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Lok Sabha polls: RJD stakes claim on Katihar in fresh face-off with ally Cong
RJD claims Katihar seat despite Congress's announcement. Former RJD MP Asfaque Karim to file nomination, sparking tension in Bihar opposition alliance.
Updated on Apr 02, 2024 09:33 PM IST
Aditya Nath Jha, Katihar
Congress CEC approves nominees for key Bihar seats; discusses Odisha
The Congress’s Central Election Committee (CEC) on Sunday approved the candidature of veteran leader and former Union minister Tariq Anwar from Katihar and sitting MP Md Jawaid from Kishanganj in Bihar for the Lok Sabha elections.
Updated on Apr 01, 2024 06:50 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
After poll debacle, revamp talk gets stronger in Kerala Congress
Party insiders said a major surgery is unlikely as the state is set to go for the assembly elections in four months.
Updated on Dec 27, 2020 10:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | Ramesh Babu
‘Can’t undo what happened but…’: Congress’s Tariq Anwar clarifies Bihar poll loss remark
On Thursday, Anwar in a series of tweets in Hindi had said, “We must accept the truth. Because of the poor performance of the Congress, Bihar has been deprived of a Mahagathbandhan government.”
Published on Nov 13, 2020 01:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kanishka Sarkar
Grand Alliance lost because of Congress’ poor performance: Party leader Tariq
Senior Congress leader Tariq Anwar also expressed worry over entry of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) in Bihar.
Updated on Nov 12, 2020 08:15 PM IST
Patna | Press Trust of India | Posted by Shivani Kumar
Sharad Pawar’s NCP to go it alone in Bihar polls, contest over 150 seats
The party has already released a list of 32 candidates for the first phase of elections on 71 seats.
Updated on Oct 09, 2020 08:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Subhash Pathak
Former Union minister Tariq Anwar’s elevation in AICC hints at party’s focus on Bihar
Congress MLC Prem Chandra Mishra said that Anwar was a towering face in Bihar politics and the party would benefit from his elevation.
Updated on Sep 12, 2020 07:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Subhash Pathak | Edited by Sparshita Saxena
Congress names Tariq Anwar as candidate for Bihar legislative council polls
He served as a member of the council of ministers in the Manmohan Singh government from the NCP quota but quit the party a couple of years ago when media reports quoted Pawar, the NCP national president, as having defended Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Rafale deal.
Updated on Jun 25, 2020 07:52 AM IST
Patna | Press Trust of India | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
Rahul Gandhi’s leadership to be focus of Congress meet today
A second party functionary, however, did not rule out another CWC meeting within the next couple of days to end the uncertainty triggered by Gandhi’s purported insistence on quitting despite the May 25 resolution.
Updated on Jun 01, 2019 08:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi
Lok Sabha elections 2019 ‘Congress’ DNA to divide people’: BJP slams Sidhu’s appeal to Muslim voters
Sidhu’s comments drew an angry response from BJP which alleged that it was in the Congress’ DNA to divide the people.
Updated on Apr 16, 2019 07:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Aditya Nath Jha
Caste, not religion, at centre stage between Congress and JD(U) candidates in Katihar
Sitting MP Anwar, who is seeking re-election for the sixth time from the seat, having won it first in 1980, appears to be in an uncomfortable electoral position, banking heavily on his own vote base among minorities and OBCs as well as senior ally RJD’s “Muslim-Yadav’ combination.
Published on Apr 13, 2019 08:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Katihar | Anirban Guha Roy
Lok Sabha elections 2019: In Bihar’s Katihar, NCP’s Tariq Anwar holds the key
Tariq Anwar of the Nationalist Congress Party won the Katihar Lok Sabha seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, defeating Nikhil Kumar Choudhary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by more than 1.14 lakh votes.
Updated on Apr 12, 2019 01:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | HT Correspondent
Tariq Anwar meets Lalu Yadav at Ranchi hospital
Asking the BJP to avoid politicalising surgical strikes, Anwar said that people of the country were well aware that the credit instead of being given to armed forces was being made a political issue.
Published on Mar 17, 2019 02:58 AM IST
Ranchi | HT Correspondent
Rebel MPs in Bihar dial Congress, party says all lines are open
Resurgent after recent wins in BJP-ruled states and return of Tariq Anwar, party hopes to win lost ground. The Congress currently has three Lok Sabha members from Bihar and 27 MLAs in the state.
Published on Jan 10, 2019 10:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | B Vijay Murty
I regret having delayed my return to Congress: Tariq Anwar
Tariq Anwar is a Member of Parliament for nearly three decades. He is a former Bihar and Union minister.In an interview, the parliamentarian for the last three decades and former Union minister discussed at length his ghar wapsi, national and Bihar politics.
Updated on Nov 21, 2018 08:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | B Vijay Murty
Tariq Anwar back in Congress after 19 years, 2 TRS leaders too join
Tariq Anwar met Congress president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Saturday.
Updated on Oct 27, 2018 10:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Tariq Anwar quits NCP, cites party boss Sharad Pawar ‘stand’ on Rafale row
Tariq Anwar was a Lok Sabha member from Katihar in Bihar and a prominent face of the party in Bihar.
Updated on Sep 28, 2018 05:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Arun Kumar