Lok Sabha elections 2019: Patidar Leader Hardik Patel joins Congress

Today, the Congress party will give a final shape to its strategy for the Lok Sabha elections. Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will also address a rally in Gujarat.

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Sujay Vikhe Patil joins BJP

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis: Sujay Vikhe Patil's name has been forwarded by state unit to Central Parliamentary board for Lok Sabha candidature and we are sure that the recommended name will be accepted by the Central Parliamentary board.

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Congress will defeat BJP ideology of hatred, anger, says Rahul

Rahul Gandhi said, on the anniversary of Gandhi Ji’s historic Dandi March, the Congress Working Committee in Ahmedabad, resolved to defeat the RSS/ BJP ideology of fascism, hatred, anger & divisiveness. No sacrifice is too great in this endeavour; no effort too little; this battle will be won.

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The BJP is most likely to pit Rajasekharan against Congress' Shashi Tharoor in the Lok Sabha polls.

Former Mizoram Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan was on Tuesday given a rousing reception by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Sangh Parivar workers when he arrived in Thiruvananthapuram.

The BJP is most likely to pit Rajasekharan against Congress' Shashi Tharoor in the Lok Sabha polls.

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Rahul Gandhi's "Chowkidar chor hai" jibe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi has miffed the security guards association, which has asked Mumbai police to file a case against the Congress president, police said.

 

The Maharashtra Rajya Suraksha Rakshak Union submitted an application at the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) police station here Monday, claiming the remark was an "insult" to security guards, a police official told PTI Tuesday.

 

The association has claimed that during his rally at the MMRDA grounds here earlier this month, Gandhi said that "chowkidar chor hai" (the guard is the thief), police said.

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BJP to finalise Lok Sabha candidates in Telangana on March 15

The BJP would finalise its candidates for Lok Sabha elections in Telangana on March 15, a party leader said. The names are likely to be announced on that day or March 16, Telangana BJP Chief official spokesperson Krishna Saagar Rao told PTI. The Lok Sabha elections would be held in single phase in Telangana on April 11.

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Madurai: All-party delegation went to District Collector demanding postponement of polling date (18th April) for Lok Sabha elections in the constituency in view of Chithirai festival. Collector said that the voting time can be extended, but date can't be changed. 

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"Young people don't watch TV, they watch videos, they go to YouTube, they go to social media, they don't read newspapers, they are influenced by what they see on social media, not on print, not on TV", Pai said.

 

Youngsters, particulary first time voters, are very heavy on social media, which is the primary channel of information for most of them, the former Chief Financial Officer of software major, Infosys Ltd, said.

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Social media may swing 4-5% votes in LS poll: T V Mohandas Pai

Social media may swing four to five per cent votes in the coming Lok Sabha elections, making it a key factor in constituencies with thin victory margin, IT industry veteran, T V Mohandas Pai said.

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UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi pays homage to martyrs at Gandhi ashram.

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Prakash Ambedkar, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), confirms to ANI that there will be no alliance between VBA and Congress for coming Lok Sabha elections and VBA will contest on all 48 seats in Maharashtra.

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