Bihar

Tejashwi is travelling across the state, targeting both BJP and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar.

Bihar has a total of 7.64 crore electors. Of them, around 4 crore are male and 3.64 crore are female. The number of electors between the age of 20 and 29 years are 1.6 crore.

The government has also asked top officials of Public Health Engineering Department and Mines and Geology Department to review the decisions taken by former RJD Ministers.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the father, Dinesh Singh, set himself also ablaze, and sustained burn injuries in the incident.

A day earlier, the duo was seen exchanging pleasantries in a brief encounter at the state assembly.

The MLA was disqualified after a special MP/MLA court in Bihar’s Bhojpur district awarded life imprisonment to the legislator and 22 others in connection with a murder case.

Congress MLAs to return to Patna, stay at Tejashwi's residence till trust vote

The lawmakers have not been allowed to use their phone calls and arrangements have been made for their stay till the floor test is completed on February 12.

The MPs whose current term is nearing expiry include Vashishth Narayan Singh and Aneel Hegde (JDU), Sushil Kumar Modi (BJP), Manoj Kumar Jha and Ashfaq Karim (RJD).

The top court on January 29 had directed Yadav to file a "proper statement" withdrawing his alleged remark that "only Gujaratis can be thugs".

The court had also stated its intention to review the legal aspects of the Patna high court's ruling and the validity of the Bihar government's actions.

The poll strategist said that state BJP president’s father was an MLA and a minister when Congress was in power in the state and held these positions by alternatively joining hands with CM Nitish and RJD chief Lalu Prasad.

Bihar Congress president Akhilesh Prasad Singh and his predecessor Madan Mohan Jha accompanied party MLAs to Hyderabad after a meeting in New Delhi.

Senior BJP leaders and deputy chief ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Singh have been given nine departments each.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will seek a vote on February 12, the inaugural day of the budget session.

Hundreds of supporters of the RJD along with a few leaders had assembled outside the office of the agency in support of Lalu.

Choudhary is likely to become one of the two deputy CMs in the new NDA government, led by Nitish Kumar.

According to BJP state unit chief Samrat Choudhary, the meeting will deliberate on the party's strategy for the general election, the dates for which are yet to be announced

The MP enjoyed warm relations with Kumar when they were together but turned a staunch critic after the JD(U) leader dumped the BJP for a second time in 2022.

Nitish Kumar also highlighted his relentless demands for the highest civilian award for his political mentor.