RJD meet still unraveling what everyone knows: why the ‘rahasyamay’ [mysterious] defeat! Patna: Reports from the two-day RJD meet being held in Patna are not very encouraging for those who hope for a strong and smart opposition in Bihar. If the purpose of the meet is to make sense of the recent electoral debacle, the party does not seem to be making much headway. The first day of the meet resulted in diagnostic observations like the division of secular votes, the inability of RJD to see beyond Muslim-Yadav alliance, internal sabotage, and of course the EVM being responsible for... 

Nitish creates two records, misses the another record by whisker Nitish led coalition created a record by winning 206 seats in Bihar after seperation of Jharkhand, while he missed the another one by whisker that is percentage of assembly seats.  Congress led by Srikrishna singh won 239 seats out of 276 seats that time that is 86.59 % while Nitish led coalition won 84.77% 0f asembly seats. This is the third time that any party or combination has got more than 3/4 majority. In 1951 & 1957 election Congress got 3/4th majority, that makes Nitish the only non congress leader to lead a coalition... 

SPECULATIONS AND PREDICTIONS ON BIHAR ASSEMBLY POLLS  Will Nitish Return, or will the State Assembly be ‘hung’? That’s the question. Polling is  over in Bihar  and the predictions have started. State BJP president CP Thakur  says the NDA will win about 170 of the total 243 seats in the Bihar assembly elections and form the government once again under Nitish Kumar. “The increase in the polling percentage reflected the people’s acknowledgment of the developmental work under the NDA during the past five years,” he told reporters in Patna. The people, Thakur said,... 

POLL ROUNDUP        In Bihar, campaigning has reached  to a new high for the sixth and final phase of elections in 26 Assembly constituencies on Saturday with political parties fielding  their star campaigners  BOY DIES IN ACCIDENT AT LALU RALLY  A 12-year-old boy died when a makeshift platform collapsed on him as a crowd gathered to wave at RJD chief Lalu Prasad who took off in a helicopter after addressing an election meeting at Kochas in Bihar’s Rohtas district on Wednesday.  DGP Neelmani said that soon after Lalu Prasad concluded his speech and boarded the helicopter,... 

Skirmish forAurangabad In Bihar, campaigning is at its peak for the 6th and last phase of Assembly elections.  Senior leaders from different political parties are addressing election rallies in Aurangabad district to woo the voters. Polling will be held on 20th of this month. About 13 lakhs 32 thousand voters would political fate aspirants from Aurangabad district on 20th of this month in last phase of assembly elections Aurangabad is a district in Magadh region and is associated with first Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister of Bihar late Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha and former Chief... 

5th Phase voting is on in Bihar Patna:  Thirty five constituencies in eight districts will go to the fifth and penultimate phase of the Assembly elections in Bihar on Tuesday even as Maoists have given a poll boycott call. Polling is being held  between 7 AM and 4 PM in the Maoist-hit constituencies of Rajauli, Gobindpur, Arwal, Kurtha, Jehanabad, Ghosi, Makhdumpur, Bodh Gaya, Phulwari, Masaurhi, Paliganj, Agiaon, Atri, Bikram, Barbigha and Belaganj. Around 81.26 lakh voters will decide the fate of 490 candidates, including 44 women. Prominent candidates are state JD-U ministers Hari Narain... 

Election Roundup In Bihar,election fever in the state is in full swing. The campaigning comes to an end on Sunday. The fifth phase of elections will be held in 35 assembly constituencies on November 9. Out of 35 of these, 12 constituencies are naxal-infested. Stalwarts of different political parties including Senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Adwani, JD ( U) President Sharad Yadav, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, LJP President Ram Vilash Paswan, State congress chief Mehboob ALI Qaiser and left leaders addressed a series of election meetings in different parts of the constituencies . According to... 

Action packed Battle for Bihar Patna: Maoists triggered a land mine blast to scare away voters even as 10 million electorate cast ballots in Bihar’s fourth phase polling for 42 Assembly constituencies and the by-poll for Banka Lok Sabha seat on Monday. Director General of Police Neelmani said the extremists had detonated the land mine near a bridge on the Chakai-Jamui main road in Betia jungle and lobbed four powerful bombs near booth No.56 and 57 at Danapur, but there had been no report of casualty in any of the incidents.  The ultras made quick retreat immediately after the security... 

Probable list of candidates Phase one RJD 30 seats, L.J.P will contest from remaining 17 seats.

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Muzaffarpur :  Chief Judicial Magistrate Arun Kumar Singh has asked RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Leader of the Opposition in the assembly Rabri Devi and LJP president Ramvilas Paswan to personally appear in the court on October 6 facilitate the proceeding of a case. The court passed the order in a case filed by advocate Sudhir Ojha who had charged RJD and LJP party workers with ransacking, causing damage to public properties and resorting to forcible closure of offices and shops in their bid to enforce the state-wide bandh called by the two parties against price rise on January 28. Ojha...