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  • ‘No question’ of approaching him: RJD says no to CM Nitish Kumar even if latter leaves NDA

    Express News Service
    PATNA: Putting an end to all political speculations, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said that his party has not made any offer to CM Nitish Kumar, even if the latter deserts the NDA.

    Replying to a media query,  Yadav categorically denied that any offer has been made to Nitish Kumar from his party adding that there was ‘no question’ of approaching him (Nitish Kumar).

    “It is wrong to ask such a question. Bihar’s mandate is against Nitish Kumar.  They have no policy, no ideology.  They are neither for the poor nor for the labourers, ” he asserted.

    “We are ready to go for mid term polls in Bihar, ” he said, adding the state government’s days are numbered.

    ALSO READ | ‘Political jealousy’: Ex dy CM Sushil Modi accuses Lalu Prasad Yadav of ‘destabilising’ Bihar govt

    He also added that there has been a big loss of Bihar within the last 16 years.  “The NDA government is a curse for the state. They have increased unemployment. The JDU-BJP combine stole the mandate of people, that had been given to the Mahagathbandhan,” he alleged.

    Yadav also dubbed the NDA as “greedy for power”.

    Former CM and Tejaswi’s mother, Rabri Devi, and many other senior RJD leaders including Uday Narayan Choudhary and Shyam Rajak had said that if Kumar comes quits the NDA and wants to join the Mahagavabdhan, the alliance will consider him but on a condition that he must support Tejashwi’s candidature for the next Chief Minister of the state. 

    Kumar was offered to be projected as the opposition’s PM face for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

    But JDU has refused to accept any such offer and dubbed it a desperate move by the opposition to consolidate power.

  • Villagers in Bihar carry corpse to bank to withdraw funeral money

    By AFP
    PATNA: The corpse of an Indian farm labourer was carried to the bank by his neighbours to demand money for his cremation, police said Thursday.

    Mahesh Yadav, 55, died early Tuesday in a village in the eastern state of Bihar after a lengthy illness, leaving no family. His body was found by neighbours several hours later, officials told AFP.

    The villagers searched his home for valuables to pay for his funeral, but unable to find any, they instead took his bank passbook that showed he had some Rs 1,17,500 in his account.

    That afternoon, they took the passbook — and Yadav’s corpse — to his bank, refusing to leave until the branch manager released his funds, local police officer Amrendar Kumar said.

    “Villagers demanded the bank gave them money from his account for the cremation or else they would not cremate him,” Kumar told AFP.

    “It put pressure on the bank, which finally released some money following the intervention of the local police station.”

    Canara Bank’s branch manager Sanjeev Kumar said the extraordinary scenes created panic.

    “It was the first such case,” Kumar told AFP.

    “After over an hour, I gave them money (Rs 9,914) and they finally left the bank with his body for the cremation ground.”

    Neighbour Shakuntala Devi said Yadav did not own any land and did not receive any support from the government.

    “There was no-one to look after him although he had been ailing for months. We used to provide him cooked food and other things,” she told AFP.

  • Bihar ready for Covid vaccination, all will be inoculated in 3 to 4 months: Nitish

    Express News Service
    PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday assured that the government has made adequate preparations to roll out Covid vaccination and all the people of the state will be inoculated in the next 4 to 5 months.

    Kumar, who was speaking to reporters after a function on ‘Jal Jivan Haryali (Water Life and Greenery), said his government was fully prepared for the state-wide vaccination.

    “A detailed road map has been prepared and in the next 4 to 5 months, all people of Bihar will be inoculated with the corona vaccine on priority-wise”, he said.

    When asked about SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s comment on the corona vaccine, Nitish Kumar said that some people make statements to get publicity in politics.

    Expressing his displeasure on the misuse of social media for spreading false information, he said that rumour is being spread continuously through social media.  “Today the situation is such that wrong things are being circulated more than the good things on social media”, he said and asked the officials to sharedetails of good work done on social media to inform the people.

    He claimed that 22 lakhs of people who returned to Bihar by trains during the lockdown were provided with all necessary assistance.

  • ‘Political jealousy’: Ex dy CM Sushil Modi accuses Lalu Prasad Yadav of ‘destabilising’ Bihar govt

    Express News Service
    PATNA: Political slugfest ensued in Bihar when BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi accused incarcerated RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav of making attempts to destabilize the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government from his jail cell in Ranchi.

