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Tejashwi to take call on RJD push for caste census as Lalu plans ‘gradual handover’ to son

Dipak Mishra -
Resolution at RJD meeting gives Tejashwi greater autonomy within the party, and even allows him to take some decisions on its policies without Lalu's approval.

Nitish keeps Union minister RCP Singh on tenterhooks for RS term amid straining ties with BJP

Dipak Mishra -
Former JD(U) chief RCP Singh’s term in Rajya Sabha expires on 7 July. He has to be renominated in order to continue as a minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.

From Bochaha bypoll to Parshuram Jayanti, BJP has a big Bhumihar problem in Bihar

Neelam Pandey -
The upper caste Bhumihars, part of the BJP’s core vote-base, have been getting increasingly alienated from the party and are pledging their allegiance to traditional ‘enemy’ RJD.

Tej Pratap Yadav slaps ex-MLC candidate, has him thrown out during RJD Iftaar party

Dipak Mishra -
After the Iftaar party, Tej Pratap Yadav claimed that he held “secret talks” with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to revive the RJD-JD(U) grand alliance.

Nitish attends RJD Iftaar party, shows he’s ‘not out of options’, as BJP downplays significance

Dipak Mishra -
Bihar CM, whose ties with partner BJP has been strained, was seen at Tejashwi Yadav's party Friday. Kumar last attended Iftaar party hosted by an RJD leader in 2016, when RJD & JD(U) were partners.

BJP celebrates 1857 freedom fighter with plan to beat Pakistani world record, JD(U) miffed again

Dipak Mishra -
Plan is for crowd to wave 75,000 national flags on 23 April in honour of Kunwar Singh, to beat Pakistan's world record of 56,618. BJP 'appropriation' of icon sparks political row.

RJD candidate Amar Kumar Paswan leads by 11,620 votes in Bihar’s Bochahan

PTI -
By-poll to the seat was necessitated by the death of MLA Musafir Paswan, who had won on the ticket of the Vikassheel Insaan Party.

From Lalu’s guide to his man, foe & now ally – how Sharad Yadav’s career is tied to RJD boss

Dipak Mishra -
On Sunday, Sharad Yadav's Loktantrik Janata Dal merged with Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal. In 1997, differences with Yadav had led Lalu to break away from Janata Dal & form RJD. 

RJD lost Bihar in 2020 because Congress lost, says Lalu Prasad, as old allies’ ties get shakier

Dipak Mishra -
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’.

‘Flown to Hyderabad for Third Front talks’ by KCR, why Tejashwi left Telangana CM guessing

Dipak Mishra -
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.
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