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Police file FIR against Varun Gandhi

Cracking the whip, the Election Commission moved against Varun Gandhi, BJP candidate for his anti-Muslim speeches and police quickly filed a case against him. As his remarks triggered a political storm and came under attack from within the party and allies, the three- member Commission met and considered the speeches made by Gandhi in Pilibhit [...]

CPI(M) appeals to “secular” parties sans Cong to join 3rd Front

The CPI(M) has appealed to all “secular” parties, sans Congress, to join hands and work for giving the country an alternative policy direction through a Third Front in Lok Sabha polls. Welcoming BJD’s severing of ties with BJP and NDA, CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury told reporters at New Delhi on Monday that “we have appealed [...]

BJD pulls out of NDA ahead of trust vote on 11th March

Two days after snapping ties with BJP, Orissa’s ruling BJD pulled out of NDA ahead of Wednesday’s confidence vote in the assembly terming the saffron party’s withdrawal of support to Naveen Patnaik govt as an “act of betrayal”. “BJD is no more with NDA,” party’s Secretary General Damodar Rout said alleging BJP had “betrayed the [...]

SP not to field candidates against Sonia, Rahul

Even as suspense continues over alliance between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, the SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has said his party would not field candidates against UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. Mulayam, who was on a whirlwind tour of his village Saifai on Thursday, expressed hope of reaching a consensus with [...]

Cong ‘satisfied’ with 5-phase election schedule

The Congress expressed satisfaction to the five-phased election schedule saying all factors might have been considered by the Election Commission before announcing the dates. “There are several factors –logistics, time, money, deployment etc — which the EC considered before the announcement,” Congress spokesperson Abhishekh Manu Singhvi told reporters at New Delhi on Monday. Asked about [...]

RLD joins NDA, Gowda announces Third Front

Ajit Singh-led RLD has joined the BJP-led NDA while eight parties comprising the Left and regional outfits came together to float a Third Front, as the announcement of Lok Sabha elections lent urgency to settle the contentious seat sharing issue dogging several parties. The Congress and Samajwadi party were still deadlocked over sharing of seats [...]

BSP names Devendra Singh as Etah candidate

Bahujan Samaj Party has named sitting Etah MP Kunwar Devendra Singh as its candidate from Etah parliamentary constituency. Singh quit the Samajwadi Party on Friday and joined the BSP. Significantly, he is the sixth sitting MP who has shifted his loyality from SP to BSP ahead of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. MPs, who have [...]

Being Lok Sabha Speaker was a great opportunity: Somnath

Describing his five-year tenure as Lok Sabha Speaker as a “great opportunity”, Somnath Chatterjee has said the worst moment during his term was 22nd July 2008 when MPs displayed wads of currency notes during the Trust Vote debate. “It was a great opportunity…I never expected it but I got it,” Chatterjee told reporters in the [...]

Jairam Ramesh quits ministry, to devote full time to poll

Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday quit as union minister to devote fully to Congress campaign for Lok Sabha elections as part of a strategy drawn up by the party. 54-year-old Ramesh, who was minister of state for commerce and power, sent in his papers to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. President Pratibha Patil has accepted Ramesh’s resignation. [...]

Cong should get alliances,candidates in place by 5th March:Sonia

With Lok Sabha polls likely to be announced soon, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday asked party managers to evolve a final picture of alliances and candidate selection by 5th March. The direction was given by Gandhi at a meeting of party general secretaries suggesting that the first meeting of the central election committee of [...]

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