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Thrikkakara bypoll: After 5 rounds of counting, CPI-M accepts defeat
While interacting with the media at the Ernakulam district committee office of the CPI-M, district secretary C.V.Mohan termed the development "unexpected". "We never expected this, but we humbly accept the people's verdict. With the kind of efforts we put in this should not have happened. We have to analyse where we went wrong," he added.
Sonia tests Covid positive, will appear before ED on June 8
"Congress President, Smt Sonia Gandhi has been meeting leaders & activists over last week, some of whom have been found Covid positive. Congress President had developed mild fever & Covid symptoms last evening. On testing, she has been found to be Covid positive", said Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala in a tweet.
Haryana Congress MLAs likely to be moved to Chhattisgarh to avoid poaching
The Congress was caught by surprise after the BJP backed an Independent candidate for one of the two Rajya Sabha seats in Haryana going to the polls, upsetting its calculations of winning without any contest. Independent candidate Kartikeya Sharma is likely to get votes from the JJP, apart from the surplus BJP votes. Congress' headache has increased after Kuldeep Bishnoi did not attend the recent party MLA's meeting.
Genesis of controversy for Gandhis: The National Herald case history
The AJL was incorporated as a public limited company on November 20, 1937 under the Indian Companies Act, 1913, for the purpose of publication of newspapers in different languages. It started publishing newspapers such as "National Herald" in English, "Navjivan" in Hindi and "Quami Awaz" in Urdu.
Will not work with Congress again in future, says Prashant Kishor
"This is the party responsible for breaking my track record of winning. It is not improving and even it may drown me. Hence, I will never work with the Congress again," Kishor said with folded hands at an interaction with media in Vaishali, where he was to prepare ground for his Jan Suraaj campaign. "In the last 10 years, I was involved in 11 elections and only one I lost in Uttar Pradesh in 2017. At that time, I was associated with the Congress party. It has broken my winning record.
BJP throws a spanner in Congress' RS plans for Rajasthan, Haryana
The candidates are Subhash Chandra in Rajasthan and Kartikeya Sharma in Haryana. The Congress will now have to do extra work to manage its MLAs as the contest heats up in the run up to the June 10 Rajya Sabha elections. In Rajasthan, businessman Subhash Chandra filed his nomination on Tuesday as an Independent candidate backed by the BJP.
Hardik Patel to join BJP on June 2
Confirming the development, BJP spokesman Bharat Dangar said that Patel, along with his supporters, will join the saffron party in the presence of the party state president C.R.Patil and former Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel at 12 p.m. Shweta Brahmbhatt, who had contested Assembly elections from Maninagar constituency on Congress symbol, is also set to join the BJP the same day, party sources said.
Congress turncoat RPN Singh fails to get in BJP's RS list
Singh before leaving the Congress was Jharkhand in-charge and was considered a probable for the Upper House in the party, but left the Congress after differences over the selection of candidates in his hometurf Padrauna. Through a tweet, Singh congratulated the party (BJP) nominees for the Rajya Sabha, "Wishes and Congratulations to BJP candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls."
Naqvi, Javadekar missing from BJP's list for RS polls
The BJP has so far released the names of 22 candidates in three lists for the June 10 election. The list misses the names of Union Minority Affairs Minister Naqvi, former Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, party national general secretary Dushyant Gautam, former national vice president Dr Vinay Sahastrabuddhe, former Union Minister Shiv Pratap Shukla and national spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam.
Congress, BSP look to UP Municipal polls to regain lost group
The UP civic polls will be held for 17 municipal corporations, around 200 nagar palika parishads and about 450 nagar panchayats across the state. The BSP has asked its cadres to start preparing for municipal elections and shortlist prospective candidates. The BSP hit rock bottom in the Assembly elections and could win only one seat in the house of 403 members.
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