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"Have we done anything that we need to be scared about?" Lalu Yadav on hea
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahead of the hearing in the alleged land-for-job case; Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Yadav said that hearings keep happening and he is not scared of it as he has not done anything wrong.
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Caste census should be carried out throughout country: RJD chief Lalu Yada
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A couple of days after the Bihar government released caste survey data, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Yadav asserted that caste census should be carried out throughout the country.
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Delhi police raids NewsClick offices, Opposition questions centre
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Leaders from different political parties on Tuesday expressed their reactions to raids being conducted by the Delhi Police at different premises linked to NewsClick.
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"BJP should conduct nationwide caste census": Akhilesh Yadav
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Following the release of the caste survey report by the Bihar government, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav expressed his support for it and called on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to set aside politics and conduct a nationwide caste census.
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"Bihar govt eyeing elections ": SP leader Shifaiqur Rahman Barq on caste s
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Earlier today, the Bihar government released caste survey data, with the figures that have ramifications for the Lok Sabha polls next year, showing that Other Backward Caste (OBC) and Extremely Backward Class (EBC) together account for 63 per cent of the state’s population.
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Opposition bloc INDIA welcomes Bihar caste survey data, BJP calls report "
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
JDU leader and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his ally and RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav termed the publication of the report "historic", the BJP and other prominent parties of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) have criticised the Bihar government calling the report an “eye wash”.
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“It would be better…”: RJD leader Abdul Siddiqui draws ire with remarks on
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Days after Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Manoj Jha ruffled feathers in his party with his "Thakur" poem in the Rajya Sabha during a discussion on the women's reservation Bill, fellow RJD leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui on Saturday triggered a fresh row with his statement on the same subject.
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"Ghamandiya" alliance doing "damage control": Giriraj Singh on Lalu Yadav'
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday took potshots at Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Yadav over his remarks on the poem 'Thakur ka Kuan', which was recited by RJD MP Manoj Jha in the Rajya Sabha last week.
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"He should apologize...": JDU MLC slams Manoj Jha over his poem on 'Thakur
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Janata Dal-United (JDU) MLC Sanjay Singh on Thursday slammed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha over his poem on 'Thakurs', which he recited during a debate on the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha.
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Manoj Jha's poem has not said anything against Thakurs: Lalu Prasad Yadav
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Thursday backed RJD MP Manoj Jha's remarks made during a debate on the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, last week.
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RJD demands security for MP Manoj Jha amid 'Thakurs' poem controversy
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
This demand comes in the wake of the backlash being faced by Jha due to the 'Thakurs' poem he recited during a recent debate on the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha last week.
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RJD demands reservation for OBC women in new Bill
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Rashtriya Janata Dal member Manoj Jha taking part in the discussion on the women’s reservation Bill on Thursday on behalf of his party in the Rajya Sabha demanded that women belonging to Other Backward Classes be incorporated in the legislation.
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