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Ravneet Bittu, Abhishek Singhvi among new faces elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha

Upendra Kushwaha, Ravneet Bittu, and others won Rajya Sabha seats unopposed across multiple states, filling vacancies left by recent Lok Sabha winners.

Senior advocate and Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi (File Photo)

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Updated on Aug 27, 2024 09:14 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Upendra Kushwaha, Manan Mishra file nominations for Bihar Rajya Sabha bypolls

With the last date of filing on August 21, both the candidates are set to be elected unopposed, as the opposition has not fielded any candidate

Upendra Kushwaha with cheif minister Nitish Kumar after filing his nomination for RS seat (X/@UpendraKushRLM)

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Published on Aug 21, 2024 03:12 PM IST

ByArun Kumar

Upendra Kushwaha calls collegium system ‘undemocratic’ in presence of Amit Shah

Upendra Kushwaha blamed the collegium system for domination of a few judge families in the Supreme Court and the high courts of India.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Rashtriya Lok Morcha president Upendra Kushwaha(File photo)

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Published on May 26, 2024 05:42 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Voters politely refuse to vote for NDA candidate in Bihar's Karakat | VIDEO

NDA nominee from Karakat Lok Sabha seat Upendra Kushwaha was caught in a very awkward situation when people refused to vote for him on his face.

RLM leader Upendra Kushwaha has thrown his hat in the ring from Bihar's Karakat Lok Sabha seat.

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Published on Apr 12, 2024 10:00 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Can Chirag be BJP’s trump card in Bihar?

The younger Paswan, who could extract a union cabinet berth, is in the middle of a family feud with his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras who is already a minister.

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) National President Chirag Paswan during a meeting with Union minister Nityanand Rai, in Patna (Lok Janshakti Party Twitter)(Lok Janshakti Party Twitter)

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Published on Jul 12, 2023 03:36 PM IST

ByVijay Swaroop

Bihar could be next after Maha, says Kushwaha; JD (U) dismissive

Chief minister Nitish Kumar had on Friday met all legislators of the Janata Dal-United individually. He will next meet his party MPs individually for the next three days.

Former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha addressing a press conference at his residence in Patna. (Santosh Kumar / HT)

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Updated on Jul 02, 2023 11:08 PM IST

ByArun Kumar, Patna

Nitish Kumar meeting JD-U leaders individually, BJP says he is ‘nervous’

, Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha has been fanning the talk of likely merger of the JD-U and the RJD. “JD-U will be history before too late,” he said

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar (File Photo)

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Updated on Jul 02, 2023 12:07 PM IST

ByArun Kumar

RLJD chief Upendra Kushwaha’s security upgraded to Z category after IB report

Kushwaha had parted ways with Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) and formed his new party, RLJD, in February

The MHA order to beef up Kushwaha’s security comes on the back of a threat perception report by the IB. (HT Photo | Santosh Kumar)

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Updated on May 17, 2023 03:16 PM IST

ByVijay Swaroop

No challenge to Modi in 2024, says Kushwaha after meeting Shah

Kushwaha also mocked Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s efforts to achieve “opposition unity”, saying only those parties were with the JD(U) supremo with whom he had an alliance in the state.

Former JD-U leader Upendra Kushwaha. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 21, 2023 09:33 PM IST

ByVijay Swaroop, Patna

Upendra Kushwaha meets Amit Shah, sparks speculation

The meeting came two months after Kushwaha resigned from Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) and floated RLJD

The meeting lasted for about 45 minutes. (ANI)

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Updated on Apr 21, 2023 09:13 AM IST

ByVijay Swaroop

Kushwaha says Nitish Kumar is Prime Ministerial material

Kushwaha’s comments also come in the backdrop of opposition parties deliberating to form a united front against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Kushwaha was speaking with reporters following his return from New Delhi after holding the JD(U)’s national executive meeting.(Santosh Kumar /Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Aug 01, 2021 08:06 PM IST

Written by Shankhyaneel Sarkar | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

12 nominated to Bihar Upper House; BJP, JD(U) get equal share of seats

The nomination to 12 seats of the legislative council was stuck due to lack of agreement on its distribution among the NDA constituents.

