Opposition targets Modi over his caste background

Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Tejashwi Yadav insisted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a “forward by birth,” a day after Modi emphasized his ‘most backward caste’ background in response to Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati’s comment dubbing him as a ‘fake OBC’. Read More
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Narendra Modi files his nomination from Varanasi with allies join in show of strength

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday, filed his nomination papers to contest from Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi in the presence of NDA allies in a major show of strength for the upcoming Lok Sabha election in which he is fighting for a second term in power. Read More
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Denial of tickets to veterans dulls poll mood for Congress in Bihar

Congress president Rahul Gandhi visited Bihar five times for election campaigning but silence seems to have enveloped the Congress in the state. Party’s campaign hasn’t gained momentum as none of the grand alliance leaders were present at the meetings, exposing the fissures among the alliance partne Read More
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BJP contests on more LS seats than Congress for the first time

The Bhartiya Janata Party for the first time contesting on more seats than the Congress Party in the national election. BJP has declared the list of 437 candidates out of 545 for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Read More
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Congress ends suspense, fields Ajay Rai From Varanasi

The Congress Party, on Thursday, put an end to months of speculation, Priyanka Gnadhi Vadra will not contest from Varanasi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. The party has fielded Ajay Rai from Varanasi seat, who placed third in the 2014 election. Read More
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BJP releases Lok Sabha candidates’ list for 7 Delhi seats

The Bhartiya Janata Party has released the names of its seven candidates for the seven Lok Sabha seats from Delhi. Punjabi singer Hans Raj Hans is among the names, who replaces sitting BJP MP Udit Raj from Delhi Northwest. Delhi will go to the poll on May 12. Read More
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Priyanka says Smriti ‘humiliated Amethi by distributing shoes’

Priyanka Gandhi, Congress general secretary in charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh, on Monday, lashed out Union minister Smriti Irani for distributing shoes to the common people of Amethi. Priyanka said Irani has disrespected the people of Amethi. Read More
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Congress declares Delhi LS picks, Dikshit to contest against Tiwari

The Congress released the names of its candidates for six out of seven Delhi constituencies for the Lok Sabha election. Three-time chief minister Sheila Dikshit will contest from Delhi Northeast, where she faces the BJP’s Manoj Tiwari. Read More
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AAP says alliance talks with Congress in Delhi failed

After a monthlong discussion over the possibility of alliance between the AAP and the Congress in Delhi for the Lok Sabha election, the Aam Aadmi Party reiterated that the party had tried everything to forge an alliance with the Congress but failed. Read More
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Modi defends fielding Pragya Thakur, says ‘it will cost Congress’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while defending the BJP’s decision to field Malegaon blasts accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur from Bhopal constituency, said this was a “symbolic answer” to all those who “falsely labelled the Hindu civilization as terrorist”. Read More
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