POLITICS
Entire nation is not in the grip of Hindutva, asserts Salman Khurshid
Salman Khurshid said, "It is not an issue which I can explain in a few words. I am not ready to accept that the whole country has come under the control of Hindutva. As per the figures or my understanding this has not happened, however, a good number of people have definitely stood with them and brought them to the power."
Support swells for Murmu: Maya follows Naveen, Jagan; more to follow
All allies of the NDA, including JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar are unitedly supporting the BJP choice. Besides, leaders of two other political parties, Biju Janata Dal and YSRCP, (the ruling parties in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh respectively) signed on the nomination papers of Draupadi Murmu, further cementing her chance to win.
YSRCP retains Atmakur Assembly seat by huge majority
In the one-sided bypoll, YSRCP's M. Vikram Reddy defeated his nearest rival G. Bharat Kumar of the BJP by 82,742 votes. Bharat Kumar and all other candidates forfeited their deposit. Vikram reddy polled 1,02,074 votes while the BJP candidate finished distant second with 19,332 votes. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate secured 4,897 votes.
BJP bags 3 seats in Tripura bypolls, CM Manik Saha wins from Town Bordowali
According to the Election Commission, Saha, 69, who secured 17,181 votes, won the Town Bordowali seat defeating Congress candidate Asish Kumar Saha by a margin of 6,104 votes. As per the EC, the BJP candidate Malina Debnath won the Jubarajnagar seat defeating her nearest CPI-M rival Sailendra Chandra Nath by a margin of 4,572 votes.
Shiv Sena tussle: Shinde, Fadnavis may have met Shah in Vadodara to discuss strategy
The meeting is said to have taken place Thursday or Friday night. Local party sources were completely in the dark about the development and none of the office-bearers were in a position to confirm or deny such a meeting. According to sources from the Vadodara airport, two chartered flights and one BSF plane landed on Friday night. One chartered flight had flown from Delhi to Vadodara, which was carrying Eknath Shinde and another chartered flight landed from Mumbai carrying Devendra Fadanvis.
20 press conferences by Congress on Agnipath today
Calling it "Agnipath Ki Baat, Yuvaon Se Vishwasghat (Talk on Agnipath, Betrayal of Youth)", the party will hold the media interactions all across the country. The press conferences will be held at Shimla by Alok Sharma; Dehradun - Manvendra Singh; Chandigarh - Ranjeet Ranjan, MP; New Delhi- Shaktisinh Gohil, MP; Jaipur - Deepender Singh Hooda, MP; Ahmedabad: Alka Lamba; Mumbai - Supriya Shrinate; Bengaluru,
Bypoll results: Counting of votes underway in 3 LS, 7 Assembly seats
Lok Sabha bypolls were held in two seats of Uttar Pradesh -- Rampur and Azamgarh -- and one seat of Punjab. Initial trends show that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was leading in Sangrur and the Samajwadi Party (SP) was ahead in Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha seats at 10 a.m. The BJP was trailing in the Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency in Delhi. The counting of votes stated at 8 a.m. under multi-layer security and postal ballots were counted first.
SP leads in Azamgarh, trails in Rampur in LS bypolls
Asim Raja, the SP candidate in Rampur, was trailing behind Ghanshyam Lodhi of the BJP. Counting of votes in Azamgarh was delayed following a dispute between the district administration and Yadav over allowing entry into the strong room where EVM machines were kept. BJP spokesman S.N. Singh said that this was the initial trend and the BJP would win both seats.
Gujarat police politicising SC judgment: Abhishek Manu Singhvi
Singhvi's remarks came after the Ahmedabad Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) on Saturday arrested retired state DGP R.B. Sreekumar, whose role was questioned by the top court, and Mumbai-based activist Teesta Setalvad, who had backed Zakia Jafri, the petitioner. In a series of tweets, Singhvi said, "Shd never politicise #sc judgements violated by all #Bhakts suggesting sc held tht bjp/#Modi/guj Govt is "tussi great ho"! SC simply upheld #SIT which found no conspiracy & tht violence ws spontaneous reaction. Reading pol jumlas &unconnected clean chits into sc V misleading."
Will set up separate block of Shiv Sena: Rebel MLA Deepak Kesarkar
In a press conference here at Radisson blu hotel where he has been camping along with 40 other rebel Shiv Sena MLAs, Kesarkar, speaking on behalf of the rebels and their leader Eknath Shinde, said they are still part of Shiv Sena, and aiming to take a different direction for which they have the desired majority. "At this point, we are not merging with any other party as we respect (Maharashtra Chief Minister) Uddhav Thackeray.
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