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Bihar Polls: Election Commission Data Shows Stark Decline In Young Voters
Amid 'youth' and 'employment’ stirring Bihar polls, Election Commission data shows a stark decline in young voters. While the under-30 voters dropped by 12.4%, the first-time (18-19 year) voters' count fell to 11.17 lakh from 24.13 lakh in 2015. Citing COVID-19 spread as reason, EC sources said they could not undertake awareness and enrolment campaign aggressively. However, average 74,000 young-voters in each constituency still hold the… read-more
Tags: Bihar Assembly Elections, Bihar, Election Commission, Youth, jobs unemployment, Employment, RJD, JDU, BJP, LJP, Congress
Courtesy: The Indian Express
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RJD Releases Manifesto For Bihar Polls; Assures Job for Youth and New Industrial Policy
Rashtriya Janata Dal released its 16-page manifesto, ‘Hamara Pran' (Our Resolves) which stresses on creating jobs for Bihar youths. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav asserted that employment, higher education, smart villages and infrastructure development are their priority if elected to power. He also promised to bring up a new industrial-policy and create employment-centres in districts. Increasing MGNREGA man-days to 200, RJD vows to create… read-more
Tags: Bihar Assembly Elections, RJD, JDU, Tejashwi Yadav, Nitish Kumar
Courtesy: New Indian Express
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Bihar Elections: Rahul Gandhi's Helicopter Denied Landing In Purnia District
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been denied to land his helicopter on October 23 in Bihar's Purnia district, where he was expected to hold a political rally. Reportedly, the airport authorities have cited "construction issues" for the denial. However, Congress MLC Prem Chandra Mishra called the move as "politically motivated". Earlier, Rahul was scheduled to address three political rallies on October 23 in the state, but now Purnia's rally… read-more
Tags: Bihar Assembly Elections, Indian National Congress, Rahul Gandhi, JDU
Courtesy: The Times of India
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Bihar Former DGP Gupteshwar Pandey Took Volunteer Retirement and Joined JD(U)
The former Director-General of Police (DGP) Gupteshwar Pandey on September 27, joined Bihar's ruling party Janata Dal (United), in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Recently, the ex-DGP had taken voluntary retirement from his duty, before which, he was involved in Sushant Singh Rajput's case. Reportedly, Gupteshwar Pandey met Bihar CM on September 26, but had not revealed any intentions of joining politics.
Tags: Gupteshwar Pandey, Bihar, JDU, CM Nitish Kumar
Courtesy: India Today
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Bihar Elections 2020: Leaders From Congress, RJD, RLSP Joins JD(U)
Several leaders from the opposition parties of Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) joined the ruling party Janta Dal (United) on September 11. The move comes ahead of the Bihar Assembly Elections. Members that switched sides include Congress legislators Sudarshan Kumar and Purnima Yadav, senior RJD leader, and former state minister Bhola Rai, and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party's (RLSP) Bihar spokesman… read-more
Tags: Bihar Assembly Elections, JDU, RJD, Congress Party
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Bihar: Senior RJD Leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Quits Party Ahead of Elections
Senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh quit the party on September 10. This came as a major setback for the opposition party as the Bihar assembly elections are ahead. He had already stepped down from the post of RJD's national vice-president in June. Reportedly, he was upset with his rival and former MP Ramakishore Singh's attempts to join RJD. Singh is currently admitted at AIIMS, Ranchi.
Tags: RJD, JDU, BJP, Bihar Assembly Elections
Courtesy: The Indian Express
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Nitish Kumar Promises Govt Job to Kin of SC/ST Murder Victim
Bihar government has announced to give a government job to the next of kin of any SC/ST person killed in the state. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said, "One member from the family of a Dalit or tribal who is murdered will get job." However, the opposition RJD said, if it comes to the regime, it will provide same assistance to the families of all the victims irrespective of their caste.
Tags: CM Nitish Kumar, Bihar, Assembly Elections, JDU, RJD
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Ahead of Assembly Elections, Three RJD MLAs Join Ruling JD(U) in Bihar
Two expelled Rashtriya Janata Dal MLAs, Maheshwar Prasad Yadav and Prema Chaudhary, joined the ruling Janata Dal-United in Bihar on August 17. The two MLA's were expelled from the party for six years for "anti-party-activities". Adding to this, RJD MLA Ashok Kumar also joined JD-U. Reportedly, the assembly elections in Bihar is due in October-November. However, the Election Commission has still not decided the poll dates due to the pandemic… read-more
Courtesy: Times of India
