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Video: Congress Office In Ahmedabad Vandalised By Its Workers. Here's Why
Not just the BJP, the Congress too is facing heat (and protests) from partymen-turned rebels in Gujarat with elections just two weeks away.
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Congress Suspends 5 Gujarat Rebel MLAs, Flies Out 22 For Safe-Keeping
The Congress on Monday suspended five MLAs who have quit the Gujarat assembly just days before the Rajya Sabha elections, leaving the party in danger of losing one of its sure-shot seats in the house dominated by the opposition.
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5 Congress Rebels Lose, 2 Win On BJP Tickets In Gujarat Elections
It may have ended up as the runner-up in Gujarat polls won by the BJP, but the Congress exacted sweet revenge of sorts with five out of the seven defectors who contested on the saffron party's ticket losing.
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"Practice Democracy In Your Own Home," PM Modi Tells Congress: 10 Points
Boosted by the BJP victory in the civic polls in Uttar Pradesh and the upturn in the nation's economic growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today suggested a repeat in assembly polls in Gujarat where his party, the BJP, has ruled for 22 straight years. "We saw what happened there in the local elections. Congress was wiped out. UP knows the Congress...
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Gujarat Congress Seeks Disqualification Of 14 Rebel Ex-Lawmaker
The Congress on Wednesday approached the Gujarat Assembly Speaker, seeking disqualification of rebel leader Shankersinh Vaghela and 13 other former MLAs from contesting election for six years for violation of anti-defection law.
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Gujarat High Court Notices To Election Commission, Ahmed Patel Over Rajya Sabha Poll
The Gujarat High Court today issued notices to the Election Commission or EC and Congress leader Ahmed Patel on a petition filed by BJP candidate Balwantsinh Rajput challenging the poll body's decision to invalidate the votes of two rebel Congress MLAs in Rajya Sabha polls.
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BJP Candidate Challenges Ahmed Patel's Rajya Sabha Election In Court
Balwantsinh Rajput, the BJP candidate who lost to Congress leader Ahmed Patel in the Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections earlier this month, has challenged the Election Commission's decision to invalidate the votes of two rebel Congress MLAs who had voted for him. The decision helped Ahmed Patel scrape through; he won exactly the number of votes he neede...
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10-Point Guide To Ahmed Patel's Close Shave In Gujarat
Congress leader Ahmed Patel snatched a late night victory in the Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections after the Election Commission rejected the votes of two Congress rebel legislators. Mr Patel won by the skin of his teeth. He needed 44 votes to win and he got 44, returning to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat for a fifth term in a bitterly fought election th...
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How 2 Invalid Congress Votes Helped Ahmed Patel Retain Rajya Sabha Seat
Surviving cross-voting and defections in his party, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel retained his Rajya Sabha seat from Gujarat in a nail-biting election on Tuesday. The Congress leader, who announced his victory on Twitter with 'Satyamev Jayate' (Truth shall prevail), was congratulated by his party immediately, which after a long time, finally h...
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Gujarat Battle Shifted To Delhi, Delaying Counting Of Votes By Over 6 Hrs
The counting for elections for three Gujarat Rajya Sabha started in Gandhinagar after the Election Commission accepted the Congress petition that votes cast by its two rebel lawmakers should be cancelled because they had shown their ballot paper to the BJP chief Amit Shah.
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Congress Express Delivers 40 Gujarat Lawmakers To Bengaluru Resort: 10 Points
The Congress has sequestered 40 of its legislators from Gujarat in faraway Bengaluru as it tries to prevent more defections ahead of crucial elections in which Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, is seeking to return to the Rajya Sabha. Six Congress legislators, all loyal to veteran politician Shankersinh Vaghela, h...
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Video: Congress Office In Ahmedabad Vandalised By Its Workers. Here's Why
Not just the BJP, the Congress too is facing heat (and protests) from partymen-turned rebels in Gujarat with elections just two weeks away.
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Congress Suspends 5 Gujarat Rebel MLAs, Flies Out 22 For Safe-Keeping
The Congress on Monday suspended five MLAs who have quit the Gujarat assembly just days before the Rajya Sabha elections, leaving the party in danger of losing one of its sure-shot seats in the house dominated by the opposition.
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5 Congress Rebels Lose, 2 Win On BJP Tickets In Gujarat Elections
It may have ended up as the runner-up in Gujarat polls won by the BJP, but the Congress exacted sweet revenge of sorts with five out of the seven defectors who contested on the saffron party's ticket losing.
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"Practice Democracy In Your Own Home," PM Modi Tells Congress: 10 Points
Boosted by the BJP victory in the civic polls in Uttar Pradesh and the upturn in the nation's economic growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today suggested a repeat in assembly polls in Gujarat where his party, the BJP, has ruled for 22 straight years. "We saw what happened there in the local elections. Congress was wiped out. UP knows the Congress...
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Gujarat Congress Seeks Disqualification Of 14 Rebel Ex-Lawmaker
The Congress on Wednesday approached the Gujarat Assembly Speaker, seeking disqualification of rebel leader Shankersinh Vaghela and 13 other former MLAs from contesting election for six years for violation of anti-defection law.
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Gujarat High Court Notices To Election Commission, Ahmed Patel Over Rajya Sabha Poll
The Gujarat High Court today issued notices to the Election Commission or EC and Congress leader Ahmed Patel on a petition filed by BJP candidate Balwantsinh Rajput challenging the poll body's decision to invalidate the votes of two rebel Congress MLAs in Rajya Sabha polls.
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BJP Candidate Challenges Ahmed Patel's Rajya Sabha Election In Court
Balwantsinh Rajput, the BJP candidate who lost to Congress leader Ahmed Patel in the Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections earlier this month, has challenged the Election Commission's decision to invalidate the votes of two rebel Congress MLAs who had voted for him. The decision helped Ahmed Patel scrape through; he won exactly the number of votes he neede...
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10-Point Guide To Ahmed Patel's Close Shave In Gujarat
Congress leader Ahmed Patel snatched a late night victory in the Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections after the Election Commission rejected the votes of two Congress rebel legislators. Mr Patel won by the skin of his teeth. He needed 44 votes to win and he got 44, returning to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat for a fifth term in a bitterly fought election th...
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How 2 Invalid Congress Votes Helped Ahmed Patel Retain Rajya Sabha Seat
Surviving cross-voting and defections in his party, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel retained his Rajya Sabha seat from Gujarat in a nail-biting election on Tuesday. The Congress leader, who announced his victory on Twitter with 'Satyamev Jayate' (Truth shall prevail), was congratulated by his party immediately, which after a long time, finally h...
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Gujarat Battle Shifted To Delhi, Delaying Counting Of Votes By Over 6 Hrs
The counting for elections for three Gujarat Rajya Sabha started in Gandhinagar after the Election Commission accepted the Congress petition that votes cast by its two rebel lawmakers should be cancelled because they had shown their ballot paper to the BJP chief Amit Shah.
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Congress Express Delivers 40 Gujarat Lawmakers To Bengaluru Resort: 10 Points
The Congress has sequestered 40 of its legislators from Gujarat in faraway Bengaluru as it tries to prevent more defections ahead of crucial elections in which Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, is seeking to return to the Rajya Sabha. Six Congress legislators, all loyal to veteran politician Shankersinh Vaghela, h...
