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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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‘Bid to buy votes’: Can Nitish’s Rs 10,000 promise calm anger over jobs, migration?

With the Chhath festival over, Bihar’s election season is heating up again. The Mahagathbandhan held its first joint rally in Sakra, Muzaffarpur, where top leaders Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav, and Mukesh Sahani shared the stage.

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Instead of attacking him for eating fish, Tejashwi tells PM to speak up on poverty, unemployment, inflation

A viral video showing Tejashwi Yadav eating fish fry has created political turmoil and triggered a national debate, with BJP leaders accusing him of hurting Hindu sentiments.

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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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BJP announces candidates for Bihar council polls, all 4 NDA nominee to file papers on Thursday

PATNA: BJP on Wednesday announced its candidates for the biennial election to Bihar legislative council’s seven seats. The names of Hari Sahni (a native of Darbhanga) and Anil Sharma (Jehanabad) were announced at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi.

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JD(U) denies ticket to all five sitting MLCs, fields two leaders for Bihar Council election

PATNA: JD(U) on Wednesday denied ticket to its all five outgoing MLCs and fielded two new faces from the organization in the biennial election to the Bihar Legislative Council’s seven seats, to be held on June 20.

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Bihar legislative council election: Opposition likely to gain three seats

PATNA: The RJD-led opposition is likely to gain three seats and the BJP one seat, while ruling JD(U) is set to lose at least three seats in the forthcoming biennial election to 7 seats of the Bihar legislative council which will fall vacant on July 21 this year.

The Times of India

Bihar bypoll shows political fluidity in upper caste groups too

In a recent piece, sociologist Satish Deshpande talked about a new opacity that’s creeping into the understanding of caste identities, and the changes that they are witnessing in a break from the decades of caste clarity. It pointed to complex political mobilisation among backward caste groups, but argued that there…

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Bochaha result throws Bihar’s political equations into disarray

Cross-caste support for the RJD candidate has shaken the BJP

The Hindu

Bihar: RJD’s Amar Kumar Paswan beats BJP’s Baby Kumari in Bochaha bypoll

PATNA: In a major setback to the ruling NDA in Bihar, RJD candidate Amar Kumar Paswan defeated BJP nominee Baby Kumari by a huge margin of 36,653 votes in the Bochaha assembly bypoll. Result was announced on Saturday.

The Times of India

RJD’s Amar Paswan wins Bochaha bypoll in Bihar

Ruling NDA candidate defeated by a record margin of over 36,000 votes

The Hindu

Polling begins for by-elections in West Bengal, Bihar

By-elections for Asansol Lok Sabha seat and Ballygunge assembly segment in West Bengal, Bochahan assembly seat in Bihar are being held

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Bihar Council results will have no bearing on Assembly bypoll: Nitish Kumar

Bochahan becomes a prestige issue for NDA, RJD

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With voting for Bihar Council election is over, leading political parties shift their focus to Bochahan assembly by-polls

PATNA: With voting for 24 local authority seats of the Bihar legislative council is over on Monday, focus of all leading political parties of the state have now shifted to the by-polls in Bochahan assembly constituency in Muzaffarpur district.

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…

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Nitish recommends Sahani’s removal from Cabinet

A reshuffle could be on the cards in Bihar

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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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Long battle ahead but won’t bow down, says VIP chief Mukesh Sahani

Days ahead of bypoll for the Bochaha Assembly seat, 3 MLAs from his party had joined the BJP

The Times of India

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…

The Hindu

All 3 VIP MLAs join BJP in Bihar making it the largest party in Assembly

Our homecoming in the interest of State and country, the Vikassheel Insaan Party MLAs say.

The Times of India

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 Hindu

Bihar bypoll | Vikassheel Insaan Party to pit candidate against ally BJP in Bochaha

Bochaha seat fell vacant after death of VIP MLA Musafir Paswan in 2021

The Hindu

Nitish, top JD(U) leaders yet to campaign in U.P.

BJP, the party’s alliance partner in Bihar, had rebuffed JD(U)‘s pre-poll tie-up offer

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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