In a day of high drama, three top BJP leaders were prevented from leaving Jammu airport and later arrested to thwart the party’s controversial flag-hoisting in Srinagar on Jan 26. Even as the BJP dug in its heels, its top ally, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed open disapproval of the move. The stand-off between [...] Continue reading BJP to go ahead with yatra, Nitish expresses disapproval
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called upon all parties, including the opposition to cooperate in the development of the state. Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, Kumar said: “”All of us together, whether we are in ruling side or opposition, we will work for Bihar and will take Bihar on the speedy path of [...] Continue reading Cooperation is the means to development: Nitish Kumar
Nitish Kumar and Sushil Kumar Modi were sworn in as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar for a consecutive second term on Friday. Besides Kumar and Modi, 18 MLAs from the Janata Dal (United) and 10 from alliance Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were also sworn in as ministers by State Governor Devanand Konwar. [...] Continue reading Nitish, Modi sworn in as Bihar’s CM, Deputy CM
Congratulating Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the victory of his National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-Janata Dal-United (JD-U) alliance, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) President Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday said they would support the Nitish Government, adding that they would also introspect on the reasons for their defeat. Addressing [...] Continue reading Will support Nitish, but introspect reasons for defeat: Lalu, Paswan
The Congress today credited Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the ruling JD (U)-BJP combine”s victory in the Bihar Assembly polls. Party spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan said: ‘”All credit to him (Nitish Kumar) for his success…law and order did improve under his regime,” About her party”s poor performance in the polls, Natarajan said there was always [...] Continue reading All credit to Nitish Kumar for success in Bihar polls: Congress