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  WATCH: Turkish lawmakers engage in fistfight over debate on jailed opposition lawmaker

  World | August 17, 2024 9:58 IST

  Members of Erdogan's ruling AKP Party rushed to attack opposition lawmaker Ahmed Sik after he called for his colleague Can Atalay's reinstatement in the Parliament and called the ruling party a "terrorist organisation". Atalay was imprisoned in 2018 for organising anti-government protests in 2013.

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  Maldives: Hussain Shameem, Prosecutor General appointed during Solih govt, brutally stabbed

  World | January 31, 2024 10:42 IST

  The attack on opposition-appointed Shameem came amid attacks on several parliamentarians by gangs on the road as well as a political crisis in the parliament. Maldives' pro-China President Mohamed Muizzu has come under fire for his anti-India stance, with the opposition preparing to impeach him.

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  Tensions erupt in Bangladesh after rally calls for PM's resignation, paramilitary forces deployed

  World | October 28, 2023 19:04 IST

  As Bangladesh heads for general elections in January 2024, the opposition party has held numerous protests for months to put forth their demands. BNP's leader Khaleda Zia is under house arrest since 2020 on corruption charges.

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  Thailand elections: Opposition crushes military-backed conservative party fulfilling hopes of change

  World | May 15, 2023 9:21 IST

  Thailand elections: A joint session of the 500-seat House of Representatives will be held with the 250-member Senate in July to select the new prime minister, a process widely seen as undemocratic because the Senators were appointed by the military rather than elected.

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  Bihar Political Crisis: Nitish Kumar's JD(U) recognised as main opposition party

  Politics | February 19, 2015 14:26 IST

  Patna: Ahead of Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's floor test, Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary today granted the status of principal opposition party to JD(U) in place of BJP, which slammed the move as

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  Thailand opposition party to boycott general election

  World | December 21, 2013 17:04 IST

  Bangkok: Thailand's main opposition Democrat Party has announced that it will boycott February's general election, deepening the country's weeklong political crisis.The party's leader, former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, announced the boycott after a meeting Saturday

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  BJP Running 'Most Corrupt' Govts In States, Says Rahul Gandhi

  India | January 08, 2012 21:46 IST

  Gorakhpur (UP), Jan 8: Attacking BJP, Rahul Gandhi today said the opposition party is taking corrupt ministers thrown out by others and was running the “most corrupt” governments in states ruled by it.“Ministers are being