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Nitish Kumar Elected Head of JD-U Legislature Party

November 25, 2010

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was Thursday unanimously elected leader of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislature party and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi was elected leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislature party here. Nitish Kumar was elected at a meeting of the newly elected party legislators while Modi was elected by his party’s [...]

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Jaipal, Kirankumar Reddy in Race For Andhra Chief Minister’s Post

November 24, 2010

Union minister S. Jaipal Reddy, state Assembly Speaker N. Kirankumar Reddy and state minister J. Geeta Reddy are among the frontrunners for the post of Andhra Pradesh chief minister following K. Rosaiah’s resignation. The new leader is likely to be elected at an emergency meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) here Wednesday evening. Congress [...]

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Bihar Election Results Update: JD-U, BJP Poised To Bag 201 Seats

November 24, 2010

Bihar’s ruling alliance was slated to win 201 of the 243 seats, the Election Commission indicated Wednesday based on trends. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) were poised to get 29 seats and the Congress six. According to the Election Commission website, updated at 2.30 p.m., the Janata Dal-U (JD-U) could [...]

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Andhra Chief Minister K. Rosaiah Resigns Citing Age Today

November 24, 2010

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah resigned Wednesday, saying he was unable to withstand the work-pressure because of his age. Minutes after making the announcement at a news conference, he drove to Raj Bhavan, submitted his resignation to Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and requested him to accept it with immediate effect. The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) [...]

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