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Bihar assembly polls: Former RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad’s son Satya Prakash joins JD(U)
The Bihar Assembly polls will be held in three phases on October 28, November 3 and November 7, and the counting of votes will take place on November 10.
Published on Oct 08, 2020 08:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com| Edited by Susmita Pakrasi
‘He was compelled’: Raghuvansh Singh’s letter sparks row after his demise
The RJD and Congress cast doubts over letters written by Singh and alleged that “he was compelled to write such letters.”
Updated on Sep 14, 2020 09:36 PM IST
Hindustan Tims, Patna | Vijay Swaroop
Nation condoles Raghuvansh Prasad Singh’s demise, PM asks Nitish to fulfil veteran’s last wishes
The demise of the mathematics professor-turned-politician, fondly known as ‘Brahma Baba’, was more dramatic coming just three days after he stirred the political poll plot in Bihar quitting the RJD.
Updated on Sep 13, 2020 06:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Anirban Guha Roy | Edited by Sparshita Saxena
‘A good parliamentarian and a grassroot level leader’: Political leaders condole Raghuvansh Prasad Singh’s death
Singh, the former Union minister for rural development in the first term of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, died at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi on Sunday. He was 74.
Updated on Sep 13, 2020 03:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Arpan Rai
Has left a void: PM Modi condoles ex-Union minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh’s death
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, who had resigned from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Thursday, was undergoing treatment at AIIMS for more than a week after developing post-Covid-10 complications.
Updated on Sep 13, 2020 01:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shivani Kumar
Raghuvansh babu, the architect of MGNREGA and India’s most influential rural development minister
Singh was the unsung architect of MGNREGA, the programme that survived change of political colour at the Centre, attracted a record fund allocation of Rs 1 lakh crore this year and emerged as a lifeline for millions of migrant workers in the Covid-hit economy
Updated on Sep 14, 2020 04:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Saubhadra Chatterji
Former Union minister and Bihar leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh dies
The condition of Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, the former Union minister for rural development, had deteriorated late on Friday.
Updated on Sep 13, 2020 01:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by: Meenakshi Ray
Bihar’s ace politician Raghuvansh Prasad Singh on ventilator in AIIMS
Singh’s recent resignation from the RJD has created a stir in Bihar politics.
Updated on Sep 13, 2020 08:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | HT Correspondent | Edited by Abhinav Sahay
JD(U) takes exception to Lalu’s letter to Raghuvansh Prasad, terms it violation of jail manual
Neeraj Kumar, state minister for information and public relations department and a spokesperson for the JD (U), tweeted on Friday morning, citing section 999 of the jail manual that states no prisoner is allowed to exchange letters for political purposes
Published on Sep 11, 2020 10:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Arun Kumar
The importance of Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
The buzz around RJD veteran Raghuvansh Prasad Singh’s possible departure from the RJD has brought into focus his decades long association with Lalu Prasad.
Updated on Sep 11, 2020 10:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Saubhadra Chatterji | Posted by Abhinav Sahay
‘You are not going anywhere’: Lalu Yadav to leader who quit after 32 years
Speculations are rife that Singh could join the ruling JD (U) ahead of the assembly polls in Bihar due next month
Updated on Sep 10, 2020 08:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Anirban Guha Roy
Raghuvansh sulking, RJD puts Rama Singh’s entry on hold
Earlier this month, Rama Singh, who had quit LJP in 2019 after being denied a ticket for the Lok Sabha election, had met RJD leader Tejaswhi Prasad Yadav and before that Lalu Prasad in Ranchi.
Updated on Jun 29, 2020 11:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Arun Kumar
‘Miffed’ senior RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh decides to step down from party post
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh’s move is being seen as a ‘backlash’ as the 75-year-old leader, considered a Rajput face, is reportedly unhappy at the likely induction of former MP Rama Kishore Singh in the party in next few days.
Updated on Jun 23, 2020 07:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Anirban Guha Roy | Edited by Anubha Rohatgi
Ahead of Bihar assembly polls, voices of discontent emerge in RJD
Former Union minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh slammed the state RJD president, Jagdanand Singh, for taking a hardline approach towards allies on the issue of GA coordinatorship and making Tejashwi the CM’s face of GA.
Updated on Jan 13, 2020 01:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | HT Correspondent
‘Not a cheerleader’:Rift emerges in RJD with senior leader’s dissent
The senior RJD leader, known for his straight forward approach, also made an oblique attack on RJD state president Jagdanand Singh saying “one cannot run a party by imposing one’s will”. He also asked if it was right for the party to alienate ordinary workers.
