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  Ashok Gehlot to be Rajasthan CM, Sachin Pilot deputy CM: Congress party

  December 14, 2018 17:00 IST

  Two-time Chief Minister Gehlot will now take the reins of the state for the third time.

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  Rajasthan: 23 per cent new newly elected MLAs have criminal cases against them, says report

  December 14, 2018 6:45 IST

  The report said 158 (79 per cent) of newly elected MLAs are 'crorepatis' compared to 145 (73 per cent) in 2013.

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  Madhya Pradesh: Kamal Nath to be new CM as Cong opts for experience in run-up to 2019

  December 14, 2018 0:17 IST

  Congress party president Rahul Gandhi is likely to announce the names of chief ministers in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh on Friday.

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  Rajasthan: Announcement on new CM today; Rahul meets Gehlot, Pilot

  December 14, 2018 0:16 IST

  The Congress chief had earlier held a series of meetings with CM aspirants in Rajasthan -- Ashok Gehlot and Pilot -- but no consensus emerged between the two and Pilot asserted his right for the top post.

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  Chhattisgarh: Cong to announce new CM’s name today; TS Singh Deo, Baghel among frontrunners

  December 14, 2018 0:04 IST

  The party high command has summoned senior leaders of state unit including TS Singh Deo, Bhupesh Baghel and Charan Das Mahant to Delhi on Friday.

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  Kamal Nath: Know the new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh

  December 13, 2018 23:52 IST

  The announcement was made following the meeting of Congress legislature party in Bhopal.

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  BJP announces series of party meetings before Lok Sabha elections 2019

  December 13, 2018 22:49 IST

  The BJP Minority Cell will also hold a two-day national convention in New delhi on January 31-February 1. 

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  Rahul Gandhi defers to Friday decisions on Raj, C'garh CMs

  December 13, 2018 22:25 IST

  The Congress chief had earlier held a series of meetings with CM aspirants in Rajasthan -- Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot -- but no consensus emerged between the two and Pilot asserted his right for the top post. 

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  Akali Dal condemns Congress move on Kamal Nath as CM

  December 13, 2018 20:51 IST

  The Congress is set to form the government in Madhya Pradesh. Kamal Nath was removed as the Congress in-charge for Punjab in 2016 following objections from Congress leaders in the Sikh-majority state.

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  NOTA votes exceeded victory margin in 12 Rajasthan seats

  December 13, 2018 20:04 IST

  In Churu, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rajendra Rathore of BJP won by 1,850 votes defeating his Congress rival Reface Mandelia. NOTA tally was 2,023 vote

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  Kamal Nath to be new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, no Deputy CM in state | As it happened

  December 14, 2018 0:19 IST

  The announcement was made during the meeting of the newly-elected MLAs in Bhopal Thursday night

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  Election results setback for PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah: CPI-M

  December 13, 2018 15:56 IST

  An editorial in the CPI-M journal "People's Democracy" also warned the Congress to immediately address the problems of agrarian distress and employment generation in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.

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  Ashok Gehlot wins Rajasthan CM race against Sachin Pilot, say sources; official announcement soon

  December 13, 2018 15:13 IST

  Sources within the Congress said party president Rahul Gandhi has picked experienced Ashok Gehlot over Sachin Pilot to be Rajasthan CM.

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  Telangana Election Results: Owaisi declares support to TRS, says 'game between Congress, BJP not good for country’

  December 13, 2018 10:32 IST

  Referring to Congress party's victory in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan Assembly elections, the AIMIM leader said it was a victory by default. 

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  'Game of Thrones' continues in Rajasthan, MP; Rahul Gandhi meets Sachin Pilot, Ashok Gehlot

  December 13, 2018 13:35 IST

  Rahul Gandhi is meeting observers appointed for the three states and other senior leaders and a decision is expected only after this meeting.

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  Assam Panchayat Election results 2018: BJP takes big lead, Congress second

  December 14, 2018 7:19 IST

  The BJP has bagged 481 GPM posts, followed by 294 by the Congress, 115 by AGP, 15 by AIUDF, five by CPI(M), two by CPI and Independents emerged victorious at 175 seats so far.

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  After massive assembly election win, KCR takes oath as Telangana CM for second consecutive term

  December 13, 2018 13:34 IST

  After a thumping win in the Telangana assembly elections, K. Chandrashekhar Rao took oath as the Chief Minister of India's youngest state for a second consecutive term today.

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  Chhattisgarh: Cong MLAs authorise Rahul Gandhi to pick leader

  December 13, 2018 1:30 IST

  In Chhattisgarh, the grand old party ended 15-year-rule of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Congress party won 68 of the 90 seats.

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  Madhya Pradesh: Kamal Nath likely to be new CM, Congress MLAs authorise Rahul Gandhi to take final call

  December 12, 2018 23:59 IST

  Jyotiraditya Scindia, who was also considered to be in the race for CM's post, proposed name of Kamal Nath for the chief ministerial post, sources told IndiaTV.

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  Rajasthan: Cong stakes claim to form government; party MLAs authorise Rahul Gandhi to decide on CM

  December 13, 2018 1:28 IST

  With 99 seats, in Rajasthan, the Congress has emerged as the single-largest party, though they are one seat short of a majority.

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  Congress poised to form governments in Hindi heartland states, CM choices remain in balance

  December 12, 2018 22:00 IST

  All eyes now were on party president Rahul Gandhi's choice of chief ministers of the three states, which he will decide after the victorious MLAs finish their meetings in the three states.

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  Twitterati on a roll over poll results: From 'Pappu pass ho gaya' to 'BJP gets triple-talaq'

  December 12, 2018 22:00 IST

  Former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah also tweeted that the Congress leaders in Madhya Pradesh were "smart people" as they were not faxing their letter to Raj Bhawan in Bhopal.

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  TDP will be rendered irrelevant after LS polls: K T Rama Rao

  December 12, 2018 21:31 IST

  K T Rama Rao, son of TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) and considered number two in the party, also claimed that the TRS would win 16 of the total of 17 Lok Sabha seats in the state next year.  

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  Lok Sabha elections 2019 | BJP should hold Modi responsible for defeat: Omar Abdullah

  December 12, 2018 18:58 IST

  Lok Sabha elections 2019: He said the BJP should not shy away from blaming Modi for the defeat.

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  Lok Sabha elections 2019: Poll losses in Hindi heartland worry BJP in UP

  December 12, 2018 18:33 IST

  The coming together of bitter rivals Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls is also sending the saffron camp into jitters.

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  Telangana: KCR elected leader of TRS legislature party

  December 12, 2018 18:06 IST

  The newly-elected MLAs met at Telangana Bhavan, the TRS headquarters here, and took the decision unanimously, the party sources said.

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  LS elections | People want relief from 'autocratic' BJP, in general polls, AAP will defeat it in Delhi: Gopal Rai

  December 12, 2018 17:52 IST

  The AAP, however, ducked questions on the possibility of an alliance with the Congress.

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  Rajasthan Congress lawmakers ask Rahul Gandhi to decide on chief minister

  December 12, 2018 17:33 IST

  State Congress chief Sachin Pilot and former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, both frontrunners for the post, are present in the meeting.