Bihar Education Minister Mewalal Choudhary resigns three days after taking oath

Choudhary was sacked from JD(U) in 2017 over charges of alleged irregularities at a university, where he was the vice chancellor.

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· Nov 19, 2020 · 03:54 pm

Bihar polls: 32 charts reveal caste, gender, religious and criminal composition of the new assembly

Most MLAs are male, fairly well-educated, rich and in contradiction with the law.

Gilles Verniers

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Basim-u-Nissa

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Mohit Kumar

 & 

Neelesh Agrawal

· Nov 18, 2020 · 09:00 am

Decoding the Bihar results in 32 charts: Turnouts, vote shares, victory margins and more

Except for perhaps the Congress, all the other parties can find some reason to be satisfied with the result.

Gilles Verniers

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Mohit Kumar

 & 

Neelesh Agrawal

· Nov 15, 2020 · 07:30 am

Bihar: What does an analysis of incumbents’ performances reflect about Election 2020?

Competition was intense a significant number of politicians managed to hold onto their positions.

Basim-u-Nissa

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Mohit Kumar

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Neelesh Agrawal

 & 

Priyamvada Trivedi

· Nov 14, 2020 · 09:00 am

Bihar results: NDA will hold meeting on Sunday to decide next chief minister, says Nitish Kumar

A meeting of the Bihar Cabinet will be held on Friday evening, Kumar said.

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· Nov 13, 2020 · 04:04 pm

‘Please don’t call me arrogant,’ says Nitish Kumar amid criticism for handling coronavirus crisis

The JD(U) leader also clarified that his ‘last election remark’ was an utterance made by him whenever he wrapped up an election campaign.

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· Nov 13, 2020 · 12:47 pm

Nitish Kumar will be Bihar CM again as per BJP’s commitment, says Sushil Modi

With BJP emerging as the dominant partner this time with 73 votes, experts believe the party could impact the choice of Bihar’s next chief minister.

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· Nov 11, 2020 · 03:06 pm

Bihar: Exit polls predict victory for Mahagathbandhan with Tejashwi Yadav as chief minister

A poll of all the exit polls, put together by news channel NDTV, gave 124 seats to the Grand Alliance and 103 to the NDA.

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· Nov 07, 2020 · 09:07 pm

Bihar polls: Protestors throw onions at CM Nitish Kumar at rally in Madhubani

After the attackers were caught, the chief minister asked officials to let them off.

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· Nov 03, 2020 · 09:05 pm

Nitish Kumar will never become Bihar CM after November 10: Chirag Paswan

The LJP chief said people of the state have given their blessings for a ‘Nitish-free Bihar’.

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· Nov 03, 2020 · 02:51 pm

Fact check: Has the law and order improved in Bihar during Nitish Kumar’s rule?

A reading of the data proves that the picture is not as black and white.

Aishwarya Murthy, FactChecker.in

· Nov 02, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Nitish Kumar government ‘drunk on power’, vote for change, says Sonia Gandhi ahead of Phase 1 voting

In a video message, the Congress chief urged the voters to support the Grand Alliance in Bihar.

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· Oct 27, 2020 · 04:06 pm