The left has called this an open challenge to democracy and an attempt by the BJP to replicate what happened in Puducherry. In February, Kerala’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief K Surendran said his party only needed 35-40 seats to form a government in Kerala. In the past week, just …
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Meanwhile, in Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday lashed out at her protégé-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari and his father Sisir Adhikari, saying the family “will remain” na ghar ka, na ghat ka. [neither here nor there]”After the elections to the Assembly. Suvendu joined the Opposition party last December and was …
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Election updates LIVE: distribution of seats by state BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari presented his nomination from the Nandigram Assembly constituency against his mentor-turned-opponent, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, on Friday, saying he was “100 percent” sure of his victory. Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Smriti Irani also participated in the …
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Election updates LIVE: distribution of seats by state Amid an exodus of leaders from Trinamool Congress to the BJP, the party once again suffered a major setback on Wednesday ahead of the Assembly elections as State Minister Bachchu Hansda and TMC MLA Gouri Sankar Dutta, who did not receive a …
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BEFORE Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first rally in West Bengal after the election calendar was declared, at the historic Brigade Parade Ground, on Saturday BJP threw another gauntlet in the high-voltage battle for the state. He announced that he will deploy Suvendu Adhikari, the Trinamool leader who recently passed to …
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Union Minister of the Interior, Amit Shah. (PTI) Live Election Updates: Addressing a public demonstration in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Thursday, the Union’s interior ministers said that development in Assam is not possible without peace in the region. If people need jobs, health care, education, a home and electricity, …
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Voting in Bihar will begin on October 28. LIVE updates of the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections The BJP promised “Bihar residents” free vaccination against Covid-19 in its electoral manifesto for the Bihar assembly published on Thursday, prompting strong reactions from opposition parties, most of whom said that it was “shocking” …
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