In Goa, Parrikar’s demise leads to political uncertainty

The Congress has pointed out to the Goa governor, Mridula Sinha, that the BJP has lost the support of both MGP and GFP as they had joined the BJP in February 2017 on the condition that Parrikar should be the chief minister. Read More
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#MainBhiChowkidar: PM adds ‘Chowkidar’ in his Twitter name

Prime Minister Narendra Modi changed his Twitter profile name as “Chowkidar Narendra Modi” as his latest campaign – “Main Bhi Chowkidar (I’m a watchman too)” for the Lok Sabha election. Soon, other BJP ministers, members and supporters of the PM started doing the same. Read More
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Bengal: Left releases 25 LS picks, leaves 17 seats for Cong

The Left Front has, for the first time, opted for a seat-sharing deal with the Congress for the Lok Sabha election. Earlier, it had entered into a seat-sharing deal with the party for the state assembly polls, which had failed to evoke mass support. Read More
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For MP tribal LS seats, Congress seeks winnable candidates

The Madhya Pradesh chief minister, Kamal Nath, met ministers and Congress MLAs from the scheduled tribes to ask for final suggestions for names of winnable candidates from the six reserved Lok Sabha constituencies. Read More
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Congress’s Tom Vadakkan joins BJP, says ‘this is about patriotism’

One of Congress’s national spokesmen, Tom Vadakkan, on Thursday, joined the Bhartiya Janata Party in the presence of Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Vadakkan attributed his decision to his “patriotism” and “love for nation”. Read More
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Bhim Army chief Azad to Priyanka: ‘Will fight against Modi’

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met the Bhim Army chief, Chandrashekhar Azad, who is admitted in a hospital after being detained by the Saharanpur Police for allegedly violating the model code of conduct in Deoband. Read More
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LS poll: AAP proposes tie-up with Congress and JJP in Haryana

The Aam Aadmi Party chief, Arvind Kejriwal, expressed his wish to join hands with the Congress party and the Jannayak Janata Party in Haryana for the Lok Sabha election. However, both the Congress as well as the JJP have rejected Kejriwal's offer. Read More
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BJP finalizes tie-ups in NE, says target of winning 22 LS seats

The Bhartiya Janata Party’s general secretary, Ram Madhav, claimed that the party has finalized its alliances in the northeast and have set the target of winning at least 22 out of 25 Lok Sabha seats from eight states of the region, including Sikkim. Read More
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After parting ways over Citizenship Bill, AGP reunites with BJP poll

Two months after the Asom Gana Parishad walked out of an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Assam over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, the two parties have reunited and will fight the Lok Sabha election together. Read More
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EC directs FB to remove IAF pilot’s photo shared by BJP MLA

The Election Commission asked Facebook to remove two political posters with Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman’s photograph shared by BJP leader and Delhi MLA Om Prakash Sharma. Read More
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