Patna-March.14,2021-Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar felicitates to RLSP president Upendra Kushwaha after the party merged with JDU during Milan Samaroh at JDU office in Patna. Bihar India on Sunday March 14,2021.(Photo by Santosh Kumar /Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Mar 17, 2021 02:52 PM IST

ByArun Kumar, Patna

Bihar political churning: RLSP to decide on merger with JD (U) on March 13

Kushwaha did not say anything on merger but recalled his association with JD(U) MP Bashistha Narain Singh and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar.

Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha is cosying up to the JD(U)(PTI)

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Published on Mar 09, 2021 07:34 AM IST

ByVijay Swaroop, Patna

2nd round of meeting between Nitish Kumar, RLSP chief leaves everyone guessing

The JD(U), which gave a below-par performance in the assembly elections last year, is exploring all options to expand its number and base.

File photo: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar.(ANI Photo)

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Updated on Feb 01, 2021 06:34 PM IST

ByVijay Swaroop | Edited by Sparshita Saxena

Case against Kangana Ranaut for ‘showing RLSP leader Kushwaha in bad light’ through re-tweet

The cases have been lodged at Patna and Gaya civil court under different sections of IPC and IT Act

Patna-June.30,2019-Rashtriya Lok Samata Party president Upendra Kushwaha is addressing a press conference at party office in Patna. Bihar India on Sunday June 30,2019.(Photo santosh kumar/Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Dec 18, 2020 12:03 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Patna | ByVijay Swaroop

The Bihar mandate has lessons for all parties

The biggest the challenge before NDA will be to fulfil the promise of employment. There are around 450,000 vacant government posts in Bihar.

Even though RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav emerged as a big player, Nitish Kumar was able to neutralise this by retaining the women vote(SANTOSH KUMAR/HTPHOTO)

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Updated on Nov 15, 2020 07:45 PM IST

ByShashi Shekhar

AIMIM gains as smaller parties fail to make a mark

Owaisi’ s party pulls off a surprise in Seemanchal, winning five seats to make a mark for itself in the state by upstaging several small parties with deeper roots.

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi addressing the audience during an election rally during Bihar Assembly Elections, at Cheriya Bariyarpur, in Begusarai, Bihar on October 30.

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Published on Nov 11, 2020 05:40 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Patna | ByRuchir Kumar

Bihar assembly election 2020: Will JD (U) clinch a hat-trick in Bibhutipur assembly seat?

Bihar assembly election 2020: Bibhutipur will go for voting on November 3 in the second phase of Bihar assembly election. Counting of votes for the Bihar polls will take place on November 10 and the result will also be declared on the same day.

In Bihar, the ruling NDA will face a challenge from the RJD-Congress alliance (JDU+BJP) and the Mahagathbandhan (RJD+Congress+Left).(PTI)

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Published on Nov 01, 2020 01:16 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Byhindustantimes.com| Edited by Susmita Pakrasi

RLSP candidate attacked in Bihar, escapes

Ramesh Kushwaha, who is contesting from Dhamdaha seat, said two people opened fire in his office on Saturday night

The police are probing the incident, which took place a week after the Janata Dal (Rashtrawadi)’s candidate from the Sheohar assembly seat was shot dead during a campaign trail.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Published on Nov 01, 2020 10:23 AM IST

ByAditya Nath Jha

Bihar’s 3rd front may dent RJD alliance’s base

The Grand Secular Democratic Front, as it calls itself, has pockets of support among the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), especially Kushwahas, Muslim minorities and scheduled castes – the vote base votes of RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and BSP chief Mayawati.

All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi during a joint election campaign with the RLSP, ahead of the Bihar assembly polls in Bhabua on Saturday.

