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Amid the possibility of BJP and JD(S) forging an understanding for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Sunday confirmed that he has held discussions with the saffron party’s leadership in Delhi, in the interest of the state and to save his outfit. Stating that his son and party […]

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Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday claimed a “Godhra-like” incident may take place during the “return journey” of the large number of people expected to converge at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh from across the nation for the inauguration of the Ram Mandir. ‘Karsevaks’ (Sangh Parivar term for volunteers who took part in the […]

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By P. Sreekumaran THRUVANANTHAPURAM: Puthuppally by-election has not, sprung any surprises. Congress candidate Chandy Oommen won the by-election, necessitated by the death of his father and former chief minister Oommen Chandy with a big majority. The Congress won the battle riding the crest of a tidal wave of sympathy for the departed leader. The Oommen […]

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By Sushil Kutty The jolt the Bharatiya Janata Party sustained in Ghosi assembly seat of Uttar Pradesh is being blamed by sections of the BJP on Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Behan Mayawati, who allegedly told BSP supporters to cast NOTA. But the NOTA numbers on counting day did not support the theory. The BJP was […]

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By James M Dorsey An unexpected twist in the run-up to next year’s Indonesian presidential election puts Centrist Democratic International (CDI), the world’s largest alliance of conservative political parties, and Nahdlatul Ulama, the world’s largest and most moderate Muslim civil society movement, in a bind. In a surprise move, Muhaimin Iskander, leader of the National […]

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By Satyaki Chakraborty The victory of the Trinamool Congress candidate Prof. Nirmal Chandra Roy at the Dhupguri assembly constituency by poll in Bengal by defeating the BJP candidate Smt. Tapashi Roy by around 4,000 votes, vindicates TMC supremo Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that the TMC is the main INDIA alliance party in Bengal and […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Newly constituted INDIA alliance of 28 opposition political parties and refurbished NDA of 39 political parties led by BJP had just tasted the fruit of their first ever electoral battle. INDIA alliance has emerged stronger in 4 of the six states where byelections were held, by winning 4 of the seven […]

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By Arun Srivastava A bad omen indeed. On the day the entire state machinery of ‘Bharat’ was busy exploiting the G20 event to project Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the “Yugpurush” and “Vishwaguru”, via decorating the national capital with larger than life cut-outs and festoons, even bigger than any of the world leaders participating at […]

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The results of the bypolls, considered the mini polls before the main Lok Sabha elections, have given hope and confidence to the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) front that they can take on the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 2024. The results are: INDIA 4, NDA 3. In West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) […]

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal (Secular) have agreed form an alliance in Karnataka for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The BJP will have an understanding on four to five seats with JD(S) for the Parliamentary election, former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said on Friday. “HD Deve Gowda traveled to Delhi this […]

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday hit out at the opposition over DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin’s comments on Sanatan Dharma, asking why Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Ashok Gehlot are “silent” on the issue. Addressing a public meeting in Jaisalmer on the launch of the third round of the BJP’s Parivartan Yatra in […]

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A day after Congress leaders spoke against a probable alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab for the Lok Sabha polls, state unit chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring added fuel to the fire on Wednesday, saying some MLAs and other leaders of AAP were keen to join the Congress as they were feeling slighted. […]

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By P. Sudhir The   Narendra Modi regime is out to launch a twin assault on parliamentary democracy and federalism by implementing the slogan of `One Nation, One Election’ (ONOE).  The government has announced the setting up of an eight-member committee headed by former president, Ram Nath Kovind.  The terms of reference make it clear that […]

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Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s daughter Y S Sharmila may join the Congress and merge her YSR Telangana Party with it soon, sources said here on Monday. Sharmila, the sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, is likely to be present at the Congress’ mega rally near […]

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By Sushil Kutty Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s minister son Udhayanidhi Stalin has given the BJP reason to hike up its ‘Madrasi dhoti’. Udhayanidhi’s outbursts calling for the annihilation of Sanatana Dharma could not have come at a more opportune time for the saffron party which was under siege from the unity of purpose […]

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday constituted the party’s Central Election Committee with 16 members including himself and former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. The development comes ahead of key assembly elections in states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The panel discusses and finalises the list of candidates for any parliamentary or […]

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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said before implementing ‘One Nation, One Election’ in the country, the BJP government should carry out an experiment by holding the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls this time. The Centre on Friday constituted a committee led by former president Ram Nath Kovind to […]

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The stage is set for the first electoral showdown between the BJP and an INDIA bloc constituent in Uttar Pradesh, with leaders of both sides going all out to drum up support for their candidates for the September 5 Ghosi assembly bypoll. The Congress and the Left parties have not only extended support to the […]

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By Harihar Swarup The most significant political development this year is not the formation of the Indian Development Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), a congregation of forces opposed to the BJP. It isn’t the tentative alliance that BJP is seeking to build with its older and newer partners. And it it’s the G20 summit, which is much […]

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Opposition bloc INDIA on Saturday made some additional appointments in some of the committees set up at its Mumbai meeting to get battle-ready for the Lok Sabha polls. The bloc had formed a 14-member coordination-cum-election strategy committee comprising members of various parties. The opposition alliance had also announced a campaign committee with Congress’ Gurdeep Singh […]

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The government on Saturday notified an eight-member high-level committee to examine and make recommendations at the earliest on the issue of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, state assemblies, municipalities, and panchayats. The committee, headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind, have Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan […]

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By K Raveendran The Narendra Modi government’s dramatic moves to convene an out of turn parliament session later this month and set up a panel headed by former President Ramnath Kovind to study the possibility of introducing one nation policy may be part of a ‘shock and awe’ policy rather than any real intent to […]

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