The Election Commission said the investigation into the claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi violated the election model code of conduct when he announced on TV the success of an anti-satellite missile test (A-SAT) will be completed by Friday.
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The other demands made by the women are repeal of restrictions on slaughter and sale of cows, 33% reservation for women in Parliament, implementation of the Sachar Committee report recommendations and ending female genital mutilation among Bohra Muslim women.
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While the campaigning for general election picks up, the Bharatiya Janata Party and its supporters continued top the list of spenders on political advertisements on Facebook.
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While releasing her party manifesto at her Kalighat residence in south Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee also made an “appeal” to the prime minister, Narendra Modi, to engage in an open debate with an opposition leader ahead of the general election.
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Kanhaiya Kumar, the Communist Party of India Lok Sabha candidate from Bihar’s Begusarai constituency, has launched a crowdfunding campaign and asked people to donate ₹1 for his election-campaign fund.
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According to experts, although the Congress’s proposed Nyuntam Aay Yojana shows commitment to social security, implementation of such scheme would be a tough job.
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The Election Commission sent a letter to the NITI Aayog chairman, Rajiv Kumar, on Tuesday, seeking an explanation over his criticism on Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s announcement of minimum income scheme as the poll panel saw it as a pro-BJP statement.
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The opposition sought to inject the November 2016 demonetization into the election discourse and released a video purportedly showing a BJP worker exchanging old notes in Gujarat on payment of a 40% commission. However, it did not vouch for the authenticity of the clip.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party decided to drop its yet another veteran leader Murli Manohar Joshi as party candidate for the Lok Sabha elections. The party has also denied tickets to veteran leaders such as Lal Krishna Advani, BC Khanduri and Kalraj Mishra.
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Rebel BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha, known for his sharp criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party, is set to join the Congress on Thursday, according to Congress sources close to the matter.
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