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While the BJP candidate Dinesh Lal Yadav Nirahua bagged the Azamgarh constituency, the saffron party’s nominee Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi won from Rampur seat.
In his campaign, the two-time MLA played up his ‘local’ status while painting his rivals from SP and BJP as ‘outsiders’.
For BJP, putting its entire might into the campaign paid off as Yogi Adityanath and almost his entire Cabinet canvassed for its candidates in both the seats.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in a Hindi tweet that on that fateful day in 1975, the Congress “snatched the constitutional rights of every Indian overnight” imposing the Emergency.
Sangrur, the pocket borough of Chief Minister Mann, had catapulted him into the political stage by electing him with a record margin of over 2 lakh votes in the 2014 general elections.
Vikram succeeds his brother Goutham Reddy, the industries minister of Andhra Pradesh who died in February, as MLA from the constituency.
Pushed to the margins of Punjab’s mainstream politics for over two-and-half decades, the 77-year-old pro-Khalistan leader and ex-IPS officer Simranjit Singh Mann’s stunning win is likely to boost the Panthic politics in the border state.
The Opposition parties have called on farmers to hit the streets against payments delay.
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Teesta was among the first activists to take up the cases of riot victims in Gujarat in 2002, finally leading the SC to set up a special investigation team to probe the post-Godhra riots, six years later, under former CBI director R K Raghavan.
Sreekumar, who became Gujarat DGP after retirement, wrote affidavits to the Nanavati Commission alleging govt agencies’ complicity in the 2002 riots. On Friday, the Supreme Court called into question his role in the accusations.
Party leaders and workers across the state took out an "Aabhar Yatra" in all districts Saturday to thank Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
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Stating that the IPFT suffered a split at least four to five times before, the outgoing leaders Saturday blamed NC Debbarma for creating an impasse which led to their departure.
The Bimal Gurung-led GJM is opposing the election and has likened the semi-autonomous body’s polls to a “stillborn baby”. Last month, Gurung wrote to CM Mamata Banerjee, urging her to defer the election.
Just like Uddhav Thackeray marginalised Eknath Shinde in the Sena and govt affairs despite the latter’s unofficial No. 2 position in the party, Bal Thackeray also sought to sideline the Thane Sena strongman Dighe after getting wary of his rising popularity.
The attack sparked widespread protests from the Congress in all districts. While the ruling CPM distanced itself from the actions of its student wing, the damage was done.
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Bihar BJP president Dr Sanjay Jaiswal and JD(U) parliamentary board chairperson Upendra Kushwaha have held a grudge against one another for a long time.
Out of the total amount, Rs 13,759 crore is towards non-payment of arrears of sixth pay commission.
BSP president Mayawati’s announcement boosts Murmu’s already significant chances of winning against the Opposition’s consensus candidate and former Union minister Yashwant Sinha.
With local residents mainly concerned about burning issues like the lack of employment opportunities and basic amenities, which have worsened in the wake of the Covid pandemic, the long-standing demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland seems to have been relegated to the sidelines of the poll campaign.
It may simply be a way for the ousted leader to ‘keep herself alive’ in public life, say party insiders.
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