After quitting politics and disowning her own family, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter once again hit out at the close aides of party leader and her brother Tejashwi Yadav.
As the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections approaches, Tejashwi Yadav, a prominent leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), announced during an election rally on Tuesday (October 28) that if the Mahagathbandhan comes to power, the ban on Tadi will be lifted from the state’s liquor prohibition laws. Currently, the sale and consumption of Tadi are prohibited under these regulations.
The Opposition Mahagathbandhan on Tuesday released its manifesto for the Bihar Assembly polls, promising a government job to one member of every family, restoration of the old pension scheme, 200 units of free power to each household, lift ban on toddy and a monthly allowance of Rs.2,500 under Mai Bahin Yojna for women. The NDA alliance termed the manifesto a “bundle of lies”.
The principal rival fronts in Bihar have finally announced incumbent Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav as their respective chief ministerial candidates after weeks of speculation and haggling. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), around the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Janata Dal (United) axis, and the Mahagatbandhan, or Grand Alliance, around the Indian National Congress-Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) axis, are caught in their internal games of one-upmanship.
After months of uncertainty and prolonged seat-sharing talks, the Opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc on Thursday announced RJD leader and former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav as its chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, a move seen as a last-ditch effort to project unity and end internal squabbles ahead of the polls.
As tensions simmered within the Mahagathbandhan over the failure to arrive at a formal seat-sharing pact for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls, senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot met RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday in a bid to ease friction within the alliance.
Jharkhand’s ruling JMM announced that it would not contest the assembly elections in neighbouring Bihar, claiming that the decision was taken in the wake of a “political conspiracy” by its allies RJD and Congress, which deprived it of seats as part of the Mahagathbandhan.
In a major announcement ahead of the assembly elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Thursday said that if the RJD-led Opposition INDIA bloc came to power in Bihar, it would bring an Act to ensure that every family in the state has at least one member with a government job.
Pasupati Kumar Paras-led Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) will contest the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar under the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), leaders familiar with the development after a meeting held at leader of the Opposition in assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav’s residence on Saturday.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, RJD’s Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and a host of other top leaders of INDIA bloc participate in a march in the state capital on Monday, marking the conclusion of ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ against ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and discrepancies in the exercise.
