On April 1, 2016, chief minister Nitish Kumar had declared Bihar a dry state, following in the footsteps of Gujarat, Mizoram, Nagaland and Lakshadweep
The state is currently ruled by a coalition that includes Modi's BJP and the election will be the first political test of how voters view his handling of the pandemic
For Tejashwi Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Chirag Paswan of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), this election is a route to power - not necessarily to the throne
From being a 'sure thing' to a test, the Bihar assembly election seems to have transformed and the BJP-JDU combine are now banking on PM Modi's popularity to reach home
PM Modi will address three rallies at Dehri-on Sone (Rohtas district), Gaya and Bhagalpur to seek support for NDA nominees. Stay tuned for LIVE updates on Bihar election 2020 campaigns
It also hit out at the Congress, an ally of the RJD in Mahagathbandhan
Interestingly, infrastructure and development lags behind, when it comes to factors that shall decide the vote
With lessons drawn from all over the world, the EC started preparing for Bihar polls months ago and created a framework for smooth conduct of assembly polls in Bihar
Facing 15 years of anti-incumbency, Nitish Kumar is on the defensive. He cannot expect to win on his governance record alone
Additional Chief Electoral Officer (ACEO) Sanjay Kumar Singh said that scrutiny of the papers will be held on Saturday and the last date of withdrawal of nominations for the second phase is October 19
State minister Nand Kishore Yadav (from Patna Sahib) and Nitish Mishra, son of former chief minister Jagannath Mishra, are among those named by the party as its candidates
In this newest reconstruction of Bihari pride, there is a subliminal suggestion that it can be defended by rallying behind the BJP and the JDU
The projects include the Durgapur-Banka section of the Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur Pipeline Augmentation Project and two Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Bottling Plants
Two parties are understood to have discussed the key issue of seat-sharing among alliance partners in the NDA, which also includes Ram Vilas Paswans Lok Janshakti Party (LJP
The Congress in Bihar will kick off its virtual campaign in the pandemic era for the upcoming Assembly elections from the state's Betiya town in West Champaran district on Tuesday.
Rai's daughter Aishwarya had tied the knot with Prasad's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav in May, 2018 though the latter filed a divorce petition barely six months later citing incompatibility
Sources say a "strong letter" is being sent to PTI just ahead of its Board meeting on Saturday where the public broadcaster expressed "deep displeasure on anti national reporting by PTI"
The development, which blindsided the RJD, reduced the partys strength in the 75-member Vidhan Parishad to just three
Kishor like West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been criticial of Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Population Register
There was no immediate reaction from leaders of the JD(U), who were stunned by Kishor's action