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Akhilesh Yadav Refuses To Placate UP Giant Killer Who Called Off Alliance
The Samajwadi Party has officially confirmed the end of its alliance with an eastern UP party whose giant killing act on the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat in the 2018 bypolls cemented Akhilesh Yadav's alliance or "gathbandhan" with Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party.
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"Rahul Gandhi Should Lead 2019 Alliance": HD Kumaraswamy After Bypoll Win
The success of the ruling alliance in the by-elections in Karnataka has come as shot in the arm for a coalition to take on the BJP in the next year's assembly elections. The alliance has a shot at forming the next government at the centre and it should be led by Rahul Gandhi, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaswamy said.
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By-Poll Scarred Yogi Adityanath Suspends 2 IAS Officers At A Stroke
Two top Indian Administrative Service or IAS officers have been suspended in one go in Uttar Pradesh, in a most unusual move by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath just days after the ruling BJP lost by-elections in the state.
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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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BJP Loses Prestige Battle In Kairana To Opposition's Tabassum Hasan
The opposition today wrested Kairana from the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh, where the parliamentary by-poll became a massive battle for pride in an election year leading up to the 2019 national polls.
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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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Prestige Battle In Meghalaya Bypoll As Congress Seeks To Retain Bastion
Bypoll to Ampati assembly seat in Meghalaya's Garo hills is a battle between two of most prominent political families in the state --- the ruling National People's Party(NPP)-led alliance steered by Chief Minister Conrad Sangma versus the main opposition Congress under the stewardship of former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma.
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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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Kairana By-Poll: Opposition Gets Big Boost As A Candidate Drops Out
The day after a show of unity in Karnataka, the opposition received encouraging news in Kairana in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, where Lok Sabha by-elections will be held on Monday. Begum Tabassum Hasan, the candidate backed by several opposition parties against the BJP, has clinched the support of her brother-in-law, who was contesting as an independen...
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Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha Election Results 2018 LIVE: Akhilesh Yadav Thanks Raja Bhaiya For Supporting Samajwadi
The Rajya Sabha elections underway in Uttar Pradesh got tighter after a legislator from Mayawati'sBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) claimed that he voted for the BJP. This morning, Anil Kumar Singh, a BSP leader, came out after casting his vote and told reporters that he has cross-voted for the BJP-backed candidate. The leader from Mayawati's party came ou...
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How Yogi Adityanath's Citadel Fell: Decoding BJP's Gorakhpur Bypoll Loss
In the villages of Pipraich, one of the five assembly segments in the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, lie the clues to the BJP's shock bypoll defeat.
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After BJP's UP Bypoll Defeat, Karnataka Congress Rubs It In
Ahead of the assembly elections in Karnataka, the Congress has taken a swipe at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister who is among the star campaigners of the BJP that is trying hard to wrest the only state in the south it once ruled.
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Gorakhpur, Phulpur By-Election Updates: Reactions To BJP's Big Loss To Samajwadi Party
In a staggering defeat, BJP lost the Uttar Pradesh bypolls to Samajwadi Party, backed by the BSP, on Wednesday. The ruling party lost two key parliament seats it held in uttar Pradesh - Phulpur, Gorakhpur by over 59,000 and 21,000 votes respectively. Chief Minister and five-time lawmaker from Gorakhpur, Yogi Adityanath acknowledged it was "overconf...
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"Just Wait And Watch": Ram Gopal Yadav On Possible SP-BSP Alliance
Senior Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav on Wednesday refused to comment on the possibility of an alliance with the BSP for the next Lok Sabha elections in 2019, saying "just wait and watch".
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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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Akhilesh Yadav Refuses To Placate UP Giant Killer Who Called Off Alliance
The Samajwadi Party has officially confirmed the end of its alliance with an eastern UP party whose giant killing act on the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat in the 2018 bypolls cemented Akhilesh Yadav's alliance or "gathbandhan" with Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party.
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"Rahul Gandhi Should Lead 2019 Alliance": HD Kumaraswamy After Bypoll Win
The success of the ruling alliance in the by-elections in Karnataka has come as shot in the arm for a coalition to take on the BJP in the next year's assembly elections. The alliance has a shot at forming the next government at the centre and it should be led by Rahul Gandhi, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaswamy said.
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By-Poll Scarred Yogi Adityanath Suspends 2 IAS Officers At A Stroke
Two top Indian Administrative Service or IAS officers have been suspended in one go in Uttar Pradesh, in a most unusual move by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath just days after the ruling BJP lost by-elections in the state.
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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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BJP Loses Prestige Battle In Kairana To Opposition's Tabassum Hasan
The opposition today wrested Kairana from the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh, where the parliamentary by-poll became a massive battle for pride in an election year leading up to the 2019 national polls.
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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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Prestige Battle In Meghalaya Bypoll As Congress Seeks To Retain Bastion
Bypoll to Ampati assembly seat in Meghalaya's Garo hills is a battle between two of most prominent political families in the state --- the ruling National People's Party(NPP)-led alliance steered by Chief Minister Conrad Sangma versus the main opposition Congress under the stewardship of former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma.
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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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Kairana By-Poll: Opposition Gets Big Boost As A Candidate Drops Out
The day after a show of unity in Karnataka, the opposition received encouraging news in Kairana in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, where Lok Sabha by-elections will be held on Monday. Begum Tabassum Hasan, the candidate backed by several opposition parties against the BJP, has clinched the support of her brother-in-law, who was contesting as an independen...
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Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha Election Results 2018 LIVE: Akhilesh Yadav Thanks Raja Bhaiya For Supporting Samajwadi
The Rajya Sabha elections underway in Uttar Pradesh got tighter after a legislator from Mayawati'sBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) claimed that he voted for the BJP. This morning, Anil Kumar Singh, a BSP leader, came out after casting his vote and told reporters that he has cross-voted for the BJP-backed candidate. The leader from Mayawati's party came ou...
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How Yogi Adityanath's Citadel Fell: Decoding BJP's Gorakhpur Bypoll Loss
In the villages of Pipraich, one of the five assembly segments in the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, lie the clues to the BJP's shock bypoll defeat.
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After BJP's UP Bypoll Defeat, Karnataka Congress Rubs It In
Ahead of the assembly elections in Karnataka, the Congress has taken a swipe at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister who is among the star campaigners of the BJP that is trying hard to wrest the only state in the south it once ruled.
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Gorakhpur, Phulpur By-Election Updates: Reactions To BJP's Big Loss To Samajwadi Party
In a staggering defeat, BJP lost the Uttar Pradesh bypolls to Samajwadi Party, backed by the BSP, on Wednesday. The ruling party lost two key parliament seats it held in uttar Pradesh - Phulpur, Gorakhpur by over 59,000 and 21,000 votes respectively. Chief Minister and five-time lawmaker from Gorakhpur, Yogi Adityanath acknowledged it was "overconf...
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"Just Wait And Watch": Ram Gopal Yadav On Possible SP-BSP Alliance
Senior Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav on Wednesday refused to comment on the possibility of an alliance with the BSP for the next Lok Sabha elections in 2019, saying "just wait and watch".
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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.
