Nitish faces protest at public meeting; slams RJD

Sushil Modi files nomination for RS by-election in Patna

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Modi filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha by-election as an NDA (National Democratic Alliance) candidate in Patna on December 02. He was accompanied by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. He said, "Sushil Modi has our full support." Voting for Rajya Sabha by-election is scheduled on December 14. The seat was left vacant after demise of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader and former union minister Ram Vilas Paswan.

'Misconceptions' about agri laws leading to farmers protest: Nitish Kumar

Speaking on the on-going farmers' protest against new farm laws, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on November 30 stated that the protests are happening on account of misconceptions and dialogue should take place in the matter. He said, "The central govt wants to talk to farmers to dispel the fear of issues in the procurement mechanism. So I believe that dialogue should take place. The protests are happening on account of misconceptions."

'Delhi Chalo': 'Centre pretending to be with farmers,' slams Tejashwi Yadav

RJD Leader Tejashwi Yadav lambasted at Centre over ongoing protest against farm laws. He claimed that "Centre is only playing a script with farmers that it is with them and doing work in their benefit." Farmers are protesting at Delhi borders against Centre over farm laws.

Covid vaccine: Congress, RJD raise concerns after PM Modi holds all-party meet

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury raised concerns after the all-party meeting. The Congress leader said there was no roadmap discussed for vaccinating common people. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said the all-party meeting to discuss Covid-19 was a “show-off”. RJD leader said his party was not invited to the meeting. PM Modi held an all-party meeting on Friday to discuss the Covid-19 situation in the country. PM Modi said the vaccine is likely to be available in a few weeks. PM Modi added that eight vaccines are in different trial stages in India. Watch the full video for more details.

COVID-19: 'BJP's all-party meeting is just show-off', alleges Tejashwi Yadav

Speaking to ANI in Bihar's Patna on December 04, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav spoke on all-party meeting on COVID-19.Yadav said, "Despite being the single largest party of Bihar, RJD has not been invited for the all-party meeting to discuss the COVID-19 situation." "It shows that the meeting is just show-off," he added.

Bihar results: BJP candidate calls for recount in Kurhani seat

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Bihar's Kurhani assembly constituency in Muzaffarpur district, Kedar Prasad Gupta called for recounting, alleging that there was a difference in Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) counting figure and vote count given to him in writing by the Counting agent. Speaking to media, Kedar Gupta said, "I will write a letter to the EC. If they don't agree then we will approach court."