New Delhi : Hitting out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Saturday said it was not enough for him to say that he was ashamed of the incidents of rape at a state-run shelter home in Muzzaffarpur. “He should sack his social welfare minister Manju Verma,” he said. “It is […]
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No one will be spared in Muzaffarpur case: Nitish
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that no one will be spared in the rape of 34 minor girls at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur district. “I am ashamed of what happened in Muzaffarpur. I was pained by it,” he said while speaking at a gathering here. “I can assure you […]
Nitish recommends CBI probe into shelter home rapes
Patna : Under pressure from opposition, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday recommended a CBI probe into the alleged rape of over 40 minor girls in a government-run shelter home in Muzaffarpur district. According to a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s office here, Nitish Kumar has directed Bihar Chief Secretary Deepak Kumar and […]
Nitish should not be chief ministerial face in 2020: Kushwaha
Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha, chief of NDA constituent Rashtriya Lok Samta Party, on Wednesday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should not be chief ministerial candidate in 2020 assembly polls. “Nitish Kumar should not be the face of chief ministerial candidate in next assembly polls,” he told a local TV channel here. Calling for […]
Sena’s decision on no-confidence motion internal matter: Nitish
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that the Shiv Sena decision to abstain from voting on the no-confidence motion in Parliament is the NDA ally’s “internal matter”, adding his party JD-U will vote against the motion. The motion has been brought by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) against the NDA government, […]
Alliance with Nitish won’t break: Amit Shah
Patna : BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday said that his party’s alliance with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD-U will not end and that the two parties will together contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. “The BJP-led NDA’s alliance with Nitish Kumar will not break, it will continue. We are with Nitish Kumar and […]
On JD-U’s big brother role in Bihar, BJP reminds Modi’s NDA face
Patna : The BJP on Monday rejected its ally JD-U’s contention of playing the role of a big brother in the state and that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will be the NDA face in Bihar during the 2019 general elections. “No one is the big brother except the people. The state’s people are the only […]
No question of being part of any coalition with RJD, says JD-U
New Delhi : The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Sunday said that it would “like” to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections with its coalition partner BJP while stressing that there was no question of patching up with the “corrupt” Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). “Today at our National Executive we discussed the strategy for 2019 Lok […]
Prohibition law to be amended to curb misuse: Nitish
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said that a bill amending the prohibition law to be curb its misuse will be brought during the state assembly’s monsoon session, but asserted that prohibition will continue. “The amendment bill to the prohibition law will be presented during the monsoon session of state assembly next […]
Modi will be NDA’s face in 2019: Bihar Minister
Patna : BJP leader and Bihar Minister Prem Kumar on Tuesday rejected claims that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will be the NDA’s face in the state in the next Lok Sabha polls, saying only Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be projected by the coalition. “PM Modi is the face of NDA and he will be […]