Anirban Guha Roy
A journalist for 21 years, Anirban covers RJD, legislature and government beats. Has extensive experience in covering elections and writes regularly on finance, land reforms, registration, excise and socio-economic issues.
Articles by Anirban Guha Roy
Bihar GA to boycott assembly if budget session is curtailed, says Tejashwi Yadav
PUBLISHED ON JAN 11, 2021 04:05 PM IST
Tejashwi Yadav said the very fact that the House sat for only four days last year was an indicator of how the government is shying away from discussing core issues related to common people.
Jitan Ram Manjhi pushes for cabinet, legislative council seat in Bihar
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON JAN 06, 2021 08:30 PM IST
Jitan Ram Manjhi’s made the demand came hours after the announcement of polls for two vacant Council seats on January 28 by the Election Commission (EC), which could make distribution of seats among the allies in the NDA a tricky affair.
Tejashwi Yadav, Chirag Paswan to set off on stock-taking yatras in Bihar
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
PUBLISHED ON JAN 05, 2021 05:24 PM IST
While Tejashwi Yadav is expected to visit districts both in north and central Bihar in the first leg, Chirag Paswan is scheduled to visit most of the districts in the state including the Seemanchal belt.
‘Don’t need anybody’s offer’: JDU chief on rejoining Grand Alliance
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON JAN 03, 2021 08:38 PM IST
The JD(U) president’s remarks comes a day after former deputy chief minister and BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi alleged that jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad was calling up his party MLAs from paid ward at RIMS, Ranchi to engineer defections.
In Bihar, online nomination for panchayat polls likely to get approval
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON JAN 03, 2021 12:00 AM IST
For filing nominations online, candidates will have to go to designated portals and deposit the requisite fee through a challan digitally and subsequently visit the office of the returning officer (RO) at an appointed time.
In Bihar, exercise to update electoral rolls starts
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON DEC 17, 2020 10:37 PM IST
The revision aims at enlisting new voters, including those having attained the age of 18 as on January 1, 2021 and also deleting names of deceased voters or those who have changed addresses. The exercise will continue till January 11 till when the claims and objections will be received by the election office.
Nitish Kumar government approves free coronavirus vaccine for all in Bihar
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON DEC 16, 2020 08:10 AM IST
The state cabinet also decided to generate 20 lakh jobs in government and non-government sector in the next five years.
Delay in cabinet expansion of Nitish Kumar govt raises eyebrows
By Anirban Guha Roy | Edited by Abhinav Sahay | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON DEC 12, 2020 09:34 AM IST
NDA insiders said the cabinet expansion was originally supposed to take place soon after the conclusion of the first session of the 17th assembly, held in the last week of November.
900 Bihar farmers to miss out on govt subsidy for stubble burning
By Anirban Guha Roy | Edited by Abhinav Sahay | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON DEC 11, 2020 11:25 AM IST
Bihar is the only state to have resorted to blocking of DBT to farmers to discourage the practice of stubble burning. The exercise has been undertaken by strict monitoring of the farm lands by agriculture coordinators and kisan mitras, says the state government.
RJD lays condition for naming MLAs for Bihar house panels, logjam persists
By Anirban Guha Roy | Edited by Abhinav Sahay | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON DEC 11, 2020 09:41 AM IST
RJD’s hardening of stance comes after Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha sent a reminder to Tejashwi Yadav asking him to recommend names of party MLAs for various house committees.
RJD begins probe into poll defeat, focus on Kosi & Seemanchal rout
By Anirban Guha Roy | Edited by Abhinav Sahay | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON DEC 02, 2020 08:43 PM IST
Party insiders said one of the foremost factors behind RJD’s loss in Kosi and north Bihar districts was the party’s failure to garner votes of the extremely backward classes.
Bihar mulls conducting panchayat polls via EVMs to bring transparency
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON DEC 02, 2020 10:35 AM IST
Kerala, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are among few states where the EVMs have been used to conduct panchayat polls in the last several years, an official said.
Jailed Lalu Prasad trying to lure NDA MLAs by promising ministerial berths: Sushil Modi
By Anirban Guha Roy | Edited by Sohini Sarkar | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON NOV 24, 2020 10:49 PM IST
The senior BJP leader also indicated the phone number from which the jailed RJD chief purportedly made calls, on his Twitter handle.
Bihar: Grand Alliance fields RJD MLA for Speaker’s post
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON NOV 24, 2020 04:30 PM IST
Six-time MLA Awadh Bihar Choudhary is pitted against NDA’s candidate and senior BJP leader Vijay Kumar Sinha
Nitish Kumar may expand cabinet after first session of assembly
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON NOV 23, 2020 08:15 AM IST
There are total 14 ministers in the cabinet now including the Chief Minister following the resignation of Mewalal Choudhary of the JD(U).
