Lok Sabha Election 2019
56 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “Lok Sabha Election 2019”, published between April 2018 and April 2019. They are filed mainly under BJP, Congress, Election commission 2019. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
BJP looks to east and northeast for 2019 gains after losing three heartland states
The Bharatiya Janata Party was relying on making significant gains in eastern and northeastern India in the 2019 general election, after defeats in its traditional strongholds left it on the defensive. The setback This month the party lost power in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, and the Congress formed governments in all three, giving the main opposition party fresh energy. The results raised doubts about whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi could repeat his sweeping 2014 win, described as the largest mandate in 30 years. The BJP’s plan and the arithmeticRead More
Rajasthan BJP suspends 11 rebels, including four ministers, before December 7 polls
The BJP in Rajasthan has suspended 11 senior leaders, four of them ministers in Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje’s government, after they declined to withdraw nominations filed against the party’s official candidates. A party press release issued on Thursday said the rebels had been removed from primary membership for six years. Who was suspended In alphabetical order, those suspended were Anita Katara, Deendayal Kumavat, Dhansingh Rawat, Hemsingh Bhadana, Kishanram Nai, Kuldeep Dhankad, Lakshminarayan Dave, Radheshyam Ganganagar, Rajkumar Rinava, Rameshwar Bhati and Surendra Goyal. Many party rebels had entered the race forRead More
Digvijaya Singh says Nitish Kumar may quit NDA before 2019 polls
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said on Wednesday that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar could once again switch sides and leave the BJP-led NDA before the next Lok Sabha election. Speaking to a news channel in Patna, where he was on a private visit, Singh, who once led Madhya Pradesh as chief minister, claimed Kumar could not survive out of power. Singh’s remarks Singh said the JD(U) chief might walk out if Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity fell before the election. “It takes only 24 hours for Kumar to makeRead More
BJP plans WhatsApp-driven campaign with ‘cell phone pramukhs’ for 2019
The BJP is preparing an extensive WhatsApp-based campaign for the 2019 Lok Sabha election, built around a “cell phone pramukh” at each polling booth, according to two people familiar with the plan. Around 900,000 such workers, each given a smartphone, are to circulate campaign videos, audio clips, text, graphics and cartoons. How the plan works One of the sources said details of the campaign were presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several top BJP leaders roughly three weeks earlier by a senior PMO official. Under a booth action planRead More
Shiva, Ram and Vishnu: UP parties turn to deities before 2019 election
Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the main parties in Uttar Pradesh appear to have each picked a favoured deity, judging by their leaders’ recent remarks. The BJP is sticking with Lord Ram, the Samajwadi Party has turned to Lord Vishnu and the Congress to Lord Shiva. Congress and Lord Shiva Congress president Rahul Gandhi, back from his Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage, was welcomed in his Amethi constituency this week by hundreds of party workers dressed as Kanwariyas, devotees of Shiva, chanting “bol bam”. On Monday Shiva devotees presented himRead More
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