Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Brinda Karat on Sunday reacted sharply to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's demand for a secular prime ministerial candidate saying, "You can't claim to be secular by just protesting against one individual. We are opposed to BJP's communal policies". ...
06:42 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Congress leader from Bihar Shakeel Ahmed mocked JD(U)'s demand for a secular prime ministerial candidate of the NDA saying, "I don't understand how LK Advani is secular? Also, there are five RSS people in Nitish's cabinet, then how can Nitish Kumar be secular?" ...
05:56 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Janata Dal (United) has set the terms for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), giving out a stern message on the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) prime ministerial nominee. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar did not name the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, but made it very clear he is not acceptable as a PM candidate. The JD(U) has set a deadline till the end of the year to...
05:39 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla responded to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's comments on the possibility of Gujarat Chief Minister's Narendra Modi being nominated as BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate. Taking a dig at Modi, Shukla said that, "Modi is praising himself on development as if no one else is doing any good work. That is what Nitish Kumar is saying, asking how can you talk of ...
04:03 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: Speaking at the JD(U) National Executive Meeting in the Capital on Sunday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, without directly naming Narendra Modi, made it clear to the BJP that Modi's nomination for the Prime Minister's post will not be acceptable to him. At the same time, diffusing all speculation about his own Prime Ministerial ambitions, Nitish said that he did not harbour any such dreams. Nitish said that,...
03:43 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday set clear terms for future alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), giving enough hints that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will not be acceptable as the prime ministerial candidate to the JD(U). Nitish praised the virtues of senior BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee thrice in his speech, saying Vajpayee's 'Raj Dharma' was the way forward. Nitish said, "Under Vaypayee's leadership,...
03:15 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Janata Dal (United) on Sunday said its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was very old and it did not want to break the partnership. "Our alliance with the BJP is very old and we don't want to break it. We want to continue this alliance. Difference between the BJP and JD(U) is being projected by the media," said party president Sharad Yadav at the two-day...
03:02 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday took a dig at his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi, who has been espousing his model of development as a possible answer to India's ills. The Janata Dal-United leader also told a party meeting in Delhi that his party's alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can continue only if "some fundamental issues" were made clear. In an obvious criticism of Modi,...
02:35 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: Reiterating his party's demand for a secular prime ministerial candidate, Janata Dal (United) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said while his party doesn't want to leave NDA, it was not ready to compromise on secularism. "We won't compromise on secularism to stay in power. The secularism mentioned in our Constitution is essential for national development," he said while speaking at JD(U)'s National Executive Meeting....
01:59 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday met BJP chief Rajnath Singh at his residence where the two leaders were understood to have held consultations on NDA's strategy ahead of Lok Sabha polls. Nitish is in the capital to attend the two-day national executive and council meeting of JD(U) that began on Saturday in which a number of state chiefs of his party complained of being ignored and...
11:25 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: With no other contender in race, Sharad Yadav is all set to be President of JD(U) for a third consecutive time on Sunday. He was the only one to have filed the nomination for the post and Saturday was the last day for withdrawal of nomination. The decision will be announced at the party's national council meet on Sunday. Sharad Yadav's name was proposed from around 20 state...
10:49 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Janata Dal (United) on Saturday made it clear that party leader Nitish Kumar was not in the race for the PM post. It also made its opposition to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi loud and clear. "Modi failed to tackle the Gujarat riots," JD(U) General Secretary KC Tyagi said at a press conference in Delhi. At the party conclave on Sunday, the JD(U) resolution is expected to...
09:16 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Saturday took potshots at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar saying his opposition to Narendra Modi was an eye-wash and he did not have the courage to part company with the BJP. "His (Nitish) opposition to Narendra Modi is just an eye-wash... He is acting as a tool of LK Advani in the perceived factional fight between Advani and Modi for becoming the PM nominee,"...
08:08 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Janata Dal (United) on Saturday made it clear that there was no question of the party allying with the Congress even if the situation arose. "The Congress is not an ally. The BJP is our ally," JD(U) General Secretary KC Tyagi said at a press conference. Tyagi evaded questions on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, though he did not hesitate to say that he had failed to...
05:04 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: A compromise between the Janata Dal United and the Bharatiya Janata Party seems to be in the offing, according to sources. The JD(U) may not insist on the BJP immediately announcing its Prime Ministerial candidate, sources say. The JD(U) may give the BJP six to eight months to decide on a PM candidate. The JD(U) resolution on the NDA's PM candidate that was to come up in the...
11:54 AM, Apr 13, 2013
As the two-day National Executive Meeting of the JD(U) began in New Delhi on Saturday, posters outside its office have surprised many. The poster which reads '2nd Mahabharata War 2014' shows two chariots - one of the UPA and the other of the NDA. The NDA chariot is shown being driven by Nitish Kumar, no BJP leader features in the poster. ...
11:49 AM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Janata Dal United national executive meet is set to be held in the national capital on Saturday. JD(U) office bearers met party chief Sharad Yadav on Saturday morning ahead of the meeting. The JD(U) has already raised pitch on the Bharatiya Janata Party's Prime Ministerial candidate. It has clearly said that it wants the name to be announced at the earliest. JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari though said...
10:31 AM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) ally Janata Dal United JD(U) is set to raise the pitch over the Prime Ministerial candidate issue at its national executive meet that starts on Saturday. It is likely to demand that the BJP names its Prime Ministerial candidate within a specific time frame, insisting that the nominee should have secular credentials. With Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's rising graph and some BJP...
07:50 AM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: Sources in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday indicated that top party leaders had spoken to Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav of ally Janata Dal (United) amidst reports that it will make a strong demand for the early projection of the next Prime Ministerial candidate of the National Democratic Alliance. The JD(U)'s antipathy to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is well-known and reports of him being projected...
09:07 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Till a few years back Bihar was not only an administrative nightmare but was in the news mostly for the bizarre. The state, caught in the vicious cycle of caste wars, deteriorating law and order, administrative apathy and total abdication of the governance to the mafia and local dons, receded from the national consciousness. But since late 2005 Bihar has made a remarkable comeback from the precipice after Nitish Kumar,...
03:36 PM, Apr 12, 2013
