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BJP likely to wait for the Congress list before finalising candidates

BJP hopes to benefit from Congress' 'hara-kiri' in tickets distribution. Central leadership taking cautious approach, engaging agency to conduct surveys for past year. Party inviting applications to put pressure on TDP in 1999. Apprehensions of overt influence of newcomers in tickets distribution, lack of enthusiasm in helping veterans.

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Assembly Bypoll: Congress will conduct caste census in MP after coming to power, declares Mallikarjun Kharge

The Congress will conduct a caste census in Madhya Pradesh after winning the assembly polls in the state, said party president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday, accusing the regime at the Centre of wishing to change the Constitution. Read further on Dynamite News:

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MLC Kavitha hits out at BJP, Congress for faulting BRS in giving ticket to seven women only

Hitting back at the Bharatiya Janata Party chief G. Kishan Reddy and the TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy for trying to fault the BRS leadership for giving tickets to only seven women candidates, MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha dared the two parties to bring in a legislation for women’s quota in in…

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Uttar Pradesh: Byelection on Sept 15 to Rajya Sabha seat vacated after death of BJP member

Nomination for the bypoll will start from August 29 and the polls will be held on September 15. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Lalu sidesteps question on Nitish Kumar becoming INDIA convener

Ahead of the third meeting of the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) in Mumbai, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad said that anybody could become the alliance’s convener when asked about appointing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to the post.

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Assam BJP caught in cold war between senior and junior leaders

At least two Bharatiya Janata Party legislators in Assam, one of them a minister in the Sarbananda Sonowal government from 2016-2021, have voiced their concerns over the treatment being meted out to senior BJP leaders. Their resentment followed the resignation of former MP Rajen Gohain as the chairman of the Assam…

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Gurugram top cop says it’s ‘far-fetched’ that her transfer is tied to Sudarshan News FIR

Hours after the BJP government in Haryana transferred Gurugram police commissioner Kala Ramachandran, she told Newslaundry it was a “routine” transfer and not linked to an FIR registered against an editor of right-wing propaganda channel Sudarshan News.

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Recent parliamentary elections in India: a closer look

. Sabyasachi Das’ paper raises questions about ‘irregularity’ in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in India. It claims that the ‘electoral manipulation’ thesis is more consistent with the ‘pattern of irregularity’, citing data from the ECI website, CSDS post-poll survey and ‘standard sources’. It argues that Muslim voters were subjected…

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KCR has betrayed Telangana people, says BJP’s State in-charge Prakash Javadekar

KCR's nine-year rule in Telangana has been marked by corruption and family rule, claims BJP's Prakash Javadekar. He alleges no teacher recruitments, paper leaks, and only KCR's kith and kin getting jobs. Kaleshwaram project was cleared by Centre, but only 1 lakh acres irrigated from ₹1.2 lakh crore spent, instead…

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Will oppose Uniform Civil Code Bill, says Jagan

YSR Congress opposes UCC; TDP yet to form opinion. YSR Congress had also opposed triple talaq Bill. YSR Congress' opposition dictated by State politics, minority voters favouring them in Assembly elections. TDP waiting for govt to place draft law in public domain.

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Eye on EBC votes, BJP nominates Hari Sahni as LoP in Bihar Legislative Council

BJP nominates Hari Sahni, an EBC leader, as LoP in Bihar Legislative Council. Move seen as attempt to woo EBCs, who constitute 30% of electorate, and send message to smaller parties. Samrat Choudhary, OBC leader, appointed state party president in March 2023. BJP wants to show it has own base…

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Ghulam Nabi Azad’s remarks on Indian Muslims resemble language of RSS and BJP, says Mehbooba Mufti

Mehbooba Mufti criticizes Ghulam Nabi Azad for saying "all Muslims are essentially Hindu in India". She says his remarks are dangerous and divisive. She also speaks on the appointment of JKLF chief Yasin Malik's wife to the Pakistan interim Cabinet.

