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On November 20, Deepak Prakash, 36, took oath as Minister in the new Bihar government without contesting the recently concluded Assembly election. His father, Upendra Kushwaha, 65, is an MP who has spent over four decades in politics. His mother, Snehalata Kushwaha, contested the election from Sasaram and won. The family is part of the…
In family after family in politics, one finds that women have to fight harder for their space. In the face of patriarchal assertion, the legacy devolves upon women. The big defeat for the RJD in the Bihar elections brought out the conflict within the Lalu Yadav family, with his daughter Rohini Acharya storming out of…
NEW DELHI: Janshakti Janta Dal founder Tej Pratap Yadav on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah to investigate allegations of “mental and physical pressure” on his parents, RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad and former chief minister Rabri Devi. Calling it an attack on the “very soul” of RJD, Tej Pratap…
PATNA: A visibly emotional Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, who has been publicly accused by sister Rohini Acharya of misbehaviour and attacked by elder brother Tej Pratap, on Monday told RJD MLAs that they were free to elect someone else as their legislative party leader before his father and party patriarch Lalu Prasad quickly intervened to say…
NEW DELHI: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya has levelled serious allegations against her brother Tejashwi Yadav and his close aides Sanjay Yadav and Rameez Nemat, claiming they forced her out of the family and attempted to silence her after the party’s crushing defeat in the Bihar assembly elections. Her outburst came shortly…
NEW DELHI: Raghopur seat is poised for a fierce three-way contest between RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, BJP’s Satish Kumar and JanSuraaj’s Chanchal Kumar as the constituency awaits results today.Polling has concluded and the fate of the candidates is now sealed in the electronic voting machines. The constituency recorded 68.54 per cent turnout, according to election officials….
NEW DELHI: Posters featuring Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar — with the caption “Tiger abhi zinda hai” — appeared outside the party office on Thursday, a day before the assembly election results.Former Bihar minister and JD(U) leader Ranjit Sinha put out a poster that read, “Protector of Dalits, Mahadalits, backward classes, upper castes, and minorities…
The Bihar Assembly elections, covering all 243 constituencies, are reaching their conclusion on Tuesday evening. The contest has largely been between the JD(U)-led NDA and the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan, with voters witnessing a dynamic and high-stakes political battle.More than 3.7 crore voters are expected to cast their ballots across 45,399 polling stations, deciding the fate of…
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: RJD leader and Mahagathbandhan’s chief ministerial face Tejashwi Yadav celebrated his 36th birthday on Sunday with party workers and supporters in Rohtas — just days before Bihar votes in the final phase of the assembly elections.At a spirited rally in Dinara, Tejashwi turned the occasion into a…
NEW DELHI: The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Thursday, as Phase 1 polling took place in Bihar, alleged that police personnel and BJP workers were intimidating voters and assaulting party members at multiple polling booths.In a post on X sharing visuals, the party claimed that police officials had entered homes and were threatening residents in…
