Ramvilas Paswan
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Ram Vilas Paswan's village still in lantern age
National | Apr 28, 2014, 04:18 PM ISTKhagaria (Bihar): Believe it or not, there is no electricity in Lok Janshakti Party's chief Ram Vilas Paswan's native village.Although Paswan is rubbing shoulders with BJP's prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi, his native village Shaharbanni
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Nitish calls Paswan expert in political somersault
National | Apr 25, 2014, 02:50 PM ISTKhagaria (Bihar): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today took potshots at LJP President Ramvilas Paswan for making pre-poll alliance with the BJP and said he was an expert in making political somersault. “He (Paswan) not
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Paswan discloses he divorced first wife in 1981
National | Apr 22, 2014, 04:58 PM ISTPatna: LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan disclosed for the first time that he divorced his first wife in 1981 after Bihar's ruling JD-U challenged his nomination affidavit over his marital status.Paswan is contesting the Lok
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Emissary row: Saraf denies carrying message from BJP
National | Apr 20, 2014, 10:23 PM ISTSrinagar: Mystery still surrounded the claim by Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani that Narendra Modi had sent two emissaries to him carrying a message with a LJP leader whose named surfaced maintaining today
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Varun Gandhi, Kumar Viswas, cricketer Kaif enter poll fray
National | Apr 15, 2014, 10:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: BJP's Varun Gandhi, AAP candidate in Amethi Kumar Vishwas and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan were among the prominent candidates who filed nominations on the fourth day for the penultimate phase of Lok
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No one reads manifesto, leader's intention important: Paswan
National | Apr 07, 2014, 07:18 PM ISTPatna: Even as the BJP goes ballistic over its manifesto, its ally LJP said nobody reads manifesto seriously as voters are influenced by “niyat” (intention) of its leader.“Manifesto koi seriously nahi padta hai (nobody reads
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93 and counting: Bihar's oldest candidate seeks re-poll
National | Apr 06, 2014, 02:19 PM ISTPatna: Honestly, age doesn't matter. Ram Sundar Das, the 93-year-old outgoing MP from Bihar's Hajipur Lok Sabha seat, is seeking re-election though he isn't able to move freely.Winnability factor has forced political parties in caste-
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In Pics: Narendra Modi's Gaya (Bihar) rally
National | Mar 28, 2014, 06:42 AM ISTNew Delhi: Targeting Nitish Kumar, BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today alleged that the Bihar Chief Minister had failed to prevent the terrorist attack at Bodh Gaya last year because of ‘vote bank' politics.
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AAP fields cobbler against Paswan's son
National | Mar 24, 2014, 07:42 AM ISTPatna: The Aam Aadmi Party has fielded a cobbler against Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan's son Chirag Paswan from the Jamui Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar, party leaders said Sunday.Vinod Das, in his
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Corporate sector fuelling Modi's campaign: Sibal
National | Mar 23, 2014, 02:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: The corporate sector is fuelling the campaign of BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi because it wants “freebies” from him which he has extended in Gujarat, Law Minister Kapil Sibal said today. He
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Modi hurricane will topple big trees, Paswan tells Aap Ki Adalat
National | Mar 24, 2014, 09:36 AM ISTNew Delhi: Lok Janshakti Party president Ramvilas Paswan today said the current gale in favour of BJP and Narendra Modi will soon take the shape of a hurricane by the time election progresses. "Many big
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Secularism and communalism 'poll ploys', says Paswan
National | Mar 12, 2014, 05:17 PM ISTPatna: Justifying the decision to join hands with BJP, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) President Ramvilas Paswan today said secularism and communalism were just “poll ploys”. Claiming that a wave was blowing across the country in
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Ram Kripal a 'friend', welcome to join LJP, NDA: Paswan
National | Mar 08, 2014, 05:58 PM ISTNew Delhi: LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan today held out an olive branch to Ram Kripal Yadav, the leader of the Lalu Prasad Yadav-led RJD, on a day when the latter resigned from all party
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Musharraf dragged into fight between Paswan and Nitish Kumar
India | Mar 06, 2014, 05:34 PM ISTPatna: As the political scene hots up, former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has been dragged into the fight between LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.The spark for the confrontation ahead
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Rare pics of Ram Vilas Paswan and family
National | May 25, 2014, 08:21 AM ISTNew Delhi: It was in 2002 that Ram Vilas Paswan had resigned from the Vajpayee government in the aftermath of Gujarat riots. He had jettisoned the NDA accusing BJP of playing communal politics. He was
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Unhappy over Paswan, some BJP leaders skip Modi rally
National | Mar 03, 2014, 05:22 PM ISTMuzaffarpur: Unhappy over the BJP's decision to ally with Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP for the Lok Sabha election, some senior BJP leaders kept away from Narendra Modi's rally here Monday.They included Bharatiya Janata Party national
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Deadlock on seat-sharing in Bihar continues
National | Mar 03, 2014, 03:24 PM ISTNew Delhi: Deadlock today continued on the issue of Congress alliance in Bihar for Lok Sabha polls with seat sharing with RJD coming under a strain and JD(U) ruling out any adjustment with the party.“Unlike
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Two regional parties merge with Trinamool in Jharkhand
National | Mar 03, 2014, 02:23 PM ISTRanchi: Two political parties having two members in the Jharkhand Assembly merged with the Trinamool Congress here today.The Jharkhand Janadhikar Manch (JJM) with its MLA Bandhu Tirkey and the Rastriya Kalyan Pakshya (RKP) with its
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Why Paswan has returned to NDA fold after 12 years?
National | Mar 02, 2014, 12:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: It was in 2002 that Ram Vilas Paswan had resigned from the Vajpayee government in the aftermath of Gujarat riots. He had jettisoned the NDA accusing BJP of playing communal politics. He was
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LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan meets L K Advani
National | Mar 01, 2014, 05:24 PM ISTNew Delhi: LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan today met BJP patriarch L K Advani, days after he announced his party's tie-up with BJP for Lok Sabha polls.Paswan, who had left NDA in 2002 over the