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  Bihar Guv asks Manjhi to prove majority on Feb 20; BJP plays 'wait & watch' game

  Politics | February 12, 2015 8:05 IST

  Patna/New Delhi: Amid the ongoing political crisis in Bihar, Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi has finally given a chance to Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi to seek a vote of confidence on the floor of the

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  Nitish Kumar indulging in 'horse trading', alleges BJP

  Politics | February 11, 2015 21:54 IST

  New Delhi: BJP today accused Nitish Kumar of indulging in “horse trading” in his bid to become the chief minister of Bihar and claimed he has no faith in constitutional authorities or his own MLAs.The

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  Will decide on Assembly floor whether to support Manjhi or not: BJP

  Politics | February 11, 2015 19:39 IST

  New Delhi: Terming the present political situation in Bihar as “an internal matter of JD(U)”, BJP today said it has nothing to do with it and will take a decision on whether to support Chief

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  Jitan Ram Manjhi should be allowed to remain CM: RJD MP

  Politics | February 11, 2015 16:54 IST

  New Delhi: In a fresh twist to the political logjam in Bihar, RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav today came out in support of Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and asked his party chief

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  Bihar crisis: Nitish Kumar to meet President today, plans to parade 130 MLAs

  Politics | February 11, 2015 8:24 IST

  New Delhi: Former Bihar chief minister and Janata Dal (United) leader, Nitish Kumar, will today meet President Pranab Mukherjee seeking his intervention to break the political stalemate over change of guard in the state.Kumar, accompanied

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  Nitish Kumar says he erred in handpicking Manjhi as CM

  Politics | February 10, 2015 21:18 IST

  Patna: With his handpicked Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi challenging him, JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today said he had erred in taking the decision to choose his successor.“Manjhi himself has talked about this ... that

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  Lalu dares BJP to 'come clean' on support to Jitan Ram Manjhi

  Politics | February 09, 2015 23:45 IST

  Patna: RJD Chief Lalu Prasad today dared BJP to “come clean” on support to Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi in the current political imbroglio in the state.“I dare BJP to come clean on its

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  Bihar showdown: BJP to declare stand on floor of the House

  Politics | February 09, 2015 20:48 IST

  New Delhi: BJP today said it will “wait and watch” and decide its strategy on the floor of the House when Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi makes the bid to prove his majority even

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  Manjhi challenges Nitish; claims support of 56 JD (U), 12 RJD MLAs

  Politics | February 09, 2015 20:32 IST

  Patna: With battle lines drawn between rival factions of ruling JD(U) in Bihar, incumbent Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's camp today claimed the support of 56 MLAs of the party and RJD and exuded confidence

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  Bihar crisis: Nitish camp parades 130 MLAs, says will march to President if request not heard

  Politics | February 09, 2015 20:03 IST

  Patna:  Nitish Kumar today escalated the stand- off in the ruling JD (U) in Bihar by threatening to take the battle to the President if his claim to form the government is not accepted while

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  Bihar crisis: JD(U) expels CM Manjhi, Nitish meets governor at Raj Bhawan

  Politics | February 09, 2015 17:57 IST

  New Delhi: Amid deepening political crisis in Bihar, Janata Dal (U) leader Nitish Kumar on Monday met the state's governor Kesri Nath Tripathi and staked claim to the chief minister's post, parading 130 MLAs from

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  Bihar crisis: Nitish stakes claim to form govt, Manjhi confident of proving majority

  Politics | February 09, 2015 14:57 IST

  New Delhi: Amid deepening political crisis in Bihar, Janata Dal (U) leader Nitish Kumar on Monday met the state's Governor and staked claim to the chief minister's post and paraded 130 MLAs from his party,

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  Manjhi expelled from Janata Dal United, Nitish Kumar to stake claim

  Politics | February 09, 2015 12:58 IST

  New Delhi: Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi was today expelled from Janata Dal United amid deepening political crisis in the state.Manjhi was expelled following his refusal to resign as Bihar Chief Minister to make way

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  NITI meet: Jitan Ram Manjhi seeks special status for 'backward' Bihar

  Politics | February 08, 2015 23:08 IST

  New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today pitched for “special category status” for Bihar, a demand long pushed by his mentor-turned-adversary Nitish Kumar, saying it will pave the way for economic development and

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  Any attempt to throttle democracy will harm you: Nitish to BJP

  Politics | February 08, 2015 23:34 IST

  Patna: Nitish Kumar, the new JD(U) Legislative Party leader, who will formally stake claim to form the government in Bihar tomorrow, today said any attempt by the BJP to ‘throttle democracy' would only harm it.

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  Amit Shah chalks out Bihar strategy with leaders

  Politics | February 08, 2015 21:02 IST

  New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday attacked JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar accusing him of doing injustice to a "mahadalit" and said it was keeping a close watch on political situation in Bihar as senior leaders

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  BJP holds Nitish responsible for Bihar political instability

  Politics | February 08, 2015 20:46 IST

  Patna: BJP today attacked Nitish Kumar for pushing Bihar into ‘political instability' due to his ‘lust for power' and said all options were open for it in the current situation.“Nitish Kumar is responsible for throwing

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  Bihar Assembly Speaker recognises Nitish as new JD (U) LP leader

  Politics | February 08, 2015 19:42 IST

  Patna: In fast paced development, Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary today recognized Nitish Kumar as the new leader of JD (U) Legislature Party and Jitan Ram Manjhi as a former head.A letter issued by

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  JD(U) accuses BJP of trying to engineer split, party denies

  Politics | February 08, 2015 19:06 IST

  New Delhi: Grappling with a crisis within, JD(U) today accused BJP of plotting a split in the party—a charge denied by the saffron party which said the entire crisis was triggered by former Bihar Chief

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  Nitish desperate to grab power but I'm still very much Bihar CM: Jitan Ram Manjhi

  Politics | February 08, 2015 20:22 IST

  New Delhi: Accusing Nitish Kumat of being power hungry, the beleaguered JItan Ram Manjhi today asserted that he is still very much the Chief Minister of Bihar.“As on today, I'm still very much the Chief