East India

Attacking the Nitish Kumar's cabinet in Bihar, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said that it is high on power and its ego, and the current government has deviated from its path.

Campaigning in the first phase of Bihar assembly election 2020 ended on Monday as the state goes to polls from October 28.

Akhtar-ul Iman who has become the face of Assaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in Bihar is contesting from Amour seat in the Seemanchal region in the state.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav targeted the Bihar chief minister and his main opponent Nitish Kumar over his latest outburst at an election rally and said "Respected Nitish ji is tired. The public is fed up of his stale, boring and age-old speeches."

The manifesto includes Grand Alliance's chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav's promise of one million jobs and equal pay for equal work among other things.

The Grand Democratic Secular Front (GDSF), is a coalition of 6 political parties in Bihar formed in the wake of the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.

Dubbing the BJP "a party of horrors," CPI-ML General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya said that the BJP-ruled states in the country have 'super jungle raj' at the moment.

In the letter to Nitish Kumar, Usmani expressed fears of a possible attack in the future and asked the state administration to treat the matter as a serious case.

The grand alliance in Bihar - the Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and Left parties - on Saturday released its manifesto for the state assembly elections with a focus on agricultural laws and government jobs.

"Tejashwi has the blessings of me and Laluji as parents and entire people of the state. He will register a big win in this election," former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi said on Wednesday while holding a picture of the jailed president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal and former chief minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav.

In preparations for the Assembly election in Bihar, the parties RJD, JDU, BJP, Congress, AIMIM, and Left parties have come out with the lists of star campaigners including their topmost leaders, who will campaign for Phase 1 of elections.

The Jharkhand High Court on Friday granted bail to former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in connection with the Chaibasa treasury case.