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People of Munugode upheld Telangana's self-respect: KTR
K.T. Rama Rao said people of Munugode have given befitting reply to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who out of their "arrogance" imposed a by-election. Rama Rao was addressing a news conference after the TRS won the bitterly contested by-election, defeating BJP by a margin of over 10,000 votes. The TRS leader said though Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy was the face of BJP, it was Amit Shah and Narendra Modi who were running the show from behind.
BJP wins 4 seats, Cong draws blank in bypolls across 6 states
While the BJP bagged four seats, the RJD, TRS, and Udhhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena faction won one seat each. BJP retained Uttar Pradesh's Gola Gokarannath seat, Bihar's Gopalganj and Odisha's Dhamnagar seats. It also added Haryana's Adampur seat to its tally, which it wrested from the Congress. Congress also lost Telangana's Munugode seat to Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).
Uma Bharti trains her guns on Shivraj govt as liquor politics hots up in MP
Firebrand BJP leader and former Union Minister Uma Bharti is going to protest against the sale of liquor by setting up tent in forest and near liquor shops from November 7. Other BJP leaders are also in the process of upping the pressure on the government over the sale of liquor in villages. The politics around liquor has been peaking in the state at a time when the preparations are underway for the upcoming assembly elections.
BJP retains Odisha's Dhamnagar Assembly seat
Suraj garnered 80,351 votes while his nearest rival BJD candidate Abanti Das got 70,470 votes. BJD rebel candidate Rajendra Das polled 8,153 votes. Congress was in fourth position as its nominee Baba Harekrushna Sethy got only 3,561 votes. The voting for the bypoll was conducted on November 3 at 252 polling booths and 68.98 per cent polling recorded. The BJP, which slipped to third position in the last by-poll for Brajarajnagar, has fought the bypoll unitedly.
TRS wrests Munugode seat, party celebrates victory
TRS candidate K. Prabhakar Reddy defeated his rival K. Rajagopal Reddy of BJP by a margin of 10,059 votes.The Congress, which had won the seat in 2018, finished a distant third and forfeited the deposit. Prabhakar Reddy polled 96,574 votes while Rajagopal Reddy secured 86,515 votes. Palvai Sravanthi of the Congress got only 22,449 votes.
Bhajan Lal clan retains family bastion in Haryana bypoll
Bishnoi is the fifth member of the Bhajan Lal family to contest from the family bastion. Earlier, his grandfather Bhajan Lal, grandmother Jasma Devi, father Kuldeep Bishnoi and mother Renuka Bishnoi had represented the seat. A total of 22 candidates were in the fray in the by-election. The INLD has fielded Congress rebel Kurda Ram Nambardar, while AAP fielded Satender Singh, a BJP rebel.
Munugode bypoll: BJP candidate concedes defeat
With the Telangana Rashtra Samithi's (TRS) Prabhakar Reddy taking a clear lead of over 7,000 votes at the end of 12th round of counting, Rajagopal Reddy said he welcomed the people's mandate. He, however, claimed that it was a moral victory for him and called the TRS win "unethical". Rajagopal Reddy, who was elected from the seat in 2018 on a Congress ticket, resigned in August and also quit the Congress to join the BJP.
PM Modi expresses wish to break own election record in Gujarat
PM Modi indirectly hinted that under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, his party should win the maximum number of seats, breaking all old records of Modi himself (127 seats in the 2002 Assembly polls). Addressing a public rally at Nana Pondha in Valsad district, he launched a new slogan: "I made Gujarat", on how each Gujarati has contributed to the development and progress of the state in the last 20 years.
With elections in Dec, it is now 'Mission Gujarat' for UP ministers led by Yogi
Ministers from the Yogi Adityanath government are being deployed in Gujarat for the election campaign. The Assembly elections in Gujarat will be held in two phases on December 1 and 5. The BJP has been in power in Gujarat for 27 years and this is the first time that the ruling party faces a double challenge from the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Shiv Sena-UBT-MVA candidate wins Andheri East seat
The conquest is the first notched by the party after it got a new name Shiv Sena- Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray and a new symbol of 'Flaming Torch' a couple of months ago, giving a huge psychological boost to the party which suffered a devastating split in June.
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