Ex-CM Jitan Ram Manhji supported minister Mukesh Sahani’s complaint in front of CM Nitish Kumar at NDA meeting Friday, in latest instalment of tussle over officials’ dominance in Bihar.
The Nitish Kumar-BJP alliance in Bihar has seen fraught moments before, but now BJP leaders are publicly denouncing the actions of a government of which they are part.
Janak Ram, who was part of the Nitish Kumar-headed delegation that met Modi over caste-based census, said that PM fully understands country’s all-round development.
JD(U) resolution passed ‘unanimously’ at a national executive meeting of the party, held two days after six of its MLAs joined BJP in Arunachal Pradesh.
BJP had highlighted corruption charges against Choudhary in 2016, and claims it was caught unawares when now-ally JD(U) decided to make him a minister.
Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi defends central govt’s suggestion that states borrow to make up for GST shortfall, saying both sides should appreciate constraints faced by the other.
Bihar govt also tells SC that Mumbai Police did not provide Patna Police with any documents, such as inquest report, post-mortem report, CCTV footage etc, despite several requests.
The Bihar Police withdrew the letter, claiming it was an error of judgement. However, the opposition is using the issue to question the Nitish Kumar govt on its promise of jobs.
At one point in the episode, Commander Deosthalee, who is the first Indian woman to command a naval warship, compared the three of them to a trishul—such was their synergy.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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