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  NDA hits out at Nitish, Congress says Manjhi quit at BJP panicked

  Politics | February 20, 2015 15:37 IST

  New Delhi: NDA today accused JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar of "sacrificing" a Mahadalit while Congress saw BJP's "panic" behind Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's resignation hours before a trust vote in Assembly and said it

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  Nitish Kumar awaits invitation from Governor

  Politics | February 20, 2015 16:28 IST

  Patna: Awaiting invitation from the Governor to form the new government, JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today promised good governance once he takes over as chief minister and apologised for his decision to quit last year

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  Jitan Ram Manjhi may float a new political party

  Politics | February 20, 2015 13:22 IST

  Patna: Bihar's outgoing Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi may float a new political party ahead of the assembly elections due to be held in October-November this year.According to  India TV sources,  Manjhi has called a

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  I resigned because my MLAs received death threats: Manjhi

  Politics | February 20, 2015 12:19 IST

  New Delhi: Bihar's outgoing Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has said  that he decided to resign because he was concerned about the safety of his MLAs.Manjhi alleged that his MLAs recieved death threats ahead of

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  Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi resigns before trust vote in Assembly

  Politics | February 20, 2015 12:23 IST

  Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has resigned from his post ahead of the trust vote that he was slated to seek in Bihar Assembly today.Manjhi has submitted his resignation, confirmed Brajesh Mehrotra, Principal

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  Manjhi to seek trust vote in Bihar Assembly today, BJP issues whip to support 'Mahadalit' CM

  Politics | February 20, 2015 8:12 IST

  Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi will seek trust vote in Bihar Assembly today. Governor K N Tripathi had asked Manjhi to prove his majority in the Assembly on February 20 after a majority

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  Manjhi virtually dangles the carrot of ministership for support

  Politics | February 19, 2015 23:10 IST

  Patna: Ahead of tomorrow's confidence vote, Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today virtually dangled the carrot of ministerial berths to garner support from MLAs. Manjhi, who was speaking at Garib Swabhiman Sammelan here, appealed to

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  Trust vote: BJP to back Jitan Ram Manjhi

  Politics | February 19, 2015 21:22 IST

  Patna: Ending suspense on its stand, BJP today announced it will back Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and vote in his favour if the trust vote is taken up in the Assembly tomorrow.BJP has

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  Bihar crisis: JD(U) conducts 'sting', says Manjhi is trying to buy MLAs to pass floor test

  Politics | February 19, 2015 19:53 IST

  Patna: Asserting that Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's government has "fallen into a minority", the JD(U) today charged it with "trying to survive by buying its MLAs" ahead of the confidence vote in the Legislative

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  Bihar crisis: Eight rebel JD(U) MLAs barred from voting in floor test on Feb 20

  Politics | February 19, 2015 16:34 IST

  Patna: The Patna High Court on Thursday barred eight rebel Janata Dal (United) party MLAs from voting in the floor test on Friday.Asserting that Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's government has "fallen into minority", the

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  Bihar Political Crisis: BJP MLAs protest against speaker, accusing him of favouring JD(U)

  Politics | February 20, 2015 13:48 IST

  New Delhi: The MLAs from Bihar Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) staged a protest in the assembly against the speaker accusing him of favouring the JD(U) ahead of floor test.The protest started when the speaker took

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  Bihar Political Crisis: Nitish Kumar's JD(U) recognised as main opposition party

  Politics | February 19, 2015 14:26 IST

  Patna: Ahead of Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's floor test, Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary today granted the status of principal opposition party to JD(U) in place of BJP, which slammed the move as

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  Manjhi will sail through Bihar crisis: Murli Manohar Joshi

  Politics | February 18, 2015 21:49 IST

  Kanpur: With a day left for the crucial floor test in Bihar, BJP MP Murli Manohar Joshi today claimed that Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi would be able to sail through the political crisis in

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  BJP MLAs unanimous in extending support to Manjhi; final call tomorrow

  Politics | February 18, 2015 21:40 IST

  New Delhi: BJP MLAs were today unanimous in extending support to embattled Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi during the floor test on February 20 though the saffron party is likely take a formal decision

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  High Court allows Manjhi govt to take decisions but defer implementation

  Politics | February 18, 2015 19:11 IST

  Patna: The Patna High Court today modified its previous order and gave freedom to the Jitan Ram Manjhi government to take decisions but directed that their implementation should be only after February 21.  The order

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  Bihar crisis: To keep his flock together, Nitish Kumar resorts to 'dinner diplomacy'

  Politics | February 18, 2015 12:05 IST

  New Delhi: In past few weeks, Bihar has witnessed bewildering, breathtaking political changes.While Nitish Kumar paraded his MLAs before the Governor in Patna, Jitan Ram Manjhi is bracing to face the  floor test on February

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  Manjhi loyalist ministers suspended as effort to buy them failed: BJP

  Politics | February 17, 2015 22:32 IST

  New Delhi: Taking a dig at JD-U leader Nitish Kumar for suspension seven party's ministers in Bihar, BJP today said the action was taken after efforts failed to “buy them” ahead of the trust vote

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  JD(U) suspends from party seven ministers in Manjhi cabinet

  Politics | February 17, 2015 19:57 IST

  Patna: Ruling Janata Dal(U) in Bihar today suspended from its fold seven ministers owing allegiance to chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, ahead of the February 20 trial of strength for him on the floor of

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  BJP calls legislature party meet to discuss Manjhi issue

  Politics | February 18, 2015 12:38 IST

  Patna: Refusing to show its cards, BJP today said it would decide on survival of the Jitan Ram Manjhi government during the trust vote on February 20.  “Two days are left, the party will decide

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  Nitish Kumar flays Governor for giving Jitan Ram Manjhi undue time for floor test

  Politics | February 17, 2015 16:46 IST

  Patna: Blaming BJP for the “chaos” in Bihar by propping up Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi against him, senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today trashed the saffron party for justifying the 14-day time given to