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'Jaitley to contest RS polls from UP, RS Prasad from Bihar'
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] March 07 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will field Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley from Uttar Pradesh and Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad from Bihar for the Rajya Sabha elections, said sources on Wednesday.
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TDP denies horse-trading in Rajya Sabha elections
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Vijaywada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 27 (ANI): The ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) of Andhra Pradesh has dismissed reports that it indulged in horse-trading, in the run up to the elections for three Rajya Sabha seats from the state.
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RS polls: Horse trading, counter strategies heat up political scenario in
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India] Feb.26 (ANI): With Rajya Sabha elections round the corner, Andhra Pradesh political scenario has heated up.
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NCP boycotts Opposition meeting called by Sonia Gandhi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], August 11 (ANI): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday skipped a meeting of Opposition parties called by Congress president Sonia Gandhi after the Congress suggested that the former had betrayed it in the recent Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat.
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Shankersinh Vaghela dubs disqualifying MLAs votes as 'conspiracy by C
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], August 10 (ANI): Former Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela on Thursday alleged the Congress for plotting a conspiracy to lend the votes of two Congress MLAs in the Rajya Sabha elections invalid and further said that the Election Commission (EC) should not have
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BJP can only break few weak Cong MLAs, not party: Chidambaram
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 9 (ANI): After Congress claimed victory in the Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections, party leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can only break few "weak" Congress MLAs, but not the party.
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EC declares votes of two Cong MLAs invalid in Gujarat RS polls
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): The Election Commission (EC) on late Tuesday night declared votes of two Congress MLAs invalid in the Rajya Sabha elections for three seats that were conducted earlier in the day.
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Gujarat RS polls: Two Congress MLAs admit voting for BJP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Gujarat[India],Aug 8 (ANI): In a jolt to the Congress, two party leaders admitted that they have voted for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections.
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Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls: Voting begins, Congress, BJP express confidence
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Gujarat [India],Aug 8 (ANI): The voting for the crucial Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections for three seats begun on Tuesday with many political leaders reaching the assembly to cast their vote.
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Gujarat RS polls: Amit Shah, Smriti Irani, Ahmed Patel in fray today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 8 (ANI): In Gujarat, the voting for the crucial Rajya Sabha elections on three seats would be held from 9a.m. to 4p.m. today.
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We are moving towards Congress-free Gujarat: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India] August 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Gujarat unit in-charge Bhupendra Yadav on Monday said that they are moving towards a Congress free Gujarat, adding all three candidates from the saffron party will win the Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat.
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BJP confident of winning Rajya Sabha polls
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], August 7 (ANI): A day prior to the Rajya Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said it is confident that it will acquire all three seats in Gujarat.
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