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Bypolls Defeat Because Keshav Prasad Maurya Not Made Chief Minister: UP Minister
Uttar Pradesh minister Om Prakash Rajbhar said that the Bharatiya Janata Party lost the recent bypolls as the other backward castes were not happy with the party. He said the reason for the disenchantment was that the BJP didn't make Keshav Prasad Maurya the chief minister of the state.
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Have To Take 2 Steps Back For A Big Leap: Rajnath Singh On Bypoll Results
Home Minister Rajnath Singh reacted to the BJP's loss in several parliamentary and assembly bypolls today, saying one has to take two steps backward before a big leap. He said the BJP was going to take a "massive leap
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BJP Loses UP's Kairana In Big Win For Opposition: 10 Points
The opposition today scored a major pick-me-up ahead of the 2019 national election, besting the BJP and its allies in important by-polls in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar. The BJP won only one of four parliamentary seats and one of 11 assembly seats in by-polls held across 10 states on Monday. After losing two parliament seats, the ruling par...
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58.75 Voting in Kairana Bypoll, Counting Today
Voting is underway in 73 polling booths in western Uttar Pradesh's Kairana, 49 polling stations in Maharashtra's Bhandara-Gondia and one polling station in Nagaland, after the Election Commission (EC) announced that re-polling will take place in these booths after widespread failure of the machines in Monday's by-elections.
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High Stakes Kairana Bypoll Witnesses 54% Turnout
The high-profile electoral contest for western Uttar Pradesh's Kairana Lok Sabha seat, where the ruling BJP is locked in a straight fight with a joint opposition candidate, saw over 54 per cent of the constituency's voters casting their mandate amid complaints of malfunctioning of EVM and VVPAT machines.
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A Triangular Contest In Kerala Bypoll As BJP Seeks To Expand Footprint
For an assembly bypoll, Chengannur has generated a lot of anticipation and excitement rather uncommon to Kerala's political landscape that has been predominantly bipolar.
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Kairana By-Polls: All You Need To Know
With Lok Sabha by-polls to be held in Kairana constituency in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh tomorrow, opposition parties have come together to defeat the ruling BJP, hoping to gain momentum ahead of the 2019 national election.
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In High-Stakes Bypolls, Key Test For Opposition Unity In UP: 10 Facts
By-elections to four Lok Sabha seats and 10 assembly constituencies across 10 states are being held today. The Lok Sabha seats that will vote include Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya in Maharashtra and the lone seat in Nagaland. While the BJP held three of these seats, its former ally Naga People's Front (NPF) had won the Naga...
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Spend Less Time Lecturing Karnataka, Siddaramaiah Tells Yogi Adityanath
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday chided his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath on BJP's performance in the by-elections there, by advising him to spend less time "lecturing" Karnataka on development.
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"Beginning Of End Has Started": Mamata Banerjee On BJP's Bypoll Defeat
The beginning of the end had started, tweeted Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee today, soon after the reports of the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar bypoll results started coming in.
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UP Bypoll Results: Didn't Prepare For Samajwadi-BSP Ambush, Say BJP Leaders
Keshav Prasad Maurya, whose parliamentary seat in Uttar Pradesh went to the Samajwadi Party in a staggering upset for the ruling BJP on Wednesday, conceded that his party was ambushed by bitter rivals Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati joining forces in an unusual experiment ahead of the 2019 national election.
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In First Major Polls After Switching Allies, A Setback For Nitish Kumar
The BJP and the RJD may have held on to their seats in the Bihar bypolls but the results come as a setback for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
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Bihar Bypolls To Test New Friendship Since Mahagathbandhan Break-Up
Bypolls to one Lok Sabha seat and two assembly seats in Bihar, voting for which will be held today, will be the first major electoral test for Nitish Kumar who walked out of the mahagathbandhan last year and joined hands with the BJP to form the government.
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Spotlight On Yogi Adityanath's Gorakhpur, Deputy's Phulpur In UP Bypolls
As Uttar Pradesh votes for Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha constituencies vacated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya, the ruling BJP, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress gear up for a triangular contest in the bypolls. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) put aside its decades-old enmity with Samajwadi Party to sup...
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How The Choices BJP Made Led To Its Stunning Defeat In Rajasthan Bypolls
Ram Swaroop Lamba appeared to be the perfect choice. Son of the BJP's popular Jat leader and sitting Lok Sabha whose death had necessitated the Ajmer by-election, 45-year-old Mr Lamba was expected to ride a sympathy wave and command the powerful Jat vote that makes for 12 per cent of the vote share in the constituency. But the Congress fielded Ragh...
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Bypolls Defeat Because Keshav Prasad Maurya Not Made Chief Minister: UP Minister
Uttar Pradesh minister Om Prakash Rajbhar said that the Bharatiya Janata Party lost the recent bypolls as the other backward castes were not happy with the party. He said the reason for the disenchantment was that the BJP didn't make Keshav Prasad Maurya the chief minister of the state.
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Have To Take 2 Steps Back For A Big Leap: Rajnath Singh On Bypoll Results
Home Minister Rajnath Singh reacted to the BJP's loss in several parliamentary and assembly bypolls today, saying one has to take two steps backward before a big leap. He said the BJP was going to take a "massive leap
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BJP Loses UP's Kairana In Big Win For Opposition: 10 Points
The opposition today scored a major pick-me-up ahead of the 2019 national election, besting the BJP and its allies in important by-polls in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar. The BJP won only one of four parliamentary seats and one of 11 assembly seats in by-polls held across 10 states on Monday. After losing two parliament seats, the ruling par...
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58.75 Voting in Kairana Bypoll, Counting Today
Voting is underway in 73 polling booths in western Uttar Pradesh's Kairana, 49 polling stations in Maharashtra's Bhandara-Gondia and one polling station in Nagaland, after the Election Commission (EC) announced that re-polling will take place in these booths after widespread failure of the machines in Monday's by-elections.
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High Stakes Kairana Bypoll Witnesses 54% Turnout
The high-profile electoral contest for western Uttar Pradesh's Kairana Lok Sabha seat, where the ruling BJP is locked in a straight fight with a joint opposition candidate, saw over 54 per cent of the constituency's voters casting their mandate amid complaints of malfunctioning of EVM and VVPAT machines.
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A Triangular Contest In Kerala Bypoll As BJP Seeks To Expand Footprint
For an assembly bypoll, Chengannur has generated a lot of anticipation and excitement rather uncommon to Kerala's political landscape that has been predominantly bipolar.
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Kairana By-Polls: All You Need To Know
With Lok Sabha by-polls to be held in Kairana constituency in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh tomorrow, opposition parties have come together to defeat the ruling BJP, hoping to gain momentum ahead of the 2019 national election.
-
In High-Stakes Bypolls, Key Test For Opposition Unity In UP: 10 Facts
By-elections to four Lok Sabha seats and 10 assembly constituencies across 10 states are being held today. The Lok Sabha seats that will vote include Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya in Maharashtra and the lone seat in Nagaland. While the BJP held three of these seats, its former ally Naga People's Front (NPF) had won the Naga...
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Spend Less Time Lecturing Karnataka, Siddaramaiah Tells Yogi Adityanath
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday chided his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath on BJP's performance in the by-elections there, by advising him to spend less time "lecturing" Karnataka on development.
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"Beginning Of End Has Started": Mamata Banerjee On BJP's Bypoll Defeat
The beginning of the end had started, tweeted Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee today, soon after the reports of the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar bypoll results started coming in.
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UP Bypoll Results: Didn't Prepare For Samajwadi-BSP Ambush, Say BJP Leaders
Keshav Prasad Maurya, whose parliamentary seat in Uttar Pradesh went to the Samajwadi Party in a staggering upset for the ruling BJP on Wednesday, conceded that his party was ambushed by bitter rivals Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati joining forces in an unusual experiment ahead of the 2019 national election.
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In First Major Polls After Switching Allies, A Setback For Nitish Kumar
The BJP and the RJD may have held on to their seats in the Bihar bypolls but the results come as a setback for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
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Bihar Bypolls To Test New Friendship Since Mahagathbandhan Break-Up
Bypolls to one Lok Sabha seat and two assembly seats in Bihar, voting for which will be held today, will be the first major electoral test for Nitish Kumar who walked out of the mahagathbandhan last year and joined hands with the BJP to form the government.
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Spotlight On Yogi Adityanath's Gorakhpur, Deputy's Phulpur In UP Bypolls
As Uttar Pradesh votes for Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha constituencies vacated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya, the ruling BJP, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress gear up for a triangular contest in the bypolls. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) put aside its decades-old enmity with Samajwadi Party to sup...
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How The Choices BJP Made Led To Its Stunning Defeat In Rajasthan Bypolls
Ram Swaroop Lamba appeared to be the perfect choice. Son of the BJP's popular Jat leader and sitting Lok Sabha whose death had necessitated the Ajmer by-election, 45-year-old Mr Lamba was expected to ride a sympathy wave and command the powerful Jat vote that makes for 12 per cent of the vote share in the constituency. But the Congress fielded Ragh...
