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Coming from a farmer’s family and working as a small-time contractor until 2012, Sikander P Yadavendu (56) had largely flown under the radar. That was until his name emerged in connection with the alleged NEET-UG paper leak in Bihar.
JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP and former Bihar cabinet minister Sanjay Kumar Jha, who was appointed as the party working president at its national executive meeting in Delhi Saturday, has become the first person to hold this position. Jha, a close aide of JD(U) president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, had been the party’s national general secretary since 2017 and was recently named the party leader in the Rajya Sabha, where he has been an MP since April this year.
In a blow to the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar, the Patna High Court on Thursday struck down its November 2023 move to raise quotas for the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) from 50% to 65% in government jobs and educational institutions.
Devesh Chandra Thakur, otherwise known for pioneering the idea of Bihar Diwas first celebrated in 2011, finds himself in a controversy for the first time over his remarks on Yadavs and Muslims. On Monday, the newly elected Janata Dal (United) MP from Sitamarhi said though he would welcome Yadav and Muslim visitors from his constituency to his home, he would not help them because they did not vote for him.
Following the NDA’s impressive performance in Bihar, where it won 30 of the 40 Lok Sabha seats, the state has got a sizable number of berths — three Cabinet and five Ministers of State — in the Union Council of Ministers. However, the NDA’s choice of ministers has revealed a stark regional and social imbalance.
Following the NDA’s impressive performance in Bihar, where it won 30 of the 40 Lok Sabha seats, the state has got a sizable number of berths — three Cabinet and five Ministers of State — in the Union Council of Ministers. However, the NDA’s choice of ministers has revealed a stark regional and social imbalance.
While Nityananad Rai and Giriraj Singh, two veteran BJP leaders from Bihar, again found a place in the Union Council of Ministers on Sunday, two new faces from the state, Raj Bhushan Nishad and Satish Chandra Dubey, made the cut.
Former Bihar Chief Minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) leader Jitan Ram Manjhi is all set to be appointed Union Minister. Manjhi who won from Gaya – the lone seat HAM(S) contested – in his fourth attempt served as Bihar CM from May 2014 to February 2015.