Still Smarting Over Poll Results, Nitish Kumar Snubs Chirag Paswan
NDTV
Chirag Paswan, who was upset when Nitish Kumar did not visit his ailing father, today said he had made every effort to ensure the Chief Minister's presence at the ceremony
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made it clear that he is not ready to bury the hatchet with Lok Janshakti Shakti Party's Chirag Paswan over his role in the state elections, which pushed the Janata Dal United to the second place in the state's ruling alliance. Mr Kumar skipped the programme for the first death anniversary of Mr Paswan's father Ram Vilas Paswan - attended by almost all important political leaders in the state. No reason was cited for his absence. His office just released a one-line press release that said he paid his respects to the departed leader. Leaders of Mr Kumar's alliance partner BJP turned out in strength for the ceremony organised in Patna.
The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance, which includes the Shinde Sena and Ajit Pawar's NCP, is en route to a thumping win in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly election, thanks to its two smaller allies.
The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader said the results are not acceptable to his party and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition.
The Adani Group said that none of its 11 public companies are implicated or accused of any wrongdoing.
The MVA had only been given a (very) slim chance of upsetting the in-power BJP-led alliance's applecart in this election; only one of 11 exit polls studied by NDTV believed it can win.
The first phase saw voting in 43 constituencies, while the second phase saw 38 seats up for grabs. Chief Minister Hemant Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), leading the ruling INDIA alliance, faces a fierce challenge from the BJP-led NDA.
Assembly Election Results 2024: Maharashtra's 288 voted Wednesday in a single phase, and an average of 11 exit polls gives the ruling Mahayuti 155 seats.
Bypoll Assembly Election Results 2024 Live: Bypolls were held on 48 assembly seats in 14 states including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and West Bengal.
During the event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honoured (in absentia) with the Dr Martin Luther King Jr Global Peace Award for Minority Upliftment.
The DMK MPs held a meeting today to discuss what they called the BJP-led Centre's betrayal of the state and its people
Meanwhile, Kamlochan Kashyap, DIG South Bastar said a joint operation has been planned after getting information about the movement of a group of Maoists in the area.
It happened around 11 am when a youth from Sevdha village came on a motorcycle to the Indian Oil petrol pump in Dulhapur village and asked for a refill worth Rs 100, Superintendent of Police Brijesh Kumar Srivastava said.