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Lalu's sidelined son Tej Pratap Yadav floats parallel organisation

Sidelined in the RJD, founded and headed by his father Lalu Prasad, elder son Tej Pratap Yadav has floated a new students' body with the ostensible aim of strengthening the parent organisation. Yadav launched the Chhatra Janshakti Parishad two days ago and claimed that it was not meant to pose any challenge to the Chhatra RJD, the party's official student wing, but work towards "mobilizing youth at the village level". The maverick MLA came out with the announcement, claiming, as always, that he had "the blessings of Lalu Prasad", at a time when he was left licking his wounds after losing the battle in a tug of war with state RJD chief Jagadanand Singh. Singh, known to be close to Yadav's younger and more powerful sibling Tejashwi Yadav, had earned the wrath of the mercurial elder brother recently when he sacked Akash Yadav as the state president of Chhatra RJD. Though there was no official word on the reasons behind the removal of Akash Yadav, one of the few close friends of Tej ..

Comeback time for Lalu: Will his return to Patna change the power dynamics?

The 73-year-old politician is suffering from several ailments

Now, Rashtra Manch to invite leaders from the Congress to next meet

Samajwadi Party leader Ghanshyam Tiwari told Business Standard that a 'decision' not to invite the Congress party to the meeting was just a "rumour"

Jail release likely on Monday, but Lalu to return home after recovery

RJD president Lalu Prasad, who is likely to walk out of jail on Monday having secured his bail in the multi-crore-rupees fodder scam cases, will, however, take time to return home

Bihar Speaker slams RJD MLAs for confining him, says it is condemnable

Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Singh slammed the RJD MLAs for allegedly confining him to his chamber inside the legislature building premises and said that the incident is condemnable

BJP, RJD MLAs engage in scuffles, hurl abuses in Bihar Assembly

The Bihar Vidhan Sabha saw BJP and RJD MLAs involved in scuffles and hurling abuses at each other on Saturday over the liquor smuggling allegation against Minister Ram Surat Rai

In the hot seat, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar faces turbulent weather

Tensions between the allies flared up after six of the seven JD(U) legislators in Arunachal Pradesh joined the BJP.

CM Nitish can't sleep without counting 100-150 corpses in Bihar: Tejashwi

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav hit out at the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar over deteriorating law and order, saying that the CM cannot go to sleep without counting 100 to 150 corpses every day

We will boycott assembly session if it is truncated: Tejashwi Yadav

The opposition Grand Alliance in Bihar declared it would boycott the upcoming budget session of state assembly if proceedings were curtailed in the name of facilitating Covid-19 vaccination

BJP's New Year resolution is the same amid farmers' protest: Winning polls

Farmer protest & Bengal election are the party's first two challenges

Will continue to raise corruption issues, make them public: Tejashwi Yadav

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday said that his party will continue to raise the issues of corruption and make them public

Writing on the wall

Status quo means the Congress will continue to lose ground

Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar Chief Minister for 4th straight term

Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar will take oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the fourth straight term after closely-fought legislative assembly elections in the state

Nitish meets Bihar governor, stakes claim for forming new government

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Governor Phagu Chauhan, after being unanimously elected as the leader of the NDA, and staked claim for the formation of the new government in the state

Nitish Kumar unanimously elected as leader of NDA in Bihar; to return as CM

The NDA in Bihar unanimously elected Nitish Kumar as its leader in the state legislature, paving the way for his return as chief minister for the fourth consecutive term

Delay in finalising seat sharing hurt Mahagathbandhan in Bihar: Tariq Anwar

Delay in finalising seat sharing for the Bihar election adversely impacted the Mahagathbandhan's poll performance, senior Congress leader Tariq Anwar said

Parties promise the moon to Bihar voters but finances on shaky ground

Sushil Modi said if the RJD's promise was to be believed, Rs 58,000 crore would have to be set aside in the Budget.

NDA holds edge in Bihar thriller: BJP, RJD fight for single-largest party

Although it is unlikely that RJD will be able to get the numbers to form the government, the performance of Tejashwi Yadav has been notable

Bihar elections: NDA crosses halfway mark while leading on 125 seats

The National Democratic Alliance has crossed halfway mark as per the Election Commission of India's latest trends for 238 of 243 seats at around 11

Bihar polls: In early trends, NDA leads in 15 seats, Grand Alliance in 9

The NDA is leading in 15 seats, while the Grand Alliance is ahead in nine constituencies, as per the early trends of counting in Bihar assembly polls