Patna, July 27 (IANS) Campaigning for the Bankipur Assembly by-election has entered its final phase ahead of polling on July 30. Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Bihar Tejashwi Yadav on Monday conducted a grand roadshow in support of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Rekha Gupta, urging voters to back the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) candidate.The roadshow began from the party’s election office in Mithapur and passed through Chandpur Bela, Sipara, Postal Park, Chiraiyatand, Goriyatoli,…
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Patna, July 27 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, on Monday termed the suspension of a police personnel over the alleged firing of an AK-47 rifle during the July 25 ‘Bihar Bandh’ protests in Siwan district as merely a ‘token gesture’, and demanded accountability from the state government over the incident.Speaking to IANS, Tejashwi Yadav said: “This is not a major action; it is merely a token gesture. Such large-scale protests have taken place across the country, …
Patna, July 22 (IANS) The absence of Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav from the Bihar Legislative Assembly became a political issue on the third day of the monsoon session, with ruling alliance legislators questioning why he has not been attending the proceedings.The issue was raised during the Assembly session by BJP MLA Baidyanath Prasad, who said the Leader of Opposition was failing to discharge his constitutional responsibilities by remaining absent from the House.Speaking in the As…
Patna, July 11 (IANS) Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor, who is set to make his electoral debut in the upcoming Bankipur Assembly constituency bypoll in Bihar, on Saturday took a jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the latter’s candidate withdrew his nomination, saying that he has “fled from that constituency’s bypoll which is said to be the BJP’s stronghold”.The remarks came after the BJP announced Neeraj Kumar Sinha as its official candidate for the Bankipur Assembly by-election in…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) INDIA bloc is going downhill and is staring at an existential threat, primarily because of Congress’ opportunistic and self-serving politics, said BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi on Friday. Trivedi’s scathing criticism came in the backdrop of a debacle for Congress candidate in Rajya Sabha polls in Jharkhand despite the Congress-JMM alliance’s comfortable numerical strength in the Assembly.The shocking loss for the Congress candidate has triggered a bl…
Patna, June 8 (IANS) The suspense over the Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) candidate for the Bihar Legislative Council (MLC) elections ended on Monday, with the party once again fielding senior leader Sunil Kumar Singh.He filed his nomination papers on the final day of the process and is poised to enter the Legislative Council for a second consecutive term.According to party sources, Sunil Singh had emerged as the frontrunner for the nomination well before the official announcement and had report…
Patna, May 25 (IANS) Tejashwi Yadav, the Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, on Monday sharply criticised the NDA government in Bihar over the state’s law and order situation, alleging that women, children, and ordinary citizens are increasingly feeling unsafe. In a strongly worded statement uploaded on his official X handle, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader questioned the state government over reports of missing children and rising crimes against women.Referring to official f…
Patna, May 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has scripted a historic victory in West Bengal, winning 206 seats, will be forming the government in the state for the first time. The incumbent All India Trinamool Congress was reduced to 81 seats. Reacting sharply to the outcome, Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, questioned the credibility of the electoral process and alleged irregularities.He claimed that the BJP’s victory was the result of a conspirac…
Patna, April 30 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the NDA government led by Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, alleging administrative paralysis and lack of direction due to the delay in cabinet expansion.In a post on social media platform X, Yadav claimed that “only three individuals are effectively running the government” in the absence of a full cabinet, raising concerns over governance and decision-making.He further…
Patna, April 25 (IANS) After securing the vote of confidence in the Bihar Assembly, Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary reached 1, Anee Marg, his official residence, on Saturday to pay a courtesy visit to former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Union Minister and JD-U Lok Sabha MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh was also present during the meeting, which lasted for about 20 minutes.While the exact details of the discussion have not been disclosed, it is widely speculated that the talks revolved aro…