The second phase of the Budget session starts on March 9, and it is scheduled to go up to April 2, during which essential legislative and other business is expected to be addressed primarily.
"It was clear since the Bihar Assembly election that Nitish Kumar would be sidelined afterwards. It was only due to public pressure that he was made Chief Minister. The end of his political career was predetermined," Rai told ANI.
The prayer meeting was attended by Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal, who expressed his condolences over the assassination of Khamenei and called for conflicts to be resolved through dialogue. He further said that the rules-based global order has been weakening in recent years, adding that such
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel on Friday said that Nitish Kumar is "defeated" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah as the Bihar CM filed his Rajya Sabha nomination.
Nitish Kumar has a dream of a developed Bihar, says Bihar Minister Dilip Jaiswal on Friday, on Nitish Kumar's nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections 2026. Speaking to ANI, he said, filling the nomination for Rajya Sabha membership was his own decision.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday described Indian foreign policy as "exploitation of a compromised individual," after the United States allowed a waiver for India to purchase Russian oil, amid shipping routes passing through the Strait of Hormuz being hampered.
The poster said, "Nitish sevak kar raha pukaar, neta kare apne nirnaye par poornvichar", further adding "Violation of the people's mandate and self-respect in democracy will not be tolerated now."
On the Rajya Sabha elections, Leader of the Opposition in the Haryana Assembly and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda says, "One seat is ours, we will win. One seat will go to the BJP, one seat will come to Congress."
Speaking to ANI on Thursday, Chaturvedi also took a jibe at the BJP, claiming that due to its "political haste" of making their own CM in Bihar, Nitish Kumar is being sent to the Rajya Sabha.
Gogoi claimed that this move exposes the "power-centric" nature of the BJP's politics, noting that Sarma, who has spent years publicly branding the AIUDF as a communal party, has now been compelled to seek their support.
In other key changes, Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla has been named Governor of Telangana, while Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma has been transferred to Maharashtra, and Lieutenant General (Retired) Syed Ata Hasnain has been named Governor of Bihar.
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) MP Arun Bharti on Thursday welcomed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's decision to file a nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections, calling it the "beginning of a new era."