Updated on Jan 12, 2020 07:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Anirban Guha Roy
‘Maharashtra’s side effect could be visible in Bihar soon’: Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Singh’s statement of RJD-JD(U) realignment, an experiment that both parties did in 2015, did not find traction within his own party with leader of the opposition Tejaswi Prasad Yadav, summarily, rejecting Singh’s assertion.
Updated on Nov 30, 2019 07:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Anirban Guha Roy
RJD to now ‘expose’ Nitish & Modi government, a day after forecasting reunion with Kumar
The former union minister tried to dispel the notion that the RJD had gone soft on Nitish Kumar and that the grand alliance was in dire need of an acceptable chief ministerial face for taking on the BJP
Updated on Sep 15, 2019 09:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Anil Kumar
RJD blames its Lok Sabha poll rout to BJP’S money power
RJD’S top leadership has blamed BJP’S “money power and propaganda”, following a preliminary assessment of its defeat undertaken by a team led by senior leader Jagdanand Singh.
Updated on Jun 09, 2019 01:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Anirban Guha Roy
‘No objection if Nitish Kumar joins Grand Alliance again’: Rabri Devi
Rabri Devi’s statement came a day after Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, a former Union Minister, said Nitish Kumar should join hands with non-BJP parties.
Updated on Jun 04, 2019 04:36 PM IST
Patna | Indo-Asian News Service
Amid reports of differences with BJP, Nitish Kumar gets RJD invite
The politics in last decade in Bihar has amply proved that Nitish Kumar has remained the pivot around which other parties have revolved to make their fortune.
Updated on Jun 04, 2019 09:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Arun Kumar
Former minister questions Lalu’s sons, unease in RJD
There have been murmurs of dissent within the RJD over Tejashwi Yadav’s “autocratic style of functioning”, said people familiar with the matter.
Updated on May 29, 2019 07:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | HT Correspondent
Raghuvansh Prasad blames Lalu’s sons for RJD’s poll debacle
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh categorically blamed party chief Lalu Prasad’s two sons, Tej Pratap and Tejashwi Yadav for the party’s rout in the state and suggested that they should introspect and act accordingly.
Updated on May 28, 2019 09:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: After 2014 reverse, RJD looks to regain hold on stronghold Vaishali
In Vaishali, former union minister and five-term MP Raghuvansh Prasad Singh of the Rashtriya Janata Dal contested against Lok Janshakti Party’s Veena Devi, wife of Janata Dal (United) corporator Dinesh Singh.
Updated on May 13, 2019 09:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | HT Correspondent
Even Modi supporters will vote for me, says RJD’s Vaishali candidate Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
RJD’s Vaishali candidate, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, says that voters in his constituency, having learnt a bitter lesson in 2014, are in a mood to make amends in these parliamentary elections.
Updated on May 10, 2019 02:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Arun Kumar
Vaishali Election Results 2019: RJD veteran Raghuvansh Prasad Singh faces challenge from old aide
RJD’s Vaishali candidate Raghuvansh Prasad Singh faces challenge from LJP, which has changed its candidate and fielded Veena Devi, wife of JD(U) MLC and local strongman Dinesh Singh, who worked as the RJD leader’s close political aide for a long time.
Updated on May 11, 2020 10:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Arun Kumar, Patna
Amid flux in RLSP, Nagmani challenges Kushwaha for a poll battleallenger in Nagmani
In a tweet, Nagmani said that the RLSP was headed for a large-scale exodus and also set the tone for engaging his former party chief on his political turf, saying “if you (Kushwaha) have the courage, stick to your Lok Sabha seat (Karakat). I will inflict a crushing defeat on you.”
Published on Mar 12, 2019 04:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Anil Kumar (HT Editorial- Patna)
Wrongly painted as opposed to quota bill for upper castes: Tejashwi
Though Tejashwi did not comment on Raghuvansh’s statement, he underlined that the new quota Bill was just a ‘jhoonjhunna handed to upper castes just to appease them before the Lok Sabha polls
Published on Jan 18, 2019 11:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Ex-minister gives RJD reality check on quota bill, gets invite to join BJP
While making this offer, deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi said that “Leader of his stature enjoys no respect in the RJD. Only the NDA will give him his due respect
Updated on Jan 18, 2019 12:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Vijay Swaroop
Raghuvansh meets Lalu, calls for secular unity to defeat BJP
On Saturday, Raghuvnash avoided queries on seat adjustments, but said the fight in 2019 general elections was against the BJP and all like-minded parties should unite to defeat the saffron party led coalition
Updated on Nov 25, 2018 08:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Anirban Guha Roy, Patna