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Owaisi terms UP results as victory of '80-20'
The Hyderabad MP, whose party contested 100 Assembly seats but drew a blank, was obviously referring to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's remark of "80 per cent versus 20 per cent". Owaisi said though the results were not to the party's expectations, it would continue to work in the state.
BJP has started preparing for 2027 Goa polls already: CM
Sawant also described himself as a soldier of the BJP, who was given the opportunity to lead the party's charge in the February 14 assembly election in capacity as a general, but added that the party's central parliamentary board would finalise the candidature of the BJP's legislative party leader for Goa soon.
AAP juggernaut flattens SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, family
Also, for the first time the SAD was testing the waters after severing its ties with the BJP with which it had joined hands in 1997 during the state polls and remained its oldest ally for 23 years. SAD patriarch Badal, a founding member of the NDA who before parting ways had always referred to ties as 'nau-maas da rishta' (nail-and-flesh ties), the eldest candidate at 94 in the fray for the 117-member Punjab Assembly.
Uttarakhand: After Dhami's loss, MoS Ajay Bhatt frontrunner for CM's post?
Among the several names that are doing the rounds in Uttarakhand's political circles, Union Minister of State for Defence, Ajay Bhatt, has emerged as a frontrunner for the coveted post. Bhatt, a Lok Sabha member from Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar, is a senior BJP leader who was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly before the formation of Uttarakhand.
In maiden emphatic win, AAP crushes traditional parties
Bhagwant Mann, the party's pick for the top post, is all set to become the next Chief Minister. The ruling Congress, which won 77 seats in 2017, managed to win only 18 seats with most of its stalwart faces like Chief Minister Charanjit Channi and state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu faced humiliating defeat from their respective strongholds.
Shah thanks voters for reposing faith in BJP and PM Modi's leadership
In a series of tweets, Shah said, "The BJP's grand victory in Uttar Pradesh is the victory of the unshakeable faith of village, the poor and farmers in Prime Minister Modi's welfare for the poor. Voters have re-affirmed in Yogi Adityanath government's fearless and corruption free governance. I thank people from the bottom of my heart for this massive victory."
K'taka BJP, Cong leaders competing in Goa power race
Both the parties are now focusing on the post-poll scenario as the state seems headed for a hung assembly. The BJP has made staunch Hindutva leader C.T. Ravi the party's National General Secretary in-charge of Goa while the Congress has made party loyalist Dinesh Gundu Rao the All India Congress Committee (AICC) Goa in-charge.
Why SP-RLD could not paint a picture perfect
The Samajwadi Party-Rashtriya Lok Dal alliance came a cropper in western UP, upsetting all calculations. According to sources, one of the main reasons for the below expectation performance of the alliance in an area that was the focal point of the famers' agitation against the ruling BJP, was faulty candidate selection and swapping of candidates.
BJP leads on all 8 seats in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri
In 2021, during the peak of the farmers' protest on October 4, Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Teni's son mowed down half a dozen people under his car, including four farmers protesting against the now repealed three contentious farm laws. It was widely perceived that the farmers' anger would cost the BJP electorally in the district and to some extent in western Uttar Pradesh.
Won't poach Goa Congress MLAs, says Fadnavis
"Three independent candidates have extended support to the BJP. We had said yesterday that even if we win 21 seats, we will take some more people along with us. In keeping with the assurance, these three independents and the MGP have given letters of support to the BJP. They are going to be with us. We are thankful to the MGP and the three candidates and we will form a government with a good majority of 25," he said.
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