Tejashwi was initially trailing, but he went into lead after 8th round of counting. Kumar wrested the lead, before Tejashwi snatched it back in round 19 & 20.
If Rahul Gandhi's charges against ECI seem too strident today, they still pale in front of Lalu Prasad's fulminations against TN Seshan, for whom Bihar was the ultimate challenge.
Jha says RJD did not make a mistake in joining hands with Nitish in 2022 as Mahagathbandhan govt gave Lalu’s son Tejashwi the opportunity, as deputy CM, to execute his ideas.
As suspense over Nitish's next move continues, his current ally RJD & other Bihar parties hold urgent meetings. Once called 'Paltu Ram' by Lalu, he has a long history of making U-turns.
All these anecdotes are from ‘Nitish Kumar: Antarang Doston Ki Nazar Sae’ written by his college friend and State Disaster Management Authority vice-president Uday Kant Mishra.
Bihar CM lashed out at RJD’s Sunil Kumar Singh as well as JD(U) MLA Maheshwar Hazari & Congress MLA Ajit Sharma, it is learnt. BJP has claimed that a rebellion is brewing in JD(U).
Addressing press conference in Patna, Prashant Kishor says Bihar 'at the bottom of ladder in every index after 30 years' under Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar.
RJD chief Lalu says Congress ‘doesn’t bring votes’ in Bihar any more, but doesn’t give direct response to questions over future of alliance, says ‘we’ll see in future’.
Telangana CM K. Chandrashekar Rao is striving to form a non-BJP, non-Congress front at the national level. But Tejashwi Yadav’s ‘courtesy call’ is not believed to have yielded a positive result.
PM-EAC paper says overhaul of Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority system sharply improved processing speed and reduced paperwork for investors.
Built by India’s Defence Ministry to commemorate the 75th anniversary of India’s participation in the Korean War, it marks a strategic effort to leverage soft power and historical links.
Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.
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