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  'Metroman' E Sreedharan is BJP's Kerala CM candidate, tweets Union minister

  March 04, 2021 17:54 IST

  Sreedharan, the architect of the Delhi Metro, had recently made it clear that he will not be interested in governorship, however, was open to the chief ministership.

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  Congress' tea blooper! BJP claims party using photo of Taiwan for 'Assam Bachao' campaign

  March 04, 2021 13:37 IST

  Notably, the issue of tea garden workers is one of the major issues in the Assam assembly elections. With close to 10 lakh tea workers and over 60 lakh population of the tea tribe community, they are a major vote bank in Assam. 

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  Bengal polls 2021: TMC MLA Jitendra Tiwari joins BJP

  March 04, 2021 9:28 IST

  Jitendra Tiwari joined the saffron camp in the presence of party state chief Dilip Ghosh at a programme in Sreerampur in Hooghly district.

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  Bengal polls 2021: TMC likely to release candidate list on Friday, manifesto on March 9

  March 04, 2021 8:01 IST

  In 2016 the TMC had won 211 seats in the 294-member House. The Left-Congress alliance had bagged 77 seats and the BJP three.  

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  Bengal polls: BJP's Election Committee to meet today, first list of candidates likely in 1-2 days

  March 04, 2021 9:05 IST

  The BJP has emerged as the ruling TMC's main rival by winning 18 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal in the 2019 general elections.

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  Working out modalities, alliance announcement on Thursday: Himanta Biswa Sarma after allies meeting

  March 03, 2021 23:53 IST

  A delegation of Asom Gana Parishad, Bodoland Territorial Region's CEM Pramod Boro and BJP leaders met Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda on Wednesday, ahead of the forthcoming assembly elections, informed Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

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  Sasikala announces retirement from politics ahead of Tamil Nadu polls

  March 03, 2021 23:36 IST

  In a big development in Tamil Nadu politics ahead of the forthcoming assembly elections in the state, expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala — a close aide of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa — on Wednesday announced "she will stay away from politics," but would pray for the"golden rule" of the late party supremo.

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  'Aisa current lagega ki...': Nitin Gadkari taunts Mamata Banerjee at Joypur rally

  March 03, 2021 19:46 IST

  Politics in battleground West Bengal is getting more intense as the date of the polls is nearing. Amid this, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday hit out at Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asking people in the state to choose BJP in the upcoming election that will give a big shock to the TMC government.

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  'Shocking', TMC MP Nusrat Jahan rakes up Hathras case as Yogi Adityanath campaigns in Bengal

  March 03, 2021 13:33 IST

  Nusraj Jahan referred to the Hathras case wherein a sexual assault case accused, currently on bail, killed the survivor's father, to say that Bengal election is more important for the BJP than providing security to the girl.

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  Bengal polls 2021: Dilip Ghosh dismisses speculation of Sourav Ganguly joining BJP

  March 03, 2021 12:52 IST

  This comes amid media reports that Ganguly is likely to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on March 7.

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  Delhi MCD Election Results: AAP sweeps winning 4 of 5 wards, consolation win for Congress on 1

  March 03, 2021 13:22 IST

  Delhi MCD Election Results 2021: The AAP won four out of five wards and the Congress one in the municipal bypolls in Delhi.

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  Tamil Nadu polls 2021: Seat-sharing with AIADMK to be finalised in couple of days, says BJP

  March 02, 2021 23:57 IST

  For the Tamil Nadu assembly polls, the BJP-AIADMK alliance is likely to seal the seat-sharing deal in a day or two.

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  TMC exodus continues: Jitendra Tiwari, 2-time party MLA, joins BJP

  March 02, 2021 21:00 IST

  Amid an ongoing exodus from the ruling Trinamool Congress ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, two-time party MLA from Pandabeswar inPaschim Barddhaman district and former Asansol mayor, Jitendra Tiwari, joined the BJP on Tuesday.

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  'Appeasement politics, love jihad': In first Bengal rally, Adityanath goes all out against Mamata

  March 02, 2021 18:22 IST

  Raking up the issue of 'love jihad', the Uttar Pradesh CM said that the Trinamool government has failed completely in controlling such incidents, on the other hand UP has got a law for it.

