Bihar Assembly Poll

The Shiv Sena on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using the Indian Army's valour in the Galwan valley clash for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections.

As many as 32 districts of total 38 in Bihar are included under the scheme

This will be the first of the several "virtual rallies" the BJP has planned for its Bihar Assembly poll campaign. The polls are scheduled for October.

The RJD-Congress combine seem poised to wrest two of the five Rajya Sabha seats for which elections will be held from the ruling JD(U)-BJP alliance

The advertisement mentioned Pushpam Priya Choudhary as president, Plurals, and the CM Candidate, Bihar

A concerted effort was needed in a planned and systematic manner to create necessary industrial infrastructure and ecosystem to attract large scale investments in the state, he said.

LJP's national president Chirag Paswan announced that he would embark on a state-wide 'Bihar First' yatra - with the promise of pulling the state out of its long history of backwardness.

Leaders like Tejashwi Yadav, Upendra Kushwaha and Jitan Ram Manjhi are all CM-aspirants

Apropos the report, "BJP and its allies win 7 out of 12 Assembly seats in by-polls" (February 17), after the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) successive defeats in the Delhi and Bihar Assembly polls, many thought the party's popularity was waning. Modi magic, too, appeared to have little effect on voters and Amit Shah's role as party president was called into question.In such circumstances, the satisfactory result for the BJP in the by-polls offers some solace to the party as it gears up for Assembly elections in five states.Inefficient governance and corruption are rampant in Uttar Pradesh where the Samajwadi Party is in power. That the Akhilesh Yadav government in the state would be deposed is imminent. The Congress' disappointing performance in Karnataka is a reflection of its attitude in Parliament where it has been stalling the passage of important Bills. But the BJP's victory in the Muzaffarnagar constituency seems to vindicate its communal line in UP. It would be a matter of grave