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K'taka: Kumaraswamy preparing pitch for son to contest polls from KR Pete
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 3 (ANI): After failing to secure his government in the state, former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy is now planning to field his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy for Krishnaraja Pete assembly constituency's by-poll.
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Rajasthan: BSP distributes tickets to contest polls in exchange for money,
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Aug 1 (ANI): BSP MLA Rajendra Gudda on Thursday claimed that his party distributes tickets to contest elections in exchange for money.
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MP: Man accuses Cong leader of committing fraud on pretext of ticket alloc
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Dindori (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Aug 1 (ANI): A local resident accused a Congress functionary of allegedly duping him on the pretext of allocating a ticket to contest elections during last year's assembly polls.
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Tharoor calls for polls to elect Congress president
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 29 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said that a poll should be conducted to elect the next party president. He suggested that workers of all ranks and files should be allowed to contest.
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RJD to contest Jharkhand Assembly polls with 'Mahagathbandhan'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], July 28 (ANI): Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Sunday passed a resolution to contest forthcoming Assembly polls in Jharkhand as a part of Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance).
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Mayawati announces to contest all elections - big and small - alone
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 24 (ANI): BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday said that her party would contest all elections - big and small -alone in the future, which marks the abrupt end of nascent electoral bonhomie between her and Akhilesh Yadav led Samajwadi Party (SP).
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RPI demands 10 assembly seats in Maharashtra
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jun 15 (ANI): The Republican Party of India (RPI) on Saturday said that it wanted to contest on 10 seats in the Maharashtra Assembly elections slated to be held later this year.
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No SP-BSP 'mahagathbandhan' for UP Assembly by-polls, BJP says coalition w
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 04 (ANI): Still licking their wounds after the electoral debacle, the BSP and SP on Tuesday said they were going their own ways to contest the Assembly elections in 11 seats in Uttar Pradesh after Mayawati first announced her decision to go it alone s
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SP-BSP coalition unprincipled, was bound to collapse: BJP
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 4 (ANI): After Mayawati announced her decision to contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly by-polls alone, the BJP on Tuesday said that the "unprincipled" SP-BSP coalition in Uttar Pradesh was bound to collapse as it has been rejected by people.
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Punjab CM rejects Navjot Kaur's claims, says she refused to contest from A
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 17 (ANI): Rejecting Congress leader Navjot Kaur Sidhu's claims on being denied ticket from Amritsar, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said that the former was offered the chance to contest from the holy city but she refused.
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Dharmendra's praise higher than any post: Sunil Jakhar
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Gurdaspur (Punjab) [India], May 13 (ANI): This is Dharmendra's greatness, said Congress leader Sunil Jakhar, reacting to the veteran actor's praise for him. The lawmaker was referring to Dharmendra's comment stating that he wouldn't have allowed son Sunny Deol, the BJP candidate from Gurd
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Wouldn't have allowed Sunny to contest from Gurdaspur had I known Sunil Ja
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Gurdaspur (Punjab) [India], May 13 (ANI): Seasoned actor and former BJP leader Dharmendra said he would not have allowed his son Sunny Deol to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Gurudaspur, had he known that he is contesting against Congress MP Sunil Jakhar.
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