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In Boost For BJP, 2 Independent MLAs Join Party After Haryana Results
Three Independent Haryana MLAs, including India's richest woman Savitri Jindal, are likely to extend support to the BJP government in the state.
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Disqualified Congress MLAs, Independents In Himachal May Join BJP: Report
Several former MLAs of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly are expected to join the BJP and contest the upcoming bypolls on its ticket, sources told Press Trust of India today, as the political crisis plaguing the state continues to rumble.
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Goa Forward Party, Former Key BJP Ally, To Join Congress In State Polls
Vijay Sardesai was accompanied by his party colleague Vinod Palyekar, and independent MLA Prasad Shashikant Gaonkar. GFP has three MLAs in the 40-member state assembly.
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Independent Karnataka MLA Sharath Bachegowda, Son Of BJP MP, To Join Congress
Independent MLA and BJP MP BN Bache Gowda's son Sharath Bachegowda on Thursday said he would join the Congress party sometime in February.
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Opinion: Scindia's Acquisition A Huge Step Forward For 'Moditva'
He did learn from his father's mistakes, the failed attempt to launch a third party in the bipolar polity of Madhya Pradesh in 1996, and probably this is reflected in his choice to join the BJP instead of launching an independent outfit like some expected.
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Karnataka Coalition Fights To Survive, Rebels Move From Mumbai To Goa
Karnataka's year-old Congress-Janata Dal coalition government is on life support after yet another Independent lawmaker quit and pledged support to the BJP, taking the total number of resignations since last week to 15. Thirteen of them belong to the ruling Congress and the Janata Dal Secular. Earlier on Monday, another Independent, made minister a...
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Actor Prakash Raj On Why He Is Contesting As Independent From Bengaluru Central
Why does a successful actor decide to get into the unpredictable world of electoral politics, that too, not by joining an existing party but by striking out alone as an independent? When asked this, Prakash Raj, multi lingual actor and independent candidate from Bengaluru Central, said, "I think, I believe, I can feel the disillusionment of the peo...
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Congress-JDS Beat Us Again, Cedes BJP On Karnataka Urban Polls: 10 Facts
The Congress and alliance partner Janata Dal Secular have together outstripped the BJP in the elections for Karnataka's urban local bodies -- seen as a test for the coalition government formed in May. Of the 2,709 seats countng is over in 2670 seats. The Congress won 988 seats, the BJP 929, the Janata Dal Secular has won 375 seats and Independents ...
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Independent Rajya Sabha Lawmaker Rajeev Chandrasekhar Joins BJP
Independent Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar today joined the BJP, a day after being made the party's Rajya Sabha candidate for the biennial election to the upper house from Karnataka.
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"Will Become Voice Of Voiceless:" Jignesh Mevani After Gujarat Results
Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani, one-third of a troika that challenged the ruling BJP in Gujarat, on Monday ruled out joining any political party after winning his debut election as an independent candidate with Congress support. Calling himself "younger than Prime Minister Narendra Modi", the 37-year-old lawyer-activist said the Gujarat polls would ...
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Proof Tax Officials Are Independent: BJP After Raids On SM Krishna's Kin
Around 25 properties belonging to VG Siddhartha, the son-in-law of former Union minister SM Krishna and the chief of the Cafe Coffee Day chain, were raided by Income Tax officials this morning - an action the BJP claims proves the department is functioning independently. Mr Krishna, who was Karnataka Chief Minister, Union minister and Governor, had...
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Congress Legislators Are Messaging Me, Manohar Parrikar Tells NDTV
Confident of the coalition in Goa with the support of three regional parties and independent candidates, BJP leader and Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar hinted in an exclusive interview to NDTV that Congress legislators in the state might cross-over to BJP soon. Mr Parrikar said that he has received messages from Congress legislators who want to swi...
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Navjot Singh Sidhu Has An Independence Day Date With AAP
Navjot Singh Sidhu will join the Aam Aadmi Party on August 15, Independence Day, chosen to celebrate the Punjab politician's "freedom from the BJP," AAP sources have told NDTV.
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Cricket Association of Bihar Secretary Aditya Verma joins BJP
Adity Verma made waves by taking the BCCI to court seeking an independent probe into the IPL spot-fixing scandal. The Supreme Court constituted the Justice Mudgal committee to investigate the matter while asking Srinivasan to step aside as BCCI president till the probe was completed.
