The year 2020 will be remembered most for -- Covid-19 pandemic. The country was under lockdown for ost part of the year. The strict restrictions affected people from all walks of life but 135 crore Indians encountered it bravely and presented an example for the world. Here are a few key events that took place during the pandemic in India:
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday said that assembly elections in Bihar might happen again.
Jitan Ram Manjhi, president of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), appointed pro-tem speaker in the new Legislative Assembly in Bihar on Thursday. At the swearing in ceremony held in Raj Bhawan, Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan administered him the oath of office.
Prashant Kishor, who originally hails from Bihar's Buxar, had also managed the BJP and Narendra Modi's campaign in 2014 scripting an overwhelming victory for the saffron party.
Earlier in the day, the RJD said it will boycott the oath-taking ceremony of Nitish Kumar as chief minister, claiming the mandate in the elections was 'against the NDA' which has been changed by a 'fraud'.
Anwar, party's general secretary and a veteran leader from Bihar, acknowledged that there were shortcomings due to which the Congress performed worse than other 'Mahagathbandhan' constituents and asserted that the high command was serious about an introspection as well as a thorough analysis of the results.
The JD(U) lost one constituency of the Bihar legislative council to an Independent candidate and held on to two others, while the other five were retained by the respective members belonging to the BJP, CPI and Congress in the polls held last month, officials said on Saturday.
The JD(U) lost one constituency of the Bihar legislative council to an Independent candidate and hold on to two others, while the other five were retained by the respective members belonging to the BJP, CPI and Congress in the elections held last month, officials said on Saturday.
All the four newly elected MLAs met at Manjhi's residence where they elected the former chief minister the leader of the legislature group.
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As per ECI, 11 seats are as such where nail biting finish taken place during counting on November 10 and the margin between victory and defeat was less than 1,000 votes.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose JD(U) suffered a major slump in seats in the assembly polls on account of the rebellion by Chirag Paswan, onThursday said it is for the alliance spearhead BJP to take a call on whether to retain the LJP in the NDA.
The newly-elected five Bihar MLAs of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) met party chief Asaduddin Owaisi. They met him at his residence in Hyderabad on November 12.
PM Modi saves the day for Nitish Kumar as NDA wins majority in Bihar thriller.
Taking a jibe at Nitish Kumar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha said that the JD(U) chief was dreaming of becoming the chief minister after managing just 40 seats in Bihar. Jha wondered "how long will the illusion last" if Nitish takes over the reins of the state again.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday thanked PM Modi's leadership and the people of Bihar for voting NDA to power once again.
A detailed analysis of affidavits of 241 winning candidates in Bihar Assembly elections shows that 194 (81 per cent) of them have assets in crores.
PM Modi, BJP top brass including party president JP Nadda, Union Home Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, party workers celebrated Bihar election, bypolls victory at party headquarters in Delhi.
PM Modi saves the day for Nitish Kumar as NDA wins majority in Bihar thriller.
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan is facing a barrage of criticism from both the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) for his decision to quit the NDA and thus emerging as a vote cutter party in the just concluded Assembly elections in Bihar.
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