Indian General Election, 2019
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Unauthorised cash seized from BJP functionary near Coimbatore, suspected to be for voters
On Wednesday, an election flying squad team seized ₹81,000 in unauthorised cash and a voter list from a local BJP functionary in Pooluvapatti village in the Coimbatore district.
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Rahul Gandhi’s speech in the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting; Full text
Congress President Rahul Gandhi addressed the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting on Saturday at Parliament House.
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“Don’t be afraid”: Rahul Gandhi’s message to party on “Fake Exit Polls”
The same night, Priyanka Gandhi said in a message to party workers that they should not fall for "rumours" intended to make them drop their guard ahead of the counting of votes.
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200 Seats for NDA, 197 for UPA, Independent Analyst Projects
Political analyst Bishal Paul, based on independent research, predicted the election result to be a much closer fight despite of the exit polls who gave Bharatiya Janata Party a thumping majority in the 2019 elections,
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Is A.D.M.K-B.J.P alliance long awaited entry of B.J.P to Tamil Nadu?
As Tamil Nadu developed its own discourse of social justice, development and Tamil identity, B.J.P being a Hindi, Hindu, One India party is innately antagonistic to Tamil Nadu unless or until it changes the notion of Dravidian social justice, development and Tamil nationalism.
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Vote against those who lynch or assault people: 150 scientists appeal to citizens
A collective of 150 scientists has appealed to voters to “reject those who lynch or assault people” and vote against “ inequality, intimidation, discrimination, and unreason.”
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Watch: ‘An Ode to Fascism’- Poem
You are not to be questioned, you are beyond reproach
Oh you perfect one, what they need is probably a coach
Still dissenting? let's beat them to submission
Into their bedroom, living room and kitchen, let's encroach
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Congress manifesto: key points
The Indian National Congress on Tuesday released its poll manifesto ahead of the 2019 general elections. Here are some of the key points the party has made in the document.
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Gujarat Congress wants Ahmed Patel to contest from Bharuch
The Gujarat Congress unit has requested senior party leader Ahmed Patel to contest the next month's Lok Sabha poll from the state's Bharuch seat.
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14 things to know about Wayanad, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s second seat
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will contest the coming Lok Sabha elections from a second seat besides family stronghold Amethi. The seat will be Kerala's Wayanad.
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Elections 2019: Joint statement by 103 film makers appealing to vote out BJP from power
Around 100 film makers of the country who make films to ensure social justice along side entertaining the intellect, have come together for a common cause. This time to protect the democracy of the country. They got together and issued a statement to appeal to the people of India to oust BJP from power.
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Elections 2019: Muslim women put forth a manifesto against hate
The women, who came together under Bebaak Collective - a movement against hatred, demanded the political parties "restore" constitutional rights of women and minorities.
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MIM names candidates for Aurangabad and Kishanganj. First time 92-year old party to contest outside Hyderabad
AIMIM has named its candidates for Aurangabad and Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra and Bihar respectively.
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Will revoke ban on Jama’at and JKLF if comes to power: Mehbooba Mufti
Mehbooba said in her address while assuring that if PDP comes to power, it will make efforts to revoke the ban imposed on Jamaat-e-Islami and JKLF.
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Hasan Minhaj’s show on Lok Sabha Elections. Watch the entire episode here
Indian-American comedian Hasan Minhaj did an entire episode on the Indian politics on his Netflix show Patriot Act. The episode released on Netflix and was also posted on YouTube on Sunday.
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Alliance of all-women parties to fight polls in 283 seats, asks other parties to help win
"We endorse the Beijing Declaration on Women's Right which is also UN Declaration, granting equal rights on all decision making process including political system," said National President of AIWUP, Nasim Bano Khan.
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1.2 lakh in Assam marked “doubtful” by poll panel, won’t be able to vote
There are 40.08 lakh people whose names have been left out of the complete draft of the citizens' register after including the names of 2.9 crore people out of a total 3.3 crore applicants
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