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BSP chief Mayawati announces nephew Akash Anand as successor

BSP chief Mayawati has announced nephew Akash Anand as the national coordinator and her successor. Read further on Dynamite News:

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First session of 18th Lok Sabha begins tomorrow June 24; Members to take oath

President Droupadi Murmu will address the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on the 27th of June. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 326: UP Lok Sabha, inside Amritpal Singh’s poll campaign

This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by independent journalists Sunil Kashyap and Jatinder Kaur Tur.

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Court grants time to NIA to file reply on plea of MP Rashid Engineer seeking interim bail

The Patiala House court on Saturday granted time for National Investigation Agency to file reply against bail application filed by the newly elected MP Rashid Engineer from Baramulla Lok Sabha seat. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Explained: Why are NDA partners vying for Lok Sabha speaker role?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has secured his post for the third time, with the support of the NDA allies. His ministers have taken the oath, and now all eyes are on who will be the next Lok Sabha speaker.

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Hindutva resistance, new faces, Cong gains: Reading the Northeast mandate

The Lok Sabha poll results from the Northeast, which is electorally small with 25 Lok Sabha seats but territorially significant, have found little space in the mainstream media. The region, however, saw significant shifts in political narratives, with the BJP-led NDA losing some of its fort in the region.

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Sikkim MP holds meeting with officials to assess damages, coordinate relief activities following landslides

With heavy rains lashing Sikkim and triggering landslides in several places Sikkim Lok Sabha MP Indra Hang Subba held a meeting with officials of General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF). Read further on Dynamite News:

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Tripura BJP reviews Lok Sabha poll results, plan for Tristar Panchayat elections

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) convened a crucial meeting on Monday at the state office. Read further on Dynamite News

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Rahul Gandhi informs Lok Sabha office of retaining Raebareli seat

Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday formally informed the Lok Sabha Speaker's office about retaining the Raebareli Lok Sabha seat and vacating the Wayanad seat. Read further on Dynamite News: Read further on Dynamite News:

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Why BJP’s Lok Sabha outcome resonates with ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’

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Did India Today ‘strike a balance’ before 2024 election results? Not quite

The latest edition of India Today magazine has caused a furor on social media, with chairman and editor-in-chief Aroon Purie putting to paper the “ultimate political paradox” that the supreme leader may have “feet of clay”.

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JD-U will support BJP candidate for Lok Sabha Speaker, asserts KC Tyagi

"JDU (Janata Dal-United) and TDP (Telugu Desam Party) are strongly in NDA. We will support the person nominated (for Speaker) by BJP," Tyagi said. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Ownership, money, Modi 3.0 uncertainty: A sobering reality check for election cheer

The Lok Sabha elections will continue to be analysed threadbare for some time to come. They were unexpected, revelatory about the Indian electorate and uplifting, even if momentarily, because they suggested that democracy is still alive in India.

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SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav resigns from Karhal assembly seat; Retains Kannauj Lok Sabha seat

Akhilesh Yadav won the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat with a margin of more than 1,70,000 votes. Read further on Dynamite News:

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‘Akash Anand should join Bhim Army’: Chandrashekhar Azad on victory, BSP, alliances

Once barred from the national capital for four weeks over his protest against the CAA-NRC, Chandrashekhar Azad has returned to Delhi as the MP elect from Nagina in Uttar Pradesh. The Bhim Army chief and leader of Azad Samaj Party - Kanshi Ram secured the Lok Sabha seat with a…

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Of Modi 3.0’s 72 ministers, 7 switched allegiance after 2019 poll announcement

There are seven turncoats among the 72 leaders who are part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new council of ministers. Two of these have been given cabinet posts, and five assigned the charge of minister of state. The BJP-led NDA had fielded 77 defectors during the Lok Sabha polls.

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18th Lok Sabha first session from June 24 to July 3 for oath of new Members

The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will be held from June 24 and conclude on July 3 for oath/affirmation of newly elected Members, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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BJP tally didn’t dip only due to minorities. But blaming them is both easy and strategic

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was the first. A “certain community”, he said, was responsible for the defeat of the BJP in three northeastern states: Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland. Sarma, it seemed, was referring to Christians.

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'Modi's leadership does not inspire confidence...can't complete five years' jeers Congress' Gaurav Gogoi at Modi 3.0

Gaurav Gogoi has won Lok Sabha polls from the BJP stronghold of Jorhat in Assam with a massive margin of over 1.44 lakh votes. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Bhagwat says ‘decorum not followed’, Organiser piece points to ‘reality check for overconfident BJP’

There are signs of disquiet within the RSS over the BJP’s Lok Sabha poll performance.

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Was Rahul’s strike rate better than Priyanka’s?

The Congress has increased its Lok Sabha tally to 99 seats while the BJP hasn’t been able to secure a simple majority. And some have credited party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for the Congress’s performance.

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Mansukh Mandaviya appointed new sports minister

NEW DELHI: Mansukh Mandaviya, who previously served as the union health minister during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, has been appointed as India's new sports minister, replacing Anurag Thakur in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet.

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400-paar, strategic mistakes, social justice plank: Why BJP tally dipped in reserved seats

The focus on social justice and reservation during the last two months of Lok Sabha poll campaign ostensibly led to the BJP’s tally of reserved seats being reduced to 55 from its previous 77 – a total of 131 constituencies are reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes across…

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Modi begins third term today, editorials point to ‘fiscal burden, slower reform, Rajdharma’

Narendra Modi has begun his record-equalling third term as prime minister after many BJP stalwarts as well as NDA allies were accommodated in the list of 72 ministers who were sworn in at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday.

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66% women electors voted in this election. How did the gender gap in voting close?

Jyoti Devi, in her thirties, is one of 471,541,888 women voters in the country. Standing outside her house in a village on the outskirts of Agra city, she is amused to hear that people are suddenly interested in her political view. “Since this election, people want to talk to us…

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