On the murder of JDU leader Saurabh Kumar Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter Misa Bharti said that immediate action must be taken by the state government.
Under the mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) seat sharing arrangement in the State, of a total 40 Parliamentary seats, Congress will contest on nine while alliance partner Rashtriya Janata Dal on 26 and three Left parties on five seats.
Sameer Kumar, brother of Janata Dal-United (JDU) leader Saurabh Kumar who was shot dead by bike-borne assailants in Patna, on Thursday said that his brother was attacked while he was going towards his car after attending a family function.
Addressing a public meeting here today, the chief minister said that when he was in alliance with the RJD, he was the one who had said that would provide 10 lakh jobs and not Tejashwi who is claiming otherwise.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Friday that the Constitution was in danger when the Congress imposed an emergency in the country and made all efforts to change it.
Mahagathbandhan, opposition coalition in Bihar, comprising RJD, Congress, and Left parties, announced that the RJD, its largest constituent, will contest 26 out of the state's 40 Lok Sabha seats. The NDA is also in a seat-sharing agreement in Bihar with the Janata Dal-United (JDU) and the LJ
Explaining the rationale behind the BJP welcoming back former partner Nitish Kumar and his party, the JDU, into the NDA fold, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said his party was happy to have a leader with no 'graft' taint on him back in the mix.
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a road show in Ghaziabad, JD(U) leader KC Tyagi expressed confidence that the NDA candidate will register a landslide victory from the parliamentary constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.