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Lok Sabha polls: Yogi mocks Opposition ambition of dislodging BJP regime

The opposition is worried that the BJP is gaining from strength to strength

Congress, Opposition must unite against BJP for 2019 LS polls: Chidambaram

Said Opposition did not fully exploit demonetisation fiasco due to dissenting voices among them

Post UP win, BJP to recast its image as a pro-poor party

Fresh from its UP success, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) plans to go into the 2019 Lok Sabha polls with its image burnished more as a pro-poor and less of a pro-economic reform party. To this end, the Modi government plans to roll out two big measures in the coming months.The first, is a comprehensive revision of the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) database. The objective of the review will be to include all left out beneficiaries from the 2011 census and widen the coverage of the government's social welfare schemes. It could also help the party reach out to the poor across all castes, particularly its core supporters among upper castes.The second; which the Centre hopes to achieve in the ongoing Budget session of Parliament, is the passage of a Bill to give constitutional status to a National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes. With this, the Modi government hopes to consolidate the BJP's new found support base amongst Other Backward Classes ...

What early Lok Sabha elections will mean to PM Modi's BJP and Opposition

There is a buzz that the BJP has begun preparations. While Amit Shah has held meetings in places as far apart as Uttarakhand and West Bengal, Congress leaders have been holidaying abroad

New CWC: Rahul Gandhi in saddle as Congress gets into election mode

The constitution of the CWC represents the final act in the long play of Rahul Gandhi's take over of the Congress party

Turbulence alert: Will the Ghost of 1996-99 haunt India's politics again?

In the 1996-98 period, we saw three prime ministers and two governments

Amit Shah bets on UP for Modi govt's return in 2019 Lok Sabha polls

In the 2014 elections, the BJP won 71 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in UP on its way to secure a comfortable majority in Parliament. Its ally, Apna Dal, won two seats in the politically crucial state

Provide alternative to Modi's bogus 'Achche Din' promise: Rahul to Cong MPs

Gandhi alleged that corruption, social divisiveness, and economic failure peaked under Modi govt

Law panel backs simultaneous polls but 'several points need to be debated'

Law panel said various committees and commissions have made suggestions to deal with the situation of hung Parliament or Assembly, where no political party has majority to form a government

Voting machines worth Rs 45.55 bn needed for simultaneous polls: Law Panel

In its draft report on simultaneous polls issued last week, the law panel quoted the Election Commission as saying that around 10,60,000 polling stations will be set up for the 2019 general elections

'Mission 20-25' in Lok Sabha polls: Yeddyurappa takes aim at many targets

Despite recent electoral setbacks, the BJP in Karnataka appears confident of riding on Modi wave yet again in the Lok Sabha polls

State scan: Shivpal Singh Yadav queers SP pitch before 2019 Lok Sabha poll

Shivpal Singh Yadav's departure is expected to spur more senior Samajwadi Party leaders gravitating towards his Samajwadi Secular Morcha

Modi hosts party leaders for brainstorming for 2019 Lok Sabha polls

New Delhi, January 11Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hosted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah and his team of national office bearers and election in-charges of states for a brainstorming session over dinner to plan for the battles ahead - the big one being the Lok Sabha polls, and the smaller battles in eight states in the run up to the 2019 General Election.The BJP plans to galvanise its leadership and workers for its ambitious 'sampark abhiyan', or 'voter connect', campaign for the forthcoming assembly polls and the Lok Sabha elections.The BJP's 'voter connect' campaign would begin in earnest from January 14, which marks the end of the month-long 'inauspicious' 'khar-mas', also called 'mala-mas'. According to Hindu tradition, no new project is initiated during this month, which this year started from December 16 and ends on January 14.The party is also looking towards the presentation of the Modi government's fifth and final Union Budget of its present term on ..

Simply a bad idea

If state and national elections are held together, important state leaders would be unable to challenge national leaders and their parties

Not confident if Congress can beat Modi wave in 2019 polls: Sheila Dikshit

If the Congress talked about real issues and didn't get lured by the BJP's Hindutva agenda, it can stage a comeback: Sheila Dikshit

Opposition should field common candidates in 2019 polls: Salman Khurshid

Rahul Gandhi is very clearly the person for the (PM's) job and who would lead from the front, said Salman Khurshid

2019 Lok Sabha polls: Govt is moving into campaign mode, says Jayant Sinha

Systematic