Speaking to ANI, Jha slammed Kejriwal, by pointing out that when Nitish Kumar resigned from the CM post, he made a Mahadalit' (Jitan Ram Manjhi in 2014-15) the Chief Minister. He further questioned why did he not appoint a Dalit CM in Delhi, upon resigning or in Punjab.
Jha said, "...Our party welcomes this. We had approached this committee, I too was there...Nitish Kumar has always supported simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha. We had told the committee that our party supports it...We see that the country is always in election mode...So, t
This comes after Lalu Yadav criticising the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government over the recent hooch tragedy, on Sunday and described the incident as "unfortunate" and lamented the widespread deaths.
Responding to RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's demand for a nationwide caste census and inclusion of 65 per cent quota increase in Bihar in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Kumar Jha said, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ensured that caste census took place in Bihar.
Speaking to ANI on the apex court's verdict on the subcategorisation of SCs and STs, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Kumar Jha said, "Bihar CM Nitish Kumar did subcategorisation in 2007. When the Bihar State Mahadalit Commission was formed, affirmative actions were taken for the upliftment of certain
Sanjay Kumar Jha, the newly appointed working president of Janata Dal-United (JDU), affirmed that the Bihar assembly polls in 2025 would be fought with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's face.
Among those who were administered the oath were Golla Baburao, Meda Raghunadha Reddy, Yerram Venkata Subba Reddy, Sanjay Kumar Jha, Syed Naseer Hussain and Ajay Makan.
Amid AAP protests against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the liquor policy case, JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha said no one was above the law when facing 'corruption' charges.
Citing ill health, JD (U) party sources on Tuesday said that Singh will not attend the meeting tomorrow. "In his place, Bihar minister and party leader Sanjay Kumar Jha has left for Delhi and will attend the meeting," they said.
The three Indian Administrative Service (IAS) transferred to Delhi are Manish Kumar Gupta (1991-batch), Sanjay Kumar Jha (2008-batch), and Arun Mishra (2010-batch). Indian Police Service (IPS) Rajendra Singh Sagar (2010-batch) has also been transferred to Delhi.
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 1 (ANI): Dismissing speculations that Nitish Kumar is looking for a stint in the Rajya Sabha, Janata Dal (United) leader Sanjay Kumar Jha on Friday said that the Bihar Chief Minister enjoys the mandate of the people to serve the state and is not going anywhere.
Madhubani (Bihar) [India], February 13 (ANI): Bihar Minister and Janata Dal (United) leader Sanjay Kumar Jha on Sunday lauded the developmental works carried out by the state government towards the Mithila region in tackling flood situations.