The Bihar poll mandate is an endorsement of the state’s incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s performance, even as it marks RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s return to the political mainstream. RJD has surged past alliance partner JD-U in terms of vote share, but observers point out that Lalu may have reaped the benefits of bei...
he Bihar poll outcome has come as a big disappointment for the BJP whose efforts to rake up extraneous issues like beef-eating and Pakistan, which were not considered germane by a politically conscious electorate, led to a drubbing that the party leadership least expected. Analysts said the results were without doubt a personal defeat for Narendra Modi, w...
The following is the final party position in the Bihar assembly, after all results in the five-phased October-November elections were declared after counting on Sunda...
He graduated as an engineer but plunged into politics in the early 1970s. Sophisticated, soft-spoken and a teetotaller who detests tobacco, Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar, known for his development and good governance, is all set to become Bihar's chief minister again....
Welcoming the victory of the grand alliance in Bihar, the CPI-M on Sunday said the state's people have ushered in their own 'acche din' by rejecting BJP'S attack on India's "social fabric and secular tradition". ...
More than nine lakh voters in Bihar chose not to vote for any candidate in the state assembly polls and pressed the "None of the Above" (NOTA) button on the electronic voting machines (EVMs). ...
MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said the Bihar assembly elections result is a personal defeat of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ...
In a verdict that is bound to have a national impact, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD leader Lalu Prasad on Sunday trounced the BJP to win the bitterly fought Bihar assembly polls and deliver a major blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who led his party’s challenge....
Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Nitish Kumar will remain the chief minister of Bihar, RJD leader Lalu Prasad said on Sunday, after the Grand Alliance trounced the BJP in assembly elections....
As has been the case many a time in the past, quite a few exit poll surveys that predicted victory for the BJP and its allies in the Bihar assembly elections were proven wrong....
