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Karnataka BJP MP Srinivasa Prasad passes away
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Bhartiya Janata party MP from Karnataka's Chamarajanagar and former Union minister V Srinivasa Prasad passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru during the hourly hours of Monday.
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Will bring law to operationalize 'bail is the rule, jail is the exception'
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Former Union Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Sunday that if the INDIA bloc comes to power at the Centre, it would enact a special law to bring into effect the legal principle established by the Supreme Court that "bail is the rule, and jail is the exception."
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Will repeal, amend, review laws of CAA 2019, says P Chidambaram if INDIA b
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Former Union Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Sunday that if Congress comes to power at the Centre, it will repeal the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), three criminal laws brought by the BJP government.
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Sibal, Congress slam Sitharaman over remarks on bringing back electoral bo
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Congress and former Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday slammed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over her remarks that BJP intends to bring back electoral bonds scheme after wide consultations and said the Supreme Court had scrapped the scheme terming it unconstitutional
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There is nothing new in BJP's manifesto: Chidambaram
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram hit out at the BJP manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha election on Tuesday, saying that it is bereft of new ideas and contains "nothing new."
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BJP's manifesto on UCC will create divisions among communities: Chidambara
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'sultan of tukde-tukde gang' jibe against Congress at a rally in Karnataka, former Union Minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday that the BJP's manifesto, especially on the Uniform Civil Code, will create divisions between communities in India.
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Amit Shah holds mega road show in Kanyakumari, seek votes for party's cand
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a mega roadshow in Tamil Nadu's Kanniyakumari on Saturday in support of BJP candidate from Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha seat and former Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan.
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MP: Congress candidate Bhanu Pratap Sharma files nomination from Vidisha;
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Ahead of filing the nomination, state Congress chief Jitu Patwari addressed a gathering in support of Sharma. During this, Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha, former Union Minister Arun Yadav and other congress leaders were present at the event.
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"It's about what party decides": BJP's Maneka Gandhi over ticket denial to
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, the former union minister said that Varun will continue to do a good job for the country in future.
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"I request ECI to conduct J-K Assembly polls one month after LS elections"
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Asked about the opposition's criticism over holding the Lok Sabha polls in seven phases, the former Union minister said even during the Congress rule, elections used to take place in seven or eight phases.
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Congress brought laws to oppress Hindu society, need 400 seats to change C
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Former Union Minister and BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde said that his party needs a total of 400 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls if any changes are to be made in the Constitution.
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"Have come here with zero expectations...": Suresh Pachouri after joining
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Revealing his grouse against the Congress high command after crossing over to the BJP, former Union Minister Suresh Pachouri on Saturday pointed to some decisions, both 'political and religious', as ones that prompted his exit from the party.
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