Tag: Bihar elections
Bihar Polls To Be Held In 3 Phases Between Oct 27 And Nov 7
In what will be India's first full fledged election ever since the deadly COVID-19 pandemic hit the country, polling for the 243 Assembly seats in Bihar will take place in 3 phases between October 28 and November 7 this year. The Election Commission of India made the announcement in Delhi on Friday, adding that the votes will be counted on November 10. ....
Bihar Polls: JD-U, RJD Release Names Of Candidates For First Phase
With just three days left for filing nominations for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly election, the JD-U and RJD released names of their candidates on Monday. Bihar polls: JD-U, RJD release names of candidates for first phase....
Bihar Voters To Miss Lalu Prasad Yadav, Ram Vilas Paswan, Others In Poll Arena
Although coming Bihar Assembly elections are unique in many ways since the campaigning and balloting will be held amid coronavirus pandemic, the voters will miss RJD leader Lalu Prasad's light-hearted jibes and potshots at his political rivals since he is in jail after conviction in fodder scams. ....
Grand Alliance Releases Bihar Poll Manifesto, Pledges Change
The Grand Alliance in Bihar on Saturday released its election manifesto or 'Sankalp Patra', and reiterated its commitment to give 10 lakh jobs to the state's youths and waive farm loans if it returned to power. ....
Lalu Attacks Nitish Over Remark Linking Coastal Areas To Industries
After Kashmiri militants, Article 370, Left extremism and Jinnah, the Indian Ocean is the latest to enter the political war of words in Bihar at a time when the campaign for the Assembly polls is in full swing. ....
BJP Releases Manifesto For Bihar Polls, Promises Free Covid Vaccine
With just six days left for polling for the first phase in the three-phase Bihar Assembly elections, the BJP on Thursday released its election manifesto or 'Sankalp Patra', making a slew of promises. ....
Dissent Deliberately Stifled As Terrorism, Indian Economy In Deep Crisis: Sonia Gandhi Attacks Modi Government
Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has attacked the Modi government for what she called "targeting political opponents and civil society members" and cautioned that the world's largest democracy was at the crossroads as "dissent was stifled as terrorism or branded anti-national activity". ....
If Voted To Power, Will Fulfill Aspirations Of Bihar: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday slammed the opposition parties saying they only learnt to "divide" society and win irrespective of anything else. He said while the NDA government ensured fulfilment of all basic facilities in Bihar during its last tenure, it will now fulfil all "aspirations" of the people if elected to power. ....
3rd Phase Of Bihar Polls Will Seal The Fate Of 1,207 Candidates
With just a day left for campaigning in the third phase of the Bihar assembly elections, both the large political alliances and smaller parties have stepped on the accelerator. ....
People Of Bihar Will Vote For Mahagathbandhan: Rahul Gandhi
Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during a poll campaign in Araria has come out with spin-off of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) by dubbing it Modi Voting Machine (MVM).....
