Tejashwi Yadav questions Nitish's 'health' after he garlands female candidate at poll rally
Muzaffarpur (PTI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar gave rise to fresh speculations about his mental health on Tuesday when he insisted on garlanding a female NDA candidate and ticked off a close aide who tried to stop him.
The JD(U) supremo launched his assembly poll campaign in Meenapur constituency of Muzaffarpur district, where he had the crowds in splits for mispronouncing local party candidate Ajay Kushwaha's name and adding the prefix "Shri" to Rama Nishad, the BJP candidate from Aurai.
The 75-year-old said during his speech that if the public promised to vote for the NDA, he would like to put garlands around the necks of candidates as a mark of assured victory.
Nishad, who had joined the BJP last week, was seen squirming when Kumar moved towards her with a garland in his hand.
In local Hindu traditions, a woman cannot let anyone except her husband put a garland around her neck.
Kumar's close aide, Sanjay Kumar Jha, the JD(U)'s working president, hurriedly tried to prevent his mentor from creating a scene by catching hold of the CM's hand.
However, sensing that Kumar was not taking kindly to the intervention, Jha retracted his steps, and the septuagenarian blurted "you are a strange man" before placing the garland around the neck of Nishad.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav shared the video clip on his X handle with the remark, "He is a strange man indeed. If he is in sound mental health, why is he reading out from a written speech and indulging in such behaviour?"
ई गजब आदमी है भाई!!! 😀
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) October 21, 2025
मुख्यमंत्री जी अगर स्वस्थ है तो लिखा हुआ भाषण पढ़ ऐसी हरकतें क्यों कर रहे है? #Bihar pic.twitter.com/Xhit9l37Ib
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
