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Congress replaces Rashid Alvi with Sachin Chaudhary to contest LS poll fro
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Congress party on Monday approved the candidature of Sachin Choudhary replacing Rashid Alvi from Amroha Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh.
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BJP expels IP Singh for praising Akhilesh Yadav
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit on Monday expelled its leader IP Singh from the party for six years after he hailed SP chief Akhilesh Yadav's decision to contest Lok Sabha election from Azamgarh.
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NCP releases manifesto, advocates talks with Pakistan
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] March 25 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which is contesting on 22 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra out of 48, released its manifesto named 'Aao Milkar Desh Banaye' here on Monday ahead of the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
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BJP leaders should contest polls in Nepal, will win there: Majeed Memon
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): NCP's Rajya Sabha member Majeed Memon on Monday said that BJP leaders should contest elections in Nepal claiming that "chowkidars" will emerge victorious in the Himalayan nation, a day after BJP remarked that Congress may win elections in Pakistan.
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Kamal Hassan not to contest polls
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Mar 25 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician and chief of Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) Kamal Haasan will not be contesting any coming elections in the state.
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LS polls: BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya says will be fun to contest against D
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Mar 24 (ANI): BJP General Secretary on Sunday expressed his desire to contest from Bhopal, the Lok Sabha constituency where Congress announced recently that it will be fielding veteran leader Digvijaya Singh.
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Rahul not evading to contest LS poll from Amethi, says Ashok Chavan
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi is not evading to contest Lok Sabha polls from Amethi, said Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) chief Ashok Chavan here on Sunday.
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Karti Chidambaram to contest LS poll from Sivaganga
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram will contest from Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga parliamentary constituency from where he unsuccessfully contested the last poll as well.
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Shivpal Yadav's party to contest in states outside UP too
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Rebel Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav, who recently floated a new political outfit 'Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party' on Sunday released its second list of 19 candidates for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls.
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SP may field Shatrughan Sinha's wife Poonam from Lucknow
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Poonam Sinha, wife of disgruntled BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha, is likely to contest the ensuing Lok Sabha elections on the Samajwadi Party (SP) ticket from Lucknow, sources said on Sunday.
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Kanhaiya Kumar to contest from Begusarai as CPI candidate
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Mar 24 (ANI): A day after grand alliance talks with left parties failed in Bihar, Communist Party of India on Sunday confirmed that former JNUSU president Kahnhaiya Kumar will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Begusarai constituency.
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LS polls: AAP to contest from 3 seats each in Bihar, UP
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): In the run-up to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led by Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said it will contest three seats each in Bihar and in Uttar Pradesh and also announced its candidates.
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