Tag: Congress
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Bihar Results: 19 Muslim Candidates Win, 5 Less from 2015, Even as AIMIM Wins 5 Seats
Among the Muslim winners, 8 are from RJD, 5 from AIMIM of Asaduddin Owaisi, 4 from Congress and 1 each from BSP and CPI-ML(L) Mumtaz Alam | New Delhi Even though the All India Majlis-e Ittehadul Muslimeen or AIMIM added a new chapter to its history on Tuesday when it won five Assembly seats in…
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I was eager to make Soniaji country’s next PM: RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav
(Following are excerpts from two chapters – �Highs in Delhi, Lows in Bihar and �The Rising Stars of Bihar Politics of �Gopalganj to Raisina: My Political Journey, a memoir by Lalu Prasad Yadav, President of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, a former Chief Minister of Bihar and former Railways Minister. It is published in English and…
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Rahul says no angel tax, no permissions for new business
New Delhi : Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday promised incentives for entrepreneurs and start-ups to boost job creation in the country, saying there will be no permissions required for the first three years of any new business, no angel tax and sold incentives based on the number of jobs created. He also promised easy bank…
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Congress to build Ram temple if it wins elections: Harish Rawat
Dehradun : Congress General Secretary Harish Rawat on Friday said the party will launch sincere efforts to build a grand Ram Temple at Ayodhya if it comes to power after the Lok Sabha elections. “On two previous occasions, the Congress made sincere attempts to build the Ram temple when it was in power.…
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What’s the hitch in Congress leading post-poll coalition opposite BJP?
By Saeed Naqvi, The ghastly news from Kashmir did cast a shadow, otherwise Lucknow has had a festive February. The first week was filled with the five-day annual Sanatkada jamboree with fabled Baradari as the festooned focal point. While the mood still lingered, the city found itself riveted on Priyanka Gandhi’s roadshow with her brother…
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Priyanka’s ‘roadshow’ draws eyeballs, but tough road ahead
By Mohit Dubey, Lucknow : On her first public outing after making the political debut as Congress General Secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday may have succeeded in drawing enough eye balls in the roadshow here but the road ahead may be arduous and bumpy. After seeing the response of the moribund party workers during…
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BSP, SP should have included Congress in UP alliance to finish the game: Yashwant Sinha
By Anand Singh and Prashant Sood, New Delhi : Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha says opposition unity against the BJP in the coming Lok Sabha elections is a “work in progress” but feels that the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party should have included Congress in the alliance in Uttar Pradesh that would have “finished…
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Congress wins Ramgarh election, touches 100 tally in Rajasthan
Jaipur : The Congress on Thursday won the Ramgarh Assembly seat in Rajasthan, taking its tally in the 200-member house to 100. Congress candidate Shafia Khan won by a margin of 12,228 votes after polling 83,311 votes. Her nearest rival, BJP’s Sukhwant Singh, got 71,083 votes. Jagat Singh of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) finished…
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Modi deal gifted Dassault Rs 186 crore more per Rafale: Congress
New Delhi : The Congress on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of compromising national security in the Rafale deal by “denying” to the IAF 90 aircraft it desperately needed and “gifted” Dassault Rs 186 crore more per aircraft at the cost of the public exchequer in the deal it signed with France. Citing a…
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What is Gadkari’s game?
By Amulya Ganguli, Unlike the Congress, the communists or the socialists, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has rarely seen major fissures. Occasionally, a person may have become involved in political feuds within the party, as was Balraj Madhok, who was the president of the Jan Sangh, the BJP’s earlier avatar. But such ruptures were few…