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Conrad Sangma’s Party To Support NDA Candidates in Nagaland, Manipur

March 25, 2024 admin

Conrad Sangma said NDA partners are supporting each other in the northeast. Guwahati: The National People’s Party, led by Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, has announced that it would support the Lok Sabha candidate of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) in Nagaland and the Naga People’s Front (NPF) nominee in Manipur. NPP national…

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BJP, JDS Workers Clash In Karnataka, Friction In Alliance

March 25, 2024 admin

Bengaluru: The BJP and JDS have joined hands ahead of the Lok Sabha election and recently finalised their seat sharing talks, but the situation on ground appears challenging. The leaders and workers of the two parties — used more to being at odds — are apparently having trouble adjusting to being on the same side….

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Sikkim’s Ruling Party, Opposition Name Candidates For Lok Sabha, State Polls

March 25, 2024 admin

Ahead of crucial assembly polls in the Himalayan state of Sikkim for its 32-member assembly — due on April 19 simultaneously with the Lok Sabha election — the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha has declared candidates for all seats and the lone Lok Sabha MP. The party has retained sitting MP Indra Hang Subba. Chief Minister…

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After BJP Picks Sandeshkhali Survivor Rekha Patra As Candidate, Posters Against Her

March 25, 2024 admin

Local women protested against Rekha Patra’s nomination Kolkata: Handwritten posters appeared in a few places in Bengal’s Sandeshkhali denouncing the BJP’s Lok Sabha poll nominee Rekha Patra, an alleged victim of torture at the hands of arrested and now-suspended Trinamool leader Shajahan Sheikh and his aides. The BJP pointed to the TMC for the posters,…

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Trinamool’s Mahua Moitra Faces Royal Test In Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Seat

March 25, 2024 admin

Mahua Moita won Bengal’s Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat in the 2019 election (File). New Delhi: Trinamool leader Mahua Moitra must overcome the challenge of Bharatiya Janata Party debutant Amrita Roy, the matriarch of a local royal family, if she is to win back the Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat from which she was so controversially expelled…

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Giving Tickets To Ministers’ Children, Relatives Not “Dynastic Politics”: Siddaramaiah

March 24, 2024 admin

This is not dynastic politics but acknowledging people’s opinion, Siddaramaiah said (File) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said giving tickets to the children and relatives of ministers was not dynastic politics but acknowledging the recommendation of voters. In its second list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Congress on March 21…

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BJP Drops 4 Sitting MPs In Odisha, Names 18 Of 21 Candidates

March 24, 2024 admin

Kolkata: The BJP named 18 of Odisha’s 21 lok Sabha seats on Sunday, after its seat sharing talks with the state’s ruling Biju Janata Dal of Naveen Patnaik fell through. Theb party has dropped four sitting MPs. Among those named are Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan and party spokesman Sambit Patra. Sambit Patra: The well-known BJP…

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Congress, AAP Team Up To Take On BJP In Gujarat Lok Sabha Polls

March 24, 2024 admin

Ahmedabad: The Congress-Aam Aadmi Party tie-up in Gujarat is hoping to challenge the electoral hegemony of the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, while the ruling party is confident the opposition alliance will not affect its prospects. The Congress-AAP alliance this time aims to give a tough fight and stop the division of anti-BJP…

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Will Win This Election From Nagpur By Over 5 Lakh Votes, Says Nitin Gadkari

March 23, 2024 admin

Nitin Gadkari asserted that BJP workers have a right over his political legacy. (File) Jaipur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari expressed confidence on Saturday in winning the election by more than 5 lakh votes in the upcoming parliamentary polls. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said, “I am confident that I will win this election by more than…

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In Assam’s Sonitpur, BJP Replaces Big Rallies With Door-To-Door Campaigns

March 23, 2024 admin

Assam BJP is holding door to door campaign in Sonitpur constituency Guwahati: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP has launched a unique campaign in Assam, with cabinet minister Ashok Singhal leading it in Sonitpur constituency where he is in charge of the election. The BJP in this constituency has replaced big rallies and…

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