Begusarai fell vacant a few months ago following the death of the incumbent Bhola Singh in October 2018. Film personalities, activists and stand up comics came to Begusarai to campaign for Kumar, including Swara Bhaskar, Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, and... read more

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: In Bihar, the fourth phase of polling is of high electoral importance to the BJP, which is contesting the three seats of Darbhanga, Ujiyarpur and Begusarai. BJP allies JD(U) and LJP are contesting from the seats of Munger and... read more

Kanhaiya Kumar is making his electoral debut as the Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate for Begusarai, where the left party was once dominant. He is contesting against BJP leader Giriraj Singh in Begusarai. read more

Kanhaiya, a debutant to polls, has adopted innovative campaigning methods and has succeeded in grabbing eyeballs. read more

At Koriya Haibatpur village, a cadre base of the Left, the political greenhorn begins his speech with a “krantikari istakbal” (revolutionary greeting). read more

The firebrand BJP leader has courted controversy on a number of occasions on account of his outbursts. His comment ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls that those opposed to Narendra Modi deserved to be deported to Pakistan has led to much lampooning. read more

RJD’s Begusarai candidate, Tanveer Hassan has brought in student leaders from JNU, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and Jamia Millia Islamia to canvass for him in a bid to counter the campaign of former JNUSU president and CPI candidate Kanhaiya Kuma... read more

Begusarai is among the five Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar where polling would be held on April 29. The other seats are Darbhanga, Ujjiarpur, Samastipur (SC) and Munger. read more

Talking to media persons in Begusarai on Tuesday, Giriraj Singh, BJP candidate from Begusarai Lok Sabha seat and a Union minister, demanded that the Election Commission ban green flag, claiming it gave an impression of Muslim-related political or religious... read more

Kanhaiya, then the president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU), was in the eye of a storm over the controversial remark, as the government pressed sedition charges against him in 2016. read more

Manto was the sole breadwinner in his family, which includes his wife, two daughters and three sons, who live in Begusarai. He lived in a rented accommodation in Kadipur along with four other daily wage earners. read more

The highway, from Bihat to Begusarai, witnessed a huge vehicular traffic congestion due to a large number of people joining Kanhaiya’s motorcade on SUVs and motorcycle. The unseasonal rain also added to the woes of the commuters. read more

Famous Bollywood couple Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi are likely to campaign for Kanhaiya Kumar in Begusarai. read more

The young have been rallying behind him ever since Kanhaiya joined the fray as a CPI candidate from Begusarai, a stronghold of the Left till 1996. read more

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader launched his election campaign from Begusarai in presence of former minister Manju Verma, who is on bail in a case related to the sexual abuse of minor girls at a shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur. read more