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"BJP B-Team" Or A Party Of Rejects? JD(U) A Surprise Package In Manipur
Manipur Elections 2022: The Bihar Chief Minister's party is contesting mostly BJP rebels, along with two former Congress leaders and one Independent candidate who had won in the 2017 elections.
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Manipur Elections: Regional Party Alleges Threats From Militants, Points Finger At BJP
The NPP is contesting from 42 out of 60 assembly seats this time. In 2017, it had contested nine seats, won four of them and emerged as kingmaker.
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Manipur High Court Cancels Election Of Congress MLA Who Joined BJP
The Manipur High Court on Thursday cancelled the election of MLA Okram Henry Singh who was elected from Wangkhei assembly constituency in the 2017 Manipur assembly polls.
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Blog: BJP Has Won Uttar Pradesh, But Is Short Of Options For Chief Minister
The BJP moved with tyre-burning speed to clinch numbers and power in Goa and Manipur, where the verdict wasn't purely in its favour. One Chief Minister has already won a trust vote, another will get there soon.
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N Biren Singh, Ex Footballer, Is BJP's First Chief Minister In Manipur: 10 Points
Former footballer Nongthombam Biren Singh took oath today as Manipur Chief Minister along with eight members of his new cabinet, as the BJP takes charge of another state in the north-east. Like in Goa, the BJP has been generous with ministerial posts for the allies that has helped it reach a majority in the state. Y Joykumar Singh of the National P...
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In Manipur, Good News For BJP Likely Tomorrow, Say Raj Bhavan Sources
The BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate Nongthombam Biren Singh today reiterated his party's claim that they has the numbers to form government. While the party is yet to be formally invited by Governor Najma Heptullah to form government, Raj Bhavan sources have expressed hope that it could be done by tomorrow.
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Opinion: Professional, Hungry BJP Outwits Congress Completely
What was the Congress thinking? That state governors are still 10 Janpath appointees instead of coming from Nagpur and Ashoka Road? It still has the entitled lethargy it displayed in government, and none of the hunger that a party that has practically no governments to its name should display.
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'BJP Stealing Elections In Goa, Manipur,' Says Congress' P Chidambaram
As the BJP is claiming to form government in two states - Goa and Manipur - where it stood second to the Congress, former finance minister and the senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said, the "BJP stealing elections in Goa, Manipur".
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Congress Asks Why Is BJP Invited To Form Government In Goa
The Congress has objected to the BJP being invited to take charge of Goa. In a letter to the Governor, the Congress said despite emerging as the single-largest party after assembly elections results were declared on Saturday, the governor had invited the BJP to form the government - a move "not constitutionally permissible". Preempting a similar an...
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In Manipur, Small Parties Hold The Key To Government Formation
The National People's Party (NPP), a regional party founded by former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma will get to play king maker after the Congress and the BJP failed to get a majority in the Manipur assembly elections, results of which were announced yesterday. Largest party, the Congress, has 28 seats, three short of the 31 needed to form government...
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Manipur Election Results 2017: Congress Ahead In Split Verdict, Still It Is Advantage BJP
Strife-torn Manipur today delivered a split verdict today -- which while appearing to favour the Congress, has placed the BJP in a stronger position.
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With 90 Votes After 16-Year Struggle, Irom Sharmila Bows Out Of Politics
Hours after Thoubal handed her just 90 votes, Manipur's Iron Lady Irom Sharmila - who conducted a 16-year hunger strike demanding the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act or AFSPA --- said she would quit active politics and travel south to "calm" her mind. Barely 24 hours ago, the feisty activist had said she would "try again" in the n...
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Manipur Election Results 2017: Activist Irom Sharmila Got Only 90 Votes, Twitter Is Shocked
Manipur handed its 'Iron Lady' a humiliating defeat at the polls today. Irom Sharmila, who took on Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh in his stronghold of Thoubal, lost with a record margin. She got only 90 votes. Twitter was quick to comment on her stunning loss - some attributing it to Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, who publicly supported h...
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Manipur Election Results 2017: Thoubal Gave Only 90 Votes To Irom Sharmila
Manipur is not happy with Irom Sharmila. The 'Iron Lady' who had taken on Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, has lost with a record margin, polling only 90 votes. The three-time Chief Minister won comfortable with 10,740 votes. Ms Sharmila's chance of securing a seat in the 70-member assembly now rests on Khurai, the other seat from where she is con...
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Goa Election Results 2017: Early Days, But Congress In The Lead
Goa Election Results 2017: The Congress, which is set to lose heavily in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarkhand as per early trends, will have some consolation -- leads in Goa and Manipur, besides the big victory in Punjab. The party is ahead in 11 seats, the state's ruling BJP is ahead in 8 showed trends at 10:30 am. The situation, though, could change sinc...
