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BJP's Assam Lawmaker To Announce New Party After Ticket Denial
Sitting BJP lawmaker from Assam's Tezpur, Ram Prasad Sarmah, who has been dropped for the 2019 polls, on Saturday said that he will float a new party which will bring in all the old and "neglected" BJP leaders.
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May Return To Party If PM Modi "Requests": Assam Lawmaker Who Quit BJP
A day after resigning from the BJP, Lok Sabha MP Ram Prasad Sarmah Sunday said he may return to the party and contest the Lok Sabha polls if Prime Minister Narendra Modi "requests" him.
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BJP Leader Ram Prasad Sarmah Quits Party Over Denial Of Ticket
In a jolt to the BJP in Assam, its sitting MP from Tezpur Ram Prasad Sarmah Saturday announced that he quit the saffron fold and alleged neglect of old workers by "new intruders in the party"
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BJP In Assam Calls Emergency Meet On 'Mr 10%' Controversy
The BJP in Assam is holding an emergency meeting on Saturday to discuss the claim aired by a party MP of ministers demanding kickbacks for contracts.
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This Lawmaker Rode A Horse To Parliament To Protest Odd-Even Rule
To register his protest against the Delhi government's odd-even rules for cars, BJP lawmaker Ram Prasad Sarmah today chose to ride a horse to Parliament.
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'Don't Subscribe to Their Remarks,' Says Health Minister on BJP Lawmakers' Controversial Stand on Tobacco
As a string of comments from BJP parliamentarians over the use of tobacco snowballed into a major embarrassment, Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Friday said the government did not "subscribe" to their remarks that suggested "nil" effect of smoking.
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More BJP Lawmakers Defend Tobacco, Former Health Minister A Ramadoss Says They Have 'Low Acumen'
Another BJP parliamentarian joined the "smoking is not dangerous" brigade on Friday. "I knew two elderly people. They used to smoke 60 cigarettes per day and also drink a bottle of alcohol daily," he said, "but one died at the age of 86, the other is still alive. So whether smoking is cancerous or not is debatable," said Ram Prasad Sarmah, the BJP ...
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'60 Cigarettes a Day Didn't Kill Someone I Know': Another BJP Lawmaker Defends Tobacco
BJP parliamentarian from Assam says that anyone who believes that smoking causes cancer should consider this - "I know two elderly people who drank a bottle of alcohol and smoked 60 cigarettes every day. One is still alive, the other died at 86."
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Lottery king, Assam's richest candidate, tries his luck again
Entry of lottery baron Moni Kumar Subba, who is facing murder and rape cases, into the fray as an Independent is likely to make the contest in Tezpur an interesting one with the three-time former Congress MP banking on support of main opposition party AIUDF and the Nepali community to see him through.
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BJP's Assam Lawmaker To Announce New Party After Ticket Denial
Sitting BJP lawmaker from Assam's Tezpur, Ram Prasad Sarmah, who has been dropped for the 2019 polls, on Saturday said that he will float a new party which will bring in all the old and "neglected" BJP leaders.
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May Return To Party If PM Modi "Requests": Assam Lawmaker Who Quit BJP
A day after resigning from the BJP, Lok Sabha MP Ram Prasad Sarmah Sunday said he may return to the party and contest the Lok Sabha polls if Prime Minister Narendra Modi "requests" him.
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BJP Leader Ram Prasad Sarmah Quits Party Over Denial Of Ticket
In a jolt to the BJP in Assam, its sitting MP from Tezpur Ram Prasad Sarmah Saturday announced that he quit the saffron fold and alleged neglect of old workers by "new intruders in the party"
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BJP In Assam Calls Emergency Meet On 'Mr 10%' Controversy
The BJP in Assam is holding an emergency meeting on Saturday to discuss the claim aired by a party MP of ministers demanding kickbacks for contracts.
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This Lawmaker Rode A Horse To Parliament To Protest Odd-Even Rule
To register his protest against the Delhi government's odd-even rules for cars, BJP lawmaker Ram Prasad Sarmah today chose to ride a horse to Parliament.
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'Don't Subscribe to Their Remarks,' Says Health Minister on BJP Lawmakers' Controversial Stand on Tobacco
As a string of comments from BJP parliamentarians over the use of tobacco snowballed into a major embarrassment, Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Friday said the government did not "subscribe" to their remarks that suggested "nil" effect of smoking.
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More BJP Lawmakers Defend Tobacco, Former Health Minister A Ramadoss Says They Have 'Low Acumen'
Another BJP parliamentarian joined the "smoking is not dangerous" brigade on Friday. "I knew two elderly people. They used to smoke 60 cigarettes per day and also drink a bottle of alcohol daily," he said, "but one died at the age of 86, the other is still alive. So whether smoking is cancerous or not is debatable," said Ram Prasad Sarmah, the BJP ...
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'60 Cigarettes a Day Didn't Kill Someone I Know': Another BJP Lawmaker Defends Tobacco
BJP parliamentarian from Assam says that anyone who believes that smoking causes cancer should consider this - "I know two elderly people who drank a bottle of alcohol and smoked 60 cigarettes every day. One is still alive, the other died at 86."
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Lottery king, Assam's richest candidate, tries his luck again
Entry of lottery baron Moni Kumar Subba, who is facing murder and rape cases, into the fray as an Independent is likely to make the contest in Tezpur an interesting one with the three-time former Congress MP banking on support of main opposition party AIUDF and the Nepali community to see him through.
