Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik welcomed former Bureaucrat V K Pandian to the Biju Janata Dal on Monday and said that he will continue his work as a member of the party.
In the statement, JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda cited the "contradictory statements" issued by Ibrahim regarding the party's alliance with the BJP in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, "despite being part of the earlier discussions related to it".
Hitting out at former ally Janata Dal (Secular) over its alliance with the BJP ahead of next year's Lok Sabha elections, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said he wouldn't be surprised if the former were to merge with the saffron party.
Reacting to the drought study tour of Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (Secular) leaders, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has said that the government has already conducted the survey and sent the report to the centre.
"Whatever was announced yesterday in Bihar Vidhan Sabha regarding the census is a step towards development with justice...The Bihar government is working for development, taking into consideration justice, while the government in Delhi is not doing any development..." JDU President said.
Ahead of Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav's birthday, which falls on November 9, the RJD workers on Sunday put up posters calling him 'future CM', outside his residence in Bihar's Patna.
After Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar distributed appointment letters to teachers, Janata Dal-United (JDU) National President Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh criticized the BJP-led central government, asserting that it has failed to fulfill any of its promises.
Tejashwi Yadav, a leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal and part of the INDIA bloc, said that the ED's actions against Opposition leaders have become a routine practice for the federal agency.
Taking a dig at INDIA ally, Congress, Janata Dal-United (JDU) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that the party is "busy with the state assembly elections" in five states and not very keen on taking the bloc forward.
A political row erupted in Bihar over Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLA Fateh Bahadur Singh's making a derogatory statement regarding "Goddess Durga" as the BJP termed the RJD leader's objectionable statement against a Hindu deity as an example of "appeasement politics."
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijay Kumar Sinha charged at Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Friday over remarks made by party MLA Phate Bahadur Singh on Goddess Durga, and alleged that the party constantly 'insults Sanatan Dharma.'