Congress leaders admitted that having suffered atrocities from some CPI-M led Front activists over the years, these voters did not stick to the party decision to vote for a new found poll ally. But next year’s elections are unlikely to be marked by such ‘cross voting’ with Congress activists having a taste of TMC's highhandedness, it was felt.
December 27, 2020Having lost all the five State Assembly elections earlier this month, the BJP was planning to make the coming parliamentary poll a presidential style affair, Narendra Modi vs Rahul Gandhi.
December 21, 2018The Nagaland Legislators Forum on Friday resolved to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to submit a memorandum, seeking resolution of Naga political issues before the state assembly elections next year. The Naga parliamentarians met in the Nagaland Assembly Secretariat under the Chairmanship of Imtiwapang Aier, who is also the Assembly Speaker. The meeting which was …
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November 18, 2017Senior BJP leader Prem Kumar Dhumal today hailed the GST Council’s decision to lower the rates on 27 items and providing concessions to the business community. However, the Leader of Opposition in Himachal Pradesh Assembly rejected the development model of Congress-led government in the state and said that it was not “acceptable”. The concessions given …
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October 8, 2017After the Congress party's poll debacle in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Assembly elections, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday urged party vice-president Rahul Gandhi to act decisively. “He has to act. My complaint against Rahul Gandhi is that he is not acting decisively. I have told him a number of times. Sometimes, he gets angry when …
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March 18, 2017Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Prem Kumar Dhumal on Friday said that the BJP would score bigger win in Himachal Pradesh than Uttarakhand in the forthcoming assembly elections and would also win Bhoranj Assembly by-elections by a huge margin. Addressing party workers during a function, which was organised to celebrate party’s victory …
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March 17, 2017Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the BJP of using money to "steal the mandate" in Manipur and Goa following the party's bid to form governments in both the states despite being the runner-up. Breaking his silence after the Congress' drubbing in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly polls, Gandhi also said his party …
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March 14, 2017The Parliamentary Board of the BJP may meet on Saturday afternoon when results of the five state assembly elections will be out. With exit polls projecting a good show by the saffron party, including in the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh where it is projected to emerge as the single largest party, its highest decision-making body …
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March 10, 2017The Parliamentary Board of the BJP may meet on Saturday afternoon when results of the five state assembly elections will be out. With exit polls projecting a good show by the saffron party, including in the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh where it is projected to emerge as the single largest party, its highest decision-making body …
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March 10, 2017The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will organise a "Gujarat Azadi Yatra" on March 16 from Sanand town in a prelude to launch its campaigning for the state Assembly elections, due later this year. The AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will address a gathering of party workers and supporters on March 26, …
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March 6, 2017After weeks of dilly-dallying, postponements and cancellations, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is set to campaign for the Congress in the ongoing Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections on Friday. According to senior Congress leaders of Uttar Pradesh unit, Priyanka will be showing up with brother Rahul Gandhi in Rae Bareli, a parliamentary seat held by her mother …
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February 17, 2017After weeks of dilly-dallying, postponements and cancellations, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is set to campaign for the Congress in the ongoing Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections on Friday. According to senior Congress leaders of Uttar Pradesh unit, Priyanka will be showing up with brother Rahul Gandhi in Rae Bareli, a parliamentary seat held by her mother …
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February 17, 2017The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday announced the exam schedule for class-X and class-XII, keeping in view the upcoming state assembly elections in five states. The board exams will now begin from March 9. Usually, the board exams start from March 1 and goes on till the end of April and results …
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January 9, 2017The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday announced the exam schedule for class-X and class-XII, keeping in view the upcoming state assembly elections in five states. The board exams will now begin from March 9. Usually, the board exams start from March 1 and goes on till the end of April and results …
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January 9, 2017The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday announced the exam schedule for class-X and class-XII, keeping in view the upcoming state assembly elections in five states. The board exams will now begin from March 9. Usually, the board exams start from March 1 and goes on till the end of April and results …
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January 9, 2017It is customary to use the term “referendum” whenever simultaneous polls are being conducted to state legislatures ~ though the implications of their outcome has little more than moral impact on the government at the Centre. Technically there would be no direct outcome for New Delhi of the coming elections to five assemblies, but in …
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January 5, 2017