    Alleging Yadav of violating jail rules, Modi said that the former has been passing regular instructions via phone to his party members as to how to go about the ‘plan’.

    It may be recalled that it was Sushil Modi who released an audio clip wherein he claimed Yadav was luring a BJP MLA to remain absent during the election of the assembly speaker.

    Modi said a strong alliance between Bihar and JD-U, barring a few months in between, has been in place in the state for almost two decades and that the RJD is burning in ‘political jealousy’ over it.

    “..A short bad phase came and passed but the people have given us an opportunity to serve the state once more,” he added.

    ALSO READ | RJD will never be able to return to power, says RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha

    Mutual respect and trust in the NDA have kept the alliance afloat and rescued the state from ‘dark ages’, the former deputy CM said.

    “Electricity has reached every village in the state. Bihar is out of the ‘lantern era’. The state has also got new institutions of higher education but the opposition has no agenda but to ruin it all again,” he said.

    Modi said that the government is working on a plan to extend employment to 20 lakh people and the Department of Industries intends to introduce a ‘single window system’.

    The RJD had earlier offered a chance to Nitish Kumar to join the Grand Alliance after quitting the NDA and become the opposition’s projected PM candidate for 2024 general elections, in lieu of extending support to Tejashwi Yadav as Bihar’s next Chief Minister.

    An offer JD-U rejected with the party’s national president, RCP Singh, categorically stating that JD-U doesn’t need anyone’s help. “We (JDU) will stay ahead because of our strength”, Singh said.

    BJP to impart training to its teams in RajgirAmid speculations about JD-U, BJP ties after the Arunachal Pradesh incident, the saffron party has decided to impart training to its teams at Rajgir, the home district of CM Nitish Kumar.

    Party sources said that newly appointed district officer-bearers and state party office bearers would be trained at a training camp in Nalanda on January 9.

    Meanwhile, Congress leader Premchandra Mishra cautioned the JD-U and said that the Chief Minister should be wary of BJP’s motives ahead of the upcoming training session, which could be intended at 

  • RJD will never be able to return to power, says RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha

    Express News Service
    PATNA: RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha, who was once part of Grand Alliance in Bihar along with the RJD, claimed that the RJD will never be able to return to power in the state. Speaking to local media on Saturday, Kushwaha said that the people have given the mandate to Nitish Kumar to run the government.

    “In such a situation, where the people’s mandate has been given to Nitish Kumar to lead the NDA government, RJD shouldn’t daydream of returning to power,” he said.

    Kushwaha, who recently had met CM Nitish Kumar after his party failed to win even a single seat in the Bihar assembly, further made a prediction that the RJD, even in future, wouldn’t be able to come into power in the state.

    “The RJD leaders should take it from that their party wouldn’t be able to return to power, even in future,” he added vehemently.

    Upon being asked, Kushwaha said that it wouldn’t be prudent politically to predict the fall of a government that has been formed a month ago. “But I think, RJD shouldn’t be daydreaming of coming into power now in Bihar,” he asserted.

    When asked about the defection of six JDU MLAs to BJP in Arunachal Pradesh, Kushwaha very shrewdly refrained from making any comment on it. He only said that it was a matter between JDU and BJP, beyond the concern of RLSP.

    He also said that though his party couldn’t win a single seat in the assembly election, there is no doubt that the RLSP has expanded its political base in the state.

    When he was categorically asked about the speculation of his return to NDA after he met Nitish Kumar, Kushwaha denied it far from the fact.

  • PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav, Chirag Paswan urge people of Bihar to cast vote

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged voters to exercise their electoral rights as polling for the first phase of Bihar Assembly polls is underway.

    “Today is the first round of voting in Bihar assembly elections. I urge all voters to ensure their participation in this festival of democracy, taking precautions related to Covid. Maintain 6-feet distance and wear a mask. Remember first vote, then refreshment!” Modi tweeted.

    Voting began on 71 constituencies spread across 16 districts in the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections on Wednesday at 7 am.

    As many as 1,066 candidates are in the fray including 42 from Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), 35 from Janata Dal (United), 29 from BJP, 21 from Congress and 8 from Left parties.

    Bihar is witnessing a triangular contest with the ruling JDU-BJP alliance and grand alliance (RJD, Congress and others) and Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), which is eying the role of a kingmaker in case of a hung Assembly.

