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In KCR’s National Party Push, A Meet With Karnataka’s HD Kumaraswamy Today

K Chandrashekar Rao is all set to meet Janata Dal Secular leader HD Kumaraswamy in Hyderabad todayHyderabad: As new political equations emerge in the run-up to the 2024 general elections, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao is set to meet Janata Dal Secular (JDS) leader HD Kumaraswamy in Hyderabad today to discuss Mr Rao's plans to launch a national-level party.KCR, chief of the Telangana Rashtriya Samithi (TRS), had earlier travelled to Bengaluru and met Mr Kumaraswamy and his father and former Prime Minister HD Devegowda. The JDS leader arrived in Hyderabad yesterday for the meeting.The meeting between the two leaders comes against the backdrop of Opposition parties holding meetings to put up a united front against the BJP. It also comes as KCR's latest push for a national ro...
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At Science Conclave Opened By PM Modi, No Show By Two States

The conclave will be attended by top industrialists, young scientists and innovators.New Delhi: In a growing trend of states avoiding Centrally organised events, Jharkhand and Bihar have decided to skip the Centre-State Science Conclave that was inaugurated on Saturday by Prime Minister Modi. The event is being attended by all other state governments and an official reason for their absence is awaited.The conclave, which is the first of its kind, is to be a two-day event aimed at strengthening Centre-State coordination and collaboration mechanisms to "build a robust science, technology and innovation (STI) ecosystem across the country".Apart from the central and state governments, the conclave will be attended by top industrialists, young scientists and innovators.Organised at Science C...
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Nitish Kumar To Meet Sonia Gandhi After She Returns From Italy

Nitish Kumar, who went to Delhi on Monday, returned to Bihar today. (File)New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was in Delhi to work for "Opposition unity" ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, on Thursday said he would meet Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi once she returns to India from Italy.Sonia Gandhi is in Italy after her mother Paola Maino died on August 27."Once Sonia Gandhi Ji returns to the country, I will again go to Delhi to meet her. I have held meetings with many Opposition leaders during this recent Delhi visit," Mr Kumar said.Mr Kumar, who visited Delhi on Monday, returned to Bihar today. During his Delhi visit, the Bihar Chief Minister met leaders of several Opposition parties, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party leaders Mulayam S...
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Age Catching Up With Nitish Kumar: Prashant Kishor’s Jibe

Nitish Kumar the only educated person around to have said people like me do not know ABC: Prashant KishorBhagalpur: Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor hit back at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday, a day after the JD(U) supremo accused him of trying to help BJP and not knowing "ABC" of politics and governance. Mr Kishor, who has launched "Jan Suraaj", a campaign that is likely to evolve into a political party, said it was "laughable" for Kumar to issue "certificates" given that he was with the BJP till a month ago."Age is catching up with him. If he has divined that I want to help the BJP, it is his intellectual greatness (vidvata)," Mr Kishor told reporters in Bhagalpur sarcastically."Nitish Kumar must be the only educated person around to have said people...
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Prashant Kishor Tweets, Then Deletes, Clapback At Nitish Kumar

Prashant Kishor had a short stint in Nitish Kumar's party.New Delhi: Election strategist Prashant Kishor, reacting to former mentor Nitish Kumar's dig that he wanted to be with the BJP, today posted his response with a set of photos, without comment. A tweet, now deleted, featured four photos in which Nitish Kumar is seen smiling with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The latest bout between Nitish Kumar and his one-time party number two was triggered by Prashant Kishor's taunts after the Bihar Chief Minister swapped allies recently, dumping the BJP and forming a new coalition government with Tejashwi Yadav's RJD and the Congress."Nitish Kumar was with the paksh (ruling party) a month ago and now he is with the vipaksh (opposition). How dependable that is, is up to the people to decide. But ...
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Nitish Kumar, In Delhi To Work On Opposition Unity, Meets Sharad Pawar

I will try to unite, says Nitish KumarNew Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar today on his mission to unite the opposition ahead of the 2024 national elections. The chief of Janata Dal United, who ended ties with the BJP last month, has been in the national capital since Monday with a long list of leaders he wanted to meet.After Congress's Rahul Gandhi and Janata Dal Secular's HD Kumaraswamy, he met CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury, CPI's D Raja, Indian National Lok Dal's Om Prakash Chautala and Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav. Earlier this morning, he also met CPIML general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, who is also an ally in the state.He also has a couple of courtesy meetings slated for this evening -- President Droupadi ...
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In 2024 Drive, Nitish Kumar Meets Mulayam S Yadav, OP Chautala; Reconnects With Sharad Yadav

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Mulayam S Yadav and his son Akhilesh, both former UP CMs.New Delhi/Gurgaon: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met another old "socialist" friend, Samajwadi Party's Mulayam Singh Yadav, at a hospital in Gurgaon today — a key stop in his Opposition unity drive against the BJP for a fight in 2024.The JDU leader also met former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala of the Indian National Lok Dal and fellow Bihar leader Sharad Yadav, who was once president of the JDU.This came on a day when the BJP, too, held a high-level meeting to discuss specific Lok Sabha seats, in Delhi.Nitish Kumar — so far denying that he's a contender for the PM's post to challenge Narendra Modi — has really dived into the unity drive ever since he dumped the BJP to re-form...
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“One Day They Will Discard Bapu”: Nitish Kumar’s Censure For RSS

New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has slammed what he called "the pretense" over the 75 years of Independence and alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or the RSS, would write a new version of the freedom movement if they could -- one where Mahatma Gandhi will be "cast aside". The BJP and RSS, its ideological mentor, had no contribution in the freedom movement, Mr Kumar said in a scorching speech, scoffing at the 18-month "Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations" announced last year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  "What is the name they used? Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. Amrit. Who was the leader of the Independence Movement? It was Bapu (Mahatma Gandhi). So they could have called it the Bapu Mahotsav," Mr Kumar said at a National Council meeting of Janata Dal United in Pa...
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Nitish Kumar “Betrayed” His Socialist Roots, Says Former Minister

Senior JD(U) leader and state minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, however, shot back.Patna: Former Union minister RCP Singh on Tuesday vented spleen against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, accusing him of "betraying" his socialist roots by aligning with the Congress which revolutionary leader Jayaprakash Narayan had fought tooth and nail.Mr Singh, who had to resign from the Union cabinet after denial of another Rajya Sabha term by the JD(U), also alleged while talking to reporters in Patna that the Bihar CM liked a "darbaari" (courtly) culture, a reason why his public interaction has been named "janta durbar".He also sought a white paper on the weekly public interaction programme, alleging that money was splurged but nothing came of it.Senior JD(U) leader and state minister Vijay Kumar C...
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“Nitish Kumar Has Put Chameleons To Shame”: BJP Leader

Sushil Modi is often credited with having wooed back Nitish Kumar into the NDA five years agoPatna: Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Monday asserted that the doors of his party were "permanently shut" for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who dumped it last month, causing the saffron party to lose power in the state.Mr Modi, widely perceived to have been sidelined in his party on account of his proximity to Mr Kumar, came out with a statement claiming that it will not be long before the JD(U) leader did yet another volte-face.The former Bihar deputy CM, who has transitioned into a virulent critic of his ex-boss, alleged, "Nitish Kumar has put chameleons to shame in changing colours."Mr Modi, often credited with having wooed back Kumar into the NDA five years ago, was peeved at the...