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Enlightened people of Telangana will oust BRS, end ‘Naya Razakar regime’: Kishan Reddy

BJP State president G Kishan Reddy said people of Telangana will oust ruling BRS in Assembly elections to end 'Naya Razakar regime.' He lauded former Nirmal MLA A. Maheshwar Reddy for spearheading people's movement against draft master plan. Kishan Reddy alleged BRS regime brought plan to benefit leaders, jeopardising farmers'…

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BRS takes calculated risk to renominate 93 sitting MLAs in first list

The move is also being seen as “strategy” to push rivals Congress and BJP into panic mode to rush through their selection process and keep them engaged in informal electioneering with an objective to exhaust their resources much before the actual election date.

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Bhupesh vows to fight Bastar steel plant privatisation, links it to tribal sentiments

BJP, Congress battle over Chhattisgarh's Nagarnar Steel Plant; CM Baghel opposes sale, BJP's Sao says it's for people's progress. CM wants SAIL to run plant; BJP says disinvestment process started under UPA. Plant has largest Blast Furnace in India, will contribute to India's self-reliance in Steel sector.

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Delhi Women and Child Department official accused of rape is arrested, suspended

Senior Delhi government official and his wife arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting and molesting a minor girl, forcing her to terminate pregnancy

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Karnataka government will place facts of State’s water situation before Supreme Court Bench: D.K. Shivakumar

Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Water Resources D.K. Shivakumar has said that Karnataka will place before the Supreme Court, which will hear Tamil Nadu’s plea for release of its allotment of Cauvery river water for the month of August, the facts about Karnataka’s dire water situation.Deputy Chief Minister and…

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Finance dept. to verify CM’s daughter’s IGST remittances based on Cong. complaint

Finance dept. verifying accusations of IGST evasion by CM's daughter; Congress, BJP using it to campaign for Puthuppally bypoll; CPI(M) defending it as honest biz transaction; Isaac accused Congress of hiding behind smokescreen; Kuzhalnadan invited Isaac to inspect his finances; Satheesan using it to disparage CPI(M); Chandrasekhar accused crony capitalism…

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Raita Sena accuses previous BJP govt. of floating bogus tender, threatens to file PIL

On the sixth day of indefinite agitation in front of the office of Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Limited (KNNL) in Dharwad on Monday, the members of Raita Sena Karnataka (RSK) accused the previous regime headed by BJP of misleading farmers and floating bogus tenders for Kalasa Banduri Nala project.

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BJP will come to power in Telangana, says Tarun Chugh

BJP confident of winning Telangana elections; cadre urged to take PM Modi's message of defeating family-run politics & corruption to citizens. 3-month campaign to ensure BJP wins in all 119 constituencies. KCR's illegal actions & welfare schemes won't save him. Leaders call for protests to bring down 'modern Nizam' &…

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Threat of BJP poaching our MLAs remains, says Congress leader

“We may have formed the government in Karnataka by getting a comfortable majority of 136 seats. But the threat of the BJP poaching our MLAs and trying to dislodge the government remains,” Satish Jarkiholi, KPCC working president and Minister for Public Works, said in Belagavi on Monday.

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Congress doesn’t need to poach Opposition MLAs, says Khandre

Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment Eshwar B. Khandre said that there was no necessity for Congress to poach MLAs from the different parties as it welcomed all those who believed in the ideology of Congress, to join the party.

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We want reservation for backward classes in parliament, Assembly, says former MLC

Former BJP MLC R.K. Siddaramanna demands reservation for backward classes in Assembly & Parliament. He urges State govt. to accept State Backward Classes Commission's report of socio-economic survey & suggests conducting such survey every 10 yrs. to assess impact of welfare schemes.

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YSRCP stands little chance of winning 2024 elections in Andhra Pradesh, says BJP national general secretary Bandi Sanjay

BJP national general secretary and Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar has alleged that the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government is committing massive irregularities in the revision of electoral rolls due to fear that it might lose the 2024 elections. “In fact, all surveys are indicating a regime change in Andhra…

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Sunny Deol offers to settle dues for his Mumbai bungalow: BoB

Bank of Baroda withdraws auction notice for Sunny Deol's villa due to technical reasons. The villa was to be auctioned to recover ₹56 crore dues.

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