Congress president Sonia Gandhi will address an election rally in Haryana on Friday, her first after she took over the reins of the grand old party in August following her son Rahul Gandhi’s resignation owning responsibility for the drubbing in this year’s Lok Sabha polls. Sonia Gandhi, who turns 73 […]
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Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray campaigns against ally
A day after former Maharashtra chief minister Narayan Rane merged his party, Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray slammed Rane at a rally in Kankavli in Sindhudurg district, without naming him. Rane’s son, Nitish […]
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Modi raises Maharashtra poll pitch as campaigns enter last leg
With just five days to go till the October 21 elections, political parties across Maharashtra raised their campaign pitches on Wednesday. Addressing three rallies, including one at Kharghar in Navi Mumbai, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an attack on the Opposition — the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) alliance. Modi targeted […]
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Raj Thackeray changes tack amid political crisis
From an aggressive campaigner to a subdued speaker, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has changed tack in five months. His aggression and his unique style of campaigning specially crafted for the April-May Lok Sabha elections are missing in the state polls. Though the MNS did not contest the […]
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Mapping Shiv Sena’s dynamic with new big brother BJP
It is early morning and Mumbai’s famous Shivaji Park in Dadar is crowded with joggers, cricket enthusiasts, and men and women exercising. Sahib Rao works in finance in a private sector firm. He has just finished his walk and opens up when asked about the upcoming polls. “This falls within […]
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Haryana Assembly Election: Unhappy Congress workers make beeline to BJP
At least three Congress functionaries in Gurgaon and Badshahpur constituencies have joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) this week, protesting the pattern of distributing party tickets and sidelining of ground-level workers for the 2019 assembly elections. On Monday, Congress’ Pradip Zaildar joined the BJP at its headquarters in Rohtak, […]
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PM Modi in Haryana Highlights: Haryana made ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ mission a success’, says Modi in Charkhi Dadri
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing an election rally in support of Bharatiya Janata Party candidates in Haryana’s Charkhi Dadri. This is PM Modi’s second rally in the poll-bound Haryana in two consecutive days. Follow highlights here: – I don’t come to Haryana for election rallies, I don’t campaign for […]
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Maharashtra polls 2019: Drought-free state, 1 crore jobs, compulsory health tests in BJP’s manifesto
The BJP on Tuesday promised to make Maharashtra free of drought and said it will provide one crore jobs, homes to homeless families, compulsory health tests for those turning 30 and internet connectivity in every home among others in its manifesto for the October 21 assembly polls. The Bharatiya Janata […]
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‘Don’t want to be Maharashtra CM, just want to be in position to make one’: Pankaja Munde
As she prepares to contest for a third term from the Parli Assembly constituency against her cousin, rural development minister and BJP’s Other Backward Classes (OBC) face Pankaja Munde says she is not in the race to be the chief minister of Maharashtra, but would like to be in a […]
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Former Maharashtra CM Narayan Rane to merge his political outfit MSP with BJP
More than two years after former chief minister Narayan Rane floated his political outfit, Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha, he will merge it with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday. The merger will happen in the presence of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in Kankavli. Rane, who quit the Congress in September […]
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J&K, Ladakh on a new path of vikas, says PM
“Kaun aaya, kaun aaya ” asked a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, to which an impressive crowd responded with, “Bharat mata ka sher aaya” as two helicopters landed in a field in sector 61, Transport Nagar, Ballabgarh, on Monday. The sloganeering grew louder as Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the […]
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A tale of two speeches by two leaders – Amit Shah and Devendra Fadnavis
If the underlining theme of public speeches delivered by union home minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah as part of the campaign for Maharashtra assembly polls is the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, the same is missing in addresses’ of Maharashtra chief minister Devendra […]
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Breakfast, brunch and picnics: Pune candidates connect with voters on ‘super Sunday’
As the ’big day’ is nearing candidates from various political parties took advantage of Sunday, when most of the people are on holiday to connect with them. Various rallies were carried out in city and politicians reached out the residents by visiting them in public gardens, restaurants and even residential […]
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‘Not new for him,’ Congress pans Manohar Lal Khattar for remarks on Sonia Gandhi
Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s comments against Sonia Gandhi drew sharp criticism from the Congress on Monday which said that the BJP leader was a serial offender. Khattar, at a poll rally in Sonipat on Sunday, had targeted Congress for choosing Sonia Gandhi as its president after a three-month search. He […]
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Pressing lotus symbol means dropping nuclear bomb on Pak: UP deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has said voting in favour of the BJP will mean “dropping of a nuclear bomb on Pakistan”. He said the upcoming Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly elections are crucial as these will be the first polls in the country after the abrogation of […]