Nitish Kumar to be NDA face again in Bihar polls: Sources

IANS | February 13, 2025 5:00 PM

New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The NDA will fight the upcoming Assembly elections in Bihar under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, BJP sources said here on Thursday, putting to rest speculation over a possible new CM face for the October-November polls.

Delhi’s new CM to be chosen from MLAs, no deputy CM post: Sources

IANS | February 13, 2025 4:11 PM

New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will finalise the name for the Chief Minister's post in Delhi only after Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns from his US visit, sources said on Thursday, adding that the pick will be from the MLAs and there will be no deputy CM.

After CM Mamata, Abhishek Banerjee too calls for going alone in Bengal Assembly polls

IANS | February 13, 2025 3:25 PM

Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee, on Thursday, echoed and justified West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s recent announcement of the party contesting alone in the crucial Bengal Assembly elections in 2026 without having any understanding with any other party, including the Congress.