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How Cross-Voting In Rajya Sabha Polls Has Shaken Up Parties
Confidence in the INDIA bloc took a hit by close of voting after six Congress MLAs in Himachal Pradesh and seven Samajwadi Party lawmakers in Uttar Pradesh cross-voted in the February 27 Rajya Sabha election.
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Derek O'Brien, 5 Other Trinamool Leaders Elected Unopposed To Rajya Sabha
Six Rajya Sabha seats from Bengal are scheduled to go to polls on July 24. A by-election was also supposed to be held on another Rajya Sabha seat.
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Election For 10 Rajya Sabha Seats On July 24, Says Poll Commision
Elections will be held for 10 Rajya Sabha seats across three states on July 24. Bengal has the largest number of seats -- six, followed by Gujarat which has three seats and Goa, one.
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BJP Renominating Rajya Sabha Members After Poll Defeat But... : Trinamool
The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday expressed displeasure at the Centre for "hurriedly" renominating Swapan Dasgupta, who had resigned from Rajya Sabha and unsuccessfully contested the recent Bengal polls on a BJP ticket, to the Upper House.
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Swapan Dasgupta Renominated To Rajya Sabha After Bengal Poll Defeat
Former journalist Swapan Dasgupta, who quit his Rajya Sabha seat to contest in the Bengal assembly polls as part of the BJP and lost, was renominated on Tuesday to the seat he vacated.
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Centre Vs Arvind Kejriwal Has Trinamool Air Dashing MPs To Delhi
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien said today that his party MPs had "air-dashed" to Delhi to stop the "bulldozing" in parliament of a Bill that aims at giving more power to the Centre over Delhi.
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Trinamool Requests To Delay Delhi Bill Consideration In Rajya Sabha Over Bengal Polls
TMC MP and national spokesperson Derek O'Brien has written to the chairman of the Rajya Sabha to delay the consideration and passing of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill in the view of absence of party members in the Upper House due to the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal.
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BJP Names 157 Candidates For Bengal In Second List, Mukul Roy To Contest
The BJP on Thursday announced the names of 157 candidates for the last four phases of the Bengal polls and among the biggest names to join its battle for the assembly is former Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Mukul Roy who is now contesting Assembly elections from Krishnanagar North in Nadia district.
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Congress MP's Letter To Allies After Support For Trinamool In Bengal
Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP from West Bengal, Pradip Bhattacharya has written to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, asking them not to campaign for the TMC in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.
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Swapan Dasgupta Resigns From Rajya Sabha Amid Row Over His Name For Polls
Columnist Swapan Dasgupta, a BJP candidate for the Bengal election, resigned from the Rajya Sabha today, a day after the Trinamool Congress referred to constitutional rules to say he would be disqualified if he joined a political party.
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"Country Suffering": Opposition Protests Over Fuel Prices In Parliament
The second part of the Budget session of Parliament was off to a stormy start today - the Rajya Sabha was adjourned at 10.02 am, minutes after Question Hour began - as Congress MPs raised slogans demanding a debate over the rise in fuel prices in the past many weeks. The Upper House then got adjourned three more times before calling it a day in the...
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"Betrayed" People Of Bengal, Says Trinamool On Dinesh Trivedi Joining BJP
Slamming its former Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Trivedi for switching over to the BJP, the Trinamool Congress on Saturday said he is "ungrateful" and has backstabbed the ruling party in West Bengal ahead of the assembly polls.
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Actor Mithun Chakraborty Likely To Share Stage With PM Modi Tomorrow
Actor Mithun Chakraborty, Trinamool Congress's former Rajya Sabha member, is likely to share the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow at Kolkata's Brigade Parade Ground. Whether the movie star will campaign for the BJP in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly election is yet unclear as is the possibility of him contesting the polls. Sunday'...
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"Didi Vs All": Sena Says Won't Fight In Bengal, Will Back Mamata Banerjee
The Shiv Sena today declared its backing for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming state Assembly election. Calling her the "real Bengal tigress", the Maharashtra-based party's senior leader and Rajya Sabha member, Sanjay Raut, today said it will not be contesting what appears to be a "Didi Vs All" fight this time. The West Ben...
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50% Of Mamata Banerjee's Nominees For Rajya Sabha Polls Are Women
Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced the names of Arpita Ghosh, Mausam Noor, Dinesh Trivedi and Subrata Bakshi as the party candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls.
