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Bihar power reset: Caste math, BJP assertion to shape post-Nitish eraPolitical signals from Bihar suggest that Samrat Choudhary could play a pivotal role in the transition. As a prominent OBC face of the BJP,...
Kurmi, Kushwaha surge spurs Nitish Kumar’s ascent yet again in BiharKurmis and Kushwahas have become the decisive force behind Nitish Kumar's 10th swearing-in, with their assembly representation reaching rec...
BJP, JDU field seven Kushwahas eachAs the assembly elections approach, the NDA is making a bold move by nominating a diverse slate of Kushwaha candidates. This tactic seeks t...
Bhojpuri star Pawan Singh gives new twist to battle of Kushwahas in KarakatKarakat in south Bihar, known for its Leftist leanings, has seen a unique political battle between the Kushwaha and Kurmi castes. The area ...
Lok Sabha polls 2024: BJP seeks to take on Grand Alliance in Bihar with 'rare' social coalitionWhile Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) may be the strongest party in the Bihar ruling alliance, the BJP believes that its roa...
Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Samata Party merges with with JD(U)The merger is likely to boost Kumar’s efforts to keep two key caste groups of Bihar — Kurmi and Kushwaha — together. In Bihar, the two grou...
Umesh Kushwaha is new Bihar JD(U) presidentKushwaha replaces Rajya Sabha member Bashistha Narayan Singh who had expressed his inability to continue as the party’s Bihar president on ...
Kushwaha-Nitish meeting triggers reunion buzz, RLSP chief downplays speculationsPolitical circles had indicated that Kushwaha may merge his Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) with the ruling Janata Dal (United), and he w...
Hardik patel to take fight against BJP to UPHardik admits he has some affection for Congress but wants to work for whosoever is a strong candidate against BJP.
Amit Shah's choice of UP BJP chief to dampen Nitish Kumar's pitchNitish’s designs of making a robust foray into UP may have got its biggest social engineering jolt when Amit Shah appointed KP Maurya as th...
2,320 years on, Bihar discovers Ashoka shares birthday with AmbedkarHe added that Buddhists celebrate April 14 as `enlightenment' day . “I know that there is no specific evidence to prove Ashoka's date of bi...
Ram Vilas Paswan, Jitan Ram Manjhi fail to deliver for NDAThe 'grand alliance' got more support from the electorate of SC communities than the NDA, notwithstanding Paswan and Manjhi always being se...
Bihar polls 2015: BJP banks on PM Narendra Modi's popularity and its social engineering experimentIt will be an acid test for the BJP-led NDA in the 49 assembly seats that are going to polls in the first phase of Bihar elections on Monda...
Bihar polls: Grand Alliance fixes names for 242 seatsAs per the list, RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s sons Tejashwi Prasad and Tej Pratap will contest the Raghopur and Mahua seats respectively.
Bihar polls: How BJP is navigating caste maze to trump Lalu-Nitish combineIn seeking to make the BJP more socially inclusive, the current leadership of the party is only taking forward a process, if boldly, that g...
Bihar elections still remain about slicing and dicing caste, EBCs are the wild cardLike it or not, caste continues to underpin electoral behaviour. This is so particularly in Bihar and UP, with the exception of ‘wave’ elec...
Janata Parivar merger may give a tough fight to NDA in Bihar polls: Upendra KushwahaHad JD(U) and RJD been separate, it would have been easier for NDA to win the elections- Upendra Kushwaha