Lalu kicks up a controversy with crude remark against Nitish
Commenting on the Bihar chief minister's proposed Mahila Samwad Yatra on December 15, the RJD chief said, “They are going to ogle at women.”
Commenting on the Bihar chief minister's proposed Mahila Samwad Yatra on December 15, the RJD chief said, “They are going to ogle at women.”
Visuals from various counting centres in Maharashtra surfaced on Saturday morning ahead of the counting for the 288 assembly seats that went to the polls on November 20. The counting is expected to begin at 8 am today.
They all welcomed the key priorities of the budget, including productivity and resilience in agriculture, employment, and skilling and services, aimed at fostering economic growth and creating ample opportunities.
These features included: hilly and difficult terrain; low population density and/or sizeable share of population; strategic location along borders with neighbouring countries; economic and infrastructural backwardness; and non viable nature of state finances.
Union Minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha supremo Jitan Ram Manjhi has said that NDA ally and Janata Dal-United Chief Nitish Kumar made him the Chief Minister of Bihar in 2014 which was a "huge honour" for him.
Both the TDP and the Janata Dal (U) are the partners of the BJP in the NDA alliance and but both of them are considered mercurial leaders with a mass following as has been demonstrated by them in the elections.
However, the NDA is likely to suffer some losses and its tally appears to go down this time.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea filed by an RJD candidate from Bihar alleging serious manipulation, booth capturing and election rigging in the Munger parliamentary constituency.
In 2019, both the BJP and the JDU had contested on 17 seats each.
Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal United (JDU) exuded confidence that the party's president will win the trust vote during the crucial floor test scheduled on Monday, two weeks after he ditched its alliance with the RJD and formed a government with the BJP.
