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Should now stay in Gorakhpur, no need to come back: Akhilesh takes dig at
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 16 (ANI): Soon after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced that the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be contesting the upcoming state assembly elections from Gorakhpur, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday took a dig at t
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Battleground UP: "Contesting election for justice," says 2017 Unnao rape v
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): "I am fighting this election to get justice and I will win it," said the mother of Unnao rape victim after the Congress party on Thursday announced her name to contest from Unnao in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
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Odisha Panchayat Polls: 6-months jail for candidates furnishing false info
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 26 (ANI): Candidates contesting Panchayat elections will now have to mandatorily submit details on criminal antecedents, assets and liabilities, educational qualifications through affidavits at the time of filing nomination papers in Odisha.
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Have nothing to do with 'Samyukt Samaj Morcha': SKM
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 25 (ANI): Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Saturday clarified that SKM has nothing to do with the declaration by some farmers organizations of Punjab to form a "Samyukt Samaj Morcha" for contesting state assembly elections.
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Karnataka MLC polls: Cong candidate Yusuf Sharif declares assets over Rs 1
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 26 (ANI): Karnataka Congress leader Yusuf Sharif, who is contesting elections to Karnataka Legislative Council from Bangalore Urban and recently declared assets worth over Rs 1,744 crore belonging to his family on Friday said that he aims to educate 3
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Not contesting Punjab Assembly polls, says BKU leader Charuni
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Ambala (Haryana) [India], November 26 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Haryana chief Gurnam Singh Charuni on Thursday said that he will not be contesting Punjab polls but gathering people to contest and present a model of governance.
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Indian shuttler PV Sindhu to contest BWF Athletes' Commission election nex
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], November 23 (ANI): Two-time Olympic medallist and star Indian shuttler PV Sindhu will be contesting the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Athletes' Commission election scheduled to be held on December 17, 2021.
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TMC misled SC for political gains, alleges Tripura minister
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], November 13 (ANI): Reacting sharply to the Supreme Court's directions to Tripura Police to ensure safety and security of the contesting candidates of opposition parties, state's Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Friday said that the T
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Akhilesh not contesting UP polls as he understood SP won't come to power:
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 2 (ANI): Following Samajwadi Party (SP) Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's announcement of not contesting the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Union Minister Kaushal Kishore on Monday said that Yadav is already aware that his party is not going to come in power an
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Anybody contesting elections in Goa will not affect BJP's standing in stat
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], October 28 (ANI): Disregarding Trinamool Congress (TMC) as a threat to ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday said that anybody contesting elections in Goa will not affect BJP's standing in the state.
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Women's strength and sympathy can bring a revolution, says Priyanka Gandhi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 19 (ANI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday said that if any women want to bring a change in society by contesting an election, she can join the Congress, and women's strength and sympathy can bring a revolution.
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'One day I have to': Priyanka Gandhi on contesting from Rae Bareli or Amet
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 19 (ANI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday asserted that one day she has to contest from Raebareli or Amethi constituencies but currently has not taken any decision as far as the 2022 upcoming Assembly elections are concerned.
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