Elections LIVE: Oppn accuses PM of playing politics over A-SAT missile test
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Will contest 2019 elections if party asks: Priyanka Gandhi
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said she will contest the elections if her party asks her. However, she said her own wish is to work for the party's organisation. "If my party asks me to contest the polls, I will definitely do so. But my personal wish is to work for the party's organisation as a lot of work needs to be done," the Congress leader told reporters.
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Congress workers saying that I'm sure to win 2019 elections: Gadkari
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PM Modi to address BJP campaign rally in Telangana on March 29
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address BJP's election campaign meeting at Mahabubnagar in Telangana on March 29. Polling would be held in the state in the first phase on April 11.
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'He is just a kid': Mamata scoffs at Rahul Gandhi's allegations
Refusing to comment on Rahul Gandhi's minimum income promise, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee dismissed his allegations against her government by saying that "he is just a kid".
2019 polls: Mamata Banerjee to address 100 rallies in 14 days
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee will kick off her poll campaigning from April 4 and will address nearly 100 rallies across the state in 14 days. "I will start poll campaigning from April 4 and will continue it till May 17. I will address nearly 100 rallies. I will also address rallies in Assam," Banerjee said while releasing the TMC's manifesto for Lok Sabha polls.
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EC to examine matter of PM Modi's 'Mission Shakti' speech
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Congress General Secretary UP-East Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is being received by party leaders and workers at the airport, in Lucknow | Photo credit: PTI
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Mission Shakti: Is Modi going to space? We will complain to EC, says Mamata
Terming PM Modi's announcement as limitless drama, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the prime minister had violated the Model Code of Conduct with his announcement on India acquiring anti-satellite weapon capabilities. "Modi is not going to space there was no need for him to take credit", said CM Banerjee. She also said the Trinamool Congress will approach the Election Commission to complain against the poll code violation.
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DRDO achievement pride for nation, let us not play politics on it: Ram Madhav
With the Opposition accusing Prime Minister Modi of trying to get electoral mileage by announcing amid the poll process the successful testing of India's anti-satellite missile ability, the BJP Wednesday cautioned political parties against playing "politics on the issue". Terming DRDO scientists achievement as a "pride" of the nation, BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav said "let us not play politics" on the issue.
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Credit for A-SAT missile test goes to UPA govt's initiation: Congress
The Congress said credit for the A-SAT missile test goes to the UPA government's initiation, while West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the Prime Minister of violating the model code of conduct.
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A-SAT missile test indicator of 'political will' backing scientists: BJP
According to BJP leader Vinod Tawde, the anti-satellite (A-SAT) missile capability demonstration was an indicator of the political will backing the country's scientists. "There has been international pressure on the government against carrying out research and tests on critical issues such as anti-satellite missiles. The Modi government has shown its political will by standing firmly behind the scientists," Tawde claimed.
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Posters in Amethi question Priyanka Gandhi's 'absence'
Ahead of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's visit to her brother and party president Rahul Gandhi's constituency, a row broke out Wednesday over some posters questioning her absence from the family bastion. The posters, spotted near the Musafirkhana bus stand, carried a sketch of Priyanka Gandhi and the picture of a leader from the Samajwadi Party's student wing.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India had shot down one of its satellites in space with a missile, calling it an "unprecedented achievement" but the Opposition said he had violated the model code of conduct for elections.
"Our scientists, shot down a live satellite 300 kilometres away in space, in low-earth orbit," said Modi in a televised address.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Twitter congratulated the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) for the achievement and poked fun at Modi by wishing him happy "World Theatre Day".
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that Modi's announcement was "limitless drama and publicity mongering", amounting to "gross violation" of the model code of conduct.
Seven phase elections will be held between April 11 and May 19. Results will be declared on May 23.
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