In a sharp attack on Congress, BJP national spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill said that Rahul Gandhi, who claims to be against corruption, had joined hands with RJD chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, who has been convicted in a corruption case.
In a reaction to Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge's remarks that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's 'turnaround' was 'pre-planned', Union Minister Giriraj Singh referred to the INDIA bloc meetings in Patna, Bengaluru and Mumbai, and asked if Kharge was 'stupid' to have done a 'photo sessio
After the first cabinet meeting of the newly formed NDA government in Bihar, state Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sinha on Monday asserted that the pace of development in the state will be faster under the "double-engine government."
Amid the rift within the INDIA bloc, Union Minister Anurag Thakur attacked the Congress, one of the allies in the mega alliance, stating that only 'hatred' could be seen in their 'Mohabbat ki Dukan'.
After a dramatic volte-face, ditching the Mahagathbandhan and the opposition bloc INDIA and forming a new government with the BJP, JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar, along with eight ministers--three each from the BJP and the JD-U, one from HAM and one independent--took oath on Sunday.
A day after Nitish Kumar was sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister for the ninth time under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, Union Minister Nityanand Rai said that the 'double-engine' government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would ensure development in the state.
The nameplate was seen covered by newspapers the day after Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister after ditching his alliance with the mahagathbandhan.
Speaking to ANI, the union minister said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, one of the biggest faces in the bloc, had also left the INDIA bloc a day before.
"This is a natural alliance in Bihar. When the last elections were held, the people of Bihar had expressed confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and supported the NDA. RJD, the party that had lost the elections, came through the back door and remained in the government for 17 months," H
Targeting Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for tilt-shifting his alliance from the INDIA bloc to join back with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said on Monday that Nitish Kumar seems to have "developed amnesia" and doesn't realise which party he has