Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jagdambika Pal on Sunday described the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) win in the Bihar Assembly elections as a "message for the future," asserting that voters rejected the opposition's focus on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) issue.
"After every defeat, you need to conduct an honest introspection. We, too, have gone through defeats. We honestly introspected on where we went wrong? So many days have passed since then, but these people (opposition) haven't introspected even now. These people are still blaming vote thef
Samrat Choudhary, the Deputy Chief Minister and a BJP leader, has been given charge of the Home department. Kumar will not handle the Home department for the first time since he came to power in 2005.
Paswan said that the LJP(RV) systematically built its structure in every district of Bihar, ensuring deep grassroots outreach that contributed to the impressive NDA performance.
If he manages to maintain cohesion within the NDA, the Janata Dal (United) chief could join the ranks of long-serving Chief Ministers like Pawan Kumar Chamling of Sikkim and Naveen Patnaik of Odisha, who led their states for nearly 25 and over 24 years, respectively.
Union Minister and LJP (RV) chief Chirag Paswan on Thursday said that the public has "answered a lot of questions of the Opposition," referring to the various allegations laid on the NDA by Mahagathbandhan.
The RJD has specifically named 10 ministers, including Samrat Choudhary, Nitin Nabin, and Shreyasi Singh, highlighting their connections to established political families.
Kumar will return as the Bihar Chief Minister tomorrow for the 10th time after taking oath at Patna's historic Gandhi Maidan, where Jayaprakash Narayan called for "total revolution" during a speech in 1974.
"Heartfelt congratulations to Bihar's popular Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on being unanimously elected as the leader of the NDA Legislature Party. This decision shows that Nitish Kumar alone is Bihar's trust, the foundation of stability, and the symbol of good governance," Kumar posted on
Along with Kumar's deputies Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) or [LJP (RV)] chief Chirag Paswan and Bihar Bharatriya Janata Party (BJP) president Dilip Kumar Jaiswal were present on the occasion.
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Tuesday renewed his challenge, this time declaring that he would "definitely quit politics and leave Bihar" if NDA fulfils its poll promise of transferring Rs 2 lakh each to 1.5 crore women under Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana
The Congress party meeting is underway at the party's headquarters, Indira Bhawan, in the national capital to review preparations related to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 States and Union Territories, days after the party suffered a disappointin