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JD(U) state council seeks 'big role' in party for Nishant KumarJanata Dal (United) has resolved to give a significant role to Nishant Kumar, heir apparent and Health Minister, recognizing him as the "le...- End of Nitish Raj, for now: Bihar's longest-serving Chief Minister resignsBihar's longest-serving Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar, has stepped down after a decades-long political career. He formally submitted his res...
- Samrat Choudhary emerges frontrunner in race to succeed Nitish Kumar as Bihar Chief MinisterSamrat Choudhary, who leads the race for Bihar CM's post, is a prominent OBC leader. He holds the Home portfolio as Deputy Chief Minister. ...
- 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...
- JDU national executive to discuss current political situationJDU is holding its national executive meeting in New Delhi following the Lok Sabha election results. The meeting comes amid a demand from a...
- Bihar: Samrat Choudhary, OBC leader whose stock rose rapidly upon joining BJPChoudhary was named the state BJP president in March last year, when he succeeded Lok Sabha MP Sanjay Jaiswal, drawing Rabri Devi's snide r...
- BJP steps up OBC outreach to sway Nitish Kumar's Luv-Kush baseLuv-Kush is the alliance between the Kurmi and Koeri castes, which together constitute approximately 15 % of the state population. Nitish K...
- RJD focuses on quota in Bihar; bets on 2015 planTejashwi Prasad Yadav, RJD leader and former deputy chief minister of Bihar, is repeatedly stating in campaigns that Prime Minister Narendr...
- BJP bets big on non-Yadav OBCs in UP Assembly pollsAmong OBCs, party’s favourite seems to be Koeri community, Kurmi, Lodh-Rajput, Nishad & Jats. Apart from these, BJP wooing Rajbhars, Baghel...
- Small is big in Uttar Pradesh where the die is 'caste'Come elections, these smaller political outfits make their presence felt in a big way as they can influence the outcome in the high stakes ...
- Akhilesh Yadav has been elected as a leader for traditional party voters of Samajwadi partyWhile Muslim respondents sought a resolution of SP feud in favour of Akhilesh without any split, others indicated that they considered Akhi...
- After ditching Mayawati and partying with Azam Khan, SP Maurya joins BJPBJP is hoping to strike a grand OBC consolidation and the induction of Maurya, the BSP’s foremost OBC face is the right fit for the party a...
- Wooing BSP's Maurya: Was it too little, too late from BJP leaders?BJP leadership has also deployed a dedicated person for back-channel dialogue with the rebel BSP leader for the way forward moments after h...
- UP polls: Mulayam Singh and Mayawati chase extremely backward castes voters to deny BJP 2014-like sucessWhile trying to keep their core votes together, BJP, BSP and SP, which won the 2012 polls with 29.13% votes, will fight for the non-Yadav, ...
- 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...
- Bihar election results 2015: 1 in every 4 new members in Assembly is a Yadav61 out of the total 243 legislators are Yadav, 42 of them are from RJD. Other parties, too, have Yadav members - 11 from JD(U), two from Co...
- Will Janata Parivar play Mandal-II in Bihar?The hyper-political state will be the first test for the Janata Parivar in its new avatar. Which way will Bihar cast(e) its vote?
- Nitish weaving rainbow to grab pot of goldIn a move that is certain to spell trouble for Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav and Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, JD(U) leader and Bihar chief minister Nitish K...
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