JDU rethinks Bihar grassroots strategy after Nitish Kumar's exitJDU confronts challenges retaining its core support after Nitish Kumar's resignation. The party's reliance on welfare scheme beneficiaries ...
18 Apr, 2026, 12.00 AM IST
RJD's Bhumihar push spurs leader exodus as Bihar poll battle heats upThe RJD is actively wooing the influential Bhumihar community ahead of Bihar elections, alongside its Kushwaha outreach, with high-profile ...
11 Oct, 2025, 10.54 PM IST
Former JDU MP Santosh Kushwaha, ex-MLA Rahul Sharma join RJDAhead of Bihar assembly elections, former JDU lawmakers Santosh Kushwaha and Rahul Sharma, along with Lok Janshakti Party leader Ajay Kushw...
11 Oct, 2025, 12.19 AM IST
JDU, RJD take own routes to revive support among SCsThe RJD and JDU in Bihar are separately trying to appeal to scheduled caste (SC) voters ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The RJD wants SC...
20 Oct, 2023, 12.20 AM IST
Bihar Cabinet Expansion: 31 Ministers sworn in, RJD gets max share of cabinetNitish Kumar, who was recently sworn in as Bihar's chief minister for a record eighth time, is expected to retain the crucial Home portfoli...
16 Aug, 2022, 02.35 PM IST
If not for 'fight within', RJD's tally would have been below 50Had there been no proxy LJP contest, RJD’s tally would have been below 50 in the recently concluded Bihar assembly elections, and the total...
13 Nov, 2020, 09.08 AM IST
Phase 2: Polls big day for Lalu Prasad Yadav's sonsVoting for the second and the most crucial phase in the Bihar assembly elections, covering 94 of the state’s 243 constituencies, will be he...
03 Nov, 2020, 09.47 AM IST
Voting begins for 71 seats in the phase 1 of Bihar assembly electionsPolls for remaining phases will be held on November 3 (94 seats) and Nov 7 (78 seats), and results will be declared on Nov 10.
28 Oct, 2020, 11.07 AM IST
Bihar Assembly election 2020: Sasaram headed for triangular contest due to shifting loyaltiesAlthough the JDU seems to have an upper hand, experts say it would be premature to write off the opponents.
12 Oct, 2020, 12.07 PM IST
Defections rain in Bihar before polls: MLAs expelled from RJD joined JDU after Shyam RajakMLAs Maheshwar Yadav and Prema Choudhari joined JDU along with Sasaram MLA Ashok Kushwaha, who left RJD to join the ruling party.
18 Aug, 2020, 09.46 AM IST
Shyam Rajak joins RJD after being expelled from the JDUA day after being expelled from the ruling JDU, Bihar’s former industry minister Shyam Rajak joined the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) at the r...
17 Aug, 2020, 05.17 PM IST
Fatmi in JD(U), RJD faces big Muslim testFatmi, a former Union minister and four-time MP from Darbhanga, had deserted the RJD after being denied a ticket to contest the Lok Sabha p...
31 Jul, 2019, 09.48 AM IST
Revenge so sweet for RJD; BJP wins 1 seat in BiharThe results are a wake up call for Bihar CM Nitish Kumar as they mark the emergence of RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, in the absence of his father L...
15 Mar, 2018, 07.57 AM IST
JDU maintains ‘No Threat’ to Bihar allianceJDU expects Tejashwi to meet Nitish once and discuss the case against him. He has till now avoided a meeting with Nitish and not cleared th...
17 Jul, 2017, 01.45 PM IST
JDU-RJD-Congress combine may play vital role in West Bengal pollsSources in Bengal Congress also indicated that they might be able to woo and catch votes of Hindi-speaking electors in Bengal.
14 Jan, 2016, 11.36 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi, Nitish Kumar neck-and-neck in pivotal Bihar vote: Exit pollsExit polls at the end of five- phased polling in Bihar polls today predicted a close fight with majority of them giving an edge to the gran...
05 Nov, 2015, 07.48 PM IST
Secular alliance for Bihar polls forged on deceit, drama: Jharkhand CM Raghubar DasRaghubar Das alleged the JDU-RJD-Congress pre-poll alliance for the Bihar Assembly elections "is forged on deceit, drama and arrogance".
14 Aug, 2015, 11.06 PM IST