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Bihar Assembly elections 2020: Campaigning for first phase to end today

The campaigning for the first phase of the high-decibel Bihar Assembly Elections will end on Monday (today) evening

LJP to promote religious tourism in Bihar if voted to power: Chirag

LJP chief and MP Chirag Paswan on Sunday asserted that he will develop various places associated with sufi saints in the state to improve revenue collections

BS READS: Can Modinomics and Paswan effect derail Nitish in Bihar polls?

An interplay of Modi government's outreach in Bihar and the sequence of events in Chirag Paswan's life could make Bihar a game of musical chairs when the results are out

PM Modi should speak on Chirag Paswan, Covid deaths at rally: Pappu Yadav

Ahead of PM Modi's rallies in Bihar, Jan Adhikar Party Chief Pappu Yadav said that PM Modi should speak out on Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan, joblessness and Covid-19 deaths in Bihar

Chirag attacks Nitish, accuses him of sabotaging prospect of BJP candidates

Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan made a strong attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar accusing him of betraying Lalu Prasad after the last Lok Sabha polls

Bihar polls: Chirag Paswan slams BJP leaders for calling LJP 'vote katua'

LJP chief Chirag Paswan voiced strong displeasure over the use of term 'vote katua' for his party by some BJP leaders to keep Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar happy

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Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Bihar elections: Why Chirag's ploy on JD(U) boss Nitish has BJP worried

Insiders say the BJP is now concerned that the LJP putting up a good fight against the JD(U) would mean benefitting the MGB in those seats

Chirag claims he is Modi's 'Hanuman', BJP calls LJP leader 'vote katua'

LJP chief Chirag Paswan asserted on Friday he is Narendra Modi's "Hanuman" and that the prime minister lives in his heart

LJP releases 2nd list of candidates; says JD(U) will push Bihar back

Chirag Paswan released list of candidates for 53 Bihar assembly seats which will go to polls in the second phase and targetted JD(U) saying voting for it meant pushing the state to "backwardness"

Nitish insulted my father, worked against LJP in 2019 LS polls: Chirag

LJP president Chirag Paswan made it clear that his parting of ways with CM Nitish Kumar's JD(U) had "nothing to do" with sharing of seats for the assembly elections in Bihar

Each vote for JD-U will force children to migrate from Bihar: Chirag Paswan

Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan made a strong attack on Janta Dal-United, saying every vote given to party candidates will force children to migrate from the state

Bihar BJP expels 9 leaders including rebels contesting on LJP tickets

The BJP in Bihar expelled its nine leaders, including a sitting member of the outgoing assembly and two former MLAs, for entering the fray against official NDA candidates

Beyond father's legacy: How Chirag going solo may affect Bihar polls

Aditi Phadnis looks at how Paswan's death and his son Chirag going solo may affect Bihar poll and NDA's prospects

Chirag Paswan collapses after lighting father's funeral pyre

While performing the last rites of his father Ram Vilas Paswan here on Saturday, Chirag Paswan fainted soon after lighting the funeral pyre.

Veteran leader, long-time Parliamentarian: Mamata condoles Paswan's death

She extended her condolences to his family members, colleagues and admirers

Ram Vilas Paswan: The Dalit kingmaker who lasted longer than many kings

The veteran Dalit leader died on Thursday at the age of 74 at a private hospital where he had recently undergone a heart operation

Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan dies days after heart surgery in Delhi

Chirag Paswan, son of the veteran Bihar leader, wrote about his father's death on Twitter

Before quitting NDA in Bihar, Chirag told BJP of 'wave' against Nitish

LJP chief Chirag Paswan had urged BJP's Nadda to project a leader of the saffron party as the NDA's chief ministerial face in Bihar, claiming that there is a wave against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

Bihar polls: BJP spares 11 seats to associate partner VIP from its quota

Vikassheel Insaan Party, floated a couple of years ago by former Bollywood set designer Mukesh Sahni, was with the opposition Grand Alliance till last week