The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may retain the post of Speaker, with a party MP likely to be elected for the role (Image: PTI) If the opposition fields its candidate, a vote for the new Speaker might take place on June 26, with the new Speaker assuming office on the same day The Opposition’s INDIA … Read more
Last Updated: June 15, 2024, 11:44 IST Political strategist Prashant Kishor, who has been running the ‘Jan Suraaj’ campaign, was addressing a public meeting in Bhagalpur on Friday (Image: PTI/File) Kumar’s JD (U) won 12 seats in Lok Sabha polls to emerge as the second largest ally of the BJP, which failed to get a … Read more
Talking to News18, a senior BJP leader from Bihar said the party not only accommodated the allies, but addressed the caste-politics in Bihar. (PTI) Of the at least six MPs from Bihar likely to be inducted in Narendra Modi’s cabinet, four are from NDA partners JD(U), LJP and HAM, while two are senior BJP leaders. … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised at the first NDA parliamentary party meeting of the 18th Lok Sabha on Friday that the grouping has lasted over three decades because it is a “organic alliance” dedicated to nation-building. Modi, who will lead a coalition government for the first time in his career, noted that the NDA has … Read more
Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi is felicitated by party leaders and alliance partners during the NDA parliamentary party meeting at Samvidhan Sadan, in New Delhi on June 7, 2024. (PTI) Sources say the BJP wants to keep the top four ministries — Home, External Affairs, Defence, and Finance — with itself, along with some other key … Read more
Government formation preparations commenced on Wednesday, as the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) unanimously elected Narendra Modi as its leader. Concurrently, the opposition INDIA bloc indicated its intention to take necessary actions to reflect the people’s desire for a change in governance. Separate meetings were held by both ruling and opposition alliances at the Prime … Read more
Exit polls have thrown up an interesting phenomenon: the BJP can do better without many of its allies. The party had set an ambitious 400-seat goal for the National Democratic alliance it leads. To chase that goal, and to outcompete the INDIA bloc of opposition parties, it made a lot of effort to stitch alliances … Read more
The fate of 134 candidates across eight key parliamentary constituencies in the final phase of the Lok Sabha elections was sealed on June 1, 2024. These constituencies include Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Arrah, Karakat, Jehanabad, Buxar, Nalanda, and Sasaram.The exit polls numbers will be announced at 6:30 pm after the conclusion of last phase of elections. … Read more
Singhiya (Samastipur): Perched on the rooftop of her Harrier car, Shambhavi Choudhary grabs the attention of voters, particularly women. During her roadshow in Singhiya, a village located on Samastipur-Darbhanga border, Shambhavi smiles and flashes the ‘V’ sign whenever she sees a group of women, especially girls, who seem to have taken a fancy to her. … Read more
The Trinamool Congress and JD(U) provided bizarre explanations in their electoral bond disclosures for 2018-19. They claimed that unidentified individuals had delivered sealed envelopes to their respective offices in Kolkata and Patna, leaving them unaware of the donors’ identities. The Election Commission on Sunday made fresh electoral bonds data public for the period prior to … Read more
