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Live Updates: Day After Poll Drubbing, Congress UP, Odisha Chiefs Resign From Party Posts
In the wake of the Congress' poor performance in the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, state party president Raj Babbar has sent his resignation to Rahul Gandhi. Mr Babbar has taken responsibility for the party's drubbing in the state.
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Election Results 2019: Congress Resignations Fly. The 52-Seat Question: Is Rahul Gandhi Next?
Election results 2019: A day after the Congress's second straight defeat in the national election, resignations were flying. Three state chiefs including Raj Babbar, the Congress's Uttar Pradesh president, sent their resignations to their boss Rahul Gandhi on Friday over the party's abysmal performance.
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Congress Names 35 More Candidates, Raj Babbar Gets Fatehpur Sikri
The Congress on Friday released the seventh list of its 35 candidates for the April-May Lok Sabha election and shifted Uttar Pradesh state unit chief Raj Babbar from Moradabad to Fatehpur Sikri, the party said in a statement.
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Raj Babbar On Reports Of Quitting As UP Congress Boss: "New Arrangements"
Amid reports that he had quit as Congress chief in Uttar Pradesh, actor-politician Raj Babbar today said "new arrangements" were being worked out in the party for the 2019 national election. Raj Babbar's reported exit comes after the Congress's miserable performance in the UP bypolls, with both its candidates failing to even retain their deposit
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GST Will Not Exceed 18% Once Rahul Gandhi Becomes PM: Raj Babbar
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar has said that the Goods and Services Tax or GST would be reviewed once party vice-president Rahul Gandhi becomes the prime minister and that it would not exceed 18 per cent.
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Fashionable To Bash Rahul Gandhi, Says Congress, Raj Babbar Offers To Go
Raj Babbar the Congress' Uttar Pradesh chief has offered to resign after the party's disastrous performance in the assembly elections, results which were announced over the weekend. The Congress has won seven of UP's 403 seats, described by party vice president Rahul Gandhi as "a little down."
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Congress Doesn't Deserve More Seats, Says Samajwadi Party
Proof that a day or two is an eternity in politics: till 48 hours ago, top Congress leaders and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav both proclaimed that a partnership for Uttar Pradesh was confirmed and minor fixes remained. A case of Really, Not Really, as it turns out. Today, Samajwadi Party lawmaker Naresh Agarwal said in Delhi, "The tal...
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'Don't Know If Alliance On,' Says Congress After Samajwadi Googly
Hours before a formal announcement was expected, an alliance appeared untenable on Friday after the Samajwadi Party named candidates for seven Uttar Pradesh seats that the Congress currently holds and a senior leader of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's party said that it could offer its potential partner only 80 to 85 of UP's 403 assembly seats.
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Congress Rules Out Tie Up With Samajwadi Party For UP Assembly Polls
Amidst indications that Samajwadi Party leader and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is warming up to the idea of an alliance with the Congress, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee President Raj Babbar today said his party will contest alone in the state and described such talks as "hypothetical".
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Congress To Put Sheila Dikshit On A Bus, Wants Sonia Gandhi In Varanasi
As Congress launches its campaign for Uttar Pradesh today, Sheila Dikshit, the party's 78-year-old chief ministerial candidate will board a bus along with Raj Babbar, the actor-turned-politician who's been named the head of the party in the state, for a 600-kilometre drive to Kanpur.
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New Congress Team Gears Up For Do-Or-Die Battle In Uttar Pradesh Polls
Congress' newly-elected office-bearers of Uttar Pradesh unit on Sunday assumed charge in the presence of party's chief ministerial face Shiela Dikshit, hoping to swing fortune its way in the 2017 Assembly elections, being billed as a 'do-or-die' battle for the party.
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Raj Babbar To Take Over As Congress Uttar Pradesh Chief On Sunday
Newly-appointed chief of Uttar Pradesh Congress Raj Babbar is set to take over his new assignment on Sunday in Lucknow.
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Congress Picks For UP: Sheila Dikshit, 78, Babbar, 64, Sanjay Singh, 64
In cinching its team for the crucial Uttar Pradesh election, the Congress has exhibited no tilt towards new or young leaders, a strategy the party said it intended to embrace after being whited-out in a range of states.
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Sheila Dikshit's Experience To Be Hard-Sold By Congress To Uttar Pradesh
At 78, Sheila Dikshit has been announced by her party as its Chief Ministerial candidate for Uttar Pradesh. "This is a big responsibility," said Ms Dikshit, professing she "is confident of a good show".
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Ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections, BJP Rejigs State Team
On a day Congress announced its new chief in Uttar Pradesh - Raj Babbar - the BJP also went for some changes in its line-up in the state, where assembly elections will be held next year.