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In Boost For BJP, 2 Independent MLAs Join Party After Haryana Results
Three Independent Haryana MLAs, including India's richest woman Savitri Jindal, are likely to extend support to the BJP government in the state.
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Disqualified Congress MLAs, Independents In Himachal May Join BJP: Report
Several former MLAs of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly are expected to join the BJP and contest the upcoming bypolls on its ticket, sources told Press Trust of India today, as the political crisis plaguing the state continues to rumble.
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Goa Forward Party, Former Key BJP Ally, To Join Congress In State Polls
Vijay Sardesai was accompanied by his party colleague Vinod Palyekar, and independent MLA Prasad Shashikant Gaonkar. GFP has three MLAs in the 40-member state assembly.
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Independent Karnataka MLA Sharath Bachegowda, Son Of BJP MP, To Join Congress
Independent MLA and BJP MP BN Bache Gowda's son Sharath Bachegowda on Thursday said he would join the Congress party sometime in February.
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Opinion: Scindia's Acquisition A Huge Step Forward For 'Moditva'
He did learn from his father's mistakes, the failed attempt to launch a third party in the bipolar polity of Madhya Pradesh in 1996, and probably this is reflected in his choice to join the BJP instead of launching an independent outfit like some expected.
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Karnataka Coalition Fights To Survive, Rebels Move From Mumbai To Goa
Karnataka's year-old Congress-Janata Dal coalition government is on life support after yet another Independent lawmaker quit and pledged support to the BJP, taking the total number of resignations since last week to 15. Thirteen of them belong to the ruling Congress and the Janata Dal Secular. Earlier on Monday, another Independent, made minister a...
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Actor Prakash Raj On Why He Is Contesting As Independent From Bengaluru Central
Why does a successful actor decide to get into the unpredictable world of electoral politics, that too, not by joining an existing party but by striking out alone as an independent? When asked this, Prakash Raj, multi lingual actor and independent candidate from Bengaluru Central, said, "I think, I believe, I can feel the disillusionment of the peo...
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Congress-JDS Beat Us Again, Cedes BJP On Karnataka Urban Polls: 10 Facts
The Congress and alliance partner Janata Dal Secular have together outstripped the BJP in the elections for Karnataka's urban local bodies -- seen as a test for the coalition government formed in May. Of the 2,709 seats countng is over in 2670 seats. The Congress won 988 seats, the BJP 929, the Janata Dal Secular has won 375 seats and Independents ...
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Independent Rajya Sabha Lawmaker Rajeev Chandrasekhar Joins BJP
Independent Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar today joined the BJP, a day after being made the party's Rajya Sabha candidate for the biennial election to the upper house from Karnataka.
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"Will Become Voice Of Voiceless:" Jignesh Mevani After Gujarat Results
Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani, one-third of a troika that challenged the ruling BJP in Gujarat, on Monday ruled out joining any political party after winning his debut election as an independent candidate with Congress support. Calling himself "younger than Prime Minister Narendra Modi", the 37-year-old lawyer-activist said the Gujarat polls would ...
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Proof Tax Officials Are Independent: BJP After Raids On SM Krishna's Kin
Around 25 properties belonging to VG Siddhartha, the son-in-law of former Union minister SM Krishna and the chief of the Cafe Coffee Day chain, were raided by Income Tax officials this morning - an action the BJP claims proves the department is functioning independently. Mr Krishna, who was Karnataka Chief Minister, Union minister and Governor, had...
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Congress Legislators Are Messaging Me, Manohar Parrikar Tells NDTV
Confident of the coalition in Goa with the support of three regional parties and independent candidates, BJP leader and Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar hinted in an exclusive interview to NDTV that Congress legislators in the state might cross-over to BJP soon. Mr Parrikar said that he has received messages from Congress legislators who want to swi...
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Navjot Singh Sidhu Has An Independence Day Date With AAP
Navjot Singh Sidhu will join the Aam Aadmi Party on August 15, Independence Day, chosen to celebrate the Punjab politician's "freedom from the BJP," AAP sources have told NDTV.
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Cricket Association of Bihar Secretary Aditya Verma joins BJP
Adity Verma made waves by taking the BCCI to court seeking an independent probe into the IPL spot-fixing scandal. The Supreme Court constituted the Justice Mudgal committee to investigate the matter while asking Srinivasan to step aside as BCCI president till the probe was completed.
