Patna, July 6 (IANS) The political contest for Bihar’s high-profile Bankipur Assembly by-election has intensified, with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) announcing Rekha Gupta as its candidate on Monday. The announcement came a day after election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor, founder of Jan Suraaj, declared that he would contest the July 30 by-election himself.The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has traditionally held the Bankipur seat, is yet to announce its candidate.RJD Stat…
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New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Election Commission of India on Monday issued notifications for holding by-elections on July 30 to fill one vacancy each in the legislative Assemblies of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Bihar, an official said. The three seats to be filled through the by-elections include: Datia in Madhya Pradesh, Manjalpur in Gujarat and Bankipur in Bihar, the official said.The results for the by-elections will be declared on August 3, the ECI said.With the issue of these notifications,…
Patna, July 6 (IANS) Jan Suraaj Party founder and Bankipur bypoll candidate Prashant Kishor on Monday said that the objective of his party has never been merely to win elections or secure positions as MLAs or MPs, but to bring about meaningful political change in Bihar. Speaking to IANS, Kishor stressed that the Jan Suraaj was founded with the vision of transforming the state’s political landscape by encouraging voters to rise above caste, religion, party affiliations, and personality-driven pol…
New Delhi/Vadodara, July 6 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday issued the official gazette notification for the by-election to Gujarat’s 145-Manjalpur Assembly constituency, formally commencing the election process to fill the vacancy created following the demise of sitting BJP MLA Yogesh Patel. According to the notification, the seat became vacant on June 2 following Patel’s death.Exercising its powers under Section 150(1) and Sections 30 and 56 of the Representation of the …
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) After the announcement of the electoral debut of Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor in the upcoming Bankipur Assembly constituency bypoll, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday remarked that Kishor will secure “lesser votes than even the None of the Above (NOTA)” voting option.Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor is set to contest by-elections from Bihar’s Bankipur Assembly seat, a stronghold of the BJP for decades, Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) Chief Mano…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday announced by-elections to three vacant Assembly constituencies in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, with polling scheduled for July 30 and counting of votes on August 3.With this, the election process is scheduled to be completed by August 4.The by-elections will be held for Bankipur in Bihar, Datia in Madhya Pradesh and Manjalpur in Gujarat.The vacancies arose following the resignation of Nitin Nabin in Bihar’s Bankipu…
Patna, May 27 (IANS) Jan Suraaj convener Prashant Kishor has announced that his party will contest the upcoming Bankipur Assembly by-election, directly challenging the BJP in what has long been regarded as one of the party’s strongest urban bastions in Bihar.Addressing a public meeting in Sheohar, Prashant Kishor asserted that for the past four to five decades, a single political family associated with the BJP had dominated Bankipur politics, while parties such as the RJD and Congress had repeat…
Patna, March 3 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Bihar, naming Nitin Nabin and Shivesh Kumar Ram for two seats. Nitin Nabin, who is currently an MLA from the Bankipur Assembly constituency in Patna district, was appointed a minister after the NDA formed the government following the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections.However, he later resigned from the ministerial post after being appointed as the BJP’s national president.S…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party national president Nitin Nabin strongly condemned the opposition’s behaviour during President Droupadi Murmu’s address to the joint sitting of Parliament on the opening day of the Budget Session on January 28, 2026. In a post, Nabin described the conduct of the Congress and its allies as utterly wrong and disappointing. He said such occasions, including the President’s address, require peace, respect, and decorum, but these parties di…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) As Nitin Nabin was elected as the BJP’s National President during the organisational event ‘Sangathan Parv’ at the party headquarters in New Delhi, becoming the youngest leader to hold the post, leaders from across the political spectrum on Tuesday extended their best wishes to him, calling it a moment of joy and expressing hope that he would take both the party and the country to greater heights. BJP spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo said the occasion was a matter of p…