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Raebareli Lok Sabha Constituency: Rahul Gandhi to take on BJP's Dinesh Pra
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh is one of the hotly contested seats, as it has been the stronghold of the Gandhi family and this time Congress has fielded Rahul Gandhi to contest against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Dinesh Pratap Singh.
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LS polls: BJP counts on CAA to retain Matua stronghold Bongaon, TMC sets h
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Centre's much-debated Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), by which members of religious minorities in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, who settled in the country as refugees after fleeing alleged persecution in their homelands, are to be given permanent Indian residency; could well
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Congress' KL Sharma to take on BJP's sitting MP Smriti Irani from Amethi L
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Amethi has been a stronghold of the Congress party for decades, until Bharatiya Janata Party leader Smriti Irani won the Lok Sabha elections in 2019 against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, ending the Gandhi family's stint there.
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Kannauj: SP's Akhilesh Yadav strives to reclaim his family legacy as BJP's
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Considered a stronghold of the Samajwadi Party, Kannauj is set for a fierce battle between SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and the Bharatiya Janata Party's incumbent MP and perfume trader, Subrat Pathak.
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Munger constituency: JD (U) sitting MP Lalan Singh to face gangster Ashok
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Munger, one of Bihar's 40 Lok Sabha constituencies, is considered to be the stronghold of Janata Dal (United) sitting MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, who could face the anti-incumbency factor but this has been dampened by the RJD's controversial choice of candidate.
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LS polls: Uttrakhand CM Dhami participates in Yuva Sammelan program in UP'
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, while paying obeisance to the holy land of Shravasti, said that the Char Dham Yatra has started in Uttarakhand. He said that the Shravasti region is a big stronghold of the ideology of BJP. Shravasti has been the karmabhoomi of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He
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"Will take us all of 15 seconds...": BJP's Navneet Rana responds to Akbaru
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Invoking a provocative statement by AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi from 2013, BJP leader Navneet Rana issued a veiled warning to the Owaisi brothers in their stronghold Hyderabad on Wednesday.
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UP: Ayodhya decks up for PM Modi's first visit since 'Pran Pratishtha', ro
Updated : 2 years ago IST
After campaigning in Jharkhand and neighbouring, which followed his whirlwind campaign stops in his native Gujarat; Prime Minister Narendra Modi will headline more campaign events on Sunday at Etawah, a known stronghold of the Samajwadi Party (SP), as well as Dhaurahra and Ayodhya in BJP-
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Smriti Irani on "shaky wicket" against Congress' KL Sharma in Amethi: Priy
Updated : 2 years ago IST
After weeks of deliberations and speculations, Congress announced on Friday that Rahul Gandhi will be its candidate from the traditional Gandhi family stronghold of Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh, while KL Sharma will contest from Amethi in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
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"He is going to lose Raebareli too..." BJP's Purnesh Modi takes jibe at Ra
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Purnesh Modi, who is also the BJP's in-charge for political affairs in Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu, said that Rahul Gandhi did not file his nomination from Amethi against Smriti Irani as he had lost the Congress' stronghold in the 2019 general elections.
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Lok Sabha Polls: RJD aims to make mark in Bihar's Supaul after 25 long yea
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Supaul Lok Sabha constituency, which has been considered a stronghold of the socialists for a long time, is set for a keen contest as RJD has fielded its candidate after 25 years since the 1998 Lok Sabha polls against sitting MP and BJP leader Dileshwar Kamait.
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"Relation unbroken for half a century," Priyanka pens emotional post after
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Raebareli, a stronghold of the Gandhi family, was represented by her mother Sonia Gandhi since 2004 in the outgoing Lok Sabha. There was speculation earlier that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would contest from either Amethi or Raebareli, two seats in Uttar Pradesh, which are prestige battles for th
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