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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.
Gaurav Gogoi: 2019 poll will be people versus Modi and Amit Shah
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, son of a former Assam chief minister and his party’s in-charge for West Bengal, said on Tuesday that the 2019 Lok Sabha election would see the people of India on one side and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah on the other. Speaking to reporters, he accused the government of helping crony capitalists while ignoring the middle class and the poor. Gogoi’s charges Gogoi said Indians were known for pluralism and unity in diversity, but argued that the BJP had divided society. HeRead More
BJP Proposes 20 Bihar Seats for Itself, 12 for Nitish’s JD(U) in 2019
The BJP wants to contest half of Bihar’s 40 Lok Sabha seats in 2019 and leave the remaining 20 to its allies, under a reported seat-sharing arrangement: 12 for Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), 6 for Ram Vilas Paswan’s LJP and two for Upendra Kushwaha’s RLSP. Leaders of the NDA have denied that any formula had been finalised and said talks were continuing. Past seat shares When they fought on opposite sides in 2014, the JD(U) contested 38 seats and won two, while the BJP contested 30 and won 22. As allies,Read More
2019 Elections: BJP Wants a Pre-Poll Ally in Tamil Nadu by October
The Bharatiya Janata Party will announce an alliance with a regional party in Tamil Nadu by October for the 2019 national election, a party leader has said, citing BJP president Amit Shah. According to the leader, Shah told the state unit during a visit in July that a tie-up would be formalised by October. Talks and the DMK Another leader said the party had been in contact with both of M Karunanidhi’s sons, M K Stalin and M K Alagiri. Shah was expected to attend the memorial meeting for KarunanidhiRead More
Uttar Pradesh: Small Parties Pitch Themselves as Game Changers for 2019
Small parties in Uttar Pradesh are presenting themselves as possible “game changers” in the 2019 Lok Sabha contest between the BJP and the opposition. Such parties often help allies in assembly elections by transferring their committed voters, but have historically made less of a mark in Lok Sabha polls. Who is in the fray The NISHAD Party, the Peace Party, the Apna Dal (Sonelal), the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and the AIMIM are all offering themselves as allies. They expect to get few seats, but argue that in closeRead More
Bengal Panchayat Polls: Supreme Court Refuses Re-election in Uncontested Seats
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected petitions by the CPI(M) and the BJP seeking to cancel elections to more than 20,000 local body seats in West Bengal that were won without a contest, giving relief to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Every one of those seats was won by Trinamool Congress candidates, and the opposition had claimed its candidates were stopped from filing nominations. What the court ruled A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, and including Justices D Y Chandrachud and A M Khanwilkar, used its special powersRead More
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