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Opted to go to jail than to join BJP': Shivakumar breaks down after victory
Addressing reporters, Shivakumar said that the "BJP had hatched a conspiracy and gave me options of whether going to the prison or joining BJP. I opted to go to the prison. Sonia Gandhi met me in the Tihar jail, she believed me so much".Shivakumar could not control his emotions and started crying while speaking. I had given a promise.
AAP leads in multi-cornered Jalandhar bypoll
The AAP's Sushil Rinku is leading from his nearest rival and Congress candidate Karamjit Kaur. The party got 91,072 votes, while the Congress had 77,076 votes by 10 a.m.
Karnataka polls: Kumaraswamy wins but son Nikhil loses
Hussain polled 72,898 votes and Kumaraswamy secured 61,692 votes. BJP candidate Gautham Gowda managed to get only 10,870 votes. This is the second defeat for Kumaraswamy. His mother Anita Kumaraswamy represented the seat earlier.Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar had appealed to the voters to support his party.
Odisha bypoll result: BJD leading in Jharsuguda
On completion of three rounds of counting, BJD candidate Dipali Das has secured 17,543 votes while BJP candidate Tankadhar Tripathy got 9,910 votes. Congress nominee Tarun Pandey got only 521 votes, officials in the office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said.
Jagadish Shettar trails by 1,900 votes
Shettar had left the BJP and joined Congress after he was denied a seat by the party national leadership. In Hubbali-Central Dharwad, considered to be a stronghold of the BJP, Shettar contested as a Congress candidate.
Karnataka elections: Cong leading in 114 seats, crosses the magic figure
As per the Election Commission, Congress' vote share is currently at 43.2 per cent in the southern state, whereas the BJP stands at 36 per cent.
Congress widens its lead to over 82 seats in K'taka
The Congress was leading in regions considered as BJP strongholds. The Congress party candidates were in three constituencies of Dakshina Kannada district which witnessed revenge killings. Congress managed to win only one seat in the last elections and BJP won seven seats.
Initial trends indicate close fight between Congress, BJP in Karnataka
The trends were available for more than 150 seats. BJP and Congress candidates were leading in more than 70 seats each. Opposition leader Siddaramaiah established an early lead in the initial phase against BJP candidate and Minister for Housing V. Somanna. In Hubballi-Dharwad Central former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar.
Lalan Singh asks RCP Singh to clarify what was 'RCP Tax'
"RCP Singh was associated with Nitish Kumar for 30 years and the latter was having blind faith in him. RCP Singh may have taken advantage of it and extorted tax. This was the reason why opposition leaders were accusing him of extorting RCP Tax at a time when he was with the JD-U and was national president of the party. Now, RCP Singh has to clarify whether he was taking RCP Tax or not," Singh said.
CBI lens on Sameer Wankhede: NCP, Shiv Sena (UBT) say Nawab Malik 'vindicated'
NCP national spokesperson Clyde Crasto posted a photo of Malik currently in jail in an alleged financial misappropriation case with just a simple Satyameva Jayate' caption. The party's chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase said that the CBI has filed a corruption case against Wankhede, who was first exposed as a "corrupt officer" by Malik in 2021-2022.
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