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Gujarat Polls: 50-odd unrecognised parties throw their hats into the ring
SVPP stands for Sardar VAllabhbhai Patel Party, PPP- Pachasi Parivartan Party, NMP - National Mahasabha Party, JDP- Janseva Driver Party, and there is even a one Log party. In 2017, 54 such registered but unrecognized parties' 367 candidates contested the elections and polled 1.71% votes, meaning 5,13,030 votes.
Rahul Gandhi looks like Saddam Hussain now: Assam CM
Questioning Rahul Gandhi's few visits to Gujarat ahead of the elections, Sarma said, "He is invisible in Gujarat. He comes to the state like a visiting faculty... He also did not campaign in Himachal Pradesh. He is visiting only those places where there are no elections... May be because he is scared of defeat." The Assam Chief Minister also alleged that the Congress must have paid Bollywood stars to join Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo yatra, in an indirect reference to actors Pooja Bhatt and Amol Palekar who had joined the Yatra.
Aditya Thackeray to meet Tejashwi Yadav in Patna
The upcoming meeting would be a "courtesy call" on the Rashtriya Janata Dal leader, according to the Thackerays' media advisor Harshal Pradhan. Son of ex-Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Aditya, 32, shall be accompanied by two party MPs - party Secretary Anil Desai and Deputy Leader Priyanka Chaturvedi - and other office-bearers at the meeting.
BJY's 'Jai Maharashtra': Rahul Gandhi exits the land of Chhatrapati, to enter MP
The Maharashtra leg saw a trail of bouquets, brickbats, a 10,000 square feet 'rangoli, grannies hugging Gandhi, children crowding around and performing during the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday - not to mention some unsavory political controversies.
New Governor reaches Kolkata, oath taking ceremony on Wednesday
Upon his arrival at around 9.30 a.m. at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, he was received by the state's municipal affairs & urban development minister and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim and chief secretary H.K. Dwivedi. The Kolkata Police Commissioner, Vineet Kumar Goyal was also present.
BJP attacks Gehlot for terming Shraddha murder case 'an accident'
While addressing the media in reference to the murder case, Gehlot had said: "There is an incident. The incident is an accident. It is not a new thing. For centuries, marriages have been taking place in the name of inter-caste, inter-religion, it is not a new thing.
'Vote katwa' politics takes centrestage in Bihar
This 'vote katwa' politics has significantly elevated the importance of smaller parties in the state, especially after the Gopalganj bypoll, and the same strategy would likely to be replicated in Kurhani Assembly bypoll and probably in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as well. The talks about 'vote katwa' politics gained momentum after BJP leaders started claiming that the candidate of VIP Nilabh Kumar will help JD-U's Manoj Kushwaha by cutting the upper caste vote of BJP in Kurhani.
We aren't what we were during 1962 Indo-China war today: Arunachal Chief Minister
The War Memorial commemorates the martyred soldiers of the 1962 war. Paying his respect to the martyrs, Khandu said, "1962 was history and it would never be repeated again." "The scenario was very different in 1962. The infrastructure in the region was very poor. Despite that the Indian Army fought bravely and sacrificed thousands of lives to protect the motherland. But today, we are not what we were in 1962," he said.
Rahul Gandhi attacks BJP over Morbi bridge collapse
While addressing public meetings in Rajkot and Mahuva (Surat), Rahul Gandhi tried to connect the Bharat Jodo Yatra with Gujarat. He said the "party has derived the inspiration for the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Mahatma Gandhi's pre-independence movement, during which he united India and led the freedom movement."
Tamil Nadu Congress likely to throw its weight behind AIADMK if it exits BJP alliance
AIADMK interim general secretary and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) had said that the party was looking for all possibilities including a grand mega alliance of political parties to take on the DMK in the 2024 elections.
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