Upendra Kushwaha
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Merger of Janata Parivar groups will pose challenge before BJP: RLSP
National | Jan 14, 2015, 07:21 PM ISTPatna: Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP), an ally of BJP, today said the merger of the five splinter groups of the Janata Parivar would pose a strong challenge to the saffron party and its partners
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Hindutva remarks, conversion damaging NDA's prospects: Kushwaha
National | Jan 11, 2015, 01:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: Reflecting the growing unease within the government over controversial remarks by Hindutva hardliners and conversion, a senior Union minister today said such issues are “damaging” NDA's prospects, citing example of Kashmir where it
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Ministers hit out at Manjhi for remarks of barring them from Bihar
National | Nov 22, 2014, 06:20 PM ISTPatna: Union Ministers from Bihar today took exception to Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's remarks that they will not be allowed entry if they failed to bring in desired assistance for the state.Union Agriculture Minister
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Manjhi warning to seven union ministers of no entry in Bihar
National | Nov 19, 2014, 04:44 PM ISTPatna: Known for his controversial remarks, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today again evoked a sharp criticism when he charged the Centre with ignoring the interest of the state and said seven Union Ministers
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'Misunderstanding' between Manjhi and Nitish ends: JD(U)
National | Nov 08, 2014, 04:34 PM ISTPatna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and his predecessor Nitish Kumar have resolved through talks the “misunderstanding” triggered by some recent utterances of the CM, a senior JD(U) leader said today.“It was an open
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NDA under Modi will sweep Jharkhand, Bihar: Upendra Kushwaha
National | Oct 19, 2014, 09:45 PM ISTDhanbad: Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) supremo and Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha today said a wave of electoral change is blowing in the country and will also hit Jharkhand and Bihar in the coming Assembly
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Lalu, Nitish misleading people in the name of Mandal politics: Kushwaha
National | Aug 25, 2014, 11:46 AM ISTPatna: Union Minister and Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) leader Upendra Kushwaha today took on Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar, saying that both of them were trying to “mislead the country in the name of
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Government to give more powers to Panchayati Raj institutions
India | Aug 07, 2014, 02:44 PM ISTNew Delhi: The government Thursday said it is trying to give more powers to Panchayati Raj institutions even as it admitted that there is widespread corruption in the grassroot system."We are trying to give more
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JD(U) will be blanked out in assembly bypoll: Kushwaha
National | Aug 03, 2014, 03:35 PM ISTPatna: RSLP president and Union Minister of State for Rural Development Upendra Kushwaha today hit out at the JD(U) claiming that it has completely lost touch with the masses and would be blanked out in
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Nitish Kumar practising politics of opportunism: Upendra Kushwaha
National | Jul 24, 2014, 06:59 AM ISTNew Delhi: A union minister Wednesday accused former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar of opportunism, saying the JD-U and RJD tie-up for the bypolls shows he does not practise politics of principle.In a release, Minister
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Bihar CM faces people's ire over encephalitis deaths
National | Jun 08, 2014, 05:43 PM ISTPatna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Sunday faced angry parents of dozens of children battling suspected encephalitis in a Muzaffarpur hospital.Union Minister of State for Rural Development Upendra Kushwaha also similarly faced public anger.The
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Paswan forecasts mid-term poll in Bihar by Oct-Nov
India | May 17, 2014, 04:29 PM ISTPatna: Registering a landslide victory in alliance with BJP, LJP today forecast the fall of Nitish Kumar government in Bihar shortly and a mid-term elections in the state by October-November this year.“The Nitish Kumar government
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JD-U MP Kushwaha resigns from Rajya Sabha, party
National | Dec 09, 2012, 07:14 PM ISTPatna, Dec 9: Upendra Kushwaha, a member of parliament of Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U), Sunday announced his resignation from the Rajya Sabha and the party, terming Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a "dictator"."Finally, I announce