Despite securing 29.5 per cent of the votes, the coalition fell short of an outright majority, setting the stage for intricate negotiations and potentially leading to further elections.
People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti earlier expressed disappointment at the discontent prevailing in the PAGD and said that without any consultations with PDP, National Conference went on to declare that it will fight from three Lok Sabha seats.
Calling the Bharatiya Janata Party "anti-Bengal and anti-Bengali," Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose on Sunday claimed the BJP is the party of "outsiders and zamindars" adding that TMC will not allow the party to come into Bengal and loot people's votes.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has declared that PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari secured victory with 411 votes in the presidential election, while his opponent PkMAP Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai got only 181 votes, Dawn reported.
Zardari, the joint candidate of the ruling alliance, secured a remarkable 255 electoral votes in the parliamentary election, beating the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed Sunni Ittehad Council candidate, Mahmood Khan Achakzai.
Mocking at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'guarantees' to the people ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said they were nothing but balloons that are inflated and sent up into the skies before polling but go bust once the votes are cast.
Reacting to BJP's move against RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's 'no family' remark against PM Modi, Madhya Pradesh Congress leader and son of Digvijaya Singh, Jaivardhan Singh on Monday said that the BJP is trying to gather sympathy for votes adding that everyone knows about the Prime Minister'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the Supreme Court's ruling on Monday that legislators cannot claim immunity from prosecution in bribery cases related to casting votes or giving speech in Parliament or Legislative Assembly.
Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq announced Shehbaz Sharif has been elected Pakistan's PM as he secured 201 votes while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) candidate for prime minister, Omar Ayub Khan, received 92 votes.
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) candidate Sarfraz Bugti was elected as Balochistan Chief Minister on Saturday, bagging 41 votes in his favour, reported The News International.
"Mamata Banerjee saved Shahjahan in such a manner that no sections of women harassment have been registered against him. You have set a standard of appeasement. You took a long time to arrest him. For votes and appeasement, you are saving people like Shahjahan and allowing such people to