Nitish Kumar's JD (U) to contest election outside Bihar to acquire status of national party
Mar 04, 2019, at 09:13 pm
Patna, Mar 4 (UNI) A day after NDA`s ‘Sankalp Rally’, JD(U) today decided to contest Lok Sabha election outside Bihar to acquire status of national party and also took a resolve to ensure victory of NDA candidates in all 40 seats in Bihar.
Nitish Kumar blasts Rahul Gandhi for ‘compromising’ with corruption, Congress slams
Feb 04, 2019, at 10:18 pm
Patna, Feb 4 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday hit out at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for allying with the RJD of Lalu Prasad.
Citizenship Amendment Bill: NE allies of BJP to meet in Guwahati
Jan 28, 2019, at 04:19 pm
Guwahati, Jan 28 (IBNS): Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Nitish Kumar-led JD (U) and six other BJP allies in the North Eastern region have decided to jointly fight against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016.
Narendra Modi’s BJP in trouble as both its Bihar allies oppose contentious issues
Jan 05, 2019, at 07:37 am
New Delhi, Jan 5 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): In an embarrassment to the BJP, the JD-U headed by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has announced to oppose the contentious issues being raked up by its saffron partner ahead of upcoming LS polls.
JDU Jharkhand state president Jhaleshwar Mahato joins Congress
Dec 29, 2018, at 06:50 pm
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IBNS): JDU Jharkhand state president Jhaleshwar Mahato has joined the Congress.
Bihar JD(U) lawmaker Shyam Bahadur Singh quits
Dec 24, 2018, at 07:59 pm
Patna, Dec 24 (IBNS): Bihar Janata Dal (United) lawmaker Shyam Bahadur Singh on Monday resigned from the primary membership of his party.
'Saturated' Nitish Kumar wants to step down: RLSP leader Kushwaha
Nov 01, 2018, at 10:44 am
Patna, Nov 1 (IBNS): RLSP leader Upendra Kushwaha, whose party is an ally of the ruling Janata Dal (United) that leads the Bihar government, has recently claimed that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar wants to step down, media reports said.
BJP, JDU to contest equal number of seats for Lok Sabha polls next year: Amit Shah
Oct 26, 2018, at 06:41 pm
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS): BJP President Amit Shah on Friday Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) and his party will contest in an equal number of seats for Lok Sabha Elections 2019 in Bihar.
NDA nominates JD(U)'s Harivansh Narayan Singh as candidate for RS deputy chairman election
Aug 07, 2018, at 11:04 am
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has chosen Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) leader Harivansh Narayan Singh as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha deputy chairman election, media reports said.
Kumaraswamy to take oath as Karnataka CM today in a show of anti-BJP opposition unity
May 23, 2018, at 04:56 pm
Bengaluru, May 23 (IBNS): In the presence of anti-BJP opposition leaders from across the nation, HD Kumaraswamy of Janata Dal (Secular) will take oath as the new Karnataka Chief Minister in Bengaluru on Wednesday, installing the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in the southern state after the BJP's exit in the absence of a majority required to run a government.
Won't compromise with communalism: Nitish Kumar
Apr 06, 2018, at 12:44 am
Patna, Apr 5 (IBNS): Sending out a strong message to his ally partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar on Thursday said he should not be expected to compromise with communalism, media reports said.
Mar 28, 2018, at 10:23 pm
New Delhi, Mar 28 (IBNS): In yet another major development, Christopher Wylie, the whistleblower who exposed the Facebook data breach scandal, on Wednesday unveiled several activities performed by Cambridge Analytica in India.
Nitish Kumar is spineless and most coward CM of the country: Tejashwi Yadav
Mar 20, 2018, at 04:57 pm
Patna, Mar 20 (IBNS): Training his gun at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav has said the former is spineless and the most coward CM of the country.
Lalu ridicules JD-U’s move to go it alone in Gujarat, says same will happen in Bihar too
Oct 30, 2017, at 12:04 am
Patna, Oct 29 (TheBiharPost): RJD president Lalu Prasad on Sunday ridiculed JD-U’s move to go it alone in the Gujarat assembly elections and predicted the same would ultimately happen in Bihar too.
Nitish Kumar's JD(U) to join NDA
Aug 19, 2017, at 11:41 pm
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IBNS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his JD(U) has decided to join the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance or NDA on Saturday, media reports said.,
JDU faction of Nitish Kumar adopts resolution to join NDA
Aug 19, 2017, at 06:46 pm
Patna, Aug 19 (IBNS) : A truncated Janata Dal (United) under the leadership of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday adopted a resolution to join the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, reports said.
