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Chidambaram challenges EC's directive, asserts Congress' right to criticiz
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A day after the Election Commission of India directed the Congress to not "politicize" the defence forces by commenting on matters like agniveer, Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram, on Thursday said that the poll body is wrong in giving such directions, adding t
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LS polls: Kejriwal's interim bail, BJP's bid to corner AAP on 'graft' spic
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
As the general elections enter their sixth or penultimate phase, the seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital have come into focus, with the ruling BJP at the Centre eyeing another clean sweep and Aam Aadmi Party hoping to send its first Lok Sabha MP from Delhi.
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"Give 400 seats, we will raise temples at Krishna Janambhoomi Gyanvapi mos
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Underscoring the BJPs pledge to push for resolution of the Gyanvapi and the Krishna Janmabhoomi cases, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said if his party fulfils its campaign pitch of 'ab ki baar, 400 paar' (400-plus seats) in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, it will cons
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"I wanted to explain to you why...": British PM Sunak clarifies call for s
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Clarifying his call for snap elections in the country, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he set July 4 as the date for polls so that people can decide whether they want to build on the progress that the country has made or go back to square one with "no plan and no certainty."
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"Complete failure of Election Commission": NCP (SP) leader Jitendra Awhad
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
After Maharashtra reported a sluggish voter turnout in the fifth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Jitendra Awhad on Wednesday alleged that the Election Commission failed to conduct elections in a proper manner in Maharashtra, a
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Gurgaon LS polls: BJP's Rao Inderjit Singh eyeing third win, contesting ag
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Haryana's Gurgaon, which is set to go to polls in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 25, will witness the battle between Congress' Raj Babbar, who has been a three-time Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh, and BJP's sitting MP and former Minister, Rao Inderjit Singh.
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INDI alliance corrupt, promotes dynastic politics: MoS Meenakashi Lekhi
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Wednesday alleged that INDIA bloc is an alliance of corruption and 'parivarvaad' (dynastic politics).
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Disclosure of voter turnout data based on Form 17C will cause confusion am
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Election Commission of India on Wednesday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying disclosure of voter turnout data based on Form 17C (records of votes polled in each polling station) will cause confusion among voters as it will also include postal ballot counts.
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"SP and Trinamool may have different names, but their DNA is similar to th
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In a scathing attack on the opposition parties, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath stated on Wednesday that those who oppose Ram also oppose India, Hindus, Dalits, backward communities, and the common people. He accused the parties of compromising the security of businessmen and daughters, firin
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"We need a Prime Minister who talks about our problems but...": Arvind Kej
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Sharpening his attack on Home Minister Amit Shah over his "Pakistani" remark, Kejriwal asked, "Are all our voters Pakistanis?"
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Eurasia Group founder Bremmer predicts "305±10 seats" for BJP, allies
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
US political scientist and Eurasia Group founder Ian Bremmer on Wednesday predicted that the BJP and its allies would get 305±10 seats in the Lok Sabha elections this time.
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UP CM Yogi to hold public meetings for two seats each in Odisha and Bihar
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) star campaigner Yogi Adityanath will be on an election tour of Odisha and Bihar on Thursday. He will address a total of four public meetings, covering two seats in each of the two states.
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