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Saturday, July 26, 2025
TopicChirag Paswan

Topic: Chirag Paswan

2020 redux in the offing for JD(U)? Chirag Paswan takes on Nitish Kumar in poll-bound Bihar

LJP will contest the Bihar polls as part of the NDA, but chief Chirag often walks the RJD line. In the latest case, he has taken on CM Nitish Kumar over law & order situation.

LJP (RV) chief and Union Minister Chirag Paswan to contest upcoming Bihar polls

While addressing a gathering in Saran, Paswan said, 'We will create a system in Bihar, we will build a Bihar that will truly take the state forward on the path of development.

What Ram Vilas Paswan did to Lalu in 2005 must haunt Nitish in 2025 as Chirag enters poll fray

What if Chirag Paswan also has the numbers to take the opposition’s tally to the majority mark? After all, Paswan has maintained a ‘brotherly’ relationship with Tejashwi, too.

Chirag targets Nitish over Muzaffarpur case, flags ‘breakdown’ in Bihar law & order, healthcare

Union minister's letter to Bihar CM, both NDA allies, assumes significance at a time when state polls are nearing.

Family matters in Bihar’s Dalit politics—Manjhis to Paswans, how kin are rising up the ladder

Months before polls, Bihar govt appointed Chirag Paswan’s brother-in-law Mrinal Paswan as chairperson of Scheduled Caste Commission, & Jitan Ram Manjhi’s son-in-law as its vice chairperson.

‘Bihar First, Bihari First’—Chirag Paswan says will contest Bihar polls, backs Nitish for CM

Talking to the media, Paswan said that several parties have benefitted when their national leaders fought state polls.

Op Sindoor setting the tone for Bihar polls—yet enemies & frenemies have Nitish Kumar on edge

For the BJP, 2025 offers an opportunity to finally fulfil its dream of having its own CM in Bihar. It would only be grateful if PK could repeat what Chirag Paswan did in 2020.

Father always wanted to be part of Centre, my reason to enter politics was Bihar & Biharis—Chirag Paswan

In interview with ThePrint, Union Minister Chirag Paswan also talks about the controversy involving BJP minister in Madhya Pradesh, caste census and upcoming Bihar polls.

Why Nitish Kumar has reason to worry about Chirag Paswan’s claim to share of power in Bihar

It was LJP (RV) that had pushed JD(U) to 3rd position in Bihar as its tally came down from 71 in 2015 to 43 in 2020. But, Chirag, too, has not got the numbers to claim CM's chair.

What’s the latest discord pitting Chirag Paswan against uncle Paras, four yrs after LJP split

Chirag's party has accused Paras of ill-treating Ram Vilas Paswan's first wife Rajkumari Devi. This was after Rajkumari accused Paras & two others of locking her out of ancestral house.

On Camera

Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.