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  Assam polls 2021: Priyanka Gandhi promises Rs 2,000 'grihini samman' to housewives, 5 lakh jobs

  March 02, 2021 17:12 IST

  Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that the Congress government will also enact a law to make sure that the CAA is not implemented in Assam.

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  Bengal polls 2021: 'Hate Modi only agenda of Congress', says BJP

  March 02, 2021 15:48 IST

  The Congress party is contesting the West Bengal assembly elections in alliance with the Left and ISF but is fighting the CPI-M in Kerala as the principal opposition party.

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  Assam polls 2021: Priyanka Vadra tries hand at plucking tea leaves in Biswanath - Video

  March 02, 2021 15:58 IST

  Priyanka was given a rousing welcome when she arrived at the Sadhuru tea garden. She spent nearly 30 minutes at the garden before leaving for Tezpur in Sonitpur district.

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  Congress Vs Congress in Bengal: Adhir Ranjan accuses Anand Sharma of 'helping BJP agenda'

  March 02, 2021 11:06 IST

  Bengal elections 2021: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has asked Anand Sharma to rise above seeking personal comfort sports and 'stop praising PM'.

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  Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Election 2021: Reservation list for panchayat polls to be released today

  March 02, 2021 9:08 IST

  UP Panchayat Chunav Reservation List: The three-tier panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh are scheduled for April. The UP Panchayat polls were earlier slated to be completed by January 13, 2021. 

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  Gujarat Municipal Election Result 2021 LIVE: BJP maintains dominance, Congress state chief resigns

  March 02, 2021 17:57 IST

  Gujarat Municipal Election Result Live Updates: The BJP has won 2,085 seats, while the Congress 602 seats so far across various municipalities, district and taluka panchayats.

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  BJP writes to ECI, accuses TMC ministers of violating model code of conduct

  March 02, 2021 7:08 IST

  The BJP on Monday wrote to the Election Commission of India (ECI) alleging that two West Bengal ministers have promised certain benefits to voters in separate incidents after the model code of conduct (MCC) came into force on February 27.

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  Congress appoints Prithviraj Chavan as chairman of screening panel for Assam polls

  March 01, 2021 18:30 IST

  Chavan is a part of the 'Group of 23' Congress leaders who had written to party chief Sonia Gandhi demanding an organisational overhaul and internal elections for every post.

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  Tamil Nadu polls 2021: MK Stalin slams BJP, accuses party of siding with 'corrupt' AIADMK

  March 01, 2021 16:49 IST

  "Corruption, commission, collection" is a repeated statement by DMK leader MK Stalin to target the ruling AIADMK over graft charges.  

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  Bengal's daughter slogan: Mamata's last-ditch effort to ride back to power?

  March 01, 2021 13:42 IST

  Before the electioneering kicked off in Bengal, Didi had an army of big political names by her side, now a number of them, from ministers to legislators, have switched over to the BJP. Her long-time colleague and close-aide Dinesh Trivedi is the latest significant figure to quit the TMC. 

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  Assam polls 2021: BJP's estranged ally Bodoland People's Front joins Congress-led Mahagathbandhan

  March 01, 2021 11:58 IST

  The elections to the 126-member Assam Assembly will be held in three phases on March 27, April 1 and April 6. The results will be declared on May 2.  

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  Bengal polls 2021: BJP alleges party worker's mother thrashed by TMC supporters

  March 01, 2021 11:53 IST

  A BJP worker and his mother were thrashed by Trinamool Congress supporters in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

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  Delhi MCD bypolls 2021: Voting ends in 5 municipal wards

  February 28, 2021 20:27 IST

  Voting for bypolls in five municipal wards in Delhi concluded at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday with 50.86 per cent of people casting their votes, according to the Delhi State Election Commission.

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  Gujarat local bodies polls underway, 3.04 crore people to vote

  February 28, 2021 8:41 IST

  While the BJP has been the dominant force in the state for several years now, Congress believes the fuel price hikes and disenchantment of the people with the ruling party will help it make a comeback.