NEW DELHI: The Indian National Congress is likely to give a notice to move an adjournment motion on the Rafale deal amidst the Parliament Winter Session, on Wednesday reports suggest. Mallikarjun Kharge, leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha, told an all-party meeting convened by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan that his party wanted issues related to the Rafale deal […]
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HYDERABAD: After conclusion of Assembly polls, AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi said there is a need for all non-Congress and non-BJP parties to come together to defeat the saffron party. But the Hyderabad MP stated he has his ‘grave doubts’ about the Congress’ capacity to beat Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He also claimed that […]
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Ending more than a 24 hours of suspense, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Wednesday said (BSP) would support the Congress in Madhya Pradesh in order to keep BJP out of power. The BSP has two seats in Madhya Pradesh, while the Congress has 114 seats in its kitty. The SP, which has one seat, had extended its […]
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NEW DELHI: At a time when the Congress is adopting a “soft Hindutva” line, the CPM said Congress cannot defeat the BJP in elections with “soft Hindutva tactics”, and warned Congress. In an editorial in party mouthpiece Peoples Democracy, the CPM said the Congress’ election campaign in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan saw the Congress conduct a campaign […]
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JAIPUR: Senior Bihar politician and expelled Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav stoked a controversy on Thursday when has been caught making an outrageous comment on Vasundhara Raje, saying she needs rest and that she is growing fat while campaigning in Alwar in the state. Mr Yadav, a former union minister, “Vasundhra ko aaram do, bahut thak gayi hain (let […]
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NEW DELHI: The BJP accused the Congress party of trying save Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper deal, after he was represented by a youth Congress leader. . Claiming that all three lawyers representing Michel were from the Congress, the saffron party alleged that a “full surveillance” has been launched on Michel by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and […]
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NEW DELHI:Voting in Rajasthan and Telangana is underway for 119 seats in the Telangana assembly elections and 199 seats in Rajasthan after a high-decibel election campaign that saw war of words among contending parties. The Congress, which is hoping to capture power in Rajasthan, claims there is huge anti-incumbency in the state. Over 2,000 candidates are in the fray […]
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HYDERABAD: Just a day before campaigning ends for Telangana Assembly elections Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu claimed that while his vision was the reason for the development of Hyderabad and urged voters in Telangana to “revolt” against the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). “The city which was clean and green once has now become a garbage pit. Congress […]
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JAIPUR: With the election campaigning in the state coming to an end on Wednesday, BJP president Amit Shah said in Jaipur while predicting that his party would form a government with full majority. Amit Shah addressed a press conference in Jaipur and said the BJP transformed poll-bound Rajasthan from a ‘bimaru’ to a developed state and would now […]
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NEW DELHI: Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday announced that she will not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election or any other elections for the next year-and-a-half as the union minister will instead concentrate on the issues of Ram temple in Ayodhya and cleanliness of the River Ganga. Earlier in February this year, […]
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