    On one side is the NDA which includes JD-U (contesting 115 seats), BJP (110 seats), Vikassheel Insaan Party (11 seats) and Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (7 seats).

    Mahagathbandhan which picked Tejashwi Yadav as chief ministerial candidate constitutes RJD (144 seats) and the Congress with 70 seats. Other alliance partners include the CPI-ML (19 seats), CPI (6 seats), and the CPIM (4 seats).

  • PM Narendra Modi to address rallies in Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Patna today

    As the electorate votes in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly Elections 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing rallies in Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur and Patna on Wednesday. The respective areas will go to polls in the second phase which will be conducted on November 3.

    Earlier, PM Modi, BJP’s star campaigner addressed rallies in Sasaram, Gaya and Bhagalpur on October 23. The prime minister will address rallies in Chapra, East Champaran, and Samastipur on November 1. The BJP star campaigner will be in West Champaran, Saharsa, and Forbesganj on November 3 to attend public meetings.

    The BJP has joined hands with Nitish Kumar header Janata Dal (United) to contest the Bohar polls. Jiten Ram Manjhi’s Hindustan Awam Morcha (HAM) and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) led by Mukesh Sahni are also a part of the National Democratic Alliance in Bihar. 

    The Bihar election are being held in three phases for a total of 243 seats. While 71 seats are going to polls on the first phase, the second phase will see voting on 94 seats on November 3, and the third phase for the remaining 78 will be on November 7. The Election Commission of India will declare the Bihar Assembly Election Results 2020 on November 10.

  • PM Modi in Sasaram – people of Bihar not confused, NDA government will be formed again

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PM Narendra Modi) has landed in the political battle of Bihar. Addressing the first election rally in Sasaram, he recalled the late Ram Vilas Paswan and the late Raghuvansh Prasad Singh. PM Modi started his address with Bhojpuri. During this, PM Modi said that the people of Bihar are very clear. I want to congratulate you that you have made your stand clear so many days before the election. In all the surveys that are coming, it is a matter of all that the NDA government is coming once again in Bihar.

    The central government has introduced the ownership plan. In this scheme, everything is happening through technology. After all the action, the people of the village are being given ownership cards of every citizen of their house, their land.

    Along with convenience, concerted efforts are being made to give maximum opportunities to all sections of Bihar. The reservation for Dalits, backward, tribals has been extended for the next 10 years.

    Friends, today all the parties of NDA are working together to build a self-reliant, self-confident Bihar. Bihar still has to go miles ahead in the journey of development. Have to fly towards new highs.

    When the people of Bihar ousted him from power, he gave a chance to Nitishji, he was shocked. After this, for ten years these people took their anger out on Bihar, the people of Bihar while under the UPA government.

    These are the people who stuck and hanged every plan of development of Bihar which continuously looted Bihar during their 15 years of rule. You entrusted the power with great confidence, but they made power a means to fill their coffers.

    When the people of Bihar ousted him from power, he gave a chance to Nitishji, he was shocked. After this, for ten years these people took their anger out on Bihar, the people of Bihar while under the UPA government.

  • CM Yogi Adityanath thundered in Kaimur, the opposition imposed a fierce class

    Regarding Bihar Elections 2020, political parties have stepped up election campaigning for their candidates. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (CM Yogi Adityanath) held the first rally for the Bihar elections at Ramgarh in Kaimur. Political parties have intensified election campaigning for their candidates for the Bihar Elections 2020. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (CM Yogi Adityanath) held the first rally for the Bihar elections at Ramgarh in Kaimur. Where he addressed the people and targeted the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal. Please tell that here RJD state president Jagdanand Singh has been a six-time MLA. This time Jagdanand Singh’s son Sudhakar Singh from RJD is in the fray, who is pitted against current BJP MLA Ashok Singh.

  • Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Launches Congress Theme Song For Bihar Polls

    Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday launched Congress theme song for the Bihar polls at the party headquarters in Patna.

    The song “Bole Bihar Badle Sarkar” has been prepared by the party’s social media team, a statement from the Bihar unit of the Congress said.

    In the song, the grand old party has highlighted poor condition of education, huge unemployment, rising corruption, uncontrolled crime and failure to deal with surging coronavirus cases in the state during 15 years rule of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

    The song emphasised on change of government in the state to bring allround development. Congress has been fighting the ongoing Bihar elections as a partner of Grand Alliance spearheaded by the RJD.