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Paswan seeks ban on RSS, VHP, Bajrang Dal
Patna, Aug 29(TNN): Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday demanded immediate ban on RSS, VHP and Bajrang Dal following remarks of Union home minister P Chidambaram about the saffron terror threat. Paswan urged PM Manmohan Singh to ban these organisations as they were involved in several incidents of violence and explosions [...]
Bihar’s Gear Shift
Aug 18 (TOI):The countdown to the Bihar assembly polls has begun with Lalu Prasad-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Ramvilas Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) announcing a seat-sharing deal on Monday. The parties have agreed that the RJD will contest 168 of the 243 seats in Bihar and the LJP will field candidates in the [...]
JD-U to chalk out Bihar poll strategy
Aug 18 (IANS): Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Wednesday began a two-day meet in Nalanda district to chalk out the strategy for the upcoming assembly election. The session in Rajgir was jointly inaugurated by party president Sharad Yadav and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Sharad Yadav said the party will discuss the strategy to take on [...]
RJD to project Lalu as chief ministerial candidate
Patna, Aug 16(IANS): The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is set to project Lalu Prasad as its chief ministerial candidate for the forthcoming Bihar Assembly polls, party sources said on Monday. A senior RJD leader told IANS here that pressure is increasing within the party to project Mr. Prasad as its nominee for the top post. [...]
Paswan, RJD walk out, Rajya Sabha adjourned for 10 minutes
Aug 02 (IANS): The Rajya Sabha was briefly adjourned for 10 minutes pm on Monday following protests by the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) over an audit report pointing to graft in providing relief to the victims of the 2007 floods in Bihar. Raising the issue during zero hour, LJP [...]
Congress hopes Rahul’s ‘medicine’ will revive party in Bihar
July 27 (PTI): After its revival in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress is hoping that Rahul Gandhi’s “right medicine” will help resuscitate the party in poll-bound Bihar, where it has been out of power for the last two decades. “We were ill there (Bihar). We got a good doctor, who gave us the right medicine. There [...]
Boy hung upside down, beaten in Bihar village
Patna, July 27 (CNN-IBN): A boy was hung upside down and beaten mercilessly in a Bihar village on Monday by the husband of the panchayat chief Sangita Devi. The OBC boy, Rajesh Mahato, was accused of a rape attempt and then assaulted. The victim’s family though claims that the boy was punished for exposing corruption [...]
Nitish Kumar must go: Bihar Oppn
Patna, July 22 (IANS): The Opposition in Bihar on Thursday stuck to its demand for the resignation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his alleged involvement in a Rs 11,412 crore scam, a day after a slipper was flung at the assembly speaker amid unruly scenes. And, upping the ante, 11 legislators of the Lok [...]
LJP demands for Prez rule in Bihar
July 21 (Samay Live): Lok Janshakti Party on Wednesday in view of the Constitutional breakdown in Bihar, demanded imposition of President’s rule in the state. ”There is a complete Constitutional breakdown in Bihar. People are coming out on the streets against corruption. I demand that President’s rule be imposed there. LJP and RJD will also [...]
Gates of Bihar assembly shut after lawmakers clash
July 20 (IANS): Gates of the Bihar assembly complex were shut and security tightened Tuesday evening after clashes between the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and opposition members in the assembly over alleged financial irregularities in the state. Entry to the assembly premises was prohibited, mediapersons were made to leave and even former chief minister Lalu [...]
Paswan seeks ban on RSS, VHP
July, 17 (TNN)Saharsa/Madhepura: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan has alleged that the RSS, Bajrang Dal and VHP were involved in 90 per cent riots and bomb explosions in the country and demanded that these organizations should be banned in the country. While addressing a public meeting at Sattar Kataiya, about 12 km [...]
Bihar opposition parties demand Nitish Kumar’s resignation
Patna, July 16 (IANS) The opposition parties in Bihar called for the resignation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Friday, a day after Patna High Court ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against him into alleged financial irregularities of Rs.11,412 crore. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), the Congress and [...]
Cong all set for Bihar blitz
July 16 (Hindustan Times): The Congress is bracing up to show it is back in the reckoning in Bihar. After more than 20 years, the party is organising a public rally on its own at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna next month. Congress sources said party president Sonia Gandhi would address the election rally, to [...]
Lalu, Paswan to tour Bihar for upcoming Assembly elections
July 15 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan will jointly kickstart their election campaign for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections by air dashing 40 places in the state in the next 10 days beginning this Friday. “From July 16 till July 25, I along [...]
Strike evokes a near total response in Bihar
Patna, July 10 (IANS) A strike called by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) to protest against the fuel price hike hit train and road services and paralysed normal life across Bihar Saturday. More than 5,000 protesters, including RJD chief Lalu Prasad and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan, were arrested [...]
Paswan favours headcount on caste basis
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan Wednesday supported enumerating the population on the basis of caste, saying that it is a reality in Indian society and having caste-based data would help the government in planning various socio-economic schemes. “Ignoring the issue won’t do as caste is a reality [...]
The suspense ends, now all Dalits are Mahadalits in Bihar
The Bihar NEWS, April 05: Now it is clear: the Bihar chief minister had problem with the expression, Dalit. Therefore, the Bihar government coined a new concept, Mahadalit. On Sunday Nitish Kumar announced that his government would soon be distributing three decimals of land to the landless members of the Dussadh (Paswan) sub-caste of the [...]
