Sat, 16 Mar 2019 22:08:41
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath Saturday said if party colleague Digvijaya Singh wants to contest upcoming Lok Sabha polls, he should choose the "toughest seat" in the state.
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Sat, 16 Mar 2019 22:06:31
Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who was among the leaders that spearheaded the BJP's poll campaign since 1994 in the state, is likely to stay away from the heat and dust of electioneering for Lok Sabha polls this time.
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Sat, 16 Mar 2019 20:13:29
The BJP in Karnataka on Saturday mocked former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for inviting Congress President Rahul Gandhi to contest the coming Lok Sabha polls from the southern state.
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Sat, 16 Mar 2019 13:31:39
Sumalatha Ambareesh, wife of late actor-turned-politician, who is likely to contest asan independent from Mandya in the Lok Sabha polls, Friday metsenior BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minster S M Krishna here and sought his support.
Krishna, a prominent Vokkaliga leader from Mandyasaid he would discuss with the party leadership on supporting her in the polls.
On her part,Sumalatha sa
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Sat, 16 Mar 2019 13:25:07
Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Friday requested Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to cool the reported resentment of some party MLAs over the coalition government's seat-sharing arrangment to avoid political acrimony ahead of the coming Lok Sabha elections.
Gowda also said that he had not made up his mind on contesting from North Bengaluru.
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Sat, 16 Mar 2019 13:17:56
Former chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said the Karnataka Congress wants party president Rahul Gandhi to contest the coming Lok Sabha polls from the southern state.
Calling Gandhi the "next Prime Minister of India", the Congress Legislature Party leader recalled his grandmother Indira Gandhi and mother Sonia Gandhi contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Karnataka in the past.
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Sat, 16 Mar 2019 13:13:47
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara Friday said he has requested the JD(S) to return Tumkur seat to the Congress if former prime minister H D Deve Gowda is not contesting from the constituency.
The development comes amid simmering discontent within the Congress's local leadership over ceding of Tumkur seat to the alliance partner.
Parameshwara, who has held a series of meetings wi
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Sat, 16 Mar 2019 13:09:34
Limited to a couple of constituencies in the old Mysuru region in the successive Lok Sabha polls since its formation in 1999, the JD(S) in Karnataka is aiming to break new ground in the coming parliamentary elections capitalising on the party being in power.
After the Janata Dal split in 1999, former prime minister HD Deve Gowda's JD(S) has been winning two to three Lok Sabha seats in the old M
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Sat, 16 Mar 2019 13:06:10
Income tax sleuths Friday seized unaccounted cash of Rs 1.5 crore from a lodge here in which a rural development department engineer was staying, sparking demands from the BJP for minister Krishna Byre Gowda's resignation.
Rural development and panchayat raj (RDPR) minister Byre Gowda has denied any involvement in the matter.
Acting on a tip, I.T officials raided the lodge at Anand Rao circl
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