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Updated on Oct 26, 2020 03:57 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Patna | ByAnirban Guha Roy

Gave 15 years each to Lalu Prasad, Nitish Kumar, time for change: Mayawati

Mayawati alleged that the Dalits, mahadalits, tribals and weaker sections in Bihar had also not got the proper benefit of reservation. The seats of their quota were still vacant in the state, she added.

Mayawati said that Nitish Kumar failed miserably in helping the migrants come home and also failed in providing them livelihood after return.(PTI)

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Updated on Oct 23, 2020 04:51 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bhabua | ByPrasun K Mishra

RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha ties up with BSP for Bihar assembly election

Over the past few days, Upendra Kushwaha is learnt to have initiated talks with the BJP to re-enter the NDA, with no success.

Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) president Upendra Kushwaha (R) with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Bihar incharge Ramjee Singh Gautam during a joint press conference ahead of Bihar Assembly elections.(Santosh Kumar/Ht Photo)

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Published on Sep 30, 2020 02:27 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Patna | ByHT Correspondent

Bihar assembly election 2020: BJP does not warm up to RLSP’s Upendra Kushwaha

BJP leaders dismissed the speculation that in the event the LJP quits the NDA, the RLSP could replace it

RLSP’s Upendra Kushwaha had quit as Union minister in 2018, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of betraying Bihar.(HT file)

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Published on Sep 28, 2020 02:32 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | BySmriti Kak Ramachandran

Bihar assembly election 2020: Congress divided over continuing RLSP tie-up

While the Congress has maintained that the alliance was yet to discuss the issue, its leaders claim that the party will not have any objection to Tejashwi Yadav as the chief ministerial face

Out of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, only the Congress from the opposition grouping could manage to win one seat.(Arabinda Mahapatra/HT File Photo)

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Updated on Sep 28, 2020 08:22 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByAurangzeb Naqshbandi

‘Time running out’: Upendra Kushwaha’s party messages alliance partners

Anand Madhav, general secretary of the RLSP, Tuesday said that “politics is an art of possibilities” and the party was free to decide its future course for the sake of Bihar’s development.

The RLSP said it will decide its future course at the party’s key meet tomorrow. (Photo @UpendraRLSP)

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Updated on Sep 23, 2020 05:36 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Patna | ByArun Kumar

Prashant Kishor meets oppn leaders in Bihar amid talks about his next move

Prashant Kishor said to be in talks with different political parties ahead of the Bihar assembly polls.

Prashant Kishor, during a press conference recently, had said he is not going to launch a political outfit, but he said he will work to bring about a change in the state by providing a common platform to those dreams to see Bihar in top ten states in the country.(PTI)

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Updated on Feb 21, 2020 11:43 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Patna | ByAnil Kumar

‘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.

Senior RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh asserted that both RJD-JD(U) were in talks for a new alliance.(FILE PHOTO.)

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Updated on Nov 30, 2019 07:48 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Patna | ByAnirban Guha Roy

‘How can we vote against our own govt?’: JD(U) on RS walkout during triple talaq bill

The JD (U), which has six Rajya Sabha members and is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s alliance partner, both at the Centre and Bihar, facilitated the bill’s smooth passage by walking out of the House before it was taken up for voting.

Muslim women offer sweets to each other as they celebrate the passage of triple talaq bill at Delhi BJP Office in New Delhi .(ANI)

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Published on Aug 01, 2019 02:57 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Patna | ByVijay Swaroop

All 3 lawmakers of Upendra Kushwaha’s party join Nitish Kumar’s JD(U)

Letters to this effect have been forwarded by two RLSP MLAs—Lalan Paswan and Sudhanshu Shekhar—and MLC Sanjiv Singh Shyam on Friday.

Upendra Kushwaha was with the JD(U) till 2013, he quit the party following differences with Nitish Kumar.(PTI File Photo)

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Updated on May 27, 2019 08:25 AM IST

Patna | ByPress Trust of India

Lok Sabha election results 2019: BJP, JD(U) reap rich dividends as grand coalition gets decimated

The BJP had fought on equal number of seats and won them all, while the third alliance partner, LJP, contested and won six seats.

