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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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 Bhartiya Janta Party announced the names of 40 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar, where in Ravi Shankar Prasad replaced Shatrughan Sinha in one of the seats.
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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.
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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”.
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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.
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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.
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The leader of All India Trinamool Congress and West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee announced the list of 42 party candidates for the Lok Sabha election. Out of the 42 candidates, 17 are women, which is 41% of the total number of candidates.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetization of ₹500 and ₹1000 notes, which saw 86 per cent of high value currency going out of circulation, even before formal approval by the RBI central board. A query under the Right to Information Act revealed this.
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