Who will benefit from BJP-JD-(U) split?

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_ In his biggest political gamble yet, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday walked out of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in protest against the elevation of Narendra Modi, bringing to an end the 17-year-old alliance between the Janata ...

Patna, June 16: The rush has begun among the JD(U) MLAs to fill up the Lucky XI in the cabinet. Following the partys pullout from the NDA, existing cabinet ministers are trying to push names to replace the 11 berths occupied by the BJP members ...

Nitish Kumar and his supporters have been going around consoling themselves that there is no need to read much into the loss of one Lok Sabha seat, and that defeat in one constituency does not reflect the mood of the people of the State. In ordinary ...

The Rashtriya Janata Dal may have succeeded only in retaining its Lok Sabha seat in the Maharajganj by-election but it has brought party president Lalu Prasad back into reckoning in Bihar. Lalu had virtually been a political 'outcast' even since ...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar facing many challenges after JDU's loss in Maharajganj Lok Sabha bypoll. Related Top Stories The result of the Maharajganj Lok Sabha bypoll not only challenges Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's position on ...

For the Congress, which has been casting about for an electoral partner in Bihar, the Rashtriya Janata Dal's handsome victory in the Maharajganj by-election over the ruling Janata Dal-United does not seem to have made too much of an impression.

Posted by Dr. Raj Baldev, Cosmo Theorist on June 6, 2013 in Current Affairs, India, Top Story | 0 Comment Results in four States for Lok Sabha and assembly by-poll: June 6, 2013- News n Analysis by Dr. Raj Baldev, Cosmo Theorist, on the ...