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In BJP's Poll Win, Congress Sees Chance To Shore Up Madhya Pradesh Assembly Count

India News | Written by Anurag Dwary | Tuesday June 4, 2019

The Congress may have received a drubbing in the Madhya Pradesh leg of the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections, but the BJP's decision to vacate the Jhabua assembly seat has given the ruling party a much-needed opportunity to redeem itself in the state.

Voting On 72 Seats Today, NDA Took Home 56 Last Time: 5-Point Guide

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Monday April 29, 2019

The Hindi heartland, at the heart of the BJP's spectacular win in 2014, is voting in the fourth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections today. The BJP and its allies had won 56 of the 72 seats up for grabs - an impressive strike rate of 77 per cent but an equally large score to defend. From more than half-a-dozen union ministers to movie stars - t...

Congress Lost These 14 Lok Sabha Seats In Madhya Pradesh For 15 Years

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday March 24, 2019

The 15-year power drought ended for the Congress in Madhya Pradesh last year, but the state has 14 parliamentary constituencies, which the party is yet to win in the last a decade and a half.

BJP, Congress Cajole Rebels To Opt Out Of Madhya Pradesh Poll Race

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 11, 2018

The ruling BJP and the opposition Congress have gone into damage-control mode to get party rebels to withdraw from the fray in Madhya Pradesh, which goes to polls on November 28. The state has a 230-member Assembly and sources from both parties believe that these rebels could prove to be the decisive factor in 30-odd seats. The last date to withdra...

BJP Misses Clean Sweep in Madhya Pradesh By-Elections

India News | Written by Siddharth Ranjan Das | Monday August 25, 2014

The BJP today won two of three seats in the by-polls in Madhya Pradesh -- Vijayraghavgarh and Agar - while the Congress saved itself from embarrassment by wresting the Bahoriband seat away from the ruling party.

BJP, Congress Gear up For Bypoll Battle in Madhya Pradesh

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 19, 2014

The ruling BJP and Opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh are leaving no stone unturned to win the by-polls to three Assembly seats to be held on August 21, the campaigning for which ended today.

Madhya Pradesh election: will Shivraj Singh Chouhan make it three in a row?

Assembly | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Sunday December 8, 2013

Votes will be counted in Madhya Pradesh today and the ruling BJP hopes the Shivraj Singh will get a third straight term.

Manmohan Singh's dig at Narendra Modi

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 17, 2013

PM Manmohan Singh today launched a scathing attack on BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, accusing him of resorting to falsehoods to target rivals.

"Is Rahul Gandhi angry young man or social activist?" Sushma Swaraj to NDTV

Assembly | Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Thursday November 14, 2013

Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj told NDTV today that her party does not take Rahul Gandhi seriously. Explaining why, she said Mr Gandhi ' appears confused."

BJP, Congress declare their candidates for Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls

Assembly | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 6, 2013

Both the Congress and the BJP face dissidence in different seats including Indore, Bhopal, Betul and Khandwa, among others.

Young voters - flavour of poll season in Madhya Pradesh

Assembly | Press Trust of India | Friday November 1, 2013

Young voters are set to play a key role in the Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh and realizing their potential to influence the final outcome both the ruling BJP and Opposition Congress are aggressively wooing them.

Madhya Pradesh polls: Congress decides candidates for 194 seats

Assembly | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 23, 2013

The Congress has finalised its candidates for 194 Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh and will announce their names from October 25 onwards.

Better to be a 'Rambo' than a 'Dumbo' or a 'Scambo': BJP takes a dig at Congress

India News | Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday July 1, 2013

BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi today slammed the Congress for mocking Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as 'Rambo', and said it was better to be a 'Rambo' than a 'Dumbo' or a 'Scambo'.

To check rapes, Madhya Pradesh seeks spiritual help

India News | Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Saturday April 6, 2013

Madhya Pradesh reported more than 3400 rapes in 2011, the highest in the country. Last month was another shocker as a 39-year-old Swiss woman was gang-raped and her husband beaten up while they were camping near a forest.

Congress walk out of Madhya Pradesh assembly over student's death

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday December 10, 2012

The opposition Congress on Monday walked out of the Madhya Pradesh assembly, charging the BJP government in the State of being insensitive in the matter of a fourth-class student who lost his life after being beaten up by two teachers in the Betul district.