Modi, Bihar and India
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Union Minister Chirag Paswan stated on Saturday that members of his party, LJP (Ram Vilas), met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to congratulate him on the resounding victory of the ruling NDA and to discuss the formation of the next state government.
Indian markets rebound as NDA secures a strong mandate in Bihar, boosting investor sentiment and lifting key retail, infra and services stocks into focus.
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Indian Parliament, Rahul Gandhi, has said that the Bihar election results reflect large-scale vote theft. He said that such a manipulated mandate—unfair from the very beginning—cannot be accepted.
Following a significant victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) commenced discussions to form the new government, meeting at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's residence.
NEW DELHI -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured a landslide victory in India's crucial eastern state of Bihar, based on the final vote count on Friday, which would give a boost to the ruling coalition in the run-up to key regional elections next year.
The Bihar polls were a test of the cohesion of the INDIA bloc, which was formed in 2023 to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s dominance
Asaduddin Owaisi, whose AIMIM party secured five seats in the Bihar Assembly elections 2025, emphasised that the victory brings increased responsibilities and expressed hopes for cooperation from Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
India's equity benchmarks opened lower on Friday, as investors booked profits after a recent rally, while information technology stocks declined on fading hopes of a near-term U.S. rate cut. Markets may see heightened volatility this session as the Bihar state election results trickle in.
On this India Today special roundtable, the focus is on the NDA's landslide victory in the Bihar assembly elections and its implications for the national political landscape. Following recent wins in Haryana,