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BJP’s strategy of fielding new faces worked in ensuring Gujarat victory
The ruling party dropped many legislators from the urban areas of the state, where the Aam Aadmi Party, a new entrant in the state polls, was trying to corner MLAs on their performance.
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Gujarat Election Result 2022 | Saurashtra sides with BJP
BJP had set the priority of getting the seat arithmetic right and ensure intense support on ground.
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Himachal Election Result 2022 | Congress ousts BJP, bags 40 seats
By voting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) out of power, the people of Himachal Pradesh have kept up the tradition of not repeating the incumbent regime.
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Himachal Election Result 2022 | Vikramaditya Singh retains Shimla Rural, Congress on track to oust BJP
The Shimla Rural segment was carved out during the delimitation exercise of 2007 and Singh took over as its representative that year from his father Virbhadra Singh, a six-time chief minister who died on July 8, 2021.
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Gujarat Election Result 2022 | Rivaba Jadeja hits it out of the park, wins Jamnagar North
Gujarat Election Result 2022: Rivaba Jadeja, who is the wife of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, had a stint with the Karni Sena before she joined the BJP ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election
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Gujarat election result 2022 | A winning debut for BJP's Hardik Patel, bags Viramgam
The 28-year-old leader came to prominence in 2015 spearheading the Patidar agitation against the BJP government, demanding Other Backward Class (OBC) status and reservation in government jobs and education for Patidars.
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Kangra stays kingmaker as counting begins in Himachal Pradesh
In the last three assembly elections, the party that formed the government got more than 10 of the 15 seats from Kangra
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MCD Election Result: AAP wrests control of Delhi Municipal Corporation
MCD Election Result: AAP fought the municipal elections on the plank of improving sanitation and ridding the city of its garbage.
TRENDS
Salaries of J&K police personnel on hold due to 'non-availability of budget'
The police personnel including IPS officers from the Union Territory, who get their salaries under New Pension Scheme, have been informed that their salaries have been withheld because of “non-availability of budget”.
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Gujarat elections 2022: First phase of voting tomorrow, all you need to know
As many as 89 seats will go to the polls on December 1, with 788 candidates are in the fray across 19 districts of South Gujarat and the Kutch-Saurashtra region
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Campaigning for phase one of Gujarat election ends with more promises
The BJP, which has been ruling Gujarat since 1995, is seeking its seventh straight term in the state that is home to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.
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Congress may ask Rajasthan CM Gehlot to explain 'gaddar' remarks against Sachin Pilot
The tussle between the two leaders came to a head after Ashok Gehlot in an interview called Pilot a traitor for colluding with the BJP to topple his government
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Gujarat elections 2022| BJP ropes in out-of-state legislators to woo non-native electorate
The non-Gujarat MLAs have been tasked with holding meetings with people from their states who are now settled in various districts of South and Central Gujarat.
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Congress lacks funds to run a high-voltage campaign: AICC Secretary
Dutt accused AAP chief Kejriwal of using public money to fund his campaign, and added that none of the mayors that the BJP has had in its 15-year-rule in the city are visible in the campaign.
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Gujarat elections 2022 | 19 BJP rebels in the race, suspended for 6 years
Despite home minister Amit Shah’s directions to Gujarat leaders to have a dialogue with the disgruntled colleagues, 19 rebels filed papers to contest the assembly elections as independents
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I resigned because of confusion in Congress over Rajasthan CM : Ajay Maken
On the Gujarat polls, he said Arvind Kejriwal is repeating the promises in Gujarat, which he made in Delhi. Alleging corruption in power, health and education sectors by the Kejriwal government, he said AAP’s model is Bijli, Berozgar and Brashtachar.
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Hindi heartland a litmus test for Bharat Jodo Yatra
The yatra so far has completed 1,974 km of the proposed 3,500-km distance.
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Gujarat elections 2022 | BJP wants to sell jungles to industrialists: Rahul Gandhi
The Congress is looking to improve its performance in South Gujarat, which has 35 assembly seats
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Rahul Gandhi takes yatra break to campaign in Gujarat, addresses 2 rallies today
According to an analyst, as the rallies are being held closer to the voting days, they have a larger impact
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Gujarat assembly polls: Politics divide cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s family
While the cricketer’s wife Rivaba is the BJP candidate from Jamnagar North, his elder sister Naynaba is campaigning for the Congress. Naynaba and her father Aniruddhsinh Jadeja joined the Congress in April 2019. Rivaba joined the BJP around the same time
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Satisfactory security situation in Kashmir to hold polls: Amit Shah
In the last 70 years, J&K had seen investment of only Rs 12,000 crore. That amount has risen to Rs 56,000 crore in the last four years. Central education institutes, such as AIIMS, IIT and IIM, have opened their branches /campuses in J&K, Shah said.
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Abrogated Article 370, will bring Uniform Civil Code too: Amit Shah
The BJP-led government at the Centre repealed Article 370, providing special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcated the erstwhile state into Union territories on August 5, 2019.
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People of Gujarat don't accept concept of a third party: Amit Shah
Asked about AAP’s emergence as a contender in the Gujarat polls, Shah says voters in the state tend to listen to all parties in the fray but when it comes to voting, they are aware of their choice
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BJP will get re-elected in Gujarat, says Amit Shah
The BJP has not lost any election in the state since 1990 as the party has worked according to the aspirations of the people, says Union home minister. Gujarat goes to polls in two phases -- on December 1 and 5. The state has 182 seats.
