New Delhi: Sharad Yadav is all set to score a hat-trick as JD(U) President as the party prepares for the Lok Sabha polls scheduled for 2014. Yadav is the only candidate to have filed nomination for the party chief's election scheduled on April 14 and his continuation at the helm is now a foregone conclusion. Tuesday was the last day for filing the nomination. Yadav accompanied by a number of...
03:16 PM, Apr 09, 2013
KC Tyagi, senior JD(U) leader and close confidante of party president Sharad Yadav, on February 2 filed nomination for the lone Rajya Sabha seat vacant from Bihar following resignation of rebel leader Upendra Kushwaha. ...
04:48 PM, Feb 02, 2013
New Delhi: Under pressure from its key NDA allies Shiv Sena and JD(U) on coalition issues, the BJP was on Monday at pains to insist that the alliance is "fully united" to replace UPA in next elections and will together take a call on matters like their Prime Ministerial candidate. While Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray had caused a flutter in the BJP on Sunday when he said Sushma Swaraj...
08:27 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Sharad Yadav has made it clear that JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar will campaign against Narendra Modi in Gujarat. ...
06:05 PM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: JD(U) President Sharad Yadav on Sunday alleged that MNS chief Raj Thackeray was a "stooge" of the Congress which was using him against the Shiv Sena-BJP combine for electoral gains in the state. "Raj Thackeray is a stooge of the Congress and the ruling party in the state is using him against the Shiv Sena-BJP combine," Yadav told reporters when asked about the MNS' chief's remarks on the...
10:34 PM, Sep 02, 2012
New Delhi: Terming as "shocking" the Home Ministry statement that elements in Pakistan are behind creating panic among the Northeast Indians, Janata Dal (United) on Sunday alleged that it was an "excuse" by the government to "cover up" its "inept" handling of situation. "It was a shocking statement made by Home Secretary RK Singh that panic stricken Indians from North East fled Bangalore after reports of attacks on some of...
06:34 PM, Aug 19, 2012
New Delhi: Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani on Tuesday came in the line of fire over his blog wherein he talked about the possibility of a non-Congress and non-BJP Prime Minister after the 2014 general elections. While long-time ally Bal Thackeray hit out at him terming his blog as demoralising, former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, who has been a close aide of Advani, also expressed...
11:10 PM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: As the UPA declared incumbent Hamid Ansari its candidate for Vice Presidential poll, a move is afoot in the Opposition camp to field JD-U president Sharad Yadav to ensure a contest. Sources say a few leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as well as from some other opposition parties have already approached Yadav in this regard as there is a view that he can muster the support...
08:48 PM, Jul 14, 2012
New Delhi: The JD(U) on Monday asked the Government to "introspect" over its support to the open market economy in the wake of Time magazine's criticism of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dubbing him as an "under achiever". "The Indian government is following US and European economy model. Prime Minister and his ministers including Chidamabaram and also Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia are working round the clock for the...
05:56 PM, Jul 09, 2012
Questioning the credibility of Time magazine, the JD(U) leader said, 'like East India Company, they also aim to loot us'. ...
05:09 PM, Jul 08, 2012
JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav on Saturday rejected rumours of a rift between the BJP and his party. Yadav said his party's alliance with the NDA is strong and has lasted for a very long time. ...
03:07 PM, Jun 23, 2012
JDU president Sharad Yadav says the NDA will call a meeting and decide upon the candidate. ...
06:43 PM, Jun 15, 2012
New Delhi: JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav on Friday made it clear that his party will not be proposing the name of any candidate for the Presidential poll and said it will go with the collective choice on the issue. There had been indication from JD(U) earlier that the party finds "unusual" the proposal to advance the name of APJ Abdul Kalam for the poll. A party leader, speaking on condition...
01:04 PM, Jun 15, 2012
New Delhi: As speculation about candidates for Presidential poll intensified after Election Commission announcing July 19 as the poll date, NDA convenor Sharad Yadav on Wednesday said the Opposition alliance has not zeroed on names for the posts of President and Vice President so far. "People meet each other. We have not decided for any name in any meeting of NDA. Only Jaswant Singh can tell whom did he meet...
03:05 PM, Jun 13, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-graft activist and self-styled spiritual leader Ramdev is on a mission to build support for his campaign to bring back billions of rupees stashed in overseas tax havens by wealthy Indians. Ramdev has met political leaders cutting across party lines and many of them have shown interest, including BJP president Nitin Gadkari who even bent down to touch the feet of the yoga teacher when he called on...
04:46 PM, Jun 12, 2012