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Live Updates: Day After Poll Drubbing, Congress UP, Odisha Chiefs Resign From Party Posts
In the wake of the Congress' poor performance in the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, state party president Raj Babbar has sent his resignation to Rahul Gandhi. Mr Babbar has taken responsibility for the party's drubbing in the state.
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Election Results 2019: Congress Resignations Fly. The 52-Seat Question: Is Rahul Gandhi Next?
Election results 2019: A day after the Congress's second straight defeat in the national election, resignations were flying. Three state chiefs including Raj Babbar, the Congress's Uttar Pradesh president, sent their resignations to their boss Rahul Gandhi on Friday over the party's abysmal performance.
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Congress Names 35 More Candidates, Raj Babbar Gets Fatehpur Sikri
The Congress on Friday released the seventh list of its 35 candidates for the April-May Lok Sabha election and shifted Uttar Pradesh state unit chief Raj Babbar from Moradabad to Fatehpur Sikri, the party said in a statement.
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Raj Babbar On Reports Of Quitting As UP Congress Boss: "New Arrangements"
Amid reports that he had quit as Congress chief in Uttar Pradesh, actor-politician Raj Babbar today said "new arrangements" were being worked out in the party for the 2019 national election. Raj Babbar's reported exit comes after the Congress's miserable performance in the UP bypolls, with both its candidates failing to even retain their deposit
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GST Will Not Exceed 18% Once Rahul Gandhi Becomes PM: Raj Babbar
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar has said that the Goods and Services Tax or GST would be reviewed once party vice-president Rahul Gandhi becomes the prime minister and that it would not exceed 18 per cent.
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Fashionable To Bash Rahul Gandhi, Says Congress, Raj Babbar Offers To Go
Raj Babbar the Congress' Uttar Pradesh chief has offered to resign after the party's disastrous performance in the assembly elections, results which were announced over the weekend. The Congress has won seven of UP's 403 seats, described by party vice president Rahul Gandhi as "a little down."
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Congress Doesn't Deserve More Seats, Says Samajwadi Party
Proof that a day or two is an eternity in politics: till 48 hours ago, top Congress leaders and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav both proclaimed that a partnership for Uttar Pradesh was confirmed and minor fixes remained. A case of Really, Not Really, as it turns out. Today, Samajwadi Party lawmaker Naresh Agarwal said in Delhi, "The tal...
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'Don't Know If Alliance On,' Says Congress After Samajwadi Googly
Hours before a formal announcement was expected, an alliance appeared untenable on Friday after the Samajwadi Party named candidates for seven Uttar Pradesh seats that the Congress currently holds and a senior leader of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's party said that it could offer its potential partner only 80 to 85 of UP's 403 assembly seats.
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Congress Rules Out Tie Up With Samajwadi Party For UP Assembly Polls
Amidst indications that Samajwadi Party leader and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is warming up to the idea of an alliance with the Congress, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee President Raj Babbar today said his party will contest alone in the state and described such talks as "hypothetical".
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Congress To Put Sheila Dikshit On A Bus, Wants Sonia Gandhi In Varanasi
As Congress launches its campaign for Uttar Pradesh today, Sheila Dikshit, the party's 78-year-old chief ministerial candidate will board a bus along with Raj Babbar, the actor-turned-politician who's been named the head of the party in the state, for a 600-kilometre drive to Kanpur.
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New Congress Team Gears Up For Do-Or-Die Battle In Uttar Pradesh Polls
Congress' newly-elected office-bearers of Uttar Pradesh unit on Sunday assumed charge in the presence of party's chief ministerial face Shiela Dikshit, hoping to swing fortune its way in the 2017 Assembly elections, being billed as a 'do-or-die' battle for the party.
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Raj Babbar To Take Over As Congress Uttar Pradesh Chief On Sunday
Newly-appointed chief of Uttar Pradesh Congress Raj Babbar is set to take over his new assignment on Sunday in Lucknow.
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Congress Picks For UP: Sheila Dikshit, 78, Babbar, 64, Sanjay Singh, 64
In cinching its team for the crucial Uttar Pradesh election, the Congress has exhibited no tilt towards new or young leaders, a strategy the party said it intended to embrace after being whited-out in a range of states.
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Sheila Dikshit's Experience To Be Hard-Sold By Congress To Uttar Pradesh
At 78, Sheila Dikshit has been announced by her party as its Chief Ministerial candidate for Uttar Pradesh. "This is a big responsibility," said Ms Dikshit, professing she "is confident of a good show".
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Ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections, BJP Rejigs State Team
On a day Congress announced its new chief in Uttar Pradesh - Raj Babbar - the BJP also went for some changes in its line-up in the state, where assembly elections will be held next year.
