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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
TopicBihar elections

Topic: Bihar elections

Reader View: It is only Modi’s goodwill that could help Nitish Kumar in Bihar this time

YourTurn is our weekly feature in which ThePrint's readers share their views or opinions in response to the question of the week.

Modi can’t afford to isolate Mufti-Abdullahs anymore, even if it’s firing up elections for BJP

PM Modi understood Kashmir’s disenchantment with mainstream politicians. But his expectation of a new crop of leaders replacing the old isn’t materialising.

With each passing rally, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is losing his ‘Mr Cool’ image

Nitish has lost his temper at hostile sections of the crowd, and launched vicious attacks on his rival Tejashwi Yadav, his father Lalu and their family.

It’s raining jobs in parties’ manifestos in Bihar but unemployed youth keep them on tenterhooks

Opposition says 25% IAS and IPS officers hailed from Bihar over the last decade but only 12% people between 15 and 59 have a regular income stream in the state.

RJD manifesto promises to scrap farm laws, Tejashwi explains 10 lakh jobs arithmetic

The Grand Alliance chief ministerial face also promises loan waiver to farmers in the state, and reduction in electricity tariff.

In his first Bihar rally, Narendra Modi shows Nitish Kumar his place

Narendra Modi’s pitch for Bihar: nationalism, Nitish, EBC vote.

Those with history of making Bihar ‘Bimaru’ won’t be allowed to return, says PM Modi

People of Bihar have given their message and all surveys show that the NDA government will retain power in the state, said PM Modi as he began his first Bihar poll rally.

Who are the Paswans? ‘Upwardly mobile, powerful’ Dalit group at centre of Bihar polls buzz 

Ram Vilas Paswan, who represented the community for five decades, died earlier this month, and there’s much guesswork on who the community will choose in his stead.

Free Covid vaccine promise shows BJP desperation, but a state is within its rights to announce it

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Badlaav the buzzword for Shatrughan Sinha’s son & others in Bankipur, against BJP heavyweight

ThePrint gets on the campaign trail in Bihar's Bankipur where 3 debutants — Luv Sinha, Manish Barriarr & Pushpam Priya Choudhury — are taking on BJP's Nitin Nabin.

On Camera

Influencer is a real job. They are shaking up the internet

The reach and impact of influencers are so significant that even politicians such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi have recognised their value—the National Creators Award is proof.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.