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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.
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 election 2018: Congress completes its list, BJP names 24 more candidates
Both main parties in Rajasthan moved closer to finalising their line-ups on Sunday. The Congress put out its third and fourth candidate lists, while the Bharatiya Janata Party announced a fourth list naming 24 candidates ahead of the December 7 vote. The BJP’s fourth list Jaipur mayor Ashok Lahoty was handed the closely watched Sanganer seat. The Congress had earlier chosen Manvendra Singh, a rebel from the BJP, to take on Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje in Jhalrapatan. In what was seen as a reply, the BJP turned to a formerRead More
Rajasthan polls 2018: Congress ends 46-year tradition by fielding Sachin Pilot from Tonk
The Congress decision to field Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee president Sachin Pilot, 41, from Tonk in the December 7 assembly election has ended the party’s 46-year practice of nominating a Muslim candidate in the constituency. Pilot, who visited a Devnarayan temple in Tonk district as a child with his father Rajesh Pilot and took his sons Aaran and Vehaan there in September, will be contesting his first assembly election. Why Tonk Pilot was elected to the Lok Sabha from Dausa in 2004 and Ajmer in 2009, losing Ajmer in 2014Read More
Rajasthan elections 2018: Pilot, Gehlot among 152 names in Congress first list
Former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and state Congress president Sachin Pilot are among the 152 candidates named in the party’s first list for the Rajasthan assembly election, released late on Thursday night. Who is contesting where Gehlot will defend his traditional Sardarpura seat in Jodhpur, which he is contesting for the fifth time in a row, while Pilot will make his assembly debut from Tonk. Pilot has twice been elected to the Lok Sabha, from Dausa in 2004 and Ajmer in 2009. Other prominent names include former Union ministers CPRead More
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