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  Neglect of senior leaders led to defeat in Lok Sabha polls: Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy

  June 04, 2019 15:29 IST

  "The party suffered a humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha elections due to lack of presence of senior party leaders in the state government," he told reporters here.

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  Split in SP-BSP alliance; Mayawati to go alone in UP bypolls

  June 03, 2019 16:43 IST

  In the aftermath of the Lok Sabha elections, the grand alliance stitched by the Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) is likely to break up.

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  Congress expels top Kerala leader AP Abdullakutty for praising PM Modi

  June 03, 2019 17:12 IST

  "I'm not an opportunist. I am a person who took a stand on developmental issues," AP Abdullakutty said.

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  Mamata Banerjee ko gussa kyun aata hai?

  June 03, 2019 18:38 IST

  In the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, the BJP made inroads into Mamata Banerjee's pocket-borough by winning 18 of 42 seats. Her surprise, by that measure, is no exception. Her reactions are.

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  Congress says it will claim for Leader of Opposition and Deputy Speaker posts

  June 01, 2019 13:43 IST

  Earlier in the day, Sonia Gandhi was elected as chairperson of Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP). The decision was taken in the very first meeting of newly elected Congress Lok Sabha MPs. The meeting took place in the Central Hall of Parliament.

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  Congress lawmakers to meet today: Here's what to expect

  June 01, 2019 6:50 IST

  The CPP is currently chaired by Sonia Gandhi and all 52 Lok Sabha MPs will be present at the meeting, besides its members in the Rajya Sabha, sources said. The meeting will be held in the central hall of Parliament and MPs will also chalk out its strategy for the upcoming session of Parliament, they said.

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  We want proportional representation, we do not believe in symbolic representation: Nitish Kumar

  May 31, 2019 14:18 IST

  "I am seeing reports in newspapers that we had asked for 3 seats, this is false. We had not asked for any seat," Nitish Kumar clarified.

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  Mamata Banerjee disgraced democracy: Manoj Tiwari

  May 30, 2019 9:03 IST

  "It is good that she decided not to attend PM Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony. After killing 54 BJP workers with which face she will attend the celebration. She has disgraced the democracy," said Manoj Tiwari.

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  Modi sarkar 2.0: Expect the unexpected

  May 29, 2019 11:50 IST

  The PM may also be looking at certain technocrats to push his JAM policy where the tri-junction of Jan, Aadhar and Mobile meet. This has paid handsome dividends at the bottom of the pyramid and in more ways than one given a sense of liberation and purpose to rural women. 

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  Current TMC government will not be able to continue till 2021: BJP National Secretary Rahul Sinha

  May 29, 2019 10:46 IST

  “I think Vidhan Sabha elections will be held within 6 months to 1 year in West Bengal. There is a lot of dissatisfaction in TMC. The TMC government is being run by police and CID pressure,” ANI quoted Rahul Sinha as saying.

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  As resignations pile up, hectic activities on in Congress to tide over crisis

  May 28, 2019 19:47 IST

  Led by Rahul's sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a host of party leaders met the angry and sulking Congress President at his residence through the day, amid reports that he had conveyed to them that he could at best lead the party in Parliament as the chief of Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP).

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  Big blow to Mamata Banerjee in Bengal: 2 TMC MLAs, over 50 councillors join BJP

  May 28, 2019 23:58 IST

  In a blow to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, two Trinamool Congress MLAs joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday. Another MLA belonging to CPM also joined the saffron party today. Not just this, over 50 councilors too joined the BJP in New Delhi.

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  Chandrababu Naidu asks TDP cadres not to be disheartened

  May 28, 2019 13:50 IST

  The outgoing Chief Minister along with his wife Nara Bhuvaneswari and son Nara Lokesh participated in 97th birth anniversary celebrations of his father-in-law and party founder N.T. Rama Rao at the TDP office in Guntur.

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  Congress leaders meet Rahul Gandhi amid leadership crisis

  May 28, 2019 13:09 IST

  Randeep Singh Surjewala also met Rahul Gandhi at the latter's residence. Gehlot arrived after Pilot had left. Details of their discussions were not immediately known.

