Bihar Politics

Can the state carry out a census? The Bihar caste survey row, explained

The Centre in an affidavit regarding the caste survey in Bihar told the Supreme Court that only the Union government was empowered to carry out such an exercise. The Grand Alliance in the state has been vocally backing the census, while the BJP has been reluctant to either support or oppose it

After Maharashtra, why Bihar could be the next state to witness political turmoil

After Maharashtra, rumours are swirling that the Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar could also see a similar turn of events. There are several indications that the Grand Alliance –JD(U), RJD and Congress – could see a split

Anand Mohan walks out of Bihar jail: Who is the gangster-turned-politician and why has his release caused such a stir?

Anand Mohan Singh, a gangster-turned-MP, has been released from Bihar's Saharsa jail where he was serving a life term for murdering IAS officer G Krishnaiah in 1994. He walks free as the government dropped the provision that barred those accused of 'murder of a public servant' from premature release

Nitish Kumar should resign, has grown indifferent towards EBCs who support PM: Sushil Modi

Sushil Modi recalled that he was the state's minister for urban development when quotas for EBCs were introduced in urban local bodies in 2007

Amit Shah to be at JP Narayan's village in Bihar on birth anniversary

Shah had spent two days in Purnea and Kishanganj districts of the Seemanchal region last week, where his itinerary included a public meeting and interactions with party workers during which he spoke against “betrayal” of the mandate of the 2020 assembly polls by CM Nitish Kumar

‘Did he come to scare anyone?’ Tejashwi’s sharp swipe at Amit Shah’s Bihar visit

Lashing out at Shah, the RJD leader said that though he is the Union home minister, it did not seem so to the people of Bihar. It appeared that he may have arrived in the state to scare political opponents, Yadav suggested

Amit Shah to visit Bihar today, his first since BJP abruptly lost power in August

The loss of power, in the third week of August, came as a rude shock for the party which had, less than a month earlier, held with much fanfare a two-day conclave in Patna -- attended by Shah and BJP president JP Nadda

Prashant Kishor working for BJP, no offer made to him: JD(U) president

In 2018, Kumar, who was then the JD(U) national president, inducted Kishor into the party and elevated him to the post of national vice president within weeks. However, Kishor's outspokenness against CAA-NPR-NRC led to his expulsion from the party in 2020, which was then an NDA ally

Nitish Kumar denies harbouring any prime ministerial ambitions

The Bihar Chief Minister also took a swipe at his former party member RCP Singh who recently resigned from the JD(U) and said that he helped Singh to rise from the ground to the top position in the party

Explained: The land-for-jobs scam and its alleged links to Lalu Prasad Yadav and the RJD

The CBI carried out raids at the houses of four RJD leaders in connection to the land-for-jobs scam. As per the investigations, Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members received land as bribes in return for jobs in the Railways while he was the minister in 2004-2009