After Bharat Ratna Conferred to Karpoori Thakur, PM to Sound Poll Bugle in Bihar on Feb 4, Address Rally in West Champaran

After Bharat Ratna Conferred to Karpoori Thakur, PM to Sound Poll Bugle in Bihar on Feb 4, Address Rally in West Champaran

This will be the PM’s first visit to Bihar this year, with just a couple of months to go for the Lok Sabha polls. (File pic: PTI) With the Centre awarding the Bharat Ratna to ‘Jan Nayak’ Karpoori Thakur, a champion of the backward sections, the BJP is confident of doing well in the upcoming … Read more

Nitish Kumar’s indirect jibe at Congress, RJD after Centre awards Karpoori Thakur Bharat Ratna – The Economic Times Video

Nitish Kumar’s indirect jibe at Congress, RJD after Centre awards Karpoori Thakur Bharat Ratna – The Economic Times Video

Bihar CM and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar in Patna says, “Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur has been conferred with ‘Bharat Ratna’. We had been demanding ‘Bharat Ratna’ for him since 2007 till 2023 from every government including the previous Congress govt and the present govt. But they had not done so. Now, they gave him a … Read more

Nitish Kumar Thanks PM Modi for Bharat Ratna Conferred on Bihar’s Late CM Karpoori Thakur

Nitish Kumar Thanks PM Modi for Bharat Ratna Conferred on Bihar’s Late CM Karpoori Thakur

Last Updated: January 24, 2024, 07:49 IST Bihar CM Nitish Kumar thanked PM Modi for conferring his mentor Karpoori Thakur with Bharat Ratna, posthumously. (Image: PTI/File) The Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday announced that former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur will be awarded India’s highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, posthumously Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on … Read more

cabinet: Bihar: Nitish reshuffles portfolios of three RJD ministers, Chandra Shekhar loses education ministry

cabinet: Bihar: Nitish reshuffles portfolios of three RJD ministers, Chandra Shekhar loses education ministry

Patna: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar reshuffled his cabinet on Saturday night, in which portfolios of three ministers of his ally RJD were changed. Education Minister Chandra Shekhar, who has been hitting the headlines for different reasons, was made the Sugarcane Industries Miniter. Alok Mehta, who held the Sugarcane Industries and Revenue and Land Resources portfolio, … Read more

Mallikarjun Kharge as chairman if all accept Nitish Kumar as convenor: Congress to allies

Mallikarjun Kharge as chairman if all accept Nitish Kumar as convenor: Congress to allies

The Congress leadership is in the process of conveying to leaders of alliance partners that it wants a consensus on Nitish Kumar as convenor of the INDIA bloc before announcing appointment of chairman Mallikarjun Kharge with Kumar’s name. No formal announcement has been made on the names, even three days after the alliance leaders discussed … Read more

LS Elections 2024: Congress president Kharge named INDIA bloc chief; Nitish rejects convenor post – The Economic Times Video

LS Elections 2024: Congress president Kharge named INDIA bloc chief; Nitish rejects convenor post – The Economic Times Video

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has been named the INDIA bloc chairperson. The decision was announced following a virtual meeting of the INDIA bloc leaders on January 13, 2024. Sources said that Bihar CM and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar rejected the post of convenor of the INDIA bloc. West Bengal CM and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee … Read more

Will give more time to Congress for seat-sharing talks: TMC sources

Will give more time to Congress for seat-sharing talks: TMC sources

New Delhi: Amid a war of words triggered by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s comments regarding seat-sharing in West Bengal, sources from the TMC on Thursday said they will give more time to ally Congress to sort out issues, adding the party is committed to the opposition bloc. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) had pushed for … Read more

Nitish Kumar: Nitish Kumar takes reins of JDU ahead of LS polls

Nitish Kumar: Nitish Kumar takes reins of JDU ahead of LS polls

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday became the national president of the JD(U) before the crucial Lok Sabha polls. The decision was taken at the national executive meeting of the JDU in Delhi. During the meeting, JDU president Lalan Singh, citing his engagements over upcoming Lok Sabha elections, offered to step down as party … Read more

JDU meeting: Nitish Kumar may discuss India Bloc seat pact at JDU executive meeting on Friday

JDU meeting: Nitish Kumar may discuss India Bloc seat pact at JDU executive meeting on Friday

Janata Dal (United) will hold its national executive meeting in Delhi on Friday. The agenda for the conference includes the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and seat-sharing with INDIA bloc partners. At the party officer-bearers meeting on Thursday, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, JDU national president Lalan Singh and other senior leaders discussed the issues for … Read more

Nitish’s poll push centres on caste survey, quota, special category status

Nitish’s poll push centres on caste survey, quota, special category status

Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is seeking to mobilise support in the state mainly around three issues – caste survey, reservation and special category status – to ensure electoral gains for the ruling Mahagathbandhan, the ‘grand alliance’ of his JDU, RJD, Congress and Left parties. Since there is … Read more