BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde
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While the BJP’s first list of candidates for Lok Sabha elections is expected soon, given that a marathon meeting of the central leadership which went on till 3 am at the party headquarters on Thursday night, party president J P Nadda on Friday held virtual meetings with MPs of all states in batches of threes.
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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday said he gave the go-ahead to minister Vikramaditya Singh to meet the rebels who cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha polls, in what appeared to be a placatory gesture even as he called the same six MLAs “black serpents”.
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On Friday, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari sent legal notices to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and General Secretary Jairam Ramesh for allegedly sharing misleading and defamatory news about him on X (formerly Twitter).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a meeting, in Kolkata.
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BJP Lok Sabha MP Gautam Gambhir on Saturday requested party president J P Nadda to "relieve him of political duties" so that he can focus on his "upcoming cricket commitments".
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Sitamarhi: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav during his 'Jan Vishwas Yatra', in Sitamarhi, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024.
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NCP (SCP) head Sharad Pawar, daughter Supriya Sule and and Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Ajit Pawar are sharing the stage in Baramati. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis are also present for the NaMo Maharojgar Melava event.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a scathing attack at the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal saying that despite getting a big mandate by people, the TMC has become synonym of atrocity and betrayal.
“80 per cent of the Congress is together and in the rest of that 20 per cent, some people are upset with us over small matters. It’s my responsibility to clear things, so I have had discussions with them (six expelled Congress MLAs). BJP’s spirits are high with cross-voting but this kind of situation won’t arise again," says Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu about the ongoing political crisis in the state
Prime Minister Narendra Modi set a target for the state BJP to win all the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal.
“It’s sad that yet another MP has cheated on the public of East Delhi after Mahesh Giri. They (BJP) have wasted 10 years. For the last 10 years, the public of East Delhi has been deprived of their MP. Gautam Gambhir has left today because he was aware of his condition in East Delhi," says AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar on Gambhir's request to BJP chief to exempt him from electoral politics.
Former minister and BJP MP from Hazaribagh Jayant Sinha says in a post on X that he wishes not to contest upcoming Lok Sabha elections
PM Modi unveils development projects worth Rs 21,400 crore in Bihar's Aurangabad.
"One might inherit a political party and post from parents, but they don't dare to even once mention the work done by the mother and father. I have heard that their party leaders are not ready to contest Lok Sabha elections. They are now looking for Rajya Sabha seats," PM Modi targets 'dynasts' in Bihar
"Our demand is that RPI should get two seats in Maharashtra. I have spoken to JP Nadda, Amit Shah ji and also Devendra Fadnavis ji on this" said Ramdas Athawale on seat-sharing for Lok Sabha polls.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he would remain with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) forever.
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Thirty-four Union ministers, two former ministers, Lok Sabha speaker figure in BJP's first list of 195 candidates for LS polls.
In first list, BJP announces candidates for 51 Lok Sabha seats in UP, 20 in West Bengal, five in Delhi, one each in Goa and Tripura.
BJP repeats Kiren Rijiju, Tapir Gao from two Arunachal Pradesh seats for Lok Sabha polls. Bansuri Swaraj from New Delhi seat, Kamaljit Sehrawat from West Delhi, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri from South Delhi.
It fields Praveen Khadelwal from Chandni Chowk seat, Manoj Tiwari from North East Delhi.
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to contest from Porbandar, Sarbananda Sonowal from Dibrugarh.
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