JD(U)-BJP split: Why Nitish Kumar has earned the moniker of ‘Paltu Ram’ in politics
Fp Explainers • 3 years agoHe has done it again. Nitish Kumar has decided to part ways with his old ally the BJP. This is the fifth time that the Bihar chief minister has switched sides. No wonder he has earned the title of 'Paltu Ram' from opponents
Explained: The way forward for Nitish Kumar if he breaks up with the BJP
Fp Explainers • 3 years agoAll eyes are on the big meetings in Patna – the one held by Nitish Kumar and the other being attended by the RJD, Congress and other smaller parties at Rabri Devi’s residence. If the JD(U) decides to dump the BJP, Grand Alliance 2.0 is inevitable
From Nitish’s closest confidante to ‘Amit Shah’s man’: Who is RCP Singh at the centre of JD(U)-BJP drama?
Fp Explainers • 3 years agoThe ties between allies JD(U) and the BJP were already strained, even before RCP Singh, once Nitish Kumar’s right-hand man, quit the party. Now the tension has escalated with speculation rife that the Bihar CM is considering ending the partnership
JD(U) isn't sinking ship, it's sailing one: Rajiv Ranjan over RCP Singh's remark
• 3 years agoJD (U) issued a show-cause notice to RCP Singh over discrepancies in immovable properties and he was asked to file his reply at the earliest
Prez accepts resignations of Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, RCP Singh; Smriti Irani given charge of minority affairs ministry
Fp Staff • 3 years agoCivil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia gets additional responsibility of steel ministry
Union Minister RCP Singh has not joined BJP: Sushil Modi
Fp Staff • 3 years agoThere was speculation about RCP Singh's next course of action after JD-U top brass denied him Rajya Sabha ticket despite being the minister from the party's quota
RCP Singh snubbed by JD(U): How Nitish Kumar grew distant from his closest aide
Fp Explainers • 3 years agoRCP Singh, a 1984-batch IAS officer, became close to Nitish Kumar, then Union railway minister, while serving as his private secretary. He subsequently quit the bureaucracy and joined the JD(U). Things began going sour between the two after Singh was made Union minister in 2021
RCP Singh, close confidant of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, chosen as new JD(U) president
• 5 years agoThe chief minister, who was re-elected as the JD(U) president in 2019 for three years, relinquished the post in favour of Singh. The bureaucrat-turned-politician is the party's leader in the Rajya Sabha
Munger firing: Fresh violence as protesters target police; EC sacks SP, DM, orders probe
• 5 years agoProtesters allegedly torched muffasil and women police stations, ransacked the SP and SDO offices, alleging that no action was taken against the police over the Monday night firing and stone-pelting in which one person had died
BJP in dismay, JD(U) disapproves as Prashant Kishor suggests more seats for Nitish Kumar's party in Bihar Assembly polls
Fp Staff • 6 years agoPrashant Kishor's assertion that the JD(U) should contest on more seats than the BJP in the Bihar Assembly polls due next year has been met with dismay in the BJP and disapproval in the JD(U)