Caste-based census: Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav on the same page
India | Aug 02, 2021, 08:42 AM ISTLeaders of the five-party opposition Grand Alliance, led by RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, had met CM Nitish Kumar over a caste-based census recently.
Leaders of the five-party opposition Grand Alliance, led by RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, had met CM Nitish Kumar over a caste-based census recently.
The issue has gained momentum after Centre’s recent statement in the Parliament that a caste-based census would include only the Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes has triggered a fresh demand for inclusion of the OBCs, who dominate the political scenario in Bihar post-implementation of the Mandal commission report.
An RJD official said that Tej Pratap was immediately rushed to a prominent hospital in Patna. His health is normal now. He underwent an ultrasound of his stomach.
Veteran leader Jagadanand Singh himself neither denied nor accepted that he had resigned from the RJD.
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Janata Dal United (JDU) has thrown 25 questions to leader of opposition in Bihar assembly Tejashwi Yadav.
Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav, both the sons of Lalu Prasad Yadav, took their Sputnik shots at the Medanta hospital in Patna.
Tejashwi Yadav charged the ruling JD(U) with being the mastermind behind the split in the LJP, which has left Chirag cornered within the party .
Sushil Modi tweeted, "Two sisters in Tejashwi Yadav's family are MBBS doctors. Why were they not served during corona infection? If the RJD leadership had the readiness and seriousness to serve the poor, permission would have been obtained from the government first to start the hospital and the protocols would have been followed."
Tejashwi Yadav has declared that he has set up a COVID care centre at his official bungalow in Patna.
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Health department employees accompanying the bus and few bystanders were seen pushing the refrigerated vehicle to start it after its battery reportedly died down.
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RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat on Monday, in a bid to forge unity among secular parties in the upcoming assembly polls. Yadav appealed to the people from Bihar domiciled here to vote for the ruling TMC.
Yadav, during his first visit to Guwahati, said he has already spoken to Congress and will hold talks with the AIUDF later in the day to formalise the alliance.
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav interrupted Nitish Kumar on a number of occasions during his speech raising various issues.
Tejashwi said the entire family is concerned about his father's health. The RJD leader said that Lalu has been experiencing difficulty in breathing and had undergone CT scan.
Tejashwi had gone to meet the protesting teachers on Wednesday evening. He was told that the teachers were denied permission to stage a sit-in at their planned venue.
Taking a dig at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar following Singhal's statement, Tejashwi tweeted "the Home Minister (Nitish also holds the home portfolio) has floated tenders that are supposed to save people on top posts in the government".
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