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Hardly any election has been completely smooth without any dirty politics and blame games being played. This time in Maharashtra, the Sewri assembly constituency saw some high drama during the crucial parts of the election.
Bal Thackeray-led Shiv Sena alleged the Congress of assisting its arch rival, the Raj Thackeray-led MNS. It is a point worth noting that in [...]
Arunachal Pradesh registered 70% votes where as the turnout in Maharashtra and Haryana was 50 and 40 per cent respectively.
In Haryana’s Kaithal district a polling agent Jyoti Ram was killed in a clash between Dillu Ram’s (Congress nominee) supporters and Kulwant Bazigar (Independent candidate) in the Gulha assembly constituency. Jyoti Ram represented Bazigar.
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Just after the Assembly election in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh, the Congress leadership will restart the process of revamping the organisational setup of the party and also take into consideration the question of a minor ministerial reshuffle.
According to sources overhaul of the party’s leadership structure is high on the agendas of the Congress [...]
The campaigning in Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh and Haryana Assembly polls ended on October 13 (Sunday).
The canvassing of four long weeks saw high profile leaders of national and regional parties hitting the campaign trail on a large scale. Personal attacks were very much seen in the campaign.
Though the Naxalites struck in Gadchiroli in Maharashtra [...]
The induction of Rahul Gandhi into the Singh ministry is growing louder. The senior leaders of Congress have suggested about junior Gandhi that he be made a minister without any portfolio. In brief, a device that allows him to pursue organisational tasks while also gaining experience in the government.
This proposal of making Rahul Gandhi [...]
Sonia Gandhi today asked partymen to get to work to restore the Congresses historical role as the natural party of governance.
She said while expressing gratitude, “the election is now behind us and hard work must begin. We can now start to restore the Congress party to its former historical role as the natural party [...]
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LOK SABHA ELECTION RESULT UPDATE AT 13 HOURS IST: It seems that the Congress-led UPA is set to retain power at the Centre. It has done an impressive performance in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to overwhelm the BJP-led NDA.
The UPA alliance is leading in 250 constituencies. Congress alone is leading in 198 seats. [...]
LOK SABHA ELECTION RESULT PROJECTION BY CNN-IBN AND DAINIK BHASKAR
A private TV channel projects UPA of getting 210 to 225 seats in the 15th Lok Sabha elections, which is way ahead of NDA.
According to the channel the BJP-led NDA is expected of getting180 to 195 seats. The projection is based on a national election study [...]
Only two days left to Lok Sabha election results and the ruling Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today stepped up efforts to woo some smaller parties expected to play key roles in formation of the government in a badly fractured parliament.
Keeping aside the bitterness that was generated by long election campaign, the [...]
UP advisory board today said that the use of the NSA against Varun Gandhi was not valid. Javed Ahmad, home secretary of Uttar Pradesh said, “NSA invoked against the BJP leader Varun Gandhi has been held invalid by the board.”
Varun Gandhi appeared in person before the advisory board on 28th of April and had [...]
57% voters turnout in Lok Sabha Phase IV polls. Reported 4 persons were killed, 3 of them in West Bengal and one in Rajasthan. There are reports of stray violence, police firing and booth-capturing attempts.
Unofficial report comes of a member of a political party shot dead in Nandigram in West Bengal. A CPM worker [...]
Lalu Prasad Yadav, RJD chief, today said that no single party may be forming a government after the Lok Sabha polls and he again reached out to the Left by saying that the door for them was always open.
Lalu Yadav said to the media in a press conference, “The era of coalition governments is [...]
Few days before in Mumbai Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s said that independents were “spoilers.” Today Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi also appealed to the people not to vote for independents in the Lok Sabha elections.
She said, “Do not vote here and there. Do not vote for independents.” She said this while addressing an election [...]
PM Manmohan Singh today became the target of a boot. In an election campaign an engineering student hurled a shoe towards him, though it fell short of the dais from where Manmohan Singh was addressing his first poll rally. The incident took place in Gujarat at the Tagore hall ground.
Manmohan Singh did not want the [...]
Bahujan Samaj Party supreme Mayawati today said while voicing her prime ministerial ambitions that a “dalit’s daughter” should be made the prime minister of the country in order to ensure the uplift of the backward and minority communities in India.
At an election rally today the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh said, “Unless the BSP [...]
Over 55% of about 200 million voters today exercised their franchise in the 2nd phase of the Lok Sabha polling across twelve states that was by and large peaceful barring stray violence in naxal-infested areas Jharkhand and Bihar.
2 poll officials and a magistrate was able to have a narrow escape when Maoists carried out [...]
Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt is again in trouble. He has been booked on obscenity charges for allegedly offering to kiss and hug Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati in his signature dialogue “jaadu ki jhappi.”
A case has been registered against Sanjay Dutt who is campaigning for Samajwadi Party, for making derogatory and undignified remarks against Mayawati [...]
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav
Lalu Prasad filed his nomination from the Patliputra area. This is the newly-formed Lok Sabha constituency.
Ramesh Kumar, brother of Sajjan Kumar
Congress announced ticket for Ramesh Kumar from South Delhi constituency and DPCC president J P Aggarwal from North East Delhi.
Kalyan Singh
After about sixteen long years of Babri Masjid demolition, [...]
The BJP leader Varun Gandhi was released today from a prison in Etah. He was jailed for his hate speeches in Pilibhit. The Supreme Court granted Varun Gandhi 2-week parole earlier in the day.
Varun Gandhi walked out of the Etah jail at around 1830 hrs IST to a tumultuous welcome from BJP party supporters. Maneka [...]
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