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BJP wins most of LS seats lost in bye-polls between 2014 and '19
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): The resounding win of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha elections has also reinstated the party in more than half of parliamentary seats lost in by-polls between 2014 and 2019.
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PM Modi greeted by British, German counterparts on electoral win
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Amidst high-octane developments on her home-front, UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi to congratulate him on his sweeping electoral win at the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
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'Rahul Gandhi offered to resign, CWC unanimously rejected offer'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday offered to resign from his post following the party's drubbing in Lok Sabha polls but it was unanimously rejected by the Congress Working Committee (CWC).
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Congress dismisses talk of Rahul Gandhi's resignation
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 25 (ANI): Congress on Saturday dismissed reports that party President Rahul Gandhi has offered to resign from his post following the party's debacle in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.
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As former PM faced defeat twice; LS defeat not a big issue: Deve Gowda
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 24 (ANI): Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda on Friday dismissed as "not a big issue", his drubbing at the Lok Sabha polls.
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Iran, EU leaders also greet PM Modi on poll win
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Leaders from Iran and the European Union joined a growing list of international heads who have extended their greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi following his thumping win at the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
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Modi's commitment to development will improve lives : Bill Gates
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 24 (ANI): Congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his re-election following the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, American business magnate Bill Gates on Friday expressed confidence in the leader's ability to "significantly improve the lives of many."
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Milind Deora says he accepts Mumbaikars' verdict with great humility
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 24 (ANI): Mumbai's Congress chief Milind Deora on Friday said he has accepted the verdict of the denizens with great humility after the party suffered a defeat in the Lok Sabha polls.
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Did not expect this result: Karnataka Cong leader on party's huge LS poll
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kalaburgi (Karnataka) [India], May 24 (ANI): Reflecting on the disappointing loss of his party in the Lok Sabha election, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said that the results were not expected and cast an element of doubt on the functioning of EVMs.
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President of District Congress Committee in Amethi resigns
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 24 (ANI): Yogendra Mishra, president of District Congress Committee in Amethi, has resigned from the post, taking responsibility for the defeat of Congress president Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha polls from here.
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Indian elections an inspiration to democracies around the world: USA
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 24 (ANI): Congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his electoral victory once again, the United States on Friday highlighted that the Indian elections "serve as an inspiration to democracies and individuals around the world," in an official press release.
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After BJP mauling, Mamata Banerjee tweets poem against religious aggressio
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Severely mauled by BJP in the Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday penned down a poem in which she makes a veiled attack on rivals criticising "communalism" and "aggression" in religion.
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