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November 20, 2025 3:35 PM

Nitish Kumar takes oath as the Bihar Chief Minister for record 10th time

After steering the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to a sweeping victory in the assembly elections, Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar was sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar for a record 10th time on Thursday in Patna. The ceremony, held at Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan, was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and BJP national president J.P. Nadda, among other senior leaders. Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan administered the oath of office and se...

November 20, 2025 9:36 AM

Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar Chief Minister for record 10th time

Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as Bihar’s Chief Minister for a record 10th time on Thursday. The oath-taking ceremony will be held at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan, a venue steeped in political history. Gandhi Maidan has hosted Kumar’s swearing-ins in 2005, 2010, and 2015, and is also remembered for Jayaprakash Narayan’s historic 1974 call for a “total revolution.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and several other senior NDA leaders are...

November 19, 2025 1:46 PM

Nitish Kumar elected JD(U) legislature party leader ahead of Bihar government formation

Nitish Kumar was unanimously elected as the leader of the Janata Dal (United) Legislature Party during a meeting held at his residence in Patna on Wednesday, marking a crucial step toward the formation of the new Bihar government. JD(U) MP Sanjay Jha and Union Minister Rajeev Ranjan Singh congratulated Kumar following the meeting. In a parallel development, the BJP elected Samrat Choudhary as the leader of its legislature party in Bihar, while Vijay Sinha was chosen as the deputy leader. Uttar...

October 13, 2025 12:52 PM

NDA finalises seat-sharing for Bihar polls; BJP, JD-U to contest 101 seats each

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Sunday finalised its seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) set to contest 101 seats each. Bihar BJP election in-charge Vinod Tawde announced the decision on social media platform X, saying, “An organised and dedicated NDA… For the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, all members of the NDA family have completed the seat-shar...

November 23, 2024 4:10 PM

NDA sweeps Bihar bypolls (Ld)

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Saturday won all four Assembly seats in the Bihar by-elections. In Tarari, BJP candidate Vishal Prasant defeated CPI-ML candidate Raju Yadav. Prasant secured 78,755 votes, while Yadav garnered 68,143 votes. The Jan Suraaj Party candidate, Kiran Devi, trailed far behind with just 5,622 votes. In Imamganj, Deepa Kumari, the daughter-in-law of Hindustan Awam Morcha (HAM) (Secular) Chief Jitan Ram Manjhi, emerged victorious in a closely contested race. De...

September 16, 2024 6:39 PM

NDA parliamentary party to meet today ahead of formation of a new government at Centre

As the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) gears up to form the government, political activity has gained momentum in the national capital with leaders of the BJP and JD(U) holding separate meetings. Today (Friday), the NDA parliamentary party meeting will take place in New Delhi. Newly elected MPs of BJP, TDP, JD(U), LJP (R), Shiv Sena (Shinde Faction), JD(S), and other constituent parties of NDA will attend the meeting. A JD(U) Parliamentary party meeting is also scheduled to be held this mor...