Patna (Bihar) [India], [India], August 9 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who first resigned and then staked claim to form the government again with new allies, called up Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to express gratitude for their support.
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 9 (ANI): JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar is likely to take oath as Bihar's chief minister again on Wednesday afternoon, according to a tweet by his new alliance partner Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 9 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday lashed out JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar for breaking aliance between their parties and staking claim to form government with RJD support saying he had "disrespected the mandate given by
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 9 (ANI): Right after Nitish Kumar chose to resign as Bihar Chief Minister, the Bihar BJP expressed dissatisfaction and said that JD(U) had betrayed Bihar and the people's mandate.
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 9 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday said that recent political history indicates that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) destroys parties with whom it forms alliances.
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 9 (ANI): Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar on Tuesday staked claim to form the next government in Bihar with the support of seven parties after he broke alliance with BJP and resigned as Chief Minister.
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Former Rajya Sabha MP from Bihar Ali Anwar on Tuesday welcomed the JD(U)'s decision to quit NDA and join the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) in Bihar and said that after five years Nitish Kumar had realised his mistake.
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 9 (ANI): Hours after resigning as Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said that he has submitted a list of 164 MLAs to the Bihar Governor and staked claim to form a new government.
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 9 (ANI): Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar's resignation came as déjà vu as JD-U in the past also had dumped Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to join a family-led party - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 9 (ANI): Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) on Tuesday extended unconditional support to Nitish Kumar and the RJD-led mahagathbandhan minutes after Nitish Kumar tendered his resignation as the state chief minister.
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Union Minister and BJP leader RK Singh on Tuesday raised questions over the political moves of former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asking how the JD(U) leader would justify an alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) which he has often called "corr
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 9 (ANI): Amid reports of an ongoing rift between Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bihar, MLAs and leaders of the Rashtriya Janata Dal arrived at the residence of Rabri Devi, wife of party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in Patna on Tuesday