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Congress “Jewel” Mani Shankar Aiyar Justifies Neech Jibe Against PM Modi

Congress senior leader Mani Shankar Aiyar justified his 2017 “neech aadmi” (scoundrel) comment against Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that his remark was prophetic. In an article published by news agency The Print, Shankar slammed the Prime Minister for a “dirty election campaign”. He wrote, “Modi needs to be warned that he’s guilty of anti-national […]

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Lok Sabha Polls Phase 5 Records 63% Voter Turnout

India conducted its fifth of the seventh round of voting for the national elections on Monday, the 6th of May 2019. The current Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking re-elections. The voter turnout in the fifth phase as per the election commission records until 9 pm was 63.01 percentage. 51 Lok Sabha constituencies in seven […]

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Suspension of officer who check Modi’s helicopter in Odisha put on hold

The suspension of the IAS officer who searched the Prime Minister’s helicopter in Odisha’s Sambalpur last week has been put on hold by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). The Election Commission had suspended Mohammed Mohsin, saying that he “had not acted in conformity” with instructions on Special Protection Group (SPG) protectees. This triggered an outage […]

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PM Modi conducts roadshow in Varanasi, joins Ganga aarti a day before he files nominations

The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi reached Varanasi, the Lok Sabha seat from where he’ll contest for the second time as a member of parliament (MP). Mr. Modi dressed in a saffron kurta and a scarf, waved to thousands of people lined across the roads through the sunroof of a luxury SUV. PM Modi […]

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Congress announces 6 candidates for Delhi, Sheila Dikshit to contest

Sheila Dixit a three time chief minister of Delhi, along with five others were named Congress candidates for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The announcement of candidates confirms that talks of an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi have ended. South Delhi, one seat of the 7 Lok Sabha constituencies of Delhi was […]

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Row over Rahul Gandhi’s educational qualifications and citizenship

The Returning Officer Ram Manohar Mishra of Amethi ordered the postponement of scrutiny of Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s nomination papers to the 22nd of April. An independent candidate, Dhruv Lal, has filed a complaint alleging discrepancies in Rahul Gandhi’s candidature. Dhruv Lal’s lawyer, Ravi Prakash said, “There are three basic issues we have raised – […]

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A reunion better than Game of Thrones, Mulayam and Mayawati share dias after 2 decades

Rivals for more than twenty five years in electoral politics, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) — Mulayam Singh and Mayawati shared a stage in Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday during a rally for the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. The Yadav stronghold of central Uttar Pradesh has 10 seat which […]

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Rahul Gandhi files nominations from Amethi

The Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday filed his nomination papers form his stronghold Lok Sabha constituency Amethi. The Congress President was accompanied by his mother and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and brother-in-law Robert Vadra to the local collectorate. Before fling the paper, Rahul Gandhi led a 3 kilometre long roadshow […]

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Congress Release First Candidate List, Leave out only Gandhi family member Priyanka

The Congress Party released a 15 member candidate list who would be contesting in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls this summer. The list had 4 names from Gujarat, and 11 from Uttar Pradesh. The list had the two most prominent names of the Gandhi family, Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. Congress President Rahul Gandhi will […]

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Prime Minister Modi’s Thundering Speech In Lok Sabha : Highlights

Prime Minister Narendra Modi replied in Lok Sabha today on the motion of thanks to the president’s address. The BJP issued a whip, asking all its members to be present in majority during the Prime Minister’s response. President Ram Nath Kovind addressed a joint session of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on the […]