The NDA’s victory on seats with 40 per cent, or even more, minority voters also drove indicate that the minority communities are not averse to the BJP and its allies in Bihar.(PTI)

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Updated on May 24, 2019 07:41 AM IST

Hindustan Times, PATNA | ByHT Correspondent

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Upendra Kushwaha, Ravneet Bittu, and others won Rajya Sabha seats unopposed across multiple states, filling vacancies left by recent Lok Sabha winners.

With the last date of filing on August 21, both the candidates are set to be elected unopposed, as the opposition has not fielded any candidate

Upendra Kushwaha blamed the collegium system for domination of a few judge families in the Supreme Court and the high courts of India.

NDA nominee from Karakat Lok Sabha seat Upendra Kushwaha was caught in a very awkward situation when people refused to vote for him on his face.

The younger Paswan, who could extract a union cabinet berth, is in the middle of a family feud with his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras who is already a minister.

Chief minister Nitish Kumar had on Friday met all legislators of the Janata Dal-United individually. He will next meet his party MPs individually for the next three days.

, Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha has been fanning the talk of likely merger of the JD-U and the RJD. “JD-U will be history before too late,” he said

Kushwaha had parted ways with Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) and formed his new party, RLJD, in February

Kushwaha also mocked Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s efforts to achieve “opposition unity”, saying only those parties were with the JD(U) supremo with whom he had an alliance in the state.

The meeting came two months after Kushwaha resigned from Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) and floated RLJD

Kushwaha’s comments also come in the backdrop of opposition parties deliberating to form a united front against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The nomination to 12 seats of the legislative council was stuck due to lack of agreement on its distribution among the NDA constituents.

Kushwaha did not say anything on merger but recalled his association with JD(U) MP Bashistha Narain Singh and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar.

The JD(U), which gave a below-par performance in the assembly elections last year, is exploring all options to expand its number and base.

The cases have been lodged at Patna and Gaya civil court under different sections of IPC and IT Act

The biggest the challenge before NDA will be to fulfil the promise of employment. There are around 450,000 vacant government posts in Bihar.

Owaisi’ s party pulls off a surprise in Seemanchal, winning five seats to make a mark for itself in the state by upstaging several small parties with deeper roots.

Bihar assembly election 2020: Bibhutipur will go for voting on November 3 in the second phase of Bihar assembly election. Counting of votes for the Bihar polls will take place on November 10 and the result will also be declared on the same day.

Ramesh Kushwaha, who is contesting from Dhamdaha seat, said two people opened fire in his office on Saturday night

The Grand Secular Democratic Front, as it calls itself, has pockets of support among the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), especially Kushwahas, Muslim minorities and scheduled castes – the vote base votes of RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and BSP chief Mayawati.

Mayawati alleged that the Dalits, mahadalits, tribals and weaker sections in Bihar had also not got the proper benefit of reservation. The seats of their quota were still vacant in the state, she added.

Over the past few days, Upendra Kushwaha is learnt to have initiated talks with the BJP to re-enter the NDA, with no success.

BJP leaders dismissed the speculation that in the event the LJP quits the NDA, the RLSP could replace it

While the Congress has maintained that the alliance was yet to discuss the issue, its leaders claim that the party will not have any objection to Tejashwi Yadav as the chief ministerial face

Anand Madhav, general secretary of the RLSP, Tuesday said that “politics is an art of possibilities” and the party was free to decide its future course for the sake of Bihar’s development.

Prashant Kishor said to be in talks with different political parties ahead of the Bihar assembly polls.

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.

The JD (U), which has six Rajya Sabha members and is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s alliance partner, both at the Centre and Bihar, facilitated the bill’s smooth passage by walking out of the House before it was taken up for voting.

Letters to this effect have been forwarded by two RLSP MLAs—Lalan Paswan and Sudhanshu Shekhar—and MLC Sanjiv Singh Shyam on Friday.

The BJP had fought on equal number of seats and won them all, while the third alliance partner, LJP, contested and won six seats.

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