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  MP Congress bats for Priyadarshini Scindia for LS polls

  February 06, 2019 8:25 IST

  Buoyed by victory in the Assembly polls, the Madhya Pradesh Congress has been steadily gearing up for the Lok Sabha battle, holding meetings to work out strategies.   

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  Lok Sabha Elections 2019 | Priyanka Gandhi to sound poll bugle from Lucknow on Feb 11

  February 06, 2019 7:30 IST

  Priyanka will hold meetings with party leaders and workers at the Congress office in Lucknow on Feb 11. She is also likely to hold a road show in Lucknow that day.

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  Will decide at appropriate time to snap ties with NDA : Meghalaya CM

  February 06, 2019 7:23 IST

  The tribal-centric NPP is supporting the BJP-led government in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. While the BJP is supporting the NPP-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government.

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  100 per cent VVPAT coverage in LS polls: EC tells Madras High Court

  February 05, 2019 20:52 IST

  After the EC's submission assuring 100 per cent use of VVPAT machines, the bench dismissed the petition.

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  2019 Lok Sabha polls: Delhi Police arrests man for posting fake election schedule

  February 05, 2019 15:55 IST

  The man identified as Gomunt Kumar had posted a state-wise election schedule for the upcoming general elections on his website - 'mytechbuzz', reports said.

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  Option of going with SP-BSP open: BJP ally SBSP

  February 05, 2019 14:31 IST

  The minister for backward classes welfare and department of disabled people development was speaking to reporters at his residence here on Monday night.

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  LS polls: Rahul Gandhi to meet Congress office bearers, strategise

  February 05, 2019 12:17 IST

  Besides the SP-BSP combine, the Congress is also trying to woo the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress which too has appeared unwilling for any tie-up in West Bengal.

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  Nitish Kumar sees 'politics of vote' behind Mamata Banerjee's sit-in

  February 05, 2019 10:35 IST

  Refusing to say anything on Banerjee's dharna against the CBI action, Kumar said now the case is in the Supreme Court and only court can say anything.

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  Delete 60 lakh duplicate votes, conduct LS polls in Telangana and AP on same day: Jagan Reddy to CEC

  February 05, 2019 7:20 IST

  At the meeting, Reddy also sought deletion of about 60 lakh duplicate votes allegedly created by the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP)-led government in Andhra Pradesh.

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  Lok Sabha Polls: Oppn demands matching of 50% of EVM results with VVPATs

  February 04, 2019 20:33 IST

  "If it is not possible to introduce ballot papers then at least 50 per cent of VVPAT should be counted for cross verification with EVM," Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge told media outside the EC office.

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  BSP, SP should have included Congress in UP alliance to finish the game: Yashwant Sinha

  February 04, 2019 10:26 IST

  Sinha, who resigned from the BJP last year and has floated the Rashtra Manch, a non-party platform, said his advice to opposition parties was that they should come together and form strong alliances and have a common minimum programme at the national level.   

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  Mayawati reviews party's preparations for Lok Sabha elections 2019

  February 04, 2019 7:21 IST

  Hitting out at the Congress, Mayawati said, "There is significant relief among the people after the BJP could not form government in Madhya Pradesh.  

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  Fact Check: No political party can remove you from voter list; here's how to check your electoral enrollment

  February 03, 2019 13:42 IST

  No party, ruling or opposition, has the power to remove or add any names in the Voters list at its will. Do not fall prey to such calls.

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  Congress rally in Patna after three decades: Rahul Gandhi gears up to lead his party's comeback in Bihar

  February 03, 2019 15:00 IST

  Congress party, which had lost relevance ever since Mandal burst on the political scene in the 1990s, is planning to leave no stone unturned for the 'comeback'. The party's state unit appears to have shed its ennui and working overtime to ensure that the rally is a grand success.

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  PM Modi attacks Mamata in Bengal, says 'TMC known for triple T - Trinamool Tolabaji Tax'

  February 02, 2019 17:35 IST

  PM Modi said the ruling party in West Bengal is known for 'triple T - Trinamool Tolabaji Tax'. In local parlance, 'tolabaji' is roughly understood as an act of organised extortion.

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  PM Modi in Thakurnagar: 'People's love for BJP in Bengal making Mamata Banerjee jittery'

  February 02, 2019 14:25 IST

  Taking his battle for the Lok Sabha elections to Mamata Banerjee's turf, PM Modi also accused his political rivals of misleading the distressed farming community through farm loan waivers.

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  PM Modi in Durgapur: 'People's love for BJP giving Didi sleepless nights'

  February 02, 2019 15:27 IST

  The PM will launch a nearly 300-km-long electrified section of the railways in Durgapur. He will also inaugurate a 20-km-long Hijli-Narayangarh third line.

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  This in not Budget, but BJP manifesto for LS polls: Congress

  February 01, 2019 14:37 IST

  The Congress veteran also questioned the move to present a "full budget" instead of a vote on account.  

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  Jind bypoll results: BJP wins high-stakes battle, Congress' Surjewala distant third

  January 31, 2019 16:00 IST

  On January 28, voting took place. Nearly 76 per cent of the 1.72 lakh voters exercised their franchise in the multi-cornered contest.

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  Ramgarh poll result | 'I'm happy that people took well meditated step,' says Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot

  January 31, 2019 18:45 IST

  In Rajasthan, Congress has 99 MLAs, RLD 1, BJP 73, BSP 6, RLTP 3, CPI (M) and BTP 2 each.

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  Party workers who are willing to contest in LS polls can apply after paying Rs 25,000: AIADMK

  January 30, 2019 16:03 IST

  All 40 constituencies (39 Tamil Nadu and 1 Puducherry) are listed.

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  Lok Sabha Polls | JD(S) confident on coalition govt under Kumaraswamy, says seat-sharing talks with Congress soon

  January 30, 2019 11:16 IST

  The coalition leaders are likely to discuss seat-sharing for the Lok Sabha polls during the first week of February.

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  Congress will target all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi: Sheila Dikshit

  January 30, 2019 10:39 IST

  "We believe in working together and in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, we will target all the seven seats," she told reporters.

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  Telangana Panchayat elections: Polling for third, final phase underway; counting at 2 pm

  January 30, 2019 10:23 IST

  As many as 11,664 candidates are contesting for sarpanch posts in 3,529 panchayats while 73,976 candidates are in the fray for 27,582 wards.

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  AAP to announce Delhi Lok Sabha candidates next week

  January 30, 2019 9:42 IST

  The party also ruled out an alliance with the Congress.

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  Lok Sabha elections 2019: Buzz about Congress candidates for Delhi, party may finalize list soon

  January 30, 2019 8:06 IST

  For the New Delhi seat, the names of former Union minister Ajay Maken, Delhi Mahila Congress chief Sharmistha Mukherjee, AICC Grievance Cell chief Archana Dalmia and party secretary Manish Chatrath are doing the rounds. 

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  Lok Sabha Polls 2019 | Political temperature soars in West Bengal post Amit Shah’s Midnapore rally

  January 30, 2019 7:09 IST

  While the BJP accused the hooligans backed by TMC for attacking their party workers on their way back from Shah's rally, the state ruling party leaders blamed BJP supporters for the vandalism.

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  BJP hopes temporary relief from its new spin over Ram temple ahead of polls

  January 30, 2019 7:06 IST

  This move of the government was seen as an attempt to woo the upper caste votes whose ire the BJP faced in Assembly polls of the Hindi heartland of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.