EC's reason for excluding Assam: Indian citizenship law has separate provision for Assam, also NRC process nearly complete in the state. Congress says EC's credibility on SIR under question.
Sitaram Kesri, a prominent OBC leader from Bihar's Danapur, was unceremoniously replaced as party chief with Sonia Gandhi in 1998. He died later on 24 October 2000.
PM Modi accuses RJD and Congress of caring only about their own families. Says under CM Nitish Kumar's leadership, NDA 'is set to break all its old records of victory' in Bihar.
As Bihar goes to polls next month, there is a sense of political déjà vu. Distribution of tickets reflects how the parties have not strayed from their traditional support base.
The RJD leader has maintained that the CM will be announced before Bihar polls. The Congress appeared reluctant before but now appears to have succumbed to bloc pressures.
Since the BJP began distributing its 101 tickets, it has come under fire from party leaders & workers, but Amit Shah is trying to keep them in the party fold & ensure an NDA win in Bihar.
According to the list, folk singer Maithili Thakur will contest from the Alinagar constituency of Darbhanga, while ex-IPS officer Anand Mishra has been fielded from the Buxar constituency.
JSP youth wing V-P Chanchal Singh got the ticket to contest against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav in Raghopur, from where Prashant Kishor was widely rumoured to be standing.
Many in JD(U) said to be upset 'hard-working party leaders & workers ignored and some senior leaders have hijacked the entire process'. JD(U) leader says such stories planted by oppn.
SBSP, an NDA ally in UP, plans to contest 153 seats in Bihar after talks with BJP failed. It keeps door open for alliances with smaller parties to form a new front.
Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.
Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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