In the run-up to the Assembly polls, liquor was a major political issue
The Congress was ahead in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, but was locked in a see-saw contest in Madhya Pradesh as votes were counted in five states
In the Assembly election results 2018, the BJP seems to have suffered heavy losses in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, while it is a close call between it and Congress in Madhya Pradesh
For the BJP, the tussle over framing priorities and campaigning planks will continue till the 2019 Lok Sabha elections
The victory in the assembly elections, the first in Telangana after its formation in June 2014, might well act as a springboard for KCR
The TRS chief said the country needed a new economic development model, one that would involve optimum utilisation of resources available for the country's progress
Several of the independent candidates are Congress rebels and are likely to support the party when it comes to government formation, another party leader said
Raje will represent the Jhalarapatan constituency for the fifth term in the 15th Rajasthan Assembly
The Congress Legislature Party meeting will take place tomorrow. AICC general secretary K C Venugopal has arrived for the meeting, said Sachin Pilot
BJP bit the dust in its bastion as it refused to honour its commitment to help out farmers in a state which is categorised the rice bowl of the country
Baghel said it was for the high command to decide who would be chief minister
With the results, the Congress has now lost power in all the seven states in the northeast
Congress leaders have contacted the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) and independents who are leading, the sources said
Jogi, who was in the Congress before he floated his own party, said the assembly results would help his party emerge as a third front in the state
The Congress, which forged an opposition alliance with the Telugu Desam Party, the Telangana Jana Samiti, and the CPI, is heading for a heavy defeat, according to initial trends
He also credited Gandhi for the party's good performance in all the five states, including Rajasthan
The real question, however, is whether the BJP will draw the right lessons from the results at the end of 2018 for next year's general elections and return to aspirational politics
Assembly election results trends show that Congress may be on its way to unseat the BJP in three Hindi heartland states even as the saffron party puts up a fight in MP and Rajasthan
Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer V L Kantha Rao told reporters that counting would begin at 8 AM with the postal ballots at 51 centres across the state
Kawardha will keep the surprise going till the last moment, especially as Chhattisgarh is heading for a close contest