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"BJP B-Team" Or A Party Of Rejects? JD(U) A Surprise Package In Manipur
Manipur Elections 2022: The Bihar Chief Minister's party is contesting mostly BJP rebels, along with two former Congress leaders and one Independent candidate who had won in the 2017 elections.
-
Manipur Elections: Regional Party Alleges Threats From Militants, Points Finger At BJP
The NPP is contesting from 42 out of 60 assembly seats this time. In 2017, it had contested nine seats, won four of them and emerged as kingmaker.
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Manipur High Court Cancels Election Of Congress MLA Who Joined BJP
The Manipur High Court on Thursday cancelled the election of MLA Okram Henry Singh who was elected from Wangkhei assembly constituency in the 2017 Manipur assembly polls.
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Blog: BJP Has Won Uttar Pradesh, But Is Short Of Options For Chief Minister
The BJP moved with tyre-burning speed to clinch numbers and power in Goa and Manipur, where the verdict wasn't purely in its favour. One Chief Minister has already won a trust vote, another will get there soon.
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N Biren Singh, Ex Footballer, Is BJP's First Chief Minister In Manipur: 10 Points
Former footballer Nongthombam Biren Singh took oath today as Manipur Chief Minister along with eight members of his new cabinet, as the BJP takes charge of another state in the north-east. Like in Goa, the BJP has been generous with ministerial posts for the allies that has helped it reach a majority in the state. Y Joykumar Singh of the National P...
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In Manipur, Good News For BJP Likely Tomorrow, Say Raj Bhavan Sources
The BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate Nongthombam Biren Singh today reiterated his party's claim that they has the numbers to form government. While the party is yet to be formally invited by Governor Najma Heptullah to form government, Raj Bhavan sources have expressed hope that it could be done by tomorrow.
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Opinion: Professional, Hungry BJP Outwits Congress Completely
What was the Congress thinking? That state governors are still 10 Janpath appointees instead of coming from Nagpur and Ashoka Road? It still has the entitled lethargy it displayed in government, and none of the hunger that a party that has practically no governments to its name should display.
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'BJP Stealing Elections In Goa, Manipur,' Says Congress' P Chidambaram
As the BJP is claiming to form government in two states - Goa and Manipur - where it stood second to the Congress, former finance minister and the senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said, the "BJP stealing elections in Goa, Manipur".
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Congress Asks Why Is BJP Invited To Form Government In Goa
The Congress has objected to the BJP being invited to take charge of Goa. In a letter to the Governor, the Congress said despite emerging as the single-largest party after assembly elections results were declared on Saturday, the governor had invited the BJP to form the government - a move "not constitutionally permissible". Preempting a similar an...
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In Manipur, Small Parties Hold The Key To Government Formation
The National People's Party (NPP), a regional party founded by former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma will get to play king maker after the Congress and the BJP failed to get a majority in the Manipur assembly elections, results of which were announced yesterday. Largest party, the Congress, has 28 seats, three short of the 31 needed to form government...
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Manipur Election Results 2017: Congress Ahead In Split Verdict, Still It Is Advantage BJP
Strife-torn Manipur today delivered a split verdict today -- which while appearing to favour the Congress, has placed the BJP in a stronger position.
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With 90 Votes After 16-Year Struggle, Irom Sharmila Bows Out Of Politics
Hours after Thoubal handed her just 90 votes, Manipur's Iron Lady Irom Sharmila - who conducted a 16-year hunger strike demanding the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act or AFSPA --- said she would quit active politics and travel south to "calm" her mind. Barely 24 hours ago, the feisty activist had said she would "try again" in the n...
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Manipur Election Results 2017: Activist Irom Sharmila Got Only 90 Votes, Twitter Is Shocked
Manipur handed its 'Iron Lady' a humiliating defeat at the polls today. Irom Sharmila, who took on Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh in his stronghold of Thoubal, lost with a record margin. She got only 90 votes. Twitter was quick to comment on her stunning loss - some attributing it to Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, who publicly supported h...
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Manipur Election Results 2017: Thoubal Gave Only 90 Votes To Irom Sharmila
Manipur is not happy with Irom Sharmila. The 'Iron Lady' who had taken on Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, has lost with a record margin, polling only 90 votes. The three-time Chief Minister won comfortable with 10,740 votes. Ms Sharmila's chance of securing a seat in the 70-member assembly now rests on Khurai, the other seat from where she is con...
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Goa Election Results 2017: Early Days, But Congress In The Lead
Goa Election Results 2017: The Congress, which is set to lose heavily in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarkhand as per early trends, will have some consolation -- leads in Goa and Manipur, besides the big victory in Punjab. The party is ahead in 11 seats, the state's ruling BJP is ahead in 8 showed trends at 10:30 am. The situation, though, could change sinc...
