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 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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The Congress president, Rahul Gandhi, announced a yearly minimum income guarantee of ₹72,000 to 20 per cent of India’s poorest families, if his party is voted to power. This is in line with what Gandhi had promised in Raipur this January.
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From questioning the Pulwama terror attack to making “political” statements against the Narendra Modi government on Facebook or WhatsApp, Uttar Pradesh’s Yogi Adityanath government suspended at least seven government schoolteachers.
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Air India, the state-owned airline, decided to “roll back” boarding passes carrying photos of Narendra Modi amid cries of violation of the election model code of conduct, which came into effect on March 10 with the announcement of the dates for the general election.
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The Supreme Court indicated that the Election Commission should increase the percentage of votes randomly verified against the voter-verifiable paper audit trail. It has also told the poll panel to file an affidavit to list its stand by March 28.
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According to media reports, she joined the grand old party at the residence of the president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, Raj Babbar, on Saturday. However, within a day, she denied having joined any party.
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