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  • BJP picks Sushil Modi for Bihar Rajya Sabha byelection

    BJP has picked Sushil Modi for Rajya Sabha byelection from Bihar.
    His election to the Upper House is all but certain as the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance has a majority in the state assembly.
    Election to the seat is due for December 14 if the rival alliance led by the RJD decides to contest.
    The seat had fallen vacant following the death of Lok Janshakti Party founder and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan.

  • Bihar Election Results Victory of PM Modi, Says LJP’s Chirag Paswan

    Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan described the Bihar polls results as a “victory” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying THE people have shown their trust in him. With his party winning only one seat while being instrumental in the defeat of the BJP’s ally JD(U) in many seats, Paswan tweeted that he was “proud” that his party did not bend down for power. His party had won two seats in the 2015 polls.

    “All LJP candidates fought gloriously on their own without any alliance. The party’s vote share has increased. It had gone to the polls with the resolve of ‘Bihar first Bihari first’. It has been strengthened in every district. This is bound to benefit the party in the future,” he said, while thanking people.

    The LJP received 5.68 per cent of votes while contesting on nearly 140 seats in the elections to the 243-seat Bihar assembly.

    All LJP candidates fought gloriously on their own without any alliance. The party’s vote share has increased. It had gone to the polls with the resolve of ‘Bihar first Bihari first’. It has been strengthened in every district. This is bound to benefit the party in the future,” he said, while thanking people.

    The LJP received 5.68 per cent of votes while contesting on nearly 140 seats in the elections to the 243-seat Bihar assembly.