Upendra Kushwaha

Days after meeting Nitish Kumar, Upendra Kushwaha downplays speculation of reunion with JD(U)

The 2 December meeting had triggered a buzz in political circles that Kushwaha may merge his RLSP with the ruling JD(U), and that he would be inducted into the Bihar Cabinet as a member of Legislative Council

Bihar Assembly polls: Another blow to Upendra Kushwaha's RLSP as key aide Madhaw Anand quits over tie-up with BSP

Anand's exit comes two days after RLSP's state president Bhudev Chaudhary, one of the party's founding members, joined the RJD

Bihar Assembly polls to be held in three phases from 28 Oct to 7 Nov; counting on 10 Nov

The term of the 243-member Bihar legislative Assembly comes to an end on 29 November. Of the total strength, 38 seats are reserved for SCs and two for STs

Opposition accuses Nitish Kumar govt of having started NRC in Bihar, cites BDO's 'withdrawn' letter criticising school principal

Opposition parties, including the RJD, accused the Nitish Kumar government of having started the work on NRC based on a letter that was immediately withdrawn

Senior leaders from Congress, RLSP, CPM, TMC, DMK meet to discuss slowing economy and implications of RCEP negotiations

Senior Opposition leaders met on Monday to discuss the slide in the economy as well as the ongoing Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations in Bangkok and the agreement's implications for India.

RJD MLAs raise slogans against Bihar health minister, protest against growing encephalitis deaths in state

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLAs launched a protest against the mounting encephalitis deaths in the state outside Bihar Assembly building on Tuesday.

Bihar encephalitis deaths: Upendra Kushwaha to launch protest march against state govt from 2 July, seeks Nitish Kumar's resignation

Encephalitis is a viral disease that causes flu-like symptoms such as high fever, vomiting and in extreme cases, brain dysfunction, seizure, and inflammation of heart and kidney.

Blow for Upendra Kushwaha-led RLSP in Bihar as two MLAs, one MLC from party switch camps to JD(U)

The mahagathbandhan in Bihar suffered a setback after the Lok Sabha polls after two MLAs and one MLC belonging to the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party switched camps to JD(U).

Lok Sabha Election 2019, Bihar profile: Patna Sahib, Darbhanga among key seats with NDA hoping to capture state

There are 40 Lok Sabha and 243 Assembly constituencies in the state.

Forced to choose between communalists and criminals as their netas, Bihar voters get played by cunning secularists

The choice of Bihar Mahagathbandhan candidates for Darbhanga, Madhubani and Siwan Lok Sabha seats raises questions about the ‘secularism’ practised by non-BJP parties and the responses to it by Muslim voters