The JD(U) is losing the trust of Muslim voters in the state due to its association with the BJP. Making up 17% of the population, the Muslims of Bihar are an important vote to covet. But BJP’s aggressive position on Muslims is alienating them from the Janata Dal (United). Nitish Kumar, who has been the ...

Tamil Nadu’s incumbent chief minister EPS will be projected as the party’s chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming assembly elections next year. The weeks-long tussle between Chief Minister Edapaddi Palanisami (EPS) and Deputy CM O Paneerselvam (OPS) was finally put to rest with the announcement on Wednesday that the former will be the party’s chief ...

Though alliances have been set and seat-sharing deals announced, there is a certain tension in the air due to unspoken intentions between parties in the ruling coalition. For many months now, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been saying it will fight the assembly elections in Bihar under the candidature of Janata Dal (United) leader ...

The party is facing heat due to the handling of the Hathras rape and murder in UP and might want the issue resolved in time for the state elections in Bihar. The gruesome gang rape and murder of a 20-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh has shocked the nation. The blame for the callous ...

During the exercise, the BJP is expected to smooth things over between the two other alliance partners whose relationship has turned frosty this year. BJP President JP Nadda arrived in Patna for a crucial meeting with alliance partner and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of the Janata Dal (United). With this, the seat-sharing talks among the ...

Speaking to a news channel on Monday, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora confirmed that assembly elections in Bihar will go on as per the schedule and the poll body was making all preparations against COVID-19. Earlier, the EC had asked the various political parties in the state to weigh in before August 11 on whether ...

The party, which has always been a trendsetter when it comes to the use of technology in political campaigns, has big plans for the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar. With COVID-19 and social distancing norms, political rallies don’t seem to on the agenda any time soon. But elections must go on and parties are preparing ...

Polling took place in eight states simultaneously with key states like Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan voting for their Rajya Sabha members. Voting concluded for 19 Rajya Sabha seats in eight state assemblies today with the Election Commission making special arrangements in light of the coronavirus pandemic. A concentrated effort was made to ensure sanitation ...

The party recently started making noises about its preparation for polls in the union territory even as other political parties have remained conspicuously quiet. This week, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) declared that it is ready for assembly election in the newly-formed union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and started appointing in-charges for various departments ...