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After casting his vote in the state Assembly premises, Goa CM Pramod Sawant told reporters that he has requested all the MLAs to vote for the NDAs candidate Droupadi Murmu in the president
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at the ruling BJP at the Centre over high taxes and unemployment, accusing it of destroying the world's fastest growing economy
A 17-member delegation from Gujarat would have found that the Delhi aces it on key welfare parameters
Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar on Sunday said that the state has a coalition govt and it is not being run by those from the "original BJP"
The polling will take place between 10 am and 5 pm in the Parliament and state legislative assemblies
'The BJP has now risen to second spot, ahead of the BSP, as the political party of choice for Muslims in UP. This is a significant shift indeed'
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) vice-presidential candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar will file his nomination on Monday.Earlier on Sunday, Dhankhar met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda in Delhi. He also called on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.The BJP on Saturday announced the name of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate for the Vice Presidential election.Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday also extended support for Jagdeep Dhankhar in vice-presidential polls. The decision has been taken after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and sought support for Dhankhar, said official sources.Dhankhar was appointed as the Governor of West Bengal in 2019.Meanwhile, Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Margaret Alva has been named as the Opposition's joint candidate for the August 6 vice presidential election.Alva will file her nomination on Tuesday.The Election Commission made .
Naveen Patnaik-led BJD has decided to support the NDA's vice presidential nominee Jagdeep Dhankhar, a party leader said Sunday. "After Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to (Odisha chief minister) Naveen babu, it has been decided that the party will support Dhankhar," senior BJD leader Pinaki Misra told PTI. The BJP had Saturday announced West Bengal Governor Dhankhar as the NDA's vice presidential candidate.
Oppn leaders Sunday met at the residence of NCP chief Sharad Pawar here to discuss their joint vice presidential candidate for the August 6 poll, with the numbers strongly in favour of the ruling NDA.
A senior BJP functionary maintained that the power tussle between EPS and OPS is an internal matter of AIADMK
BJP president J P Nadda held a dinner meeting with party MPs and asked them to ensure 100 per cent voting in the upcoming presidential election, sources said
Patnaik said the BJD has been a proposer for Murmu as she is the daughter of Odisha in the fray for the country's topmost position. He asked all the party MLAs to vote for Murmu.
BJP parliamentary board meeting was underway earlier in evening to pick the party's candidate for the vice presidential poll
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) chairman is on a visit to India on Nadda's invitation, the BJP said on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, besides BJP chief JP Nadda are among those attending the meeting.
His remarks came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier in the day cautioned people against what he called was a "revadi culture" of offering freebies for winning votes.
The former Ghumarwin Congress MLA further blamed the Jai Ram Thakur government for not using the public money in a prudent way on various projects.
The Mahila Morcha members of the saffron party said police did not take any cognisance of the complaint they filed on July 6.
The BJP is likely to finalise its candidate for the vice presidential post on Saturday in its parliamentary board meet scheduled to be held later in the day, sources said