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Khalsa, who belongs to the SC community, had won the 2014 Lok Sabha polls on the Aam Aadmi Party's ticket, but was suspended from the party in 2015.

The Trinamool manifesto promised a slew of other measures to counter the policy moves made by the BJP-led central government in the past five years.

Mamata Banerjee said that credit should go to scientists & researchers who really deserve it.

He was denied ticket by the BJP for the Lok Sabha elections and the party has fielded Jai Prakash Rawat from the Hardoi seat.

Patel, who recently joined the Congress, has sought a stay on his conviction in order to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Azamgarh has a substantial population of Yadavs, Jatavs and Muslims -- the three communities which form the crux of the SP-BSP alliance in the politically crucial state.

Kumar’s remarks came in the backdrop of Singh expressing unhappiness over his Nawada seat going to ally LJP this time.

In a statement to CNN-News18, Joshi said he was asked by party general secretary Ramlal to not contest the 2019 polls.

Goa BJP chief Vinay Tendulkar said that BJP national vice president Avinash Rai Khanna had broached the topic with Parrikar's sons and urged them to join politics, when he made a condolence visit to the departed leader's family.

The BJP minister's Shiva jibe incensed the Congress which called it 'extremely unfortunate' and reflective of that party's 'true character' and stemming from the fear of poll defeat.

The SP with its limited strength in West Bengal will extend its support to Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress in its fight to politically wipe out the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state, SP vice-president Kiranmoy Nanda said.

Out of 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana, the BJP holds seven, the Congress has one and the INLD has two — Sirsa and Hisar. However, Hisar MP, Dushyant Chautala, has already parted ways with the party.

Even as the AAP and the Congress continue to outwardly reject any possibility of an alliance in Delhi, both parties are still working on a tie-up behind the scenes.

Nitin Gadkari says the 'Mai Bhi Chowkidar' electoral campaign is not an effort to cash in on the atmosphere of grief in the country over the deaths of 40 CRPF soldiers. Gadkari said nationalism is not an agenda for the BJP but the very soul of it.

Chowdhury claimed that people had given Prime Minister Narendra Modi a very clear mandate in 2014. But several decisions he took had 'troubled' them and would lead to the BJP’s defeat at the Centre as well, Renuka Chowdhury claimed.

The party, which had spearheaded the agitation over the CPI(M) led LDF government's decision to implement the Supreme Court's verdict, allowing women of all age groups to offer prayers at the hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa late last year, is pinning hopes on...