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‘I pray for the family’: Mamata Banerjee visits hospital to see Tejashwi Yadav’s newborn son
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‘I pray for the family’: Mamata Banerjee visits hospital to see Tejashwi Yadav’s newborn son

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited Opposition INDIA bloc coordination committee chairman and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav to congratulate him and his family on the birth of his second son. After meeting Yadav’s parents Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi as well as the new parents on Tuesday, Chief Minister Banerjee spoke to mediapersons:“Tejashwi’s family has received good news of their first son. Lalu and Rabri are here, all very happy. I pray for abundant prosperity for the family. With elections coming up, I wish them good luck. This child has brought happiness to the family. His wife has been here for the last nine months, and we’ve been in constant touch. They messaged me last night about the developments, and I said I would come. I am very happy — I met Laluji, Rabriji, an...
Why is toddy politics fermenting churn in ‘dry’ state Bihar? Answer lies in UP’s Lok Sabha results
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Why is toddy politics fermenting churn in ‘dry’ state Bihar? Answer lies in UP’s Lok Sabha results

New Delhi: Tadi, or toddy, is churning the politics of poll-bound Bihar, a ‘dry’ state since 2016 when the Nitish Kumar government implemented total prohibition on the sale and consumption of alcohol. Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Tejashwi Yadav is leading the voice demanding the ban be lifted on the alcoholic beverage created from sap of palm trees. He has found support not just from the Mahagathbandhan allies but also forced the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) constituents like Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) to come out in its favour. At the heart of the demand is the reach out to the Pasis, who traditionally made a living as toddy-tappers. Going by the Bihar caste survey findings released in 2023, the Scheduled Castes (SCs), or Dalits, were pegged at about 20 percent of the state...