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.”
The proposed formula suggests one minister for every five MLAs, resulting in a total of 11 ministers for the 56 MLAs in the alliance.
The crucial assembly by-election for the Karhal assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh that has attracted all eyes turned out to be a family affair contested between the sons-in-law of late Mulayam Singh Yadav, and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav.
As Jharkhand prepares for its assembly elections, the complexities of seat-sharing within the INDIA bloc reveal both the strengths and challenges of coalition politics.
The JMM has released a list of 35 candidates for the Jharkhand Assembly elections, naming Chief Minister Hemant Soren from Barhait, his wife Kalpana Soren from Gandey and brother Basant Soren from Dumka.
"The Centre Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting raids at 16 places in Delhi, Patna and district Gopalganj of Bihar in connection with the alleged land-for-job scam involving former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, RJD leader.
Special emphasis has been laid on austerity and transparency, and to promote the exchange of books and pens instead of flowers and bouquets.
Now, Nitish Kumar is going to form a new government in Bihar and apart from the RJD, there is no party in the state which is in the position of a king maker.
All the party MLAs, MLCs and MPs have been asked to attend the meeting and the party's top leadership has directed them not to carry mobile phones at the venue.
The development came as a setback to the main Opposition RJD headed by Lalu Prasad with the party's tally coming down to 79 from existing 80. The RJD which won 75 seats in the last assembly elections had reached to 80 after it won the Bochaha assembly by-polls held in April this year and then four of the five legislators belonging to All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) joined the party last month.