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Listen to your mentor Anna Hazare if not your conscience: Cong's Bajwa tel
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], August 31 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Punjab Assembly Partap Singh Bajwa on Wednesday asked Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal to atleast heed the advice of his mentor Anna Haza
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Don't burden DISCOMs, make budgetary provision for freebies: Sitharaman
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 26 (ANI): Amid the row over pre-poll promises of freebies by political parties to capture power, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that political parties making promises prior to elections should make budgetary provisions to take care of ex
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Three-judge SC bench to hear case of freebies promised by political partie
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 26 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday referred the freebies case to a three-judge bench while saying that the issue of freebies promised by the political parties during election campaigns requires extensive debate.
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Issue of freebies complex, need to draw distinction between welfare scheme
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the issue concerning freebies is complex and there is a need to draw a distinction between welfare schemes and other promises that are made by political parties before elections.
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Brinda Karat slams Centre over CBI raid at Sisodia's residence, says oppos
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): CPI-M leader Brinda Karat on Friday condemned CBI raid at Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's residence saying that BJP-led Centre is targeting the Opposition political parties with the help of central agencies.
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Concern is spending public money the right way: Supreme Court on election
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it cannot prevent political parties from making promises during the election campaigns but the question is what constitutes right promises and what is the right way of spending public money.
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SC adjourns hearing on freebies promise by political parties during polls
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court adjourned for Monday the hearing of a plea against promises by political parties to distribute freebies from public funds during election campaigns.
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Political parties have been shaken by Karnataka HC's ACB ruling: BJP
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Mysore (Karnataka) [India], August 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLC AH Vishwanath on Friday welcomed the Karnataka High Court's decision to abolish the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and said that all three major political parties have been shaken by this decision.
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Tejashwi Yadav meets Sonia Gandhi to fortify Opposition
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): In a move to strengthen the Opposition in the country, Deputy Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday met Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and said that all political parties are working together as one in Bihar, exce
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AAP slams Goa CM's rejection of advice as "arrogant"
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], August 11 (ANI): The Aam Aadmi Party's Goa unit President Amit Palekar slammed Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant over his remarks while rejecting advice from other political parties and called Sawant's views "arrogant".
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Distributing freebies serious issue, amount has to be spent for infrastruc
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that promising and distributing freebies by political parties during elections is a "serious issue" and an amount has to be spent on infrastructure etc.
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SP chief hails Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's decision to break alliance with BJP
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 9 (ANI): As Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar ended the alliance with BJP, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday termed the move as a "good start" towards taking a stand against BJP by political parties and people.
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