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No Rajya Sabha seat for RCP Singh: What this says about internal strife within JDU

The decision to deny someone a position can often be as critical in politics as the decision to award it. This is equally true for how political parties look at the candidates they can send to the Rajya Sabha – a decision influenced by a number of factors.

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News Analysis | Denial of Rajya Sabha seat to R.C.P. Singh reveals unease in BJP-JD(U) alliance

Ties may come under strain again during Presidential polls in July

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RCP Singh out, JD(U) names its Jharkhand chief as RS nominee from Bihar

Mr. Singh will have to resign from the Union Cabinet unless he can get BJP to send him to the Upper House.

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Nitish Kumar to hold all-party meeting on caste census on June 1

BJP, ruling alliance partner of JD(U), too is likely to participate in it

The Hindu

No differences between me and Nitish: R.C.P. Singh

JD(U) leader dismisses speculations about his impending resignation from Modi Cabinet on account of losing his RS perch

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Nitish Kumar renews call for caste census in state; anxious BJP watches from sidelines

In his twin decisions - regarding launching the Bihar caste census and not nominating R.C.P. Singh as Rajya Sabha nominee as yet, Nitish Kumar is trying to chart a course away from the BJP

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Steel Minister R.C.P. Singh's fate hangs in the balance of JD(U)-BJP relations

In 2019, the JD(U) had argued that the party should get proportional and not ‘symbolic’ representation in the NDA Cabinet

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 220: Pawan Jaisawal’s death, Bihar child’s encounter with CM

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Tanishka Sodhi and freelance journalist Vishnu Narayan.

Newslaundry

All-party meet soon on caste-based census in Bihar: Nitish

Nitish Kumar said the proposed all-party meeting could have taken place earlier but for "other engagements like elections which kept all busy".

The Hindu

Padayatra from Bihar to Delhi the only way out for caste census, says Tejashwi Yadav

The RJD leader did not elaborate as to whether any tentative schedule has been planned

The Hindu

Dharmendra Pradhan to canvass support for NDA presidential candidate

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Tejashwi Yadav rubbishes Prashant Kishor's claim of no development in Bihar for 30 years

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday dismissed poll strategist Prashant Kishor's claim of "no development in Bihar for 30 years".

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Nitish Kumar rebukes Prshant Kishor, says truth trumps opinion

BJP slams poll strategist’s remarks

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Prashant Kishor to begin 3,000-km padayatra from West Champaran

‘I’ve come to stay in Bihar with all my commitment, sincerity and integrity,’ the poll strategist says at a press meet in Patna.

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Chirag Paswan welcomes Prashant Kishor’s entry to Bihar; JD(U) says there is no political space for him

Chirag Paswan stated that there was an urgent need in Bihar for leaders who are willing to work rising above the caste lines

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Kerala CM writes to Bihar CM seeking probe into basketball player’s death

Family members have raised allegations against Lithara’s coach

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Nitish dimisses talk of removal of loudspeakers in Bihar

We do not ever interfere in any religious issues in Bihar, says CM after BJP Minister’s comment

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Enact loudspeaker law in Bihar: BJP Minister

New political equations emerging with JD(U)‘s deepening rift with ally BJP, alongside its growing bonhomie with RJD

Newslaundry

Bihar bypoll shows political fluidity in upper caste groups too

In a recent piece, sociologist Satish Deshpande talked about a new opacity that’s creeping into the understanding of caste identities, and the changes that they are witnessing in a break from the decades of caste clarity. It pointed to complex political mobilisation among backward caste groups, but argued that there…

The Hindu

BJP urges implementation of Uniform Civil Code in Bihar; ally JD(U) fumes

Caste census, Bihar special status, NRC, CAA other contentious issues

The Hindu

Cong must focus on over 200 seats, take 'backseat' where regional parties formidable: Tejashwi

Tejashwi Yadav said he has a good personal equation with Gandhi family and Paswan

The Hindu

Days after he touched Nitish’s feet, Chirag Paswan predicts another volte face by Bihar CM

He said Mr. Kumar has had a history of taking sharp political turns.

The Hindu

Amit Shah attends Veer Kunwar Singh’s ‘Vijayotsav’ in Bhojpur

77 thousand national flags waved at mega ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ tribute to Bihar hero of 1857 uprising

The Hindu

It has nothing to do with politics: Nitish Kumar on his presence at RJD's Iftar

PatnaBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday said his presence at the Iftar party in RJD

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