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168 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “BJP”, published between February 2018 and October 2019. They are filed mainly under BJP, Congress, news. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
Uma Bharti and Yogi Adityanath lead BJP’s saffron push in Madhya Pradesh campaign
The BJP turned to two saffron-clad leaders to energise its Madhya Pradesh campaign ahead of the November 28 assembly election. Former Chief Minister Uma Bharti returned to active campaigning in the state after a long gap, and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath made his first campaign appearance there. The party scheduled more than 60 rallies for the pair. Uma Bharti back on the trail Bharti had kept a low profile during the 2008 and 2013 state elections, but this time stepped up at the party’s request. A helicopter wasRead More
Chhattisgarh polls: about 72 per cent turnout by 6 pm in second phase
Voters in Chhattisgarh turned out in large numbers on Tuesday for the second phase of the assembly election, with 71.93 per cent turnout logged by 6 pm. The Election Commission said the day passed without incident. Seats numbering 72 were at stake in this round. Turnout figures Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha told reporters the figure was expected to climb, as many voters were still waiting in queues when polling closed. He said this phase had recorded slightly higher participation than in 2013, and credited elaborate security arrangements for theRead More
Amit Shah says video shows Congress candidate stopped ‘Bharat mata ki jai’ chant
BJP president Amit Shah on Monday accused the Congress of putting one family ahead of the country, citing a video that he said showed a Congress candidate in the Rajasthan Assembly election halting a party worker’s chant of “Bharat mata ki jai”. According to Shah, the candidate then told the worker to shout slogans in praise of Sonia Gandhi, the party’s former president, instead. The allegation Shah raised the video at public meetings he addressed in Madhya Pradesh, which was also heading to the polls. He said the incident provedRead More
Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Amit Shah to interact with youths on November 21 in Jaipur
Two weeks before the Rajasthan assembly election, the BJP announced that party president Amit Shah would hold a question-and-answer session with young voters in Jaipur on 21 November 2018. The plan Union minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, announcing the event at a press conference in Jaipur, said about 4,000 young people would attend the main session at the Tagore School auditorium. It would be streamed live to gatherings in Bharatpur, Udaipur, Kota, Jodhpur, Ajmer and Bikaner, from where registered participants could put questions, and to town-hall meetings at some 200 otherRead More
Rajasthan BJP MLA Habibur Rahman joins Congress after Dausa MP Harish Meena
The ruling BJP in Rajasthan suffered another setback ahead of the December 7 assembly election when its Nagaur MLA, Habibur Rahman, returned to the Congress after a decade. He joined at the party’s Jaipur office in the presence of Ajmer MP Raghu Sharma and other leaders. Also that day, Harish Chandra Meena, the BJP MP from Dausa, switched to the Congress in New Delhi. Rahman’s return Rahman started out in the Congress, serving as a state minister from 2001 to 2003 under Ashok Gehlot. He moved to the BJP inRead More
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