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Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan dies, allies and rivals pay tributes to Bihar’s ‘kingmaker’

Ram Vilas Paswan had earned a reputation as a ‘weather scientist’ for switching sides and remaining in power. He had had heart surgery last Sunday.

‘Outside hand’ guiding LJP — Bihar BJP struggles to explain Chirag Paswan move

BJP leaders claim LJP is being guided by an ‘unknown hand with the mind of Prashant Kishor’, and insist his move will actually hurt NDA in Bihar.

The real Bihar election will begin after the results

The possibilities of new options, combinations and permutations might open up once the numbers are in

Nitish Kumar’s alliance crisis and ‘scriptwriters’ of Hathras conspiracy theories

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Ahead of Bihar elections, BJP leader Usha Vidyarthi joins LJP

Vidyarthi is likely to be fielded from the Paliganj assembly seat in Bihar, where the JD(U) will contest as well.

Drama before BJP-JD(U) press meet, message to LJP loud and clear — Nitish is NDA’s CM face

BJP leaders say there is ‘resentment’ in the party over LJP’s stance. They also say if needed it will write to EC to stop non-NDA parties from using Modi’s photo in poll posters.

Why LJP’s decision to go it alone in Bihar will prove a tall order for Chirag Paswan

In the last assembly elections, the LJP won just two of the 42 seats it contested while many believe that Chirag himself is still a novice in politics.

Paswan’s LJP ‘walks out’ of NDA in Bihar, will support Modi but rejects Nitish leadership

At a parliamentary board meeting chaired by its president Chirag Paswan Sunday, LJP passed a resolution in favour of an alliance with BJP, which says it will contest Bihar polls under Nitish’s leadership.

Chirag Paswan wants to be kingmaker in Bihar as LJP set to fight Nitish, but not BJP

LJP is looking to fight the Bihar polls on 143 seats of the total 243, presenting Chirag Paswan as an alternative to Nitish Kumar for the the future.

Will fight Bihar polls with NDA allies JD(U) & LJP, under Nitish Kumar’s leadership, says BJP

After a meeting of party leaders, including Amit Shah and JP Nadda, BJP general secretary Bhupender Yadav said talks on seat-sharing arrangement will be finalised in a few days.

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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.