JD(U)

As Centre rules out special status for Bihar, RJD mocks of JD(U)-BJP alliance

The Centre has told the parliament that no case is made out for granting special status for Bihar

Chandrababu Naidu, Nitish want special category status for their states: What is it?

With BJP falling short of a majority, alliance partners TDP and JD(U) are likely to make some big demands, which could include a special category status for Andhra Pradesh and Bihar. But what is it and how will it benefit their states?

NDA ally JD(U) backs 'one nation, one poll' and UCC, wants review of Agniveer scheme

"A section of voters has been upset over the Agniveer scheme. Our party wants those shortcomings which have been questioned by the public to be discussed in detail and removed...," said JD(U) spokesperson KC Tyagi, adding, the party has no issues with the implementation of 'one nation, one poll' and Uniform Civil Code (UCC)

Lok Sabha election results 2024: The challenges before the BJP as India returns to coalition politics

The BJP fell short of a majority mark on its own and will now depend on its alliance partners to form a government. But with slippery allies like JD(U) and TDP, who have in the past joined hands with rival parties, the saffron party will have to tread carefully and compromise on some of its pet projects

How Lutyens’ Delhi derailed Nitish Kumar’s political career — and with it the prospect of Bihar

Amartya Sen and N.K. Singh enflamed a prime ministerial ambition in Nitish Kumar to make him commit a political hara-kiri, forcing him to leave the NDA fold in 2013. Since then, his politics has been all about U-turns

'If I have to resign...': Lalan Singh dismisses rumours of quitting JD(U) top post

Lalan Singh said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is the leader of the JD(U) and the party is united and will remain so

'Who is this Kharge-Pharge': JD(U) MLA slams PM candidate suggestions at INDIA meet

Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal put forth the name of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge as the INDIA bloc's prime ministerial candidate earlier in the day at the national capital's fourth meeting of the group, where all 28 partners convened to devise plans for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections

Amid rumours of yet more rift in INDIA bloc, Rahul Gandhi sends feelers to Nitish Kumar

Gandhi could not speak to the Janata Dal (United) chief since he was in a meeting, but the two are expected to talk later on Friday. Kumar, it is believed did not see eye to eye with INDIA bloc leaders on several issues, including renaming the bloc as ‘Bharat’, at a recent meeting held in New Delhi

‘Won’t take him back even if he begs,’ BJP on possibility of Nitish returning to NDA fold

BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, Kumar's former deputy, called the JD(U) supremo a “political liability who had lost his steam” and said he would not be welcomed back even if he begged for realignment

‘We are intact’: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on reports of widening rift in INDIA bloc

The JD(U) leader, who had snapped ties with BJP a year ago and has played an instrumental role in bringing various opposition parties together to form the INDIA bloc, also asserted that the multi-party alliance was ‘intact’, dispelling speculations of internal rift