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  BJP offering ministerial berth, crores of rupees in exchange for withdrawing support: BSP MLA Ramabai

  May 28, 2019 10:16 IST

  "Yes, they (BJP) keep calling and saying I will also get what is being offered to others. They told me that I will get a ministerial birth and Rs. 50-60 crore. It is false speculation that legislators are breaking away," ANI quoted BSP MLA Ramabai as saying.

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  West Bengal: Suspended TMC MLA Subhrangshu Roy likely to join BJP today

  May 28, 2019 8:49 IST

  After suffering reverses in the Lok Sabha battle, West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress recently suspended its MLA and BJP leader Mukul Roy's son Shubhrangshu Roy for six years alleging that he was "demeaning the party".

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  Rahul insists on resigning, fate of Rajasthan and Karnataka govts uncertain | 10 points

  May 28, 2019 7:13 IST

  Taking responsibility for the defeat, Gandhi on Saturday offered to resign as party president at a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the highest decision-making body of the party, but it was "unanimously rejected".

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  Heartbroken after RJD rout in Bihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav gives up meal at RIMS

  May 27, 2019 16:12 IST

  Stunned by the rout of his Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar and Jharkhand in the Lok Sabha election, Lalu Prasad gave up lunch for two days after the declaration of poll results on May 23.

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  Trouble in RJD: MLA asks Tejashwi Yadav to quit as Bihar opposition leader

  May 27, 2019 14:37 IST

  This is the first time that the RJD failed to win a single seat in Lok Sabha polls in Bihar. In 2014, RJD had won 4 seats despite the Modi wave.

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  Panaji Assembly bypoll: BJP loses Manohar Parrikar's seat to Congress

  May 23, 2019 12:39 IST

  Atanasio Monserrate has won the Panaji Assembly bypoll election, with BJP losing Manohar Parrikar's seat.

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  Uttarakhand CM Rawat developed lake near wife's land to boost its value: Congress

  May 22, 2019 6:41 IST

  State Congress chief Pritam Singh and Ranikhet MLA Karan Mehra alleged in a joint press conference here that Rawat has purchased the 16 bigha land in Suryadhar area on Sahastradhara Road here in the name of his wife and associate Sanjay Gupta's wife.   

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  'I don't feel threatened': Kamal Haasan after stones thrown at his rally in Trichy

  May 17, 2019 11:00 IST

  Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan had stoked a controversy on Sunday by saying "free India's first extremist was a Hindu", referring to Nathuram Godse who killed Mahatma Gandhi.

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  Won't apologise for sharing Mamata Banerjee's photo: BJP activist Priyanka Sharma

  May 15, 2019 14:28 IST

  "I don't have any regrets. I have not done anything for which I will have to apologise," Sharma told a press conference at the BJP office here.

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  Modi insulted my family but I won't insult his: Rahul Gandhi

  May 14, 2019 17:01 IST

  Addressing a rally ahead of the fourth and last phase of Lok Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh,Gandhi also said Modi should stop talking about "clouds and mangoes" and tell people about issues which matter.

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  Still stand by my word not to contest next assembly polls: Siddaramaiah

  May 14, 2019 16:03 IST

  Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah Tuesday termed the growing clamour within his party to make him chief minister once again as an expression of supporters' "affection", but said he still stands by his word about not contesting the next assembly polls.

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  Rebel Om Prakash Rajbhar backs Opposition candidates in UP

  May 14, 2019 14:24 IST

  Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) President Rajbhar, who claims to have walked out of the Adityanath government miffed over denial of expected numbers of tickets, has already fielded 39 candidates for seats in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh phases.

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  PM Modi challenges 'mahamilavati' opposition to prove if he has amassed assets

  May 14, 2019 14:05 IST

  PM Modi was in Ballia to seek support for BJP and NDA ally candidates. Ballia will go to polls in the seventh and last phase on Sunday.  

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  'You should be ashamed': Rahul Gandhi hits out at Sam Pitroda for remarks on 1984 riots

  May 13, 2019 16:22 IST

  Sam Pitroda had sparked a controversy by his 'hua-toh-hua’ statement on 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Pitroda, a close aide of Rahul Gandhi and Overseas Congress' head made the remark in response to a question on the riots by a newsman in Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh.