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"Time has come to take cognizance of anti-defection law...": Congress MP M
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari on Monday said that the time has come to take the anti-defection law which has been enshrined in the 10th schedule of the Indian constitution adding that this law is unable to achieve its objective due to the rising incidents of defections in the previo
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Digambar Kamat calls for introspection within Congress citing defections,
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Porvorim (Goa) [India], July 13 (ANI): Amid the ongoing crisis within the Congress Goa unit, former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has called for introspection within the party citing losses in elections and defections.
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Goa: Congress MLA Michael Lobo denies possibility of walking over to BJP
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], July 11 (ANI): After the Congress on Sunday removed party MLA Michael Lobo as the Leader of the Opposition in the Goa Assembly alleging that he along with Digambar Kamat hatched a conspiracy to engineer defections in "total coordination" with the BJP, Congress MLA Micha
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Sonia Gandhi sends Mukul Wasnik to Goa over 'defections' in Congress
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], July 11 (ANI): Concerned over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) conspiring to engineer defection in the party as five party MLAs go incommunicado, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has asked party MP Mukul Wasnik to rush to the coastal state to oversee the lates
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BJP was trying for 2/3rd split, offered huge amounts of money to our Goa M
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], July 10 (ANI): After sacking Michael Lobo as the Leader of Opposition in the Goa Assembly for alleged conspiracy to engineer defections, Congress said that the BJP was trying for a 2/3rd split and offered huge amounts of money to party legislators.
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Goa: Michael Lobo removed as Leader of Opposition after conspiracy to "eng
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], July 10 (ANI): Amid speculation of some Congress legislators walking over to the Bharatiya Janata Party in Goa, Congress on Sunday removed party MLA Michael Lobo as the Leader of the Opposition in the Goa Assembly alleging that he along with Digambar Kamat hatched a
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Goa Cong chief slams BJP over state's economic situation, says people will
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], February 20 (ANI): Pointing out that the Goans and Goan economy suffered due to defections during the BJP regime, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Girish Chodankar on Saturday stated that people of the state will not tolerate such acts again.
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I'm not tenant, but partner in Congress, says Manish Tewari
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], February 17 (ANI): Refuting the rumours of his possibility of resignation from the party following the recent incidents of defections, Congress MP Manish Tewari on Thursday said that he is not the "tenant but the partner" in the party suggesting that he does not in
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Common issues will help unite Opposition: TMC ahead of Parliament's Winter
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): Amid the cold war between Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Congress over defections of leaders, the latter on Sunday said common issues will help unite the Opposition.
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Defections from Congress in Meghalaya 'like a conspiracy', says Kharge
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 25 (ANI): With 12 Congress MLAs joining Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Meghalaya, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said the defections were "like a conspiracy" and said the party was looking into the matter.
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Defections do not impact our core strength, will seek guidance from Suvend
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Facing defections in West Bengal and keen to revitalise the state unit, Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday replaced Dilip Ghosh as state president with party chief JP Nadda appointing Balurghat MP Sukanta Majumdar as the new state president.
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J-K administration, police facilitating horse-trading and defections, alle
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 25 (ANI): Two days after District Development Council (DDC) results were declared, National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah on Friday alleged that Jammu and Kashmir police and the administration were facilitating horse-trading and defection
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