Surjewala says EC wants to set a new precedent of ‘dark secrets’

Senior Congress leader and spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala slammed the election commission and termed as “constitutional travesty” the EC's rejection of Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa's demand Read More
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Ashok Lavasa says all controversies are unsavoury

Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa said it was the Supreme Court’s strong observations over poll panel’s delayed reaction to hate speeches that prompted him to intervene and seek “transparent and time-bound” disposal of Model Code of Conduct complaints. Read More
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Dutee: Being in a same-sex relationship is a personal choice

Indian athlete Dutee Chand is facing a huge battle of acceptance at home after she publicly acknowledged being in a same-sex relationship with a younger relative. Read More
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Priyanka on exit polls: ‘All this is to discourage us’

After the exit poll predicted that BJP led NDA is going to get mandate in this Lok Sabha election, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra encouraged party workers not to give up because of rumours and exit poll results. Read More
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Jaitley: ‘Gandhi-Nehru family is no longer asset for Congress’

Senior Bhartiya Janata Party leader and finance minister Arun Jaitley claimed that the Gandhi-Nehru family is no longer an asset for Congress but an albatross for the party’s neck. Read More
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Mukherjee praises EC for conducting ‘perfect elections’

Former President and senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee hailed the Election Commission for “perfectly” conducting the Lok Sabha poll. Read More
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Nitish: ‘BJP should consider expelling Pragya from party’

While reacting on Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate Pragya Singh Thakur’s Godse statement, Bihar chief minister and Janata Dal United leader Nitish Kumar said Bhartiya Janata Party as a “desh-bhakt (patriot)”, should consider expelling her from the party Read More
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Yogendra Yadav says Congress must die

While taking into notice the exit poll results that predicted a ‘comfortable win’ for the NDA, Swaraj India chief and former AAP leader Yogendra Yadav assailed the Congress and said the party should “must die”. Read More
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Shashi Tharoor: Exit poll will turn out wrong

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor rejected the exit poll results and tweeted his reading of the prediction as something that can also turn out “all wrong” Read More
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Kejriwal: ‘I’ll be killed like Indira, my own PSO reports to BJP’

Aam Aadmi Party chief and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal made a startling claim that he will be killed like former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. He further claimed that he will be assassinated by his personal security officer one day. Read More
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Mayawati: Modi’s Varanasi defeat will be ‘more historic than win’

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of development of eastern Uttar Pradesh and claimed that it would be “more historic than a win” if Modi loses from Varanasi – his parliamentary constituency. Read More
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Now, Siddaramaiah says ‘Pragya Thakur is a terrorist’

Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah called Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur a “terrorist” for her defining Mahatma Gandhi’s killer Nathuram Godse as a “patriot”. Read More
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Satyarthi: Godse killed Gandhi, people like Pragya killing his soul

Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel peace laureate and eminent face against child trafficking assailed BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal, Pragya Singh Thakur, for her remarks that Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, was a “deshbhakt (patriot)”. Read More
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Yechury: ‘CPM will perform like Messi, will spring surprise in poll’

The general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), while dismissing the speculation of his party supporting the BJP get a foothold in West Bengal, claimed that the Left party will emerge with “surprising results” in the Lok Sabha polls 2019.” Read More
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Modi says he can’t forgive Pragya Thakur for her Godse remark

Prime Minister Narendra Modi assailed Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency candidate Pragya Singh Thakur for calling Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse a patriot. Read More
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Amit Shah: 3 BJP leaders to explain Godse remarks within 10 days

Bhartiya Janata Party president Amit Shah, while taking into notice of Pragya Singh Thakur remarks launched damage control after a series of comments in favour of Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse. Read More
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Smriti: ‘Priyanka offers namaz in Amethi, visits temple in Ujjain’

While taking a jibe at Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, Union minister Smriti Irani said Congress secretary offered namaz in Amethi “for votes” and then also visited Mahakal temple in Madhya Pradesh. Read More
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Priyanka dares BJP, says ‘have guts to spell out your stand’

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took a dig at the BJP for separating itself from the party's Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate and Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Thakur’s remark about Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as a ‘deshbhakt’. Read More
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Mayawati: ‘I would be a better prime minister than Modi’

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati claimed for the prime minister’s post for the first time and said she was a fit candidate when it came to matters pertaining to welfare of people and the country while Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “unfit” for the top post. Read More
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Rahul Gandhi coins new ‘English’ word for Modi – ‘Modilie’

Congress president Rahul Gandhi took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said there is a new word in the English dictionary- “Modilie”. Read More
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