Losing friends fast, the opposition 'Mahagathbandhan' in Bihar is facing strong headwinds weeks ahead of the assembly elections with new allies hard to come by and the old seeking a greater share of the electoral pie, virtually blocking seat-sharing talks among its constituents. But didn't people die? [3] On 26 July 2017 Nitish Kumar broke the alliance and resigned from Chief Minister post. ", "Bihar verdict: How RJD, Congress, JDU turned vote share to seats", "Nitish Kumar sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister for fifth time", "LIVE: Nitish Kumar Forms Government In Bihar With BJP; Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav Lash Out", "Upendra Kushwaha's exit could undo BJP's carefully planned Bihar caste coalition", "Bihar Election Results: BJP-JD(U) alliance sweeps Bihar, gets 39 of the 40 seats", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)&oldid=982353161, Short description with empty Wikidata description, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 7 October 2020, at 16:36. Disha Patani leaves everyone stunned with her latest video! The RJD is fighting its first state polls in the absence of Lalu Prasad, who is serving time in a Jharkhand prison after conviction in multiple fodder scam cases. Deccan Herald News now on Telegram - Click here to subscribe, Brain-eating amoeba found in Texas City’s water supply, Losing hair can be another consequence of the pandemic, An insensitive take on IPL’s weight-y issues, Saudi Arabia will host women's golf for first time ever.
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The grand alliance spearhead, the RJD, which had emerged as the single largest party in the last elections with 81 seats, is finding it tough to convince its recalcitrant partners of its pre-eminence in the coalition and allow it to contest 150 odd seats of the 243-member assembly. "I will not forge an alliance with one or two parties. We use cookies to understand how you use our site and to improve user experience. READ: Bihar polls: Nitish Kumar kicks off campaign with 'Nischay Samwaad' rally on September 7. Mukesh Sahni also expressed displeasure over the treatment his party had received in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Kumar started his Har Ghar Dastak (door-to-door) campaign on 2 July. Bihar Congress spokesman Rajesh Rathor refused to go public about the number of seats the party wants to contest, but maintained it has definitely sought a larger share than what was being offered. He is having issues with his brother Tej Pratap Yadav also," Mukesh Sahni said.
Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Leave alone taking forward the seat-sharing talks with the existing and probable allies, the Mahagathbandhan remains an amorphous entity weeks before the first phase of polling on October 28, a situation that will make the rival NDA camp, which in any case looks sitting pretty, all the more happier. Here is a list, Spotlight On Pangong, China build-up now clear in Depsang, Is 2020 the worst year for civilisation? I will release a list of my 71 candidates for first phase tomorrow," Mukesh Sahni, who quit the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar on Sunday, said.
The Congress, which happily played a second fiddle to the RJD for many years, has been insisting on at least 75 seats, a demand lalu Prasad's party is not prepared to concede. We welcome the Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing the poll dates for Bihar Assembly and the Mahagathbandhan will come to power this time, said RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday. Bollywood set-designer-turned-politician Mukesh Sahni declared on Sunday that his party, Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), will contest all 243 seats in the Bihar Assembly elections slated to take place in October-November. Another RJD spokesman Shakti Singh Yadav also confirmed the numbers and said "one or two seats can be adjusted here and there.". "The CPI-ML has been contesting around 100 seats on its own.
We are assured as people of Bihar want to get rid of this government. Accepting the leadership, Tejashwi Yadav said, " I thank all the parties who have decided to fight the election under our leadership.
JD(U) does not matter in the election, our fight is against BJP," Yadav told ANI. A cornered BJP had managed toclinch just 53 seats. However, a power tussle in the ruling alliance kicked off with Tejashwi Yadav's elevation as the Deputy Chief Minister and RJD's role as the single-largest party in the Bihar Assembly. I wanted to fight from Darbhanga in 2019 but was given Khagaria. RJD's Tiwari, however, is unconvinced. "The people of Bihar are ready, be it the poor, jobless, farmers, workers, they are ready for a change. [32], After successfully winning the elections of 2015, the defection in Mahagathbandhan occurred with alleged attempt of Rashtriya Janata Dal leaders to break Janata Dal (United) elected legislators . Mahagathbandhan chooses Tejashwi "Tejashwi Yadav RJD will lead the Mahagathbandhan. He had even told me behind closed doors that the VIP would get the deputy CM's post...I will never do politics with Tejaswi again even if he apologizes to me," Mukesh Sahni said. Speaking to ANI, a senior leader said that the party wants the Left parties to fight alongside them as it would greatly boost their chances of winning in several seats. [34] However, the entry of JD (U) made other allies of Bhartiya Janata Party embarrassed . Prasad's son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav has already been declared the RJD's chief ministerial candidate, something that has not gone down well with some alliance partners.
