All stories by M I KHAN
'How can I seek support of Maoists? I'm on their hit list'
Rediff.com4 Apr 2014Bihar assembly speaker Uday Narain Choudhary, who is contesting Lok Sabha polls from the Jamui seat, refuted on Friday that he entered into a pact with the Maoists for their support to win the election.
Bihar's 'love guru' missing from poll battle
Rediff.com3 Apr 2014Neither 'heart' is a symbol nor 'love' is poll plank this time in Bihar, as Matuknath Choudhary, popularly known as love guru, is not contesting Lok Sabha polls.
Give me just 7 months to rid the country of its problems: Modi
Rediff.com2 Apr 2014The BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the country needed a servantand not a ruler. Calling him a sevak, Modi said that if voted to power he would serve the country.
In family-politics mix, Nitish an exception -- almost
Rediff.com2 Apr 2014Family and politics are often synonymous in India - no matter what party you talk of - and Bihar is no exception.
Bihar: Bahubalis and their wives galore in LS polls
Rediff.com28 Mar 2014The Bhartiya Janata Party along with the Lok Janshakti Party are all set to fight a pitched political battle against the ruling Janata Dal-United and also the Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal combine in Bihar. But there's one thing in common between the five major parties of the state -- all of them have fielded bahubalis, criminal-turned-politicians and their wives in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
Sadhu Yadav to fight sister Rabri Devi in Lalu's bastion
Rediff.com25 Mar 2014Sadhu Yadav, a former Member of Parliament whose name has featured in several criminal cases, is going to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Saran against his sister and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi.
Vajpayee aide quits BJP; AAP candidate in Patna faces protest
Rediff.com24 Mar 2014Known to be close and loyal to Bharatiya Janata Party veteran and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, senior BJP leader and four time MP Lal Muni Choubey on Monday announced that he would contest as an independent from Buxar.
Electioneering in Bihar: For RJD, LJP it's all about family
Rediff.com20 Mar 2014In the caste ridden politics of Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad's two sons and daughter and Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan's son, are star campaigners for their party.
Sachin Tendulkar to campaign for Congress in Bihar
Rediff.com20 Mar 2014Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar is likely to campaign for two Congress candidates in Lok Sabha polls in Bihar sources said on Thursday. "Sachin will campaign for former Delhi police chief Nikhil Kumar and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar in the upcoming polls," a Congress leader close to Kumar said.
JD-U fields retired IAS officer to take on Meira Kumar
Rediff.com15 Mar 2014Almost a fortnight after former bureaucrat K P Ramaiah took voluntary retirement from the Indian Administrative Service, he is ready to take on Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, a former Indian Foreign Service officer, in the Lok Sabha polls from the Sasaram seat in Bihar.
Rabri Devi to take on BJP's Rudy in Saran
Rediff.com14 Mar 2014Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi will face Bharatiya Janata Party's Rajiv Pratap Rudy, in the Saran Lok Sabha constituency after the saffron party formally announced his candidature.
It's a 'chacha' vs 'bhatiji' contest in Pataliputra
Rediff.com13 Mar 2014The prestigious Pataliputra Lok Sabha seat will witness a contest between BJP's Ram Kripal Yadav, the long-time confidante of Lalu Yadav who recently quit RJD and joined the saffron front, and Lalu's eldest daughter Misa Bharti. M I Khan reports from Pastna.
'Modi impressed me even before I joined politics'
Rediff.com11 Mar 2014Actor-turned-politician and Lok Janshakti Party leader Chirag Paswan claimed on Tuesday that he was a fan of Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi even before he entered politics.
Pappu Yadav returns to Lalu's RJD, to contest against Sharad Yadav
Rediff.com10 Mar 2014Controversial former Member of Parliament Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, who was acquitted in the murder of Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Ajit Sarkar last year, joined the Rashtriya Janata Dal on Monday.
Another minister resigns from JD-U, to contest on LJP ticket
Rediff.com10 Mar 2014Bihar Industry and Disaster Management minister Renu Kumari Kushwaha on Monday evening resigned from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's cabinet and the Janata Dal-United party. Kushwaha is set to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Khagaria seat as a Lok Janshakti Party nominee. LJP has joined hands with the Bharatiaya Janata Party in Bihar.
Paswan chooses family members to contest LS polls from Bihar
Rediff.com8 Mar 2014Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan has fielded himself and two close relatives including his son and brother, to contest the Lok Sabha polls in Bihar.
Revolt in Lalu's RJD, loyalist Ram Kripal quits party posts
Rediff.com8 Mar 2014Upset over denial of ticket from the Patliputra Lok Sabha seat, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Ram Kripal Yadav, a close aide of Lalu Prasad, quit from all party posts but said he was in the party "as of now".
Lalu fields daughter in Patna, upsets senior party leader
Rediff.com7 Mar 2014A day after Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad fielded his daughter Misa Bharti as party nominee to contest from the Patliputra seat in Patna, a senior party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ramkirpal Yadav has revolted against him. He is now set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party to contest against Misa.
It's all in the family: Lalu's wife, daughter to contest Lok Sabha polls
Rediff.com6 Mar 2014Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad's wife Rabri Devi and elder daughter Misa Bharti will contest the Lok Sabha polls, the party's first list of candidates has revealed.
Prakash Jha to contest LS polls on JD-U ticket from Bihar
Rediff.com6 Mar 2014Filmmaker-turned-politician Prakash Jha is set to contest the Lok Sabha polls from the Bettiah parliamentary seat in Bihar as a Janata Dal-United nominee.