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100 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “Congress”, published between January 2017 and December 2019. They are filed mainly under Congress, BJP, news. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
Over 77% Turnout in Meghalaya Bypolls as CM Conrad Sangma Contests South Tura
More than 77% of voters turned out on Thursday in peaceful bypolls to two Meghalaya assembly seats, South Tura and Ranikor, the state’s Chief Electoral Officer F R Kharkongor said. Results are due on August 27. Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, currently the Tura MP, is contesting South Tura in West Garo Hills on a National People’s Party (NPP) ticket. Turnout and polling In South Tura, 72.89% of the 30,231 voters cast their ballots; in Ranikor, 82.1% of 29,685 voters did. In the assembly election earlier this year, Ranikor hadRead More
Odisha Election 2019: Congress, BJD and BJP Prepare Candidate Lists
Political parties in Odisha have started choosing candidates for the 2019 assembly election amid talk of early polls. Odisha Congress chief Niranjan Patnaik said the party aimed to release its first list of 50 assembly candidates once its election committee cleared them, and it is set to name at least 50 by August 31. The BJD, which governs the state, and the BJP are getting ready as well. Congress moves first Sources said the Congress could ask its chosen candidates to start work in their constituencies from the first orRead More
Shashi Tharoor Seeks UN Help for Kerala Floods; State Denies He Is Its Envoy
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said he is in Geneva to seek United Nations help for flood-hit Kerala, describing himself as an emissary of the state government. The Kerala Chief Minister’s office, however, has reportedly said he did not go as its representative. Tharoor’s claim and the denial On Twitter, Tharoor said he was glad to meet officials to explore how international bodies such as the UN and the WHO could assist people affected by the floods in his home state. He said he was working in coordination with theRead More
Rahul Gandhi Turns to Big Data and Project Shakti to Take On Modi in 2019
Congress president Rahul Gandhi is relying on big data to strengthen his party’s weak booth-level organisation ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election. In February he was shown an analysis suggesting that better management of polling booths alone could have raised the party’s vote share by 4%, and lifted its 2014 tally of 44 seats to at least 90. What Project Shakti is Gandhi then set up a team of data analysts led by political economist Praveen Chakravarty, which became the AICC’s Data Analytics Department. It created “Project Shakti”, anRead More
BJP Sets Up Election War Rooms in Every State for 2019 Lok Sabha Polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party is creating an election “war room” in each state ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls; most of them were due to be operational by August 15, three party leaders aware of the plan said. One leader said the war rooms would differ in size from state to state. What the war rooms will do The chief minister of a BJP-ruled state, speaking anonymously, said the instruction was to have the facilities running by August 15 and that they would expand as the election drew closer.Read More
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