Copyright © 2020 Mid-Day Infomedia Ltd. All Rights Reserved. MGB[1]) also known as Grand Alliance is a coalition of political parties in the Eastern state of Bihar in India, formed before the 2015 Vidhan Sabha elections in Bihar. "Out of that we expect proportionate distribution of seats to us," Rathor told PTI. On July 26, 2017, Nitish Kumar stepped down as the CM citing irreconcilable differences with RJD over corruption allegations against Tejashwi Yadav. Many jobs are lying vacant but they were not given. Bihar Assembly elections 2020: Top sources in the Congress party suggest that the seat-sharing for 'Mahagathbandhan' has been finalised and is likely to be announced in Bihar tomorrow. For reprint rights: Syndications Today, Vikassheel Insaan Party chief Mukesh Sahani (Photo: Twitter), Bihar Election 2020: Politics with Tejashwi never again, says VIP's Mukesh Sahni; party to contest a, Mahagathbandhan finalises seat sharing for Bihar polls; RJD bags 144, Congress 70, Left 29 seats, Bihar election: How both NDA and Mahagathbandhan are riddled in seat sharing blues weeks before polls. Click here to join our channel (@middayinfomedialtd) and stay updated with the latest news, This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. I am going out of this alliance (Mahagathbandhan) and will address the media tomorrow," Mukesh Sahni had said on Saturday. I won't disappoint them. Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) of former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha looks set to follow suit, with the party having already said "all is not well" in the 'Mahagathbandhan', which its leader Lalu Prasad and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar had cobbled together to humble the BJP in the 2015 assembly polls. They have exploited the public and humiliated the workers.
[21][22][23] 10% of tickets were allotted to women candidate by the alliance. Mukesh Sahni's VIP quit the Grand Alliance moments after it announced its seat-sharing arrangement for the Bihar assembly elections. As a Mahagathbandhan ally, it fielded candidates in three places in the Lok Sabha polls but had drawn a blank. MUKESH SAHNI'S VIP QUITS MAHAGATHBANDHAN. [18][19][20] OBCs were most favoured in the alliance ticket distribution plan. Bihar Assembly election 2020: ‘Mahagathbandhan’ formulates seat sharing, Congress to contest 70 Seats, Left parties 30 - Keeping in mind the poor performance of its allies in the Lok Sabha elections last year the RJD wanted to take a guarded step before entering into any seat-sharing. Thus the rival party of JD (U), Rashtriya Lok Samata Party drifted away with its leader Upendra Kushwaha from the hold of NDA . Nitish Kumar, the then leader of JD (U) and the Chief Minister for 5th time[33] was thus forced to join the Bharatiya Janata Party and NDA once again to secure the interest of his parties . Despite this, I remained with Mahagathbandhan," Mukesh Sahni said. Bollywood celebs come out in support of PM Modi's latest campaign! So an alliance with the Left parties will be beneficial for us," the leader told ANI here.
[14][15] On 11 August, he announced the seat-sharing formula, according to which JD(U) and RJD will contest 100 seats each, while Congress will contest 40 seats in Bihar.
