Lok Sabha Elections 2019: After Advani, BJP asks Joshi not to contest

BJP President Amit Shah and UP CM Adityanath will address rallies in UP and Congress President Rahul Gandhi will be in Rajasthan. Catch LIVE updates on campaigning for Lok Sabha Elections 2019

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BJP denies ticket to Ananth Kumar's wife in Bangalore South

In a surprise move, the BJP on Tuesday fielded party's youth wing leader Tejaswi Surya from its bastion of Bangalore South from where the widow of union minister Ananth Kumar, a six-time MP from this prestigious Lok Sabha constituency, was denied the ticket.

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Shatrughan Sinha to join Congress on March 28

Bollywood actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, who has been associated with BJP for about three decades, will join Congress on March 28.

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Samjawadi Party releases candidates' list of Uttar Pradesh

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Former BJP chief Murli Manohar Joshi dropped from Kanpur

Former BJP chief Murli Manohar Joshi dropped from Kanpur, UP minister Satyadevi Pachauri fielded from Kanpur

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Congress releases another list of candidates for Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh

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AAP failed to fulfill its pre-poll promises: Rajnath Singh

 

Hitting out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the AAP government has "failed" to fulfill its pre-poll promises and asserted that it cannot form the government every time by fooling the people. Addressing the party's 'Vijay Sankalp Sabha' in northeast Delhi parliamentary constituency, Singh said the Narendra Modi dispensation always does what it says.
 

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Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee President Sheila Dikshit during a press conference at DPCC office, in New Delhi | Photo credit: PTI

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BJP releases list of candidates for Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal

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BJP President Amit Shah with party leaders during 'Vijay Sankalp' rally, ahead of Lok Sabha elections, in Moradabad | Photo credit: PTI

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Bharatiya Janata Party General Secretary Bhupender Yadav presents the membership slip to veteran actor and former MP Jaya Prada as she joins BJP | PTI

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Allot a common symbol to AMMK candidates: SC to Election Commission

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Election Commission to make "all endeavour to ensure" allotment of a common symbol to the 59 candidates of the Dhinakaran-led Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) party. The 59 candidates in question are contesting 40 seats for the Lok Sabha in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, and 19 for the by-elections to the Tamil Nadu Assembly, according to PTI.

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Priyanka to visit Amethi, Rae Bareli, Faizabad in next leg of campaign

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is likely to visit the party bastions of Amethi, Rae Bareli and Faizabad on Wednesday in her next leg of campaigning in Uttar Pradesh.

 

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Congress' Hardoi candidate booked for violating model code of conduct

A case has been filed against Congress nominee from Hardoi Parliamentary seat, Virendra Verma, for alleged violation of model code of conduct.

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Actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada joins BJP

Former Samajwadi Party MP and actor Jaya Prada joined the BJP on Tuesday and may be fielded as the party's candidate from Rampur constituency to take on her bitter rival and SP nominee Azam Khan. A two-term Lok Sabha member from the SP, she is a close associate of Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh.