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'Didn't Vote For Ahmed Patel, He Is Losing,' Says Shankersinh Vaghela
Shankersinh Vaghela, who quit the Congress last month, said today that he hadn't voted for the party's Ahmed Patel in the Rajya Sabha election and twisted the knife by commenting: "Who will vote for a losing candidate."
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10 Things You Need To Know About Gujarat Rajya Sabha Elections
Three Rajya Sabha seats of BJP-ruled Gujarat will be up for election today. BJP chief Amit Shah, who will be making his debut in Rajya Sabha, and Union minister Smriti Irani are placed to easily win from two of the seats. The election to the third seat -- where Congress candidate Ahmed Patel, political advisor to party number one Sonia Gandhi, is s...
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Rajya Sabha Election 2017: Here Is How Members Are Elected To Upper House
As 10 Rajya Sabha members retire this month, political parties gear up for an intense political battle in Rajya Sabha tomorrow to fill those vacancies. The focus on tomorrow's elections remains largely on Gujarat where BJP's Amit Shah and Smriti Irani will easily win two of the three seats given the BJP's majority. Congress' Ahmed Patel is in for a...
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'Witch-Hunt For 1 Seat', Says Congress' Ahmed Patel As Taxmen Visit Bengaluru Resort
Ahmed Patel, the Congress leader whose bid for re-election to Parliament is threatened by a political crisis for his party in Gujarat, has accused the ruling BJP of a "witch hunt just to win one Rajya Sabha seat." Mr Patel tweeted his criticism this morning as income tax officials visited a resort in Karnataka where the Congress has sequestered 44 ...
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No Question Of Quitting As BJP President If Elected To Rajya Sabha: Amit Shah
BJP president Amit Shah today said that there was no question of him leaving the party post and he was working "happily" and "wholeheartedly".
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Gujarat Lawmakers Fled To Bengaluru In Fear, Alleges Congress
The Congress on Sunday produced 42 of its Gujarat lawmakers -- who are penned at a resort in Bengaluru -- before the media and said they have taken refuge in the Congress-ruled Karnataka as they feared for their lives ahead of the coming Rajya Sabha elections.
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Election Commission Reacts To Congress SOS, Seeks Answers From Gujarat
Its Gujarat lawmakers safely sequestered in a luxurious Karnataka resort hundreds of kilometres away, senior Congress leaders headed to the Election Commission in Delhi on Saturday to complain that the Gujarat government was trying to arm-twist and lure its lawmakers to switch sides ahead of the 8 August elections for three Rajya Sabha seats from G...
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No Chance Of Ahmed Patel Winning Rajya Sabha Election: Congress Lawmaker
After the exit of six Congress MLAs ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls, a senior party legislator has said Ahmed Patel will find it difficult to win the elections as more opposition lawmakers are likely to resign in the days to come. Congress MLA Raghavjee Patel, considered close to former party strongman Shankersinh Vaghela, indicated that he too woul...
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BJP Game Plan To Trip Congress' Ahmed Patel In Rajya Sabha Election In Gujarat
In Gujarat, where assembly elections are due later this year, the ruling BJP is pursuing a plan to embarrass the Congress and expose its weakness -it wants to prevent the re-election to the Rajya Sabha of Ahmed Patel, the political secretary to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. To ensure this, it's trying to team with local leader Shankarsinh Vaghela, w...
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'Didn't Vote For Ahmed Patel, He Is Losing,' Says Shankersinh Vaghela
Shankersinh Vaghela, who quit the Congress last month, said today that he hadn't voted for the party's Ahmed Patel in the Rajya Sabha election and twisted the knife by commenting: "Who will vote for a losing candidate."
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10 Things You Need To Know About Gujarat Rajya Sabha Elections
Three Rajya Sabha seats of BJP-ruled Gujarat will be up for election today. BJP chief Amit Shah, who will be making his debut in Rajya Sabha, and Union minister Smriti Irani are placed to easily win from two of the seats. The election to the third seat -- where Congress candidate Ahmed Patel, political advisor to party number one Sonia Gandhi, is s...
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Rajya Sabha Election 2017: Here Is How Members Are Elected To Upper House
As 10 Rajya Sabha members retire this month, political parties gear up for an intense political battle in Rajya Sabha tomorrow to fill those vacancies. The focus on tomorrow's elections remains largely on Gujarat where BJP's Amit Shah and Smriti Irani will easily win two of the three seats given the BJP's majority. Congress' Ahmed Patel is in for a...
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'Witch-Hunt For 1 Seat', Says Congress' Ahmed Patel As Taxmen Visit Bengaluru Resort
Ahmed Patel, the Congress leader whose bid for re-election to Parliament is threatened by a political crisis for his party in Gujarat, has accused the ruling BJP of a "witch hunt just to win one Rajya Sabha seat." Mr Patel tweeted his criticism this morning as income tax officials visited a resort in Karnataka where the Congress has sequestered 44 ...
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No Question Of Quitting As BJP President If Elected To Rajya Sabha: Amit Shah
BJP president Amit Shah today said that there was no question of him leaving the party post and he was working "happily" and "wholeheartedly".
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Gujarat Lawmakers Fled To Bengaluru In Fear, Alleges Congress
The Congress on Sunday produced 42 of its Gujarat lawmakers -- who are penned at a resort in Bengaluru -- before the media and said they have taken refuge in the Congress-ruled Karnataka as they feared for their lives ahead of the coming Rajya Sabha elections.
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Election Commission Reacts To Congress SOS, Seeks Answers From Gujarat
Its Gujarat lawmakers safely sequestered in a luxurious Karnataka resort hundreds of kilometres away, senior Congress leaders headed to the Election Commission in Delhi on Saturday to complain that the Gujarat government was trying to arm-twist and lure its lawmakers to switch sides ahead of the 8 August elections for three Rajya Sabha seats from G...
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No Chance Of Ahmed Patel Winning Rajya Sabha Election: Congress Lawmaker
After the exit of six Congress MLAs ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls, a senior party legislator has said Ahmed Patel will find it difficult to win the elections as more opposition lawmakers are likely to resign in the days to come. Congress MLA Raghavjee Patel, considered close to former party strongman Shankersinh Vaghela, indicated that he too woul...
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BJP Game Plan To Trip Congress' Ahmed Patel In Rajya Sabha Election In Gujarat
In Gujarat, where assembly elections are due later this year, the ruling BJP is pursuing a plan to embarrass the Congress and expose its weakness -it wants to prevent the re-election to the Rajya Sabha of Ahmed Patel, the political secretary to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. To ensure this, it's trying to team with local leader Shankarsinh Vaghela, w...
