Monday, May 20th, 2019
Om Prakash Rajbhar sacked from Yogi Adityanath’s Uttar Pradesh cabinet
Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik on Monday dismissed Om Prakash Rajbhar from the state’s council of ministers on the recommendation of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Five other leaders of Rajbhar’s Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), who held posts with ministerial status in various commissions, were also removed with immediate effect. Rajbhar’s response Speaking to reporters in Lucknow after his removal, Rajbhar said he accepted the decision. He added that he wished the Chief Minister had shown the same urgency on matters he had raised, such as his demand for prohibitionRead More
Exit polls 2019: most pollsters predict NDA will cross 300 seats
Exit polls released on Sunday, 19 May, after the last phase of voting in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, mostly predicted a clear majority for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), ahead of the counting of votes on 23 May. A party or alliance needed more than 271 seats to form the government. National projections CVoter: NDA 287, UPA 128. Times Now-VMR: NDA 306, UPA 132, others 104. News18-IPSOS: NDA 336. India Today-Axis My India: NDA 339-365. ABP News-Nielsen: of 455 seats projected so far, NDA 219, Congress 94, othersRead More