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JD(U) asks Nitish Kumar to continue as Bihar chief minister

Patna: The JD(U) legislature party on Sunday unanimously decided that Nitish Kumar, who quit as Bihar chief minister on Saturday following his party's rout in the Lok Sabha polls, will continue as chief minister.



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Nitish seeks time to rethink, JD-U MLAs demand rollback

Patna: The political crisis in Bihar arising out of the resignation of Nitish Kumar as chief minister following the severe drubbing that JD-U suffered in the Lok Sabha election remained unresolved with the party failing to elect its “new” leader.



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Arun Jaitley compares Ramdev with Mahatma Gandhi, JP Narayan

New Delhi: After achieving victory in Lok Sabha polls, senior BJP leaders today "thanked" Ramdev for "awakening" the voters and compared his efforts with the struggles undertaken by national leaders Mahatma Gandhi and Jayprakash Narayan.



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CWC to meet today, will Sonia-Rahul resign?

New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet here today to take stock of the party's worst performance in a Lok Sabha election.



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Modi should accept injustices done to Kashmiris, says Geelani

New Delhi: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani on Sunday said if India’s would-be-Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claims of “justice for Kashmir” were true then “it will be an act of welfare for India as well.”



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Narendra Modi to head both government and alliance: Sources

New Delhi: Prime minister-elect Narendra Modi is likely to hold the position of the chairman of National Democratic Alliance (NDA), following the example of Atal Bihari Vajpayee who headed both the government and the ruling coalition, according to a report published in The Economic Times.



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Will Bihar CM Nitish Kumar bow to pressure and re-think his resignation?

New Delhi: The split in the Janata Dal(United) became a public spectacle on Sunday, with angry supporters of Nitish Kumar stonewalling party president Sharad Yadav’s reported intentions to elect a new legislature party leader in the state.



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Protesters demand Priyanka Gandhi's entry into active politics

Allahabad: With Congress on the verge of a humiliating defeat, a group of party workers today gathered outside AICC headquarters demanding Priyanka Gandhi's entry into active politics to 'rescue' the party.



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Nitish Kumar to decide on resignation today

Patna: Nitish Kumar will decide today if he wants to stay on as Bihar chief minister, a post he quit Saturday after his party was reduced to two Lok Sabha seats in the general election.



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CWC members likely to resign; to attack Rahul's advisors

New Delhi: Congress Working Committe members could offer their resignation at its meeting today in the wake of the party’s worst-ever performance in the Lok Sabha polls, amid indications that it could witness an attack on advisors of Rahul Gandhi while insulating him from criticism. While there has been no official word about such a move, the talk about the CWC members offering to resign in the first meeting of the party’s highest decision making body since the poll debacle began following remarks of Ahmed Patel, Political Secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, that “all, including myself, are responsible for the party’s loss.”



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