, the coalition of 11 anti-Congress, anti-BJP parties, will not compromise on its principle of combating communalism.

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

In a major step towards forging a united anti-BJP front, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar and other prominent opposition leaders on Sunday called for a new alliance that includes the Congress.

A third front has emerged in Bihar ahead of next month's polls with former Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha's party separating from the opposition alliance. Mr Kushwaha has been on both sides of the fence and is now likely to strike out on his own when Bihar votes for a new 243-member assembly from October 28 to November 7.

Nitish Kumar, the man once seen as a potential Third Front's Prime Minister remains a Chief Minister - and is at a historic low in his career. As the country heads towards the 2019 general election, the BJP is not inclined to give him too many seats in Bihar, arguing that arguing that he is not a vote-catcher anymore.

Mamata Banerjee was sworn in on Friday as West Bengal's chief minister for a second term, in the biggest oath ceremony Bengal has seen. Cheering from front row seats were political heavyweights like Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Within 10 days of NCP quitting the Third Front in Bihar, Samras Samaj Party (SSP) of former Union minister Nagmani today quit the grouping and announced its support for the 'Grand Alliance' in the remaining phases of the Assembly polls.

No government will be formed in Bihar without the support of Third Front, says controversial Madhepura lawmaker Pappu Yadav stressing that the the other two alliances are unlikely to get majority in the Assembly polls.

The Samajwadi Party (SP) today accused the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) of hatching a 'conspiracy' on behalf of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad after the Sharad Pawar-led party decided to walk out of the third front in Bihar.

The Third Front led by the Samajwadi Party will form the next government in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said today.

Bihar will have a Muslim Chief Minister if the third front wins the assembly election, former RJD leader Pappu Yadav said today.

Dismissing the formation of a Samajwadi Party led third front in Bihar, the ruling Janata Dal (United) or the JD(U), has said that there is 'only one front' in the state, which is the grand alliance formed by their party in alliance with Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress.

There is now a "third front" in Bihar, where the "Grand Alliance" led by chief minister Nitish Kumar takes on the BJP's coalition of four parties in assembly elections beginning mid-October.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which was first to pull out of the 'grand alliance' in poll-bound Bihar, today supported the decision of the Samajwadi Party (SP) to storm out of it saying it was making efforts to forge a third front of smaller parties in the state.

Buoyed by its spectacular victory in Delhi Assembly polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is now planning to make itself a significant political force in at least four major states in the next five years, without entering into any "arrangements of convenience" with any regional party.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, the de-facto head of the Janata Dal (United), today said that the Third Front, the coalition of 11 anti-Congress, anti-BJP parties, will not compromise on its principle of combating communalism.