Bihar Parliament Elections
You can follow the Bihar Parliament elections closely by following our news updates relating to the Bihar polls. The election process has already started with the filling of nominations.
The Parliament elections in Bihar is being held in 4 phases and will end on May 7. Counting will be taken up May 16. Following are the dates of the phases of elections in Bihar - April 16, April 23, April 30, May 7.
The Congress is after ages, going alone in all constituencies in the Bihar elections. It is going to be a 3 way fight between the BJP-Nitish alliance and the RJD and the Congress. It remains to be seen whether the congress will regain some of its past glory or be wiped out totally. Follow the pulse of the Bihar Elections with us.
He's demanding a quota for Muslim and backward women, all with an eye on the Bihar elections. For the Congress, the Bihar election is a prestige issue, ...
The first time I interviewed Lalu for TV was in 1995 on the back of a remarkable victory in the Bihar elections. He insisted that the interview be conducted ...
Sources said Sonia wanted women's reservation implemented before the October Bihar elections and had asked the government to ensure that the constitutional ...
"Attempts are being made to have an electoral understanding with RJD and LJP in the Bihar elections which are due in November this year," he told reporters ...
Apparently, sensing resentment among the election-bound Bihar leaders, Gadkari has revised his list of office-bearers. Yesterday, he included two more ...
My feeling is that once the Bihar elections take place, and the parties start preparing for polls in West Bengal and TN, we'll have a lot more action, ...
Party sources said even though the Congress is marshalling all its resources to win as many seats as possible, the October- November election is a " semi- ...
What I am upset about is that leaders who could have played stellar roles in the impending elections in Bihar and elsewhere have been sidelined at the ...
However, recent setbacks in by-elections for ruling parties like the CPI(M) in West Bengal and Janata Dal (United) in Bihar are only two of the many ...
The Supreme Court has given its judgment - The dissolution of the Bihar Assembly was unconstitutional but polls can proceed as they are on. This has put the Supreme Court itself under a question mark. On the one hand it says the dissolution in Bihar was unconstitutional and on the other while it still has a chance to save perhaps hundreds of lives and millions of rupees, it gives a lame excuse of the poll process having started. Nominations are yet to be filed , deployment of troops yet to made, candidates holding on for a final pronouncement have not yet gone full blast on campaign and the Supreme court says the process has started and cannot be stopped.
Talk Between Congress and Paswan Failed New Delhi: Congress continued its efforts to rope in LJP Chief Ram Vilas Paswan in a RJD-led alliance of UPA partners for the Bihar Assembly elections, but appeared to have failed to make any headway. AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh had a 90-minute talk with the Union Minister amid reports of Paswan insisting that his party would be part of a third front in Bihar comprising parties opposed to RJD supremo Lalu Prasad.
Talk Between Congress and Paswan Failed
RJD to meet President today against EC decision on photo I-cards
A high level delegation of the RJD would call on President APJ Abdul Kalam in New Delhi today, urging him to intervene in the Election Commissions directive making possession of photo identity cards (PICs) mandatory for casting votes in coming Bihar Assembly election. RJD spokesperson Shivanand Tiwari told reporters in Patna on Tuesday that the EC’s order was in contravention to the constitutional provisions which had authorised any person above age of 18 to exercise his franchise in hustings.
RJD to meet President today against EC decision on photo I-cards
President's rule in Bihar Extended
The Union Cabinet has decided to extend President's rule in Bihar by another six months. On the other hand the Supreme Court has asked the Congress led government to explain why it had imposed President's rule in Bihar. The court wanted to know about the documents on the basis of which President's Rule was imposed in the state an that too in such a hurry.
Bihar Assembly dissolution: SC issues notice
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New Delhi: Congress continued its efforts to rope in LJP Chief Ram Vilas Paswan in a RJD-led alliance of UPA partners for the Bihar Assembly elections, but appeared to have failed to make any headway. AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh had a 90-minute talk with the Union Minister amid reports of Paswan insisting that his party would be part of a third front in Bihar comprising parties opposed to RJD supremo Lalu Prasad.
A high level delegation of the RJD would call on President APJ Abdul Kalam in New Delhi today, urging him to intervene in the Election Commissions directive making possession of photo identity cards (PICs) mandatory for casting votes in coming Bihar Assembly election. RJD spokesperson Shivanand Tiwari told reporters in Patna on Tuesday that the EC’s order was in contravention to the constitutional provisions which had authorised any person above age of 18 to exercise his franchise in hustings.