Bihar Assembly Elections 2015
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- Nitish elected GA leader in Lalu's presence
Governor Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday invited JD (U) leader and caretaker CM Nitish Kumar to form next government in Bihar. Nitish will take oath as CM for the fifth time on November 20. - Congress eyes Speaker’s post in Bihar Assembly
Many newly-elected Congress MLAs in the Bihar assembly have rushed to Delhi to lobby with central leadership for a ministerial berth in the Mahagathbandhan government even as sources confirmed that - CM meets guv to discuss dissolution of Assembly
The state cabinet will meet for the last time on November 14 and recommend the dissolution of the 15th assembly which was constituted on November 25, 2010. - 'BJP defeat a making of its own'
There was general media perception about the BJP-led NDA’s edge over the grand alliance of RJD, JD (U) and Congress when Bihar assembly election was announced. - Results show NDA allies’ shortcomings
Bihar poll results have exposed the shortcomings of NDA allies. While the weak organisational base forced former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi to field disgruntled JD (U) MLAs and MLCs on his - Lalu to address RJD legislators’ meet today
The first meeting of the new RJD Legislature Party in Bihar following the assembly election will be held at a posh city hotel here on November 13, where party supremo Lalu Prasad will address the - Grand alliance MLAs likely to elect Nitish as leader
The newly elected MLAs of JD(U), RJD and Congress will elect the leader of Mahagathbandhan on Saturday before staking claim for government formation, chief minister Nitish Kumar said on Thursday. The - BJP’s campaign found no resonance in villages
In Bihar, BJP appears to have dramatically shrunk back to its traditional urban support base in the recent assembly elections. - BJP feels it underestimated Nitish, underutilised SuMo
BJP central leadership has found that it failed to gauge the extent of CM Nitish Kumar’s popularity which kept growing after every phase of polling. - Modi to blame for NDA debacle, Congress says
Congress said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has himself to blame for any disproportionate political impact of the Bihar debacle, arguing that he consciously turned a local contest into a - JD(U), RJD discuss ministers, portfolios
RJD and JD(U) sources said their parties have made initial list of probable ministers based on the formula of one-minister-for-every-five-MLA. - Officials inspect Gandhi Maidan, gear up for oath ceremony
Patna division commissioner Anand Kishor and top officials of the district administration on Tuesday inspected Gandhi Maidan to start preparations for the mega oath-taking ceremony of the new Nitish - ‘Land reforms should be Nitish’s priority’
Post landslide victory, it’s an uphill journey for Nitish Kumar, feel academicians. - BJP elders tear into Modi and Shah for Bihar poll debacle
BJP’s resounding defeat in the Bihar polls set off pre-Diwali fireworks within the party with a section of the old guard led by L K Advani demanding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his close - ‘Bahubali’ Anant beats Nitish’s man in badlands of Mokama
Singh, a Bhumihar (a moneyed upper caste), is also one of the handful of independent candidates who managed to buck the trend and come out unscathed from what was billed as the war between the NDA and - Collective responsibility an old tradition, BJP ex-chiefs say
BJP rejected the demand that PM Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah accept the rap for the defeat, saying the veterans had themselves set a “healthy precedent of collective responsibility” for - 1 in every 4 new member in House a Yadav
61 out of the total 243 legislators are Yadav, 42 of them are from RJD. Other parties, too, have Yadav members - 11 from JD(U), two from Congress and six from BJP. The new House will have 10 Brahmins. - Critics of Modi, Shah find no traction with RSS
The buzz of dissenting voices in the BJP does not seem to be gaining any traction with the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) with the organization reading the Bihar defeat as a consequence of a - World notes — Modi’s honeymoon is over
International media presented the Bihar results as a referendum on Prime Minister and a setback to his government’s reforms. Many also mentioned the BJP’s divisive campaign and the perception of - 58% newly elected MLAs face criminal charges
Poonam Devi Yadav richest among MLAs. - Will UP do a Bihar, give CM 2nd term?
The resounding comeback of Nitish Kumar in Bihar throws a challenge for Akhilesh Yadav to retain power in the neighbouring Uttar Pradesh in 2017, something which no political party has done in nearly - In Bihar 2015, Mandal 2.0 trumps Kamandal 2.0
Caste crossed swords with Hindutva in the grudge election of Bihar. If the saffron duo of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah hit a shrill note with their comments, Lalu-Nitish combine raised fears of - Grand Alliance may follow 1-minister-for-5-MLAs formula
Celebrations can’t go on forever and though there was still a hint of gulaal on many winning faces, top leaders of the triumphant JD (U)-RJD-Congress combine took tentative steps towards government - Jaitley blames hotheads for deflecting from development theme
Irresponsible statements made during elections changed the narrative, Jaitley said in TV interviews. He attributed NDA's defeat to "huge index of opposition unity". Incidents like Dadri lynching, - Caste tension in Ara as 1 dies in post-poll violence
Tension prevails in Ara, district HQ town of Bhojpur 50km west from Patna, following the death of a youth who was injured in a clash between supporters of the grand alliance and NDA in K G Road - Junk divisive politics, Urdu media tells BJP
The Urdu press has called the massive mandate to Mahagathbandhan in Bihar a victory for secularism, composite culture, inclusivism and a clear vote against divisive politics.
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