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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.
Rahul Gandhi will lose Rajasthan by a bigger margin, says Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday predicted that Congress president Rahul Gandhi would suffer another defeat in Rajasthan, saying the BJP was confident of winning the assembly election and was gaining from a contest within the Congress over the chief minister’s post. A cricket jibe Speaking during his campaign in Pokhran, Shekhawat compared Gandhi to former Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, who often failed to score batting at number ten, and said Gandhi failed to score even as an opener. He said Gandhi would be out for zero inRead More
Sachin Pilot asks if Yogi Adityanath will campaign for BJP’s Yoonus Khan in Tonk
Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot, who is contesting Tonk against Yoonus Khan, the BJP’s only Muslim candidate in the state election, has repeatedly challenged the BJP to say whether Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath would come to Tonk to campaign for Khan. A day on the campaign trail On Wednesday, Pilot toured nine panchayats and the town itself, accusing the BJP of exploiting caste and religion. He framed the contest as a clash of ideologies rather than personalities. It is his first assembly election, and the seat lies outsideRead More
Rajnath Singh accuses Congress of creating ‘trust deficit’ in politics
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, campaigning in Rajasthan on Monday, accused leaders of the Congress of eroding public trust in politics, and said it was the BJP government that was working for people’s development. Attack on Congress leaders Singh objected to remarks involving Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother. Congress leader Raj Babbar, while campaigning in Madhya Pradesh, had likened the fall in the rupee’s value to the age of Modi’s mother, Hiraben. Singh said the prime minister’s office was an institution and not merely an individual. Addressing a public meetingRead More
Congress ticket churn in Bikaner as Amit Shah holds roadshow in the region
Shifting candidate choices for the Bikaner East and Bikaner West seats exposed divisions within the Congress in Rajasthan, as BJP president Amit Shah held a roadshow in the region on Tuesday that party supporters said gave the BJP an advantage. How the tickets changed The Congress’s first list, published on November 15, left out BD Kalla, a veteran party figure and former MLA who had lost Bikaner West to the BJP’s Gopal Krishna Joshi in both 2008 and 2013. In his place, Kanhaiya Lal Jhanwar, who had won Nokha inRead More
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
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