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For 2019 Lok Sabha Election BJP Sets Up Poll War Room In Every State
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in the process of starting a ‘war room’ in each state to prepare for the 2019 Lok Sabha Election, and most of these became functional by August 15, according to three party leaders familiar with the matter.“The war rooms in each state will be of different scale,” said one of the BJP leaders cited above who asked not to be named. The chief minister of one of the BJP-ruled states said on condition of anonymity that the instruction was to make the war roomsRead More
Uk Visit Of Rahul Gandhi’s Under Cloud As Parliament Event Changes Hands
Congress president Rahul Gandhi is set for a two-day UK visit next week but the tour has been overshadowed by behind the scenes developments around one of his planned speaking arrangements. Gandhi will arrive in London on August 24 from Germany and was scheduled to address an event in the Houses of Parliament complex hosted by the Conservative Friends of India (CF India), a membership-led group that promotes links between the UK’s ruling Conservative Party and India. However, the event has now changed hands to be held in a differentRead More
The Former Prime Minister: Atal Bihari Vajpayee Whose Stories Always Had A Sting In The Tail
There are some impressions that persist. My abiding impression of Atal Bihari Vajpayee was that he was never in a hurry. The picture of him walking unhurriedly through the corridors of Parliament, lazily greeting admirers who rushed to him; ambling slowly to the microphone to address an election meeting in some distant small town in northern India. Vajpayee’s speeches were legendary. A visit to Shahid Minar in Kolkata as a 15-year-old to hear him address a Jana Sangh meeting. Vajpayee was late and I had to return, bitterly disappointed.He was seekingRead More
Ec’s Decision Rules Out Of Clubbing Assembly 2018 With Lok Sabha Elections 2019
The EC’s decision virtually rules out any possibility of clubbing these polls with the Lok Sabha elections due in April-May next year as was being suggested by some political quarters. The Election Commission has decided to go by the law as well as convention to hold assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Mizoram together before mid-December, ahead of expiry of the term of Mizoram assembly. The BJP’s call for simultaneous polls, outlined in party chief Amit Shah’s letter to the Law Commission, will be more an effortRead More
Election News Today: In 2019 Lok Sabha Polls BJP Planning To Hold Elections In 11 States
Election News Today: The Centre is keen on holding elections in 11 states along with the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, sources in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have said, adding that the government would not require a constitutional amendment to bring about the change. Election News Today– Sources said the party was exploring the possibility of deferring assembly elections of some states by a few months and advancing some others to ensure they are held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls.The reports came just hours after BJP chief AmitRead More