JD(U)

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

BJP, JD(U) lock horns barely days after PM Modi-Nitish Kumar bonhomie at G20 meet

At the JD(U) headquarters in the Bihar capital, party's chief spokesman and MLC Neeraj Kumar charged the Centre with having “played a joke on the people of Bihar” by displaying an image of only the ruins of the ancient Nalanda Mahavihara, a world heritage site, at the G20 meet

The ‘united’ Opposition meet in Patna: Are they ready to take on PM Modi?

Over 30 leaders from several Opposition parties met in Patna today (23 June) to discuss a roadmap for the formation of an anti-BJP front for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. While most leaders put a united face after the gathering, the AAP has set a condition for Congress

Why Nitish Kumar leading the charge against Narendra Modi exposes political bankruptcy of Opposition camp

In the 1990s and the early 2000s, Nitish Kumar took refuge in Delhi when his going got difficult in Patna. He hopes to do the same in the mid-2020s. History, after all, repeats itself. But then, to his hard luck, Indian politics has moved on

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