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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicJDU-BJP

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Why ‘bahubali’ Sunil Pandey, with a rap sheet a mile long, is important for Bihar BJP

Bihar BJP chief Dileep Jaiswal welcomed Sunil Pandey and his son, Prashant Pandey, into the party fold on Sunday, drawing criticism from within and outside the party.

‘Case not made out’ for special category status for Bihar, says Centre

MoS Pankaj Chaudhary's clarification on this came on question by JD(U) MP asking if govt had any proposal to provide special status to Bihar to promote economic growth, industrialisation.

‘Support unconditional to NDA’ but JD(U) has wishlist – caste census, special category status for Bihar

JD(U) spokesperson K.C. Tyagi also says govt must revisit Agnipath scheme and take all stakeholders into consideration before implementing UCC.

Owaisi effect notwithstanding, why Kishanganj’s Muslims back Congress despite unpopular incumbent

AIMIM has made inroads among the Bihar district's youth in semi-urban areas, but rural Muslims, more in number, say they will give Congress's Mohammad Jawed one more chance.

Daughter of Nitish aide, fielded by Chirag — who is Shambhavi Choudhary, NDA’s Samastipur pick

Shambhavi Choudhary is likely to face another JD (U) minister’s son Sunny Hazari, who joined Congress, from the Samastipur seat. Congress is yet to announce its candidate.

Bihar floor test soon, JD(U)-BJP confident of victory

The previous government or Mahagathbandhan of the JD(U), RJD, Congress & Left parties fell because of Nitish Kumar’s latest volte face.

Why BJP has picked Nitish Kumar’s staunchest critics as his deputies in the new NDA cabinet

Samrat Choudhary & Vijay Kumar Sinha, sworn in as deputy CMs, have been critical of Nitish in the past. BJP's third pick, Prem Kumar, too, had been dumped from NDA cabinet after 2020 polls.

Nitish takes oath as Bihar CM for 9th time, BJP’s Samrat Chaudhary & Vijay Sinha sworn in as deputies

BJP's Prem Kumar, Vijay Chaudhary, JDU's Vijendra Prasad Yadav, Shravan Kumar, Independent MLA Sumit Singh & Santosh Manjhi, sworn in as ministers. Modi congratulates new NDA govt in Bihar.

JD(U) suspects ‘BJP hand’ behind PIL challenging Bihar quotas hike — ‘the party is anti-reservations’

JD(U) chief Rajiv Ranjan Singh says BJP moved its supporters to challenge quotas for EBCs in local body polls. BJP says PIL was filed at behest of ruling Mahagathbandhan to defame them.

‘Political compulsion’ or ‘avoiding trap’? Why Nitish is silent on CBI chargesheet against Tejashwi

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar had in 2017 broken ties with RJD after Tejashwi was accused in hotel sale scam. Similar cases of ministers being made to quit raise questions on his silence now.

On Camera

Modi govt’s repeal of MGNREGA is all about extracting money from states, not reform

The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.