The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), which has been projected to end in single digit in the Bihar Assembly elections 2020, has dismissed the exit polls saying that their mission of dethroning Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been completed. "Our mission of dethroning Nitish Kumar has been completed," said LJP National General Secretary, Shahnawaz Ahmad Kaifi. The LJP contested the assembly elections on its own after failing to strike a seat-sharing deal with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and NDA. Chirag Paswan-headed LJP, which was part of the ruling NDA in ... Read More

The Rashtriya Janata Dal — which most exit polls expected would win a majority in Bihar's just-concluded assembly elections — warned its staff and supporters to preserve discipline on the count day, regardless of the outcome of the election. In a tweet today , the group argued that there should be no use of firecrackers or rowdy conduct and that civility must be upheld against rival parties. "On November 10, the counting of votes will take place. Whatever the outcome, we have to behave well, keep the peace. No worker should use colours, firecrackers, etc. There shou ... Read More

In the third and final phase of the 2020 Bihar Assembly Election, the Ramnagar constituency reserved for scheduled castes (SCs) will go to the polls on 7 November. Ever since 2000, the constituency has been a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP).   Ramnagar is situated in the West Champaran district of Bihar and comes under the Nagar Lok Sabha constituency of Valmiki. The other constituencies of the Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha assembly, Valmiki Nagar, Narkatiaganj, Bagaha and Lauria, will also cast their votes on November 7, apart from Ramnagar. The BJP emerged v ... Read More

One of the 78 seats that will go to the polls in the third and final phase of the Bihar assembly elections on 7 November is the mostly rural constituency of Baisi, which is part of the Kishanganj parliamentary constituency. The seat is dominated by Muslims and a triangular contest is scheduled to take place in the 2020 assembly elections.   The Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) has submitted Binod Kumar to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) as its nominee. Just once, in 2010, when Santosh Kumar defeated the Congress candidate by over 9,000 votes, did the party retain the seat. ... Read More

He fought and won six consecutive Lok Sabha polls but as chief minister, has never been elected through a well-liked vote. Bihar’s Nitish Kumar, seeking another mandate for his Janata Dal (United)-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance within the ongoing state elections, may be a member of the Bihar legislature , or Upper house of the bicameral legislature.   Bihar is among the six Indian states that have both lower and upper chambers just like the Lok Sabha and therefore the Rajya Sabha of Parliament.   In fact, Kumar contested his first assembly election in 1977 a ... Read More

Patna: We’ve come an extended way since the time politicians would spend pre-election days on the road, travelling from one constituency to the opposite in cavalcades. Their means of transportation now's much quicker.   Helicopters allow election candidates to hide tons more ground during a much shorter time, so it’s no surprise that politicians of all stripes now use the aircraft on the campaign trail.     Whether it’s RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav addressing quite a dozen rallies a day or the star campaigners of the BJP, these helicopte ... Read More