Tag: Elections 2019

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Elections 2019: Amit Shah plans big for Odisha; BJD brushes off impact

Bhubaneswar: BJP national president Amit Shah had in March said that the party’s golden period would begin after forming government in Odisha and his visit to Odisha on July 1 is certainly a step in the direction. If reports are to be believed, Shah is scheduled to have a slew of meetings with party leaders […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Congress putting roadblocks in way of early solution to Ram temple issue: Amit Shah

Lucknow: Accusing the Congress of trying to put roadblocks in the way of an early solution to the Ram temple issue, Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah on Wednesday reiterated the commitment of his party for a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya. Addressing party workers in the state capital, the BJP President said while the […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Assembly polls in Haryana, Maha, J'khand may be clubbed with LS elections

New Delhi: Assembly elections in Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand–all three ruled by the BJP– may be advanced by several months to be held with the Lok Sabha elections in April-May this year. While elections for the Assemblies of Haryana and Maharashtra are due in October this year that of Jharkhand are scheduled for December. There […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Not going back to era of ballot papers: Chief Election Commissioner

New Delhi: Rejecting the demand of major opposition parties, the Election Commission on Thursday ruled out going back to the era of ballot papers and asserted it cannot be “bullied or coerced” into discarding the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and VVPATs. “We are going to keep on using EVMs. We are going to keep on […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Opposition coming together fearing defeat in elections: Shivraj

New Delhi: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday attacked the opposition, saying they were coming together fearing defeat against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. “Fearing defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, they all are coming together after looking at the massive support towards Modi,” Chouhan said […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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BJP's performance, not opposition lies, to control election narrative: Jaitley

New Delhi: Accusing the opposition parties of creating a false narrative based on lies, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said it was the BJP which will decide the agenda and control the narrative of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls through Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and his government’s performance over the last five years. […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Multi-lingual star Prakash Raj to contest Lok Sabha poll from Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Multi-lingual actor Prakash Raj will contest the ensuing Lok Sabha election in April-May from Bengaluru as an Independent. “#2019 Parliament Elections. Thank you for the warm and encouraging response to my new journey. I will be contesting from Bengaluru Central constituency in Karnataka as an Independent..,” 53-year-old Raj said in a tweet. Bengaluru-based Raj […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Aadhaar a game changer: Jaitley

New Delhi: Crediting a “decisive” Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the evolution of the Aadhaar as a “game changer”, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said Unique Identity Number (UID) has helped the government save around Rs 90,000 crore in the last few years by eliminating several duplicate and fake beneficiaries. Two days after […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Yashwant Sinha yet again compares Modi with Tughluq

Kolkata: Charging the Narendra Modi government with destroying and compromising all important institutions of democracy, including the Union Cabinet, Parliament, Supreme Court and the media, former Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Sunday said the only way out for the country is to elect a new government in the coming Lok Sabha polls. Sinha, a […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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BJP to win 300+ seats in 2019 Lok Sabha polls: Goyal

New Delhi: Railway and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday asserted that the BJP would return to power with over 300 seats in the next year 2019 Lok Sabha elections and that the NDA would secure a two-thirds majority in the Lok sabha. Interacting at the 16th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here, Goyal said, “The […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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BJP-BJD notice war heats up politics in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The political landscape in Odisha has suddenly turned into a warzone with Odisha police issuing notices to two BJP leaders in connection with the brutal murder of Chhatrapur councillor, soon after CBI served notices to two BJD leaders in connection with the chit fund scam on Tuesday. Such actions of the State police and […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
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Politics of Publicity: Parties up in arms over Odisha govt's massive publicity spending

Bhubaneswar: Opposition parties today lashed out at the Odisha government for allegedly splurging crores of rupees on publicity. While the BJP said that the declining popularity of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is forcing the party to spend such massive amount of public money to shore up ‘Brand Naveen’, Congress alleged that the fear of anti-incumbency […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
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Modi slams Odisha govt over non-utilisation of DMF funds

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lashed out at the Odisha government alleging non-utilisation of District Mineral Foundation (DMF) funds towards the development of the areas and people affected by mining related operations. Addressing a huge gathering at Bolangir, Modi said that Odisha has over Rs 4000 crore in its DMF funds but it […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
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Exodus threatens to derail Congress fightback in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the 2014 general elections two Odisha Congress heavyweights Anup Sai and Bhupinder Singh, the then Legislature Party secretary and Leader of Opposition respectively, had joined the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). Well, the ghost of exodus is back and it already seems to be haunting the party, threatening to derail its plans. Speculations […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
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Modi, Shah seal dates for Odisha visit

Bhubaneswar: The defeat in the recently-concluded assembly elections in the hindi-heartland seems to have taken the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by surprise and the party seems to be in no mood to take any chances on its ‘look-east’ policy. Continuing its focus on eastern states like Odisha and West Benagal, the star campaigners of BJP, […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
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