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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicBJP-JD(U) alliance

Topic: BJP-JD(U) alliance

‘Would rather die than tie up with BJP again,’ says Nitish Kumar to Oppn’s ‘unpopular CM’ barb

The JD(U) leader, who is now in alliance with Lalu Prasad Yadav’s RJD, has also accused BJP of filing bogus cases against deputy Tejashwai Yadav.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar claims Prashant Kishor had asked him to merge JD(U) with Congress

Kumar claimed that Kishor was working for the BJP. The chief minister was responding to Kishor's claim that he spurned a recent request by by Kumar to lead the JD(U).

‘Pol-khol’: Bihar BJP plans rallies to ‘expose JD(U) lie factory’ about alliance split

Justifying its split with BJP, JD(U) has claimed that PM Modi inducted then party leader R.C.P. Singh into Union cabinet without Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's consent.

‘Thank you’ Chirag, Sushil Modi, Pradhan, RCP: 4 Shah-Nadda gambles that cost BJP power in Bihar

BJP badly missed Arun Jaitley in dealing with Nitish Kumar, especially when it was also trying to consolidate and expand in Bihar.

Deliver & don’t crib — Amit Shah ‘tells’ Bihar BJP leaders to fix relationship with JD(U)

Home minister Amit Shah interacted with MPs & MLAs while in Patna Sunday for meet of BJP's frontal organisations. Party and ally JD(U) have been airing differences on host of issues.

BJP cries foul as Patna district admin hits party turf with bulldozers to raze ‘illegal’ homes

17 bulldozers & 2,000 cops deployed to demolish 75 allegedly illegal houses in Patna's Rajiv Nagar Sunday. BJP leaders link action to conflicts between their party & JD(U).

‘Bullets fired, land grabbed, liquor’ — no end to controversies for Nitish govt

Some allege CM Nitish Kumar’s reaction to controversies has been subdued of late, especially since BJP emerged as senior alliance partner. But JD(U) defends CM.

Why Nitish’s JD(U) and BJP are compelled to stay in ‘unhappy marriage’, despite public sniping

Nitish seems to be facing more opposition from the BJP than he is from rival parties, on a multitude of issues, and not much of it is being kept under wraps by either side.

Left parties allege irregularities in final stages of vote counting in Bihar

The three Left parties — CPI, CPI (Marxist) and CPI (Marxist-Leninist) — said they will take up the issue with the EC along with other partners of the Bihar Mahagathbandhan.

In Bihar, BJP likely to get more cabinet berths but Nitish Kumar will be CM

BJP now has more seats than JD(U) in Bihar’s 243-seat assembly, a fact that will likely result in the national party having a greater representation in the new state government.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

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.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

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.