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Elections have been held during Ramzan in past too: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), March 11 (ANI): Amid a controversy over Lok Sabha poll dates coinciding with Ramzan, senior BJP leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said that in the past also elections have been held during the Muslim holy period.
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Lok Sabha polls: Sharad Pawar won't contest, grand nephew Parth to be laun
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): In a surprise announcement, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said on Monday that he will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, less than a month after declaring that he would enter the poll fray.
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Are people voting for the first time during Ramzan, asks BJP leader Syed S
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Rejecting the opposition’s chest beating over a few phases of Lok Sabha poll schedule coinciding with Ramzan, former Union Minister and BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain on Monday wondered if the people were voting for the first time during the month-long fas
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Full month cannot be excluded : EC on Lok Sabha polls coinciding with Ramz
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Mar 11 (ANI): Amid the uproar over ensuing Lok Sabha elections being held during the holy month of Ramzan, Election Commission (EC) has clarified that polls are conducted as a full month cannot be excluded from conducting polls.
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LS Polls: Rajnath meets farmers’ representatives, organisations
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New India [India], Mar 11 (ANI): With the impending Lok Sabha polls in mind, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday met farmers’ representatives and organisations here.
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Air strike was done keeping Lok Sabha polls in mind: Farooq Abdullah
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Srinagar (J and K) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Terming IAF strike on Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Pakistan's Balakot as an election stunt, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday accused the ruling BJP of creating an "environment of fear" in the country.
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Polling percentage of Muslims will increase during Ramzan, controversy unn
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 11 (ANI): AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday asked political parties not to create controversy on the issue of holding Lok Sabha polls during Ramzan and said there will be greater participation of Muslim community in the democratic exercise dur
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TMC leader questions 7-phase election schedule for West Bengal
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Trinamool Congress leader and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim has questioned the lengthy schedule of the upcoming seven phase Lok Sabha polls stating that it will be arduous for those observing Ramzan in the states of Bihar, West Bengal and Utt
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Shiv Sena slams BJP for using uniform, pictures of soldiers to seek votes
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Shiv Sena on Monday criticised its ally BJP and other political parties for using the uniform and pictures of soldiers to seek votes ahead of Lok Sabha polls and claimed that they are "as guilty as those demanding proofs of the operations of arm
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Air Strike, interim budget will benefit BJP in LS polls: Psephologist Bhaw
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Psephologist Bhawesh Jha on Sunday opined that air strike carried out by the Indian Air Force in Pakistan and the interim budget presented by the central government will benefit the BJP in upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
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Regional parties will play big role in forming government at Centre: Owais
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday opined that the next government at the Centre will not be formed without the support of regional parties.
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Lok Sabha, Assembly by-polls in Goa on April 23
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) Mar 11 (ANI): The polls for two Lok Sabha seats and the bypolls at three assembly constituencies in Goa will be held on April 23, said state Chief Electoral Officer Kunal here on Sunday.
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