"I look forward to being among the people of Cooch Behar to address a @BJP4Bengal rally later today at around 3:30 PM. The people there have been greatly supportive of our development agenda and I am confident they will again place their faith in the BJP," PM Modi posted on X.
In a setback to the Congress in Bihar ahead of Lok Sabha polls, former state president Anil Sharma on March 31 quit the party, claiming that it was stuck in a "disastrous" partnership with the RJD.
After the announcement of the poll schedule by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on March 16, this will be the first rally of PM Modi in both Bihar and West Bengal.
It is worth noting that the former MP Rajesh Ranjan, alias Pappu Yadav, who merged his Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) with the Congress, is adamant about contesting the Lok Sabha elections from the Purnia constituency, the seat given to the RJD as per the agreement reached by the alliance. His stan
In an upheaval within the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), 22 party leaders have tendered their resignations simultaneously while expressing anger at not getting tickets for the Lok Sabha elections.
Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding his first rally in Bihar. He questioned whether the PM would speak against nepotism in his election campaign in the state.
"I have filed my nomination today. It is everyone's right to contest elections. I will request him (Congress leader Pappu Yadav) to support me," said RJD leader Bima Bharti.
Notably, all six Rajya Sabha candidates from Bihar were elected unopposed to the Upper House of Parliament comprising two members each from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), along with one each from Janata Dal (United) and Congress.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday transferred 8 District Magistrates (DM) and 12 Superintendent of Police (SP) in five states, namely Assam, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh.
Targeting Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday asked whether Yadav knows what a policy is and also said Yadav should name any policy that he started and that Bihar CM Nitish Kumar discontinued.
Through a gazette notification on February 26, 2024, the central government had mandated the sale of 100 per cent of dust grade tea through public auction from April 1, 2024, for dust grades tea manufactured in a calendar year in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya,
RJD chief Lalu Prasad's daughter Rohini Acharya launched her poll campaign from Saran for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha polls on Tuesday and said that the people will decide whether BJP will cross the 400 mark in the Lok Sabha.