Mahagathbandhan (abbr. Losing friends fast, the opposition ‘Mahagathbandhan’ in Bihar is facing strong headwinds weeks ahead of the assembly elections with new allies hard to come by …
The BJP and its allies managed to get only 58 seats. Bihar Election 2020: Upset over the seat-sharing arrangement by the Grand Alliance, Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) president Mukesh Sahni declared on Sunday that his party will contest all 243 seats in Bihar. Kushwaha, according to sources in the NDA circles, wants to contest the Valmikinagar Lok Sabha byelection, which has been necessitated following the death of sitting JD(U) MP Baidyanath Mahto. Even RJD's Jharkhand partner JMM has expressed keenness to be a part of the grand alliance and field candidates on some seats. Sunny Singh on nepotism: References help you to start, but what after that? Also read: Faced with uphill task in Bihar polls, Lalu Prasad comes out with subdued war cry. Here is a small analysis of the situation of Mahagathbandhan in the state. From the very beginning, he wanted to cheat the alliance partners. Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren had recently met Lalu Prasad in Ranchi and the two were learnt to have discussed the issue. The three-phase polls in Bihar will be held on October 28, November 3 and 7. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led mahagathbandhan (‘grand alliance’) on Saturday sealed seat sharing among allies and appealed to the people of Bihar …
Here’s what historians say, Republic TV manipulated TRP ratings, bribed households to watch: Mumbai Police, Clashes erupt as cops block BJP’s march to Mamata Banerjee's office, Catching coronavirus was a blessing from god: Donald Trump, CBI now investigating suicide angle in Sushant case: Sources, SSR death case: Thousands of fake accounts under scanner for defaming Mumbai Police, 2 FIRs filed, Hathras case: UP govt seeks SC-monitored CBI probe, Copyright © 2020 Living Media India Limited. Mahagathbandhan chooses Tejashwi "Tejashwi Yadav RJD will lead the Mahagathbandhan. The upcoming polls are also crucial for RJD since this is the first assembly elections in Bihar which will not witness the quintessential Lalu style of campaigning and his crowd-puller jibes. "I am declaring VIP will contest all 243 seats in Bihar now. Sources in the Vikassheel Insan Party (VIP) of Bollywood set designer Mukesh Sahni said with the number of alliance partners shrinking, the party wants to contest a respectable number of seats. RLSP chief Upendra Prasad Kushwaha is already camping in New Delhi where he is believed to have met top BJP leaders to finalise the modalities for his return to the NDA.
The grand alliance spearhead, the RJD, which had emerged as the single largest party in the last elections with 81 seats, is finding it tough to convince its recalcitrant partners of its pre-eminence in the coalition and allow it to contest 150 odd seats of the 243-member assembly. "I will not forge an alliance with one or two parties. We use cookies to understand how you use our site and to improve user experience. READ: Bihar polls: Nitish Kumar kicks off campaign with 'Nischay Samwaad' rally on September 7. Mukesh Sahni also expressed displeasure over the treatment his party had received in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Kumar started his Har Ghar Dastak (door-to-door) campaign on 2 July. Bihar Congress spokesman Rajesh Rathor refused to go public about the number of seats the party wants to contest, but maintained it has definitely sought a larger share than what was being offered. He is having issues with his brother Tej Pratap Yadav also," Mukesh Sahni said.
Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Leave alone taking forward the seat-sharing talks with the existing and probable allies, the Mahagathbandhan remains an amorphous entity weeks before the first phase of polling on October 28, a situation that will make the rival NDA camp, which in any case looks sitting pretty, all the more happier. Here is a list, Spotlight On Pangong, China build-up now clear in Depsang, Is 2020 the worst year for civilisation? I will release a list of my 71 candidates for first phase tomorrow," Mukesh Sahni, who quit the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar on Sunday, said.
The Congress, which happily played a second fiddle to the RJD for many years, has been insisting on at least 75 seats, a demand lalu Prasad's party is not prepared to concede. We welcome the Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing the poll dates for Bihar Assembly and the Mahagathbandhan will come to power this time, said RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday. Bollywood set-designer-turned-politician Mukesh Sahni declared on Sunday that his party, Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), will contest all 243 seats in the Bihar Assembly elections slated to take place in October-November. Another RJD spokesman Shakti Singh Yadav also confirmed the numbers and said "one or two seats can be adjusted here and there.". "The CPI-ML has been contesting around 100 seats on its own.
We are assured as people of Bihar want to get rid of this government. Accepting the leadership, Tejashwi Yadav said, " I thank all the parties who have decided to fight the election under our leadership.
JD(U) does not matter in the election, our fight is against BJP," Yadav told ANI. A cornered BJP had managed toclinch just 53 seats. However, a power tussle in the ruling alliance kicked off with Tejashwi Yadav's elevation as the Deputy Chief Minister and RJD's role as the single-largest party in the Bihar Assembly. I wanted to fight from Darbhanga in 2019 but was given Khagaria. RJD's Tiwari, however, is unconvinced. "The people of Bihar are ready, be it the poor, jobless, farmers, workers, they are ready for a change. [32], After successfully winning the elections of 2015, the defection in Mahagathbandhan occurred with alleged attempt of Rashtriya Janata Dal leaders to break Janata Dal (United) elected legislators . Mahagathbandhan chooses Tejashwi "Tejashwi Yadav RJD will lead the Mahagathbandhan. He had even told me behind closed doors that the VIP would get the deputy CM's post...I will never do politics with Tejaswi again even if he apologizes to me," Mukesh Sahni said. Speaking to ANI, a senior leader said that the party wants the Left parties to fight alongside them as it would greatly boost their chances of winning in several seats. [34] However, the entry of JD (U) made other allies of Bhartiya Janata Party embarrassed . Prasad's son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav has already been declared the RJD's chief ministerial candidate, something that has not gone down well with some alliance partners.
