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Manipur Congress Notice To 2 MLAs For Cross-Voting In Rajya Sabha Polls
The Congress in Manipur has issued a show-cause notice to two of its MLAs for allegedly cross-voting in favour of the BJP in last month's Rajya Sabha election that saw the BJP win the state's lone seat in the upper house. The notice was issued to Wangkhei MLA Okram Henry and Sagolband MLA R K Imo Singh.
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Coronavirus Impact On Floor Test? What Kamal Nath Discussed With Governor
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath discussed floor test with Governor Lalji Tandon this morning three days after 22 Congress MLAs resigned, pushing the state government into crisis. The resignations were followed by former union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's high-profile crossover from the Congress to the BJP.
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Congress To Issue Whip To Madhya Pradesh MLAs For Rajya Sabha Polls
The Congress will issue a whip to its 114 MLAs for the March 26 polls to three Rajya Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh, a minister said today, hours after the ruling party accused the BJP of taking some of its MLAs to Haryana in a bid to destabilise the Kamal Nath-led government.
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Setback For Congress, Top Court Rejects Request On Rajya Sabha Bypolls
The Supreme Court today rejected a petition by the Gujarat Congress challenging the Election Commission's decision to hold separate bypolls to two Rajya Sabha seats that fell vacant after BJP's Amit Shah and Smriti Irani moved to the Lok Sabha.
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Top Court Notice To Poll Body On Congress Petition On Rajya Sabha Bypolls
The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Election Commission over a petition by the Congress seeking simultaneous elections to two Rajya Sabha seats that have fallen vacant after the BJP's Amit Shah and Smriti Irani moved to the Lok Sabha.
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Naresh Agrawal "Regrets" Comments On Jaya Bachchan At BJP Debut
Naresh Agrawal, a once-powerful Samajwadi Party leader who joined the BJP on Monday, has expressed "regret" for his comment disparaging actor-politician Jaya Bachchan as someone "who used to dance in films". The comment has deeply embarrassed the BJP, with its leaders including ministers Sushma Swaraj and Smriti Irani condemning it.
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Nomination For Lone Rajya Sabha Seat Begins In Odisha
Nomination for the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha began today with the Election Commission issuing a notification in this regard.
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Haven't Received Any Proposal From BJP For Rajya Sabha Seat: Chandrababu Naidu
Even as notification for the biennial polls to Rajya Sabha is set to be issued tomorrow, Telugu Desam Party is yet to receive any proposal for a seat in Andhra Pradesh from its ally, BJP.
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Congress wins Rajya Sabha seat in Uttarakhand
The Congress government in Uttarakhand today crossed one more hurdle in its bid to consolidate its position by winning the Rajya Sabha seat defeating BJP by 8 votes. Congress nominee Mahendra Singh Mahra, a loyalist of union minister Harish Rawat, got 39 votes and Anil Goyal of BJP bagged 31 votes in the 70-member House, Returning Officer(RO) D P G...
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Anshuman Mishra apologises to BJP leaders
Anshuman Mishra, who had levelled certain allegations against BJP leaders after the party backed out of supporting him for Rajya Sabha seat from Jharkhand, today retracted his comments and apologised to the party leaders. The NRI businessman apologised to L K Advani, M M Joshi, Nitin Gadkari, Yashwant Sinha and Arun Jaitley hours after Mr Jaitley s...
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Manipur Congress Notice To 2 MLAs For Cross-Voting In Rajya Sabha Polls
The Congress in Manipur has issued a show-cause notice to two of its MLAs for allegedly cross-voting in favour of the BJP in last month's Rajya Sabha election that saw the BJP win the state's lone seat in the upper house. The notice was issued to Wangkhei MLA Okram Henry and Sagolband MLA R K Imo Singh.
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Coronavirus Impact On Floor Test? What Kamal Nath Discussed With Governor
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath discussed floor test with Governor Lalji Tandon this morning three days after 22 Congress MLAs resigned, pushing the state government into crisis. The resignations were followed by former union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's high-profile crossover from the Congress to the BJP.
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Congress To Issue Whip To Madhya Pradesh MLAs For Rajya Sabha Polls
The Congress will issue a whip to its 114 MLAs for the March 26 polls to three Rajya Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh, a minister said today, hours after the ruling party accused the BJP of taking some of its MLAs to Haryana in a bid to destabilise the Kamal Nath-led government.
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Setback For Congress, Top Court Rejects Request On Rajya Sabha Bypolls
The Supreme Court today rejected a petition by the Gujarat Congress challenging the Election Commission's decision to hold separate bypolls to two Rajya Sabha seats that fell vacant after BJP's Amit Shah and Smriti Irani moved to the Lok Sabha.
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Top Court Notice To Poll Body On Congress Petition On Rajya Sabha Bypolls
The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Election Commission over a petition by the Congress seeking simultaneous elections to two Rajya Sabha seats that have fallen vacant after the BJP's Amit Shah and Smriti Irani moved to the Lok Sabha.
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Naresh Agrawal "Regrets" Comments On Jaya Bachchan At BJP Debut
Naresh Agrawal, a once-powerful Samajwadi Party leader who joined the BJP on Monday, has expressed "regret" for his comment disparaging actor-politician Jaya Bachchan as someone "who used to dance in films". The comment has deeply embarrassed the BJP, with its leaders including ministers Sushma Swaraj and Smriti Irani condemning it.
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Nomination For Lone Rajya Sabha Seat Begins In Odisha
Nomination for the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha began today with the Election Commission issuing a notification in this regard.
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Haven't Received Any Proposal From BJP For Rajya Sabha Seat: Chandrababu Naidu
Even as notification for the biennial polls to Rajya Sabha is set to be issued tomorrow, Telugu Desam Party is yet to receive any proposal for a seat in Andhra Pradesh from its ally, BJP.
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Congress wins Rajya Sabha seat in Uttarakhand
The Congress government in Uttarakhand today crossed one more hurdle in its bid to consolidate its position by winning the Rajya Sabha seat defeating BJP by 8 votes. Congress nominee Mahendra Singh Mahra, a loyalist of union minister Harish Rawat, got 39 votes and Anil Goyal of BJP bagged 31 votes in the 70-member House, Returning Officer(RO) D P G...
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Anshuman Mishra apologises to BJP leaders
Anshuman Mishra, who had levelled certain allegations against BJP leaders after the party backed out of supporting him for Rajya Sabha seat from Jharkhand, today retracted his comments and apologised to the party leaders. The NRI businessman apologised to L K Advani, M M Joshi, Nitin Gadkari, Yashwant Sinha and Arun Jaitley hours after Mr Jaitley s...