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How Cross-Voting In Rajya Sabha Polls Has Shaken Up Parties
Confidence in the INDIA bloc took a hit by close of voting after six Congress MLAs in Himachal Pradesh and seven Samajwadi Party lawmakers in Uttar Pradesh cross-voted in the February 27 Rajya Sabha election.
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Derek O'Brien, 5 Other Trinamool Leaders Elected Unopposed To Rajya Sabha
Six Rajya Sabha seats from Bengal are scheduled to go to polls on July 24. A by-election was also supposed to be held on another Rajya Sabha seat.
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Election For 10 Rajya Sabha Seats On July 24, Says Poll Commision
Elections will be held for 10 Rajya Sabha seats across three states on July 24. Bengal has the largest number of seats -- six, followed by Gujarat which has three seats and Goa, one.
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BJP Renominating Rajya Sabha Members After Poll Defeat But... : Trinamool
The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday expressed displeasure at the Centre for "hurriedly" renominating Swapan Dasgupta, who had resigned from Rajya Sabha and unsuccessfully contested the recent Bengal polls on a BJP ticket, to the Upper House.
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Swapan Dasgupta Renominated To Rajya Sabha After Bengal Poll Defeat
Former journalist Swapan Dasgupta, who quit his Rajya Sabha seat to contest in the Bengal assembly polls as part of the BJP and lost, was renominated on Tuesday to the seat he vacated.
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Centre Vs Arvind Kejriwal Has Trinamool Air Dashing MPs To Delhi
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien said today that his party MPs had "air-dashed" to Delhi to stop the "bulldozing" in parliament of a Bill that aims at giving more power to the Centre over Delhi.
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Trinamool Requests To Delay Delhi Bill Consideration In Rajya Sabha Over Bengal Polls
TMC MP and national spokesperson Derek O'Brien has written to the chairman of the Rajya Sabha to delay the consideration and passing of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill in the view of absence of party members in the Upper House due to the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal.
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BJP Names 157 Candidates For Bengal In Second List, Mukul Roy To Contest
The BJP on Thursday announced the names of 157 candidates for the last four phases of the Bengal polls and among the biggest names to join its battle for the assembly is former Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Mukul Roy who is now contesting Assembly elections from Krishnanagar North in Nadia district.
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Congress MP's Letter To Allies After Support For Trinamool In Bengal
Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP from West Bengal, Pradip Bhattacharya has written to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, asking them not to campaign for the TMC in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.
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Swapan Dasgupta Resigns From Rajya Sabha Amid Row Over His Name For Polls
Columnist Swapan Dasgupta, a BJP candidate for the Bengal election, resigned from the Rajya Sabha today, a day after the Trinamool Congress referred to constitutional rules to say he would be disqualified if he joined a political party.
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"Country Suffering": Opposition Protests Over Fuel Prices In Parliament
The second part of the Budget session of Parliament was off to a stormy start today - the Rajya Sabha was adjourned at 10.02 am, minutes after Question Hour began - as Congress MPs raised slogans demanding a debate over the rise in fuel prices in the past many weeks. The Upper House then got adjourned three more times before calling it a day in the...
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"Betrayed" People Of Bengal, Says Trinamool On Dinesh Trivedi Joining BJP
Slamming its former Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Trivedi for switching over to the BJP, the Trinamool Congress on Saturday said he is "ungrateful" and has backstabbed the ruling party in West Bengal ahead of the assembly polls.
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Actor Mithun Chakraborty Likely To Share Stage With PM Modi Tomorrow
Actor Mithun Chakraborty, Trinamool Congress's former Rajya Sabha member, is likely to share the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow at Kolkata's Brigade Parade Ground. Whether the movie star will campaign for the BJP in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly election is yet unclear as is the possibility of him contesting the polls. Sunday'...
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"Didi Vs All": Sena Says Won't Fight In Bengal, Will Back Mamata Banerjee
The Shiv Sena today declared its backing for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming state Assembly election. Calling her the "real Bengal tigress", the Maharashtra-based party's senior leader and Rajya Sabha member, Sanjay Raut, today said it will not be contesting what appears to be a "Didi Vs All" fight this time. The West Ben...
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50% Of Mamata Banerjee's Nominees For Rajya Sabha Polls Are Women
Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced the names of Arpita Ghosh, Mausam Noor, Dinesh Trivedi and Subrata Bakshi as the party candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls.