Copyright © 2020 Mid-Day Infomedia Ltd. All Rights Reserved. MGB[1]) also known as Grand Alliance is a coalition of political parties in the Eastern state of Bihar in India, formed before the 2015 Vidhan Sabha elections in Bihar. "Out of that we expect proportionate distribution of seats to us," Rathor told PTI. On July 26, 2017, Nitish Kumar stepped down as the CM citing irreconcilable differences with RJD over corruption allegations against Tejashwi Yadav. Many jobs are lying vacant but they were not given. Bihar Assembly elections 2020: Top sources in the Congress party suggest that the seat-sharing for 'Mahagathbandhan' has been finalised and is likely to be announced in Bihar tomorrow. For reprint rights: Syndications Today, Vikassheel Insaan Party chief Mukesh Sahani (Photo: Twitter), Bihar Election 2020: Politics with Tejashwi never again, says VIP's Mukesh Sahni; party to contest a, Mahagathbandhan finalises seat sharing for Bihar polls; RJD bags 144, Congress 70, Left 29 seats, Bihar election: How both NDA and Mahagathbandhan are riddled in seat sharing blues weeks before polls. Click here to join our channel (@middayinfomedialtd) and stay updated with the latest news, This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. I am going out of this alliance (Mahagathbandhan) and will address the media tomorrow," Mukesh Sahni had said on Saturday. I won't disappoint them. Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) of former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha looks set to follow suit, with the party having already said "all is not well" in the 'Mahagathbandhan', which its leader Lalu Prasad and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar had cobbled together to humble the BJP in the 2015 assembly polls. They have exploited the public and humiliated the workers.
[21][22][23] 10% of tickets were allotted to women candidate by the alliance. Mukesh Sahni's VIP quit the Grand Alliance moments after it announced its seat-sharing arrangement for the Bihar assembly elections. As a Mahagathbandhan ally, it fielded candidates in three places in the Lok Sabha polls but had drawn a blank. MUKESH SAHNI'S VIP QUITS MAHAGATHBANDHAN. [18][19][20] OBCs were most favoured in the alliance ticket distribution plan. Bihar Assembly election 2020: ‘Mahagathbandhan’ formulates seat sharing, Congress to contest 70 Seats, Left parties 30 - Keeping in mind the poor performance of its allies in the Lok Sabha elections last year the RJD wanted to take a guarded step before entering into any seat-sharing. Thus the rival party of JD (U), Rashtriya Lok Samata Party drifted away with its leader Upendra Kushwaha from the hold of NDA . Nitish Kumar, the then leader of JD (U) and the Chief Minister for 5th time[33] was thus forced to join the Bharatiya Janata Party and NDA once again to secure the interest of his parties . Despite this, I remained with Mahagathbandhan," Mukesh Sahni said. Bollywood celebs come out in support of PM Modi's latest campaign! So an alliance with the Left parties will be beneficial for us," the leader told ANI here.
[14][15] On 11 August, he announced the seat-sharing formula, according to which JD(U) and RJD will contest 100 seats each, while Congress will contest 40 seats in Bihar.
Mahagathbandhan (abbr. Losing friends fast, the opposition ‘Mahagathbandhan’ in Bihar is facing strong headwinds weeks ahead of the assembly elections with new allies hard to come by …
The BJP and its allies managed to get only 58 seats. Bihar Election 2020: Upset over the seat-sharing arrangement by the Grand Alliance, Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) president Mukesh Sahni declared on Sunday that his party will contest all 243 seats in Bihar. Kushwaha, according to sources in the NDA circles, wants to contest the Valmikinagar Lok Sabha byelection, which has been necessitated following the death of sitting JD(U) MP Baidyanath Mahto. Even RJD's Jharkhand partner JMM has expressed keenness to be a part of the grand alliance and field candidates on some seats. Sunny Singh on nepotism: References help you to start, but what after that? Also read: Faced with uphill task in Bihar polls, Lalu Prasad comes out with subdued war cry. Here is a small analysis of the situation of Mahagathbandhan in the state. From the very beginning, he wanted to cheat the alliance partners. Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren had recently met Lalu Prasad in Ranchi and the two were learnt to have discussed the issue. The three-phase polls in Bihar will be held on October 28, November 3 and 7. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led mahagathbandhan (‘grand alliance’) on Saturday sealed seat sharing among allies and appealed to the people of Bihar …