Bihar assembly polls

Bihar Assembly Polls: Winners Bagged Average 25.23% of Total Registered Votes, Says ADR

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The winners in the Bihar Assembly elections bagged an average 25.23 per cent of the total registered votes, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The elections for 243 constituencies took place in three phases on October 28 (for 71 seats), November 3 (for 94 seats) and November 7 (for 78 … Read more Bihar Assembly Polls: Winners Bagged Average 25.23% of Total Registered Votes, Says ADR

RJD Candidate to Challenge Bihar Assembly Election Result in Patna HC

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RJD leader Shakti Singh Yadav will file a case in the Patna High Court on Monday, challenging the Assembly election result in Hilsa constituency in Bihar’s Nalanda district from where he lost the polls. Yadav lost the election by a narrow margin of just 12 votes against JD-U candidate Krishna Murari Sharan. The result was … Read more RJD Candidate to Challenge Bihar Assembly Election Result in Patna HC

Mallikarjun Kharge Slams Congress Leaders ‘Weakening’ Party from Within, Calls for Support to High Command

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Lashing out at colleagues who are targeting the Congress leadership following defeat in elections, senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday accused them of ‘weakening’ the party from within. Stressing the need to support the party high command, he said, “… we have to fight unitedly. It has pained me that some senior leaders have spoken … Read more Mallikarjun Kharge Slams Congress Leaders ‘Weakening’ Party from Within, Calls for Support to High Command

Congress Doesn’t Have to Defend Its Bihar Performance, But Will Work On It: Khurshid on Need to Introspect

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As voices within the Congress grow louder over a demand for introspection after the recent Bihar poll debacle, senior leader Salman Khurshid said the party does not have to defend its performance but will work on it for the future and also look into the various factors that led to it. In a Facebook post, … Read more Congress Doesn’t Have to Defend Its Bihar Performance, But Will Work On It: Khurshid on Need to Introspect

‘Doubting Thomases’: Salman Khurshid’s Dig at Congress Leaders Critical of Bihar Poll Performance

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Amid questions being raised by a few Congressmen over the party’s Bihar poll performance, senior leader Salman Khurshid on Tuesday took a dig at such party colleagues calling them “doubting Thomases” who suffer periodic “pangs of anxiety”. In a Facebook post that started with an Urdu couplet of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, former Union … Read more ‘Doubting Thomases’: Salman Khurshid’s Dig at Congress Leaders Critical of Bihar Poll Performance

Urdu poet Munawwar Rana flays Asaduddin Owaisi for helping BJP win Bihar Assembly polls

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Lucknow: Urdu poet Munawwar Rana said that people either did not understand or misinterpret what I said on the recent incident in France. He clarified that statement is not controversial rather it can be good or bad.  He, however, did not mince words in flaying Asaduddin Owaisi of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). The poet … Read more Urdu poet Munawwar Rana flays Asaduddin Owaisi for helping BJP win Bihar Assembly polls

I have made no claim, decision will be taken by NDA: Nitish Kumar on who will be Chief Minister?

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New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Thursday (November 12) that he has made no claim to form the next government in his first interaction with media persons after the results for the recently concluded Assembly election were announced.  The JD(U) Chief, Nitish Kumar said voters have given the alliance the mandate and … Read more I have made no claim, decision will be taken by NDA: Nitish Kumar on who will be Chief Minister?

Bihar polls: people don’t care for Congress leadership any more, says Prakash Ambedkar

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The Congress’s dismal performance in the Bihar Assembly polls clearly showed that people did not care for the party’s leadership, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar said on Wednesday. Mr. Ambedkar, the grandson of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, further said that a united front of regional parties like the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the … Read more Bihar polls: people don’t care for Congress leadership any more, says Prakash Ambedkar

With Brand Modi, CM Yogi Adityanath dismantled many Mahagathbandhan strongholds in Bihar Assembly polls

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New Delhi: A day after the BJP-JD(U) alliance won assembly polls in Bihar, the BJP’s general secretary and the state in-charge Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday (November 11) said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s credibility was the biggest factor behind the NDA’s victory in the polls, along with the guidance of senior union Minister Amit Shah … Read more With Brand Modi, CM Yogi Adityanath dismantled many Mahagathbandhan strongholds in Bihar Assembly polls

PM Narendra Modi hails people of Bihar for giving a decisive mandate for development

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (November 10) night thanked the people of Bihar for giving a decisive mandate in the favour of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). He also hailed the state for teaching the world the first lesson in democracy. In a series of tweets in Hindi, PM Modi said that … Read more PM Narendra Modi hails people of Bihar for giving a decisive mandate for development