October, 2018
ABP-C-Voter survey projects 276 seats for NDA in 2019 Lok Sabha election
An opinion poll by ABP News and C-Voter has projected that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on course for a second term after the 2019 Lok Sabha election. It estimated 276 seats for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, just above the majority mark of 272, and 112 seats for the Congress. State-by-state projections Uttar Pradesh: If the Congress allies with the Samajwadi Party and the BSP, the grand alliance could win at least 56 of the 80 seats. Maharashtra: If the Congress and NCP ally while the BJP and ShivRead More
PM Modi to launch BJP’s Rajasthan campaign with Ajmer rally on October 6
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to open the BJP’s election campaign in poll-bound Rajasthan with a public meeting in Ajmer on Saturday, October 6. The party is counting on his popularity and plans a series of rallies across the state, with a focus on areas where it is seen as weak. The rally plan The Ajmer meeting will mark the end of Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje’s statewide Rajasthan Gaurav Yatra. State BJP president Madan Lal Saini said it would be a historic event, with nearly three lakh people expected.Read More
Digvijaya Singh says Nitish Kumar may quit NDA before 2019 polls
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said on Wednesday that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar could once again switch sides and leave the BJP-led NDA before the next Lok Sabha election. Speaking to a news channel in Patna, where he was on a private visit, Singh, who once led Madhya Pradesh as chief minister, claimed Kumar could not survive out of power. Singh’s remarks Singh said the JD(U) chief might walk out if Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity fell before the election. “It takes only 24 hours for Kumar to makeRead More
BJP wins 60 seats unopposed in Kashmir civic polls as NC, PDP boycott
The BJP is likely to take charge of at least seven municipal committees in the Kashmir Valley without a contest, a first in Jammu and Kashmir’s electoral history. At least 60 of its candidates have been elected unopposed after the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party boycotted the urban local body polls in protest against what they described as the Centre’s plan to scrap the state’s special status. Where the BJP gained Most of the unopposed wins are in south Kashmir, where only four of 20 municipalities across fiveRead More