Congress chief Rahul Gandhi accepted in the Supreme Court that he had wrongly attributed the “chowkidar chor hain” slogan to the court’s ruling on the Rafale fighter deal. He said he had made the remarks in the “heat of the political campaigning”.
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Communist Party of India national secretary and Rajya Sabha member Binoy Viswam accused the public broadcaster Doordarshan of “censoring” references he made to the RSS, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in his scheduled speech.
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The Election Commission in Madhya Pradesh, while banning the Congress Committee’s audio and video campaign which promotes “Chowkidar Chor Hai” slogan, has ordered to end its broadcast.
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Almost 50 lakh people in India lost their jobs between 2016 and 2018 – the post-demonetization years, according to a new report published by Azim Premji University’s Centre for Sustainable Employment.
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The wife of actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, Poonam Sinha, joined Samajwadi party, on Tuesday. She was welcomed in the party by Dimple Yadav, party chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav’s wife.
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The Supreme Court has rejected BSP chief Mayawati’s plea against the Election Commission’s decision of temporarily banning her from campaigning. While rejecting her plea, the apex court said the EC “seems to have woken up and found its powers”.
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A few hours after the Election Commission barred the UP CM and BJP star campaigner, Yogi Adityanath, and the BSP chief, Mayawati, from campaigning, senior SP leader Azam Khan and Union minister Maneka Gandhi were also barred from election campaigning.
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The Election Commission of India has banned the Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath for three days and Bahujan Samajwadi Party chief Mayawati for two days from campaigning for violating the poll model code of conduct.
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The Supreme Court said it would examine the scope of the Election Commission’s powers on implementing the model code of conduct. The court was hearing plea by an NRI seeking strict action against political parties, who use religion and caste during campaigns to seek votes.
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The Supreme Court, on Monday, issued a notice to the Congress president, Rahul Gandhi, on a contempt petition filed against him by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, the court has asked Gandhi to explain his remarks made on the Rafale case verdict.
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