Narendra Modi's latest comments on NRC a 'pause, not a full stop', says JD(U) vice-president Prashant Kishor
Fp Staff • 5 years agoJD(U) vice-president Prashant Kishor, an outspoken critic of the amended Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed implementation of nation-wide National Register of Citizens (NRC) called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rhetoric of 'Abhi toh NRC ki koi charcha hi nahi hui hai', as a 'pause and not a full stop'
Prashant Kishor's tweets on Citizenship Bill call attention to Nitish Kumar's U-turn on issue, symptomatic of turmoil roiling JD(U)
Sanjay • 5 years agoThe series of tweets on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill fired off by JD(U) vice president Prashant Kishor is symptomatic of the turmoil roiling the key NDA ally.
With eye on Assembly polls in Delhi next year, Nitish Kumar bats for full statehood to national capital, prohibition
• 5 years agoNitish Kumar's party. JD(U) is eyeing migrant voters from Poorvanchal and Bihar to make an impact in Delhi, where the ruling AAP, BJP and the Congress are key contenders
Nitish Kumar sends message to BJP with state cabinet expansion: Party may control Centre, but in Bihar, his is the last word
Sanjay • 6 years agoThe Bihar cabinet expansion was Nitish Kumar's 'tit for tat'; he offered one berth to the BJP just as the JD(U) was offered one berth in the new Narendra Modi government at the Centre
Exit poll projections suggest Nitish Kumar could be in for a tough time as part of an NDA government
Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay • 6 years agoThe relationship between BJP and Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) is complicated and unlike the ties with other partners, is likely to come under duress because of conflicting pulls in the event of Narendra Modi leading the BJP to another nationwide absolute majority on its own
BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain loses Bhagalpur ticket to JD(U) in Bihar despite being member of party’s central election committee
Fppolitics • 6 years agoIronically, Shahnawaz Hussain is a member of the BJP's central election committee, which takes the final call on the candidates to field in the polls.
Alliance with BJP limited only to Bihar, claims JD(U) leader KC Tyagi; says party keen to contest in North East, Jharkhand, UP
• 6 years agoAhead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United), the ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar has clarified that the BJP-JD(U) alliance is limited to Bihar only.
One Nation, One Poll: Nitish Kumar 'ideologically' favours simultaneous elections, but says execution not possible for 2019
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThis was not the first time when Nitish Kumar had differed in opinion with the BJP while being in an alliance with the NDA.
JD(U) national executive meeting underway; Nitish Kumar likely to state party's position in 2019 Lok Sabha polls
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe national executive meeting of the JD(U) has begun and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is expected to articulate his party's position on a host of issues