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Rahul Gandhi will have to contest next election from a neighbouring countr
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Apr 21 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal said that for next election Congress president Rahul Gandhi will have to find a seat in some neighbouring country because he is sure to face defeat in both the seats - Amethi and Wayanad - he is contesting from in the
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Public finance independent candidate Sukur Ali's bid for LS from Dhubri
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhubri (Assam) [India] Apr 20, (ANI): Only people with wealthy connections can afford to contest elections in India! However, bucking the trend is the independent candidate from Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency Sukur Ali whose bid is being financed by the public of his constituency.
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Gowda is fighting on 7 seats, yet dreaming of becoming PM: BS Yeddyurappa
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Shimoga (Karnataka) [India], April 20 (ANI): Taking a jibe at former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, BJP leader and former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa said that though Gowda's party is contesting only on a few seats in the state, he is nursing ambitions of becoming the Prime Minist
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Not going to say anything about Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur: Digvijaya Sing
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Apr 19 (ANI): Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday said that he is not going to speak anything about the BJP candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who is contesting against him from the Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency.
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Rajinikanth 'ready' to contest TN Assembly polls if AIADMK loses
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr 19 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth on Friday said that he will contest Tamil Nadu Assembly elections if the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) government falls.
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'Kerala mein kushti, aur Delhi mein dosti': PM Modi slams Cong, CPI (M); q
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvanthapuram (Kerala) [India], Apr 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at Congress president Rahul Gandhi's decision to contest from Wayanad stating it was "appeasement politics".
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Malegaon blast victim's father approaches NIA court to bar Sadhvi Pragya T
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 18 (ANI): An application has been filed before the NIA court here against Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, seeking a bar on her contesting the Lok Sabha poll.
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Sadhvi Pragya Thakur to contest on BJP ticket; Congress' Digvijay Singh we
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India] Apr 17, (ANI): Malegaon blast case accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur on Wednesday formally joined the BJP and will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Bhopal. She is set to face former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh who has been fielded by Con
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Former union minister Ali Ashraf Fatmi quits RJD
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Former Union Minister Ali Ashraf Fatmi on Wednesday resigned from the primary membership of the Lalu Prasad-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), following denial of ticket to contest Lok Sabha election from Madhubani parliamentary seat.
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BJP is 'plotting' to retire Rajnath Singh: Akhilesh Yadav
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 17 (ANI): A day after Poonam Sinha, wife of actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha joined Samajwadi Party, chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said she will contest from Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow where ruling BJP has fielded Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Read More
Prakash Raj slams 'fake' posts of him backing Congress
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Apr 17 (ANI): Veteran actor Prakash Raj, who is contesting from Bengaluru Central seat as an independent candidate in the Lok Sabha elections, on Wednesday hit out at the Congress for posting photographs on social media platforms, which claimed he backed the gr
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Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur to contest against Digvijay Singh from Bhopal
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Apr 17 (ANI): Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who formally joined the BJP, will contest against senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh from Bhopal parliamentary constituency, the BJP announced today.
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