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Deaf-mute candidate likely to contest in MP assembly polls
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Satna (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Oct 22 (ANI): For the first time in the country a hearing and speech impaired person may script a new chapter in Indian politics by contesting elections. An engineer from Satna who is deaf and mute is hopeful of contesting the ensuing assembly elections in Mad
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Ajit Jogi's daughter-in-law to contest C'garh polls from Akaltara
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Oct 20 (ANI): As the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections are inching closer, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has released the second list of candidates for the upcoming polls, which includes Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC) founder Ajit Jogi's daughter-in-law Richa
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J-K: Ex-Armyman's daughter to contest municipal elections
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Oct 9 (ANI): Rukmani Sambyal, 28-year-old daughter of a former Army man, will contest local body elections from Samba's Kehli Mandi region as an independent candidate.
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Sakshi Maharaj challenges Rahul to contest elections from Unnao
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Unnao (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP), Sakshi Maharaj has thrown an open challenge to Congress president Rahul Gandhi asking him to contest elections from his constituency in Unnao.
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BJP to contest from all seats in Telangana
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sept 15 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the Congress party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Saturday announced that his party will contest on all seats in the poll-bound state, and insisted th
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Sadhu open to contest polls against father-in-law Paswan
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Sep 12 (ANI): Anil Sadhu, son-in-law of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Ram Vilas Paswan, is willing to throw his hat in the ring to contest Lok Sabha elections against his father-in-law. Sadhu recently shifted loyalty to join the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
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Kejriwal urges Yashwant Sinha to contest LS elections
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 09 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has urged former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2019.
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MP Congress withdraws order asking aspirants to be active on social media
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Sep 8 (ANI): Few days after Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) had asked the ticket aspirants to have a strong social media presence in order to get a chance to contest in the upcoming Assembly elections, the party has withdrawn its order on Saturday
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Telangana: BJP to contest election with 'full force'
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah at the national office bearers' meeting on Saturday said that the party will contest the upcoming Telangana election with full force, according to party sources.
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TRS to contest elections alone, KCR calls Rahul 'biggest buffoon'
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sept 6 (ANI): Describing Congress president Rahul Gandhi as the "biggest buffoon in the country", caretaker Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, in his first press conference post the dissolution of the state assembly, launched a scathing attack on
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Ready for the Parliamentary elections: Kamal Haasan
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 30 (ANI): Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan on Wednesday said that his party is ready for the 2019 general elections, but are not in a mindset to contest the forthcoming bye-election in Tamil Nadu.
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SAD to contest 2019 elections in Haryana independently
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Kurukshetra (Haryana) [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday announced that his party would contest the 2019 parliamentary elections in Haryana independently.
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