Aug 19, 2017, at 05:01 pm
Patna, Aug 19 (IBNS): Ever since Janata Dal (United) co-founder and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar severed all ties with the 'mahagathbandhan' (the Congress-JD(U)-RJD coalition) grapevine had it that the former's own party is heading for a split and with parallel meeting called by both Kumar and Sharad Yadav in Patna on Saturday, the rumours have slowly started to take shape into reality.
JD-U removes Sharad as RS leader after he launches campaign against Nitish in Bihar
Aug 12, 2017, at 08:54 pm
Patna, Aug 12 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): In a first major action against rebel party MP Sharad Yadav, the JD-U leadership on Saturday replaced him by RCP Singh as new parliamentary party leader in the Rajya Sabha.
Nitish's position not the same in BJP as he had in Grand Alliance, says Congress
Aug 01, 2017, at 04:18 pm
Patna, Aug 1 (IBNS): Taking a swipe at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the Congress said that the former does not enjoy a similar status in the BJP coalition he had in the Grand Alliance, reports said.
Nobody has the capacity to take on Modi: Nitish Kumar on 2019 Lok Sabha polls
Jul 31, 2017, at 10:58 pm
Patna, July 31 (IBNS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday backed Narendra Modi and said he will return as the Prime Minister of the country in 2019.
Nitish and Lalu holds separate meetings of legislators to discuss Tejashwi issue
Jul 26, 2017, at 06:51 pm
Patna, Jul 26 (IBNS) : In what could shape the future of the relationship between them, Bihar's ruling partners Janata Dal (U) and Rashtriya Janata Dal will hold separate meetings of their legislators on Wednesday to discuss whether Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav should resign because of corruption charges, NDTV reported.
Nitish Kumar spending day with RJD, night in the company of BJP, alleges RJD
Jul 25, 2017, at 02:17 am
Patna, July 24 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The RJD on Monday launched a blistering attack on Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and described him as a man who spends the day with RJD but night in the company of the BJP.
Nitish Kumar may not return to power next time: Harvard study
Jul 24, 2017, at 02:12 am
Patna, July 23 (TheBiharPost): A study conducted by a Harvard University scholar has indicated JD-U leader Nitish Kumar may not return to Bihar next time owing to multiple reasons.
Amid cold war, Nitish Kumar meets Tejashwi Yadav
Jul 19, 2017, at 02:13 am
Patna, July 18 (IBNS): Amid cold war between the two parties, JD(U) and RJD, over Bihar Deputy CM's holding on to post despite charges against him, chief minister Nitish Kumar met Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday.
Bihar political crisis deepens, Tejashwi Yadav skips event attended by Nitish Kumar
Jul 16, 2017, at 03:42 am
Patna, July 15 (IBNS): The political crisis in Bihar deepened further on Saturday when state Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav did not attend an event where he was supposed to share the dais with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here.
JD-U asks Lalu to declare property, source of income as alliance reaches critical stage
Jul 14, 2017, at 07:45 pm
Patna, Jul 14 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The JD-U led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has asked its ally, RJD president Lalu Prasad to declare his property and their sources of income, giving a new twist to the crisis the ruling coalition is in.
We have 80 MLAs, what Laluji says will happen ultimately: RJD legislator
Jul 14, 2017, at 01:10 am
Patna, July 13 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The RJD led by Lalu Prasad on Thursday literally threatened the JD-U saying their decision will be supreme since they are the largest block in the Bihar assembly.
JDU maintains hard stand over Tejeshwar, angry Lalu in touch with Congress
Jul 11, 2017, at 08:00 pm
Patna, Jul 11 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): As Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD-U hardens its stand over Bihar deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, named an accused in a corruption case, RJD chief Lalu Prasad too has announced not to “buckle†under pressures anymore, media reports said on Tuesday.
CBI raids: Cong comes out in strong support of Lalu, JD-U maintains distance
Jul 09, 2017, at 12:19 am
Patna, July 8 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The Congress party in a surprise move on Saturday came out in strong support of the RJD chief Lalu Prasad , made accused in the land-for-hotel-scandal by the CBI.
BJP won’t enter into alliance with JD-U: Nityanand Rai
Jul 05, 2017, at 11:58 pm
Patna, July 5 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The BJP today suddenly changed its tune towards its old ally saying it was not interested in allying with Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United (JD-U).