New Bihar Assembly session begins Monday, trust vote call may be dynamic
By Anirban Guha Roy | Edited by Abhinav Sahay | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON NOV 22, 2020 10:41 PM IST
There is a good chance that BJP’s senior legislator and former minister Nand Kishore Yadav would be the new Speaker, sources said.
Bihar: RJD to boycott NDA’s oath-taking ceremony today
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON NOV 16, 2020 02:02 PM IST
Nitish Kumar’s new Cabinet: Blend of young, old faces likely
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON NOV 16, 2020 05:49 PM IST
The BJP may bag the key post of Speaker in the new 243-member Bihar legislative assembly because of the NDA’s wafer-thin majority
Rahul Gandhi was picnicking while PM Modi focused on Bihar polls: RJD’s Shivanand Tiwary
By Anirban Guha Roy| Edited by Sabir Hussain | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON NOV 16, 2020 12:27 AM IST
Rashtriya Janata Dal national vice president Shivanand Tiwary also accused the Congress of being a ‘non-serious player’.
Bihar has set template for Bengal, Assam elections, claims CPI-ML chief
By Anirban Guha Roy | Edited by Abhinav Sahay | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON NOV 15, 2020 09:20 PM IST
The left leader alleged that the voters in Bihar have defeated the BJP’s conspiracy to create an opposition-free democracy by strongly supporting the GA.
RJD considers legal challenge to Bihar poll results, EC says election was transparent
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON NOV 13, 2020 09:12 PM IST
Tejashwi Yadav had alleged that the irregularities in the counting process had led to the Grand Alliance losing 20 seats that stopped it from reaching the majority figure of 122.
‘People’s mandate in our favour’: Tejashwi Yadav
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 13, 2020 08:06 AM IST
The 31-year-old leader, who was elected the leader of the GA, said the opposition alliance would move court if the Election Commission does not give satisfactory reasons for the rejection of a huge number of postal ballots.
Bihar Election 2020: Speculation rife over BJP’s share in NDA cabinet
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON NOV 11, 2020 04:22 PM IST
The maximum number of ministers in the Bihar cabinet permissible is 36, as the size is capped at 15% of the 243-member legislative assembly
Bihar Election 2020: Left parties increase strike rate via RJD-led Mahagatbandhan alliance
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON NOV 10, 2020 01:38 PM IST
The Left parties are leading on 19 out of the 29 seats they contested as part of the alliance
Voting over in Bihar, here’s how top leaders are spending their Sunday
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON NOV 08, 2020 07:25 PM IST
Both chief minister Nitish Kumar and leader of the opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav stayed indoors. They met party leaders to take feedback about the polling trends in the third phase and exit poll predictions.
RJD, JD(U) eye Yadav votes in Kosi, Mithilanchal, Seemanchal in 3rd phase of Bihar polls
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON NOV 05, 2020 09:06 AM IST
Out of the total 78 seats going to polls, 65 seats which fall in the Mithilanchal, Champaran, Kosi and Seemanchal belt have a sizeable Yadav population with Madhepura assembly seat accounting for around 40% of that particular caste group.
Tejashwi Yadav, Tej Pratap gave false affidavit, JD(U) complains to EC amid Bihar polls
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
PUBLISHED ON NOV 04, 2020 08:17 AM IST
The RJD has dismissed the JUD (U)’s complaint to t he EC as desperate tactics of a party on the verge of losing the Bihar assembly election.
Bihar Assembly Election 2020: Tejashwi Yadav writes to PM, complains about ‘step-motherly’ treatment to state
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON NOV 03, 2020 10:06 AM IST
Yadav, who is the chief ministerial candidate of RJD-led Grand Alliance, cited the state’s low rankings and called it the Centre’s responsibility to pull Bihar out from the quagmire of underdevelopment by giving it special economic assistance
Bihar Assembly Election 2020: RJD bastion set for triangular contest
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 03, 2020 05:12 AM IST
All eyes in Bihar on Tuesday will be trained on one assembly constituency in particular -- Raghopur in Vaishali district. This where the political heir to Rastriya Janata Dal founder Lalu Prasad, his younger son and the party’s chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, is fighting for re-election to the House.
Why is Bihar’s unemployment rate over 46% despite a double-engine govt? Tejashwi asks PM
By Anirban Guha Roy | Hindustan Times, Patna
PUBLISHED ON NOV 02, 2020 07:53 AM IST
Leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav accused the NDA governments at the Centre and the state of being responsible for unemployment, migration and poverty in Bihar.