Bihar
Bihar alliance, BJP playing snakes and ladders over hooch tragedy
Over 1,000 people have lost their lives in hooch tragedies and state exchequer is losing Rs 30,000 crore as revenue per year, the BJP claimed. Though Chief Minister and JD(U) President Nitish Kumar always takes credit of liqior ban in the state, whenever a hooch tragedy occures, he puts the onus of it on every political party which supported the Bill in the Legislative Assembly.
'Those who drink liquor, will die', says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
He also targeted the BJP leaders, and said, "BJP leaders should go in public and make people aware about the benefits of liquor ban in Bihar." "Liquor ban in Bihar was not my decision. Every party supported the law and then it was implemented. The women of the state had a strong demand for this law and it has benefitted a large section of the society," Nitish Kumar said.
Nitish Kumar has no vote bank, hence he is promoting Tejashwi: BJP leader
"Nitish Kumar is irrelevant in the politics of Bihar. He does not have a vote bank of any community. Hence he is repeatedly promoting Tejashwi Yadav for future elections," Chaudhary said. As Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav went to Nalanda for the inauguration of the dental college on Sunday, Chaudhary said that the dental college is not constructed completely.
Is Nitish Kumar losing political relevance in Bihar?
Now, such a situation is changing in Bihar as Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) and Tejashwi Yadav-led RJD are jointly running the government in Bihar, but they are failing to convince the voters. Is the myth of the two-party-making-government breaking now? Are Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav losing relevance in Bihar -- these are the big questions in Bihar these days.
BJP leads in Bihar's Kurhani bypoll
After the fourth round of counting, Kedar Gupta was ahead with 15,493 votes, while Manoj Kushwaha could garner only 14,552. The BJP candidate is leading by 941 votes. Besides these two candidates, Nilabh Kumar of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and Gulam Murtaza Ansari obtained 708 and 736 votes respectively in this constituency after the fourth round.
Rolling back liquor ban in Bihar may be political harakiri for Nitish Kumar
Every time deaths due to spurious liquor is reported in Bihar, leaders of opposition parties as well as intellectuals jump the gun to target the Chief Minister. The latest deaths due to alleged consumption of spurious liquor were reported from Vaishali district of the state where three persons died in three different villages.
After gap of nearly two months, Bihar RJD chief visits party office
Sources have said that Jagadanand Singh was not pleased with the top leadership of RJD and its close proximity with Nitish Kumar. After his son Sudhakar Singh was forced to resign from the post of agriculture minister of Bihar, Jagadanand Singh refused to come to the RJD office. He had also offered to resign from the post. Singh last went to the party office on October 2 and then went to his village. He also stayed away from the party activities till Tuesday.
'Vote katwa' politics takes centrestage in Bihar
This 'vote katwa' politics has significantly elevated the importance of smaller parties in the state, especially after the Gopalganj bypoll, and the same strategy would likely to be replicated in Kurhani Assembly bypoll and probably in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as well. The talks about 'vote katwa' politics gained momentum after BJP leaders started claiming that the candidate of VIP Nilabh Kumar will help JD-U's Manoj Kushwaha by cutting the upper caste vote of BJP in Kurhani.
I-T raid at Bihar minister's house, office in Patna
Besides him, the department has also raided his business partner Ravi Bhushan and brother-in-law Jitendra Kumar. Sources said that they are facing charges of not paying taxes on their income before the department. Samir Mahaseth is a business partner in a construction company named Sakar construction Ltd having an office in Sone Bhawan at R-block roundabout.
Tejashwi Yadav praises Nitin Gadkari for putting nation first
The Panduka Road bridge will be constructed at a cost of Rs 196 crore and its length is 1.5 km and it will directly connect NH 19 to NH 39. With this, the distance between Rohtas and Garhwa in Jharkhand will reduce by just 63 km from the present 200 km. This bridge will also address the traffic jam of NH 19 which frequently takes place in Rohtas, Kaimur and Aurangabad districts.
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