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After Harish Meena, Rajasthan BJP Lawmaker Habibur Rahman Joins Congress
In a setback to Rajasthan ‘s ruling BJP ahead of the December 7 Assembly elections. The party’s Nagaur MLA Habibur Rahman yesterday returned to the Congress after a decade. Mr Rahman joined the Congress at the party’s office in Jaipur in presence of Ajmer MP Raghu Sharma and other leaders. The same day BJP’s Dausa MP Harish Chandra Meena joined the grand old party in New Delhi. Mr Rahman was initially a member of the Congress and was a state minister between 2001 and 2003. And during the Ashok Gehlot-led CongressRead More
25 New Faces in BJP’s First List for Rajasthan Polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party late on Sunday released its first list of 131 candidates for the assembly elections in Rajasthan polls. With Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje being fielded from her traditional seat of Jhalrapatan. The list, which was delayed reportedly due to differences between party chief Amit Shah and chief minister Vasundhara Raje. And has 85 sitting MLAs and 25 new faces. The names were announced by senior party leader JP Nadda following a meeting of the BJP central election committee. Also which was attended by Prime Minister Narendra ModiRead More
Why Uttar Pradesh matters so much to the Bhartiya Janta Party
India’s general elections are enormously complex. Analysis of the 2019 battle revolves around many variables: the issue of leadership; the state of alliances on both sides; the political fault-lines in each state; and the micro-caste dynamics and voting patterns in each constituency. But at another level, the outcome of 2019 will hinge on one basic question: how will the Bharatiya Janata Party perform in Uttar Pradesh ? The answer to that single question will determine if India will once again have a majority government of the BJP; a coalition governmentRead More
Congress begins search for new chiefs to head party units in five states
The Congress has begun the search for new chiefs of its party units in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Mumbai, said a party functionary familiar with the developments. The changes are aimed at ending in-fighting in some of the state. And giving a fresh start to the party in others. The Congress is out of power in these states. And the immediate task of the new chiefs would be to revive the organisation ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken Who is unwell andRead More
Assembly Elections 2018 dates: Complete schedule of polling & results
Touted to be as the semi-finals of Lok Sabha elections 2019, the assembly elections 2018 for the five states – Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram – will witness a high decibel battle between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Opposition. The three Hindi heartland states – Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh – have BJP government at the helm. The saffron party had swept the three states last time in a whirlwind campaign anchored by Narendra Modi, then sitting Gujarat chief minister and BJP’s prime ministerial candidate. The Congress had won Mizoram in aRead More