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Bihar assembly election result 2020: NDA secures majority as edge of seat contest unfolds in state

Bihar assembly election result 2020: NDA secures majority as edge of seat contest unfolds in state

An edge of seat contest unfolded on Tuesday night in Bihar as the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured a majority in the 243-member assembly and the RJD-led opposition alliance giving it a tough competition. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won 74 seats, while the Janata Dal (United) has won 43 seats. Of the 243 seats, 125 have gone in favour of the ruling coalition headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and 110 to rival Grand Alliance. The RJD emerged as the single-largest party in the…
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Bihar Election Results 2020 live updates: NDA marches ahead of Grand Alliance; over 3.40 crore votes counted

Bihar Election Results 2020 live updates: NDA marches ahead of Grand Alliance; over 3.40 crore votes counted

Tejashwi Yadav-led Grand Alliance or Mahagathbandhan witnessed a late surge in numbers on Tuesday (November 10, 2020) in the Bihar election results 2020. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which enjoyed a solid lead throughout the day, saw its gains dipping in the evening in the Bihar assembly poll results. As per the latest reports, the NDA is ahead of the Grand Alliance as over 3.40 crore votes have been counted till 8 PM. After trailing in the initial rounds, the BJP-led NDA alliance has made a strong…
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Who Talks Like This?: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar slams ally CM Yogi Adityanath over CAA remarks

Who Talks Like This?: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar slams ally CM Yogi Adityanath over CAA remarks

Three days before the third and last phase of voting in Bihar Assembly poll, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday (November 4) slammed his ally BJP's star campaigner Yogi Adityanath for his recent vow of "throwing intruders out". Nitish dubbed the Uttar Pradesh CM's remark as "faltu baat" (non-sense) and asked 'Who talks like this?'. "Some people are spreading propaganda. Who will get whom out of the country? No one has the power to throw anyone out as everyone belongs to India. We've always created an…
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Bihar assembly polls witness over 53.51 per cent turnout till 6 pm in 2nd phase

Bihar assembly polls witness over 53.51 per cent turnout till 6 pm in 2nd phase

Bihar on Tuesday (November 3, 2020) witnessed an estimated turn out of 53.51% till 6 pm in the 2nd phase of the state's assembly election 2020. As per the latest data, Muzaffarpur recorded the highest poll percentage at 59.98% of the 17 districts, while Patna reported the lowest turnout at 48.24%. Bihar voted for nearly 1,500 candidates in 94 legislative assembly constituencies in the most crucial of the three phases of assembly polls. The 2nd phase saw 8.05% turn out till 9 am, 19.26% till 11 am,…
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Bihar assembly election 2020 Live: People voting in big numbers is message to world, says PM Narendra Modi

Bihar assembly election 2020 Live: People voting in big numbers is message to world, says PM Narendra Modi

The second phase of Bihar assembly election begins today with over 2.85 crore voters to decide the fate of nearly 1,500 candidates in 94 constituencies. Of the 1,463 candidates in the fray on the 94 seats, nearly 10 per cent (146) are women. Among the 2.85 crore voters, females account for 1.35 crore. Maharajganj has the maximum number of 27 candidates for any constituency while Darauli (04) has the lowest. Of these 94 assembly segments spread across 17 districts, the fate of RJD's Tejashwi Yadav, the opposition…
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LIVE: The huge crowd tells me the result of Bihar elections, says PM Modi in Samastipur

LIVE: The huge crowd tells me the result of Bihar elections, says PM Modi in Samastipur

The campaigning for the second phase of Bihar assembly election us scheduled to end on Sunday (November 1) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address four rallies in the poll-bound state on Sunday. It is to be noted that the BJP-JDU alliance is currently in power in Bihar. The prime minister is scheduled to address rallies in Chhapra, Motihari, Samastipur and Bagha. PM Modi will address the first rally of the day in Chapra, which is considered the stronghold of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad.  After addressing the…
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Bihar assembly election 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman releases BJP’s ‘Vision Document’, focus on ‘Aatmanirbhar Bihar`

Bihar assembly election 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman releases BJP’s ‘Vision Document’, focus on ‘Aatmanirbhar Bihar`

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharanan on Thursday released the BJP’s election manifesto – Vision Document – for the poll-bound Bihar . FM Sitharanan released the party's election manifesto in Patna. According to reports, the BJP election manifesto focuses on ‘Atmanirbhar Bihar’. A top Bihar BJP leader had said that ithe party's vision document promises to open the gate for all-round development of the state and people of the state will become self-reliant. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi is working on `Atmanirbhar Bharat` to make the country self-reliant so with…
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Naxals planning to target political leaders during Bihar Assembly election 2020

Naxals planning to target political leaders during Bihar Assembly election 2020

While preparations are in full swing to conduct a free and fair assembly election in Bihar, the intelligence agencies have warned that the Naxals may try to disrupt the electoral process as they are planning to target top political leaders in the poll-bound state. The India Post has accessed the exclusive report prepared by the intelligence agencies, which suggests that the home-grown rebels are planning to target top political leaders to disturb the entire electioneering in Bihar. The intelligence report reveals that Naxals are planning to use…
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Bihar assembly election 2020: Congress fields Shatrughan Sinha’s son Luv Sinha from Bankipore

Bihar assembly election 2020: Congress fields Shatrughan Sinha’s son Luv Sinha from Bankipore

Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha's son Luv Sinha is all set to enter the political circuit by contesting the Bihar assembly election which is scheduled to be held later this month.  Luv Sinha, 37, is the Congress candidate from Bankipore; and will be contesting against BJP's three-time MLA Nitin Navin. Bankipore is a part of the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency that elected former Union Minister Shatrughan Sinha twice to parliament when he was in the BJP, in 2009 and 2014. Last year, Shatrughan Sinha, 74, contested as a…
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Congress releases first list of 21 candidates for Bihar assembly polls

Congress releases first list of 21 candidates for Bihar assembly polls

The Congress on Wednesday (October 7) released the first list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. The party is contesting the polls in alliance with the RJD and the Left parties, including the CPI-ML and the CPI. In the list, there is no minority candidate while four scheduled caste candidates have been given tickets from Rajpur, Sikandra, Kutumba, and Chenari. The list includes Subhanand Mukesh from Kahalgaon, Lalan Yadav from Sultanganj, Gajanand Shahi from Barabigha, Vishwanath Ram from Rajpur SC, Sumant Kumar from Tikari.…
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