High-Stakes Showdown in Bihar: BJP Braces for Tough First-Phase Battle
BJP FACES TOUGH BATTLE AS CAMPAIGN FOR FIRST PHASE, BIHAR POLL ENDS NEW DELHI: With campaigning for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections drawing to a close, the political temperature has peaked, setting the stage for a fierce contest between the ruling NDA and the Mahagathbandhan. As the battlelines become clearer, early indicators […]
CASE AGAINST JDU’S LALAN SINGH
NEW DELHI: With less than 48 hours left before Bihar votes in the first phase of a high-voltage Assembly election, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Union Minister and Number 2 in the Nitish Kumar-led JDU, known as Lalan Singh, faces a police case for making provocative remarks during a poll campaign. An FIR has been registered against […]
BHUMIHARS ARE PIVOT OF BIHAR POLLS
NEW DELHI: Bhumihars are 2.9 per cent of the population, but the NDA has fielded 32 Bhumihar candidates, the Mahagathbandhan 15. Today, Bhumihars are the pivotal caste in Bihar. In the heart of Bihar, along the bank of the river Ganga, the town of Mokama (in the district of Patna) is an important and historically […]
Foreign Powers Closely Watching Bihar Polls Amid High Stakes for Modi Govt
New Delhi: Foreign diplomatic circles are keeping a close watch on the fiercely fought Bihar Assembly elections, widely viewed in global strategic and political corridors as a crucial test for the political stability and future trajectory of the Narendra Modi government. The results, observers point out, will not only shape the domestic political landscape but […]
BJP BID TO COUNTER JD-U VOTE LOSS AS FIRST PHASE CAMPAIGN ENDS ON TUESDAY
NEW DELHI: With electioneering for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly polls entering its final hours, the political battleground has reached a fever pitch. Campaign vehicles are making their last runs, star campaigners are squeezing in final rallies, and the rhetoric from all sides has peaked, underlining the intensity of what analysts believe is […]
RAJASTHAN’S PHALODI SATTA MARKET SPECULATES RETURN OF NDA LED BY NITISH KUMAR
NEW DELHI: The satta market in Phalodi district town of jodhpur in Rajasthan is speculating return of the NDA led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with 128 to 134 seats in the 243-member Bihar Assembly. It gives 66 to 68 seats to BJP and 54 to 56 seats to Janata Dal (United), though both parties […]
KHARGE DENIES PM’S CLAIM, THAT RJD STOLE CM’S POST
KHARGE DENIES PM’S CLAIM THAT RJD STOLE CM’S POST FROM CONGRESS NEW DELHI: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday refuted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim that Bihar’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) “stole” the Chief Minister’s post from the Congress, which the PM claimed led to a rift in the Mahagathbandhan alliance. “All of this is […]
NITISH ABSENT FROM PM’S ROAD SHOW & RALLY IN PATNA
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar did not turn up at Prime Minister Modi’s road show and rally in Patna on Monday. The Mahagathbandhan leaders described it as “internal differences” while Chirag Paswan dubbed it as division of responsibilities in the NDA. Paswan said the responsibilities were distributed because of small time period before the […]
TEJASHWI’S “PRANN” VS NDA’S “SANKALP PATRA” VISION CLASH SHAPES BIHAR POLL NARRATIVE
As the 2025 Bihar Assembly election approaches, two contrasting manifestos — the opposition bloc’s Tejashwi Prann and the ruling alliance’s Sankalp Patra — have set the contours of voter choice. While both promise to deliver for youth, women, farmers, and the disadvantaged, the nature of the pledges reflects sharply divergent political visions and electoral strategies, […]
PRASHANT KISHOR MAY UPSET BOTH NDA AND INDIA ALLIANCE
NEW DELHI: As Bihar inches closer to polling dates, political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor (PK) is fast emerging as a formidable factor capable of upsetting traditional electoral calculations. A series of recent ground reports suggests that Kishor’s grassroots mobilisation under his “Jan Suraaj” campaign is eating into the vote base of both the BJP and JDU, […]
