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Mukesh Sahani on his Deputy CM bid, the Mallah voter, and breaking with Nitish

Mukesh Sahani, founder of the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and the Mahagathbandhan’s nominee for Deputy Chief Minister, is among the most talked-about names in poll-bound Bihar. Once an ally of the National Democratic Alliance, Sahani is now with the Mahagathbandhan.

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Mukesh Sahani-led Vikassheel Insaan Party ties up with RJD, set to fight in 3 seats

Mukesh Sahani-led Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) joined hands with the Rashtriya Janata Dal to contest from three Lok Sabha seats in Bihar.

The Hindu

Bihar JDU-BJP rift: Congress, Left leaders converge for RJD meeting at Rabri Devi's residence

Amid reports of an ongoing rift between Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bihar, MLAs and leaders of the Rashtriya Janata Dal arrived at the residence of Rabri Devi, wife of party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in Patna on Tuesday. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Bihar: Bochaha bypoll result shatters myths about BJP’s upper caste base

PATNA: The victory of RJD candidate Amar Paswan in the Bochaha assembly byelection by over 36,000 votes against BJP nominee Baby Kumari on Saturday has shattered various myths about the saffron party, pointing to the opening of a new scenario regarding the RJD itself. Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) nominee Geeta…

The Times of India

There was no deal of VIP's merger with BJP, says Mukesh Sahani while refuting Sanjay Jaiswal’s claim

PATNA: A day after his formal dismissal from the Nitish Kumar-led state cabinet, the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) president Mukesh Sahani on Tuesday claimed that the BJP had once offered him to make Union minister by sending him (Sahani) to the Rajya Sabha, if he merges his party (VIP) with…

The Times of India

At VIP’s cost, more breathing space for NDA, but one-upmanship battle lingers on for BJP, JDU

A dramatic week has unfolded in Bihar politics. It saw the Bharatiya Janata Party adding three more legislators to become the single largest party in the state assembly for the first time. The party’s gain, however, has meant a jolt to the Mukesh Sahani-led Vikassheel Insaan Party – an NDA…

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Won’t resign as minister, let Nitish decide: Vikassheel Insaan Party chief Mukesh Sahani

PATNA: A feud with BJP has made Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani an isolated man in the political arena in the state. Though a sudden but well-planned coup by all three MLAs of his party, who joined the BJP on Wednesday, has shaken Sahani, he sounded rebellious on…

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Bihar minister Mukesh Sahani-led VIP's all three MLAs quit the party, pledge support to BJP in assembly

PATNA: In a major political development, all three MLAs of Bihar minister Mukesh Sahani-led Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) on Wednesday quit the party and pledged their support to the BJP in the state assembly.

The Times of India

VIP reduces number of seats to contest

LUCKNOW: The Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) has reduced the number of seats it is contesting in the ongoing UP assembly elections. The party, which is contesting its first election ever in the state, had initially announced to contest 165 seats but it will contest 102 seats now.

The Times of India

Ready to contest all 24 council seats: Vikassheel Insaan Party chief Mukesh Sahani

PATNA: Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief and animal husbandry-cum-fishery resources department minister Mukesh Sahani on Tuesday said his party would field its candidates on all the 24 legislative council seats from the panchayati raj and urban local body quota, if the NDA constituents didn’t reach an amicable agreement on seat…

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