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The mutton party was organized by Lalan Singh on Wednesday (July 16), after he had held a rally on the occasion of laying the foundation stone for road and bridge construction projects worth Rs 472 crore in Suryagarha, Lakhisarai. Thousands of people participated in the mutton feast.

Bihar Assembly Election 2025: Bihar is all set to witness elections later this year, with a high-stakes contest and the entry of new faces into the state’s political arena. The political dynamics of Bihar have always been closely watched, especially with the JDU's frequent shifts between the Mahagathbandhan and the NDA over the past few years.

Speaking to IANS, Kishor announced that the party's state-wide signature campaign will be launched on May 11, focusing on three pressing welfare issues in Bihar.

The poster referred to Lalu Prasad Yadav’s 2010 Lok Sabha speech in which he had strongly advocated for a stricter law to check Waqf properties’ mismanagement.

Earlier, JD(U) leader Raju Nayyar wrote in his resignation, "I resign from JD(U) after Waqf Amendment Bill is passed and supported in the Lok Sabha."

The Rajya Sabha passed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, in the early hours of Friday following a lengthy and intense debate in the Upper House, which saw the contentious bill getting a nod by a majority of 128 votes against 95.

With assembly elections barely a few months away, the JD(U) president's averment came at a function in Patna where Shah and he unveiled several projects of the Centre and the state.

After Nitish Kumar inducted seven new ministers from the BJP quota into his Cabinet, Tejashwi Yadav said on Thursday that it will not make any difference to the fortunes of the ruling party.

Bihar Polls: Ahead of the Prime Minister’s arrival, the opposition Mahagathbandhan has intensified its criticism of the ruling NDA government. 

The JD(U) state unit in Manipur has decided to withdraw its support from the BJP-led Biren Singh government and has communicated this decision to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla. 

On Monday, Nitish Kumar arrived in Samastipur as part of his 'Pragati Yatra.' During his visit, the Bihar CM inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for 198 schemes worth more than Rs 900 crore. 

While speaking to reporters in the north Bihar district of Muzaffarpur, as part of a state-wide Pragati Yatra, Nitish Kumar quashed all rumours of joining hands with his former ally RJD in Bihar.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remark and Nitish Kumar's silence fuelled fresh speculations but the BJP is now in a damage control mode.

Tejashwi firmly ruled out any possibility of future alliance with Nitish Kumar’s party in the Bihar Assembly polls.  

The JD(U), which suffered a major setback in the assembly polls of 2020 when it won less than 45 seats in a 243-strong House, has been upbeat since the Lok Sabha election.

Shankar Singh is a former Bihar MLA who represented the seat between February 2005 and November 2005 on the Lok Janshakti Party. 

The BJP is keen on retaining the Lok Sabha speaker's post while having agreed to give the Deputy Speaker's post to its allies - TDP or JDU.

The BJP seeks to retain the Speaker post for the 18th Lok Sabha after securing 240 seats, while offering the Deputy Speaker position to NDA allies, with Rajnath Singh leading negotiations.

Nitish Kumar got a big shock after the Lok Sabha elections. Ajit Singh, son of Jagdanand Singh, state president of Nitish Kumar's party JDU, resigned from JDU. Did NDA's support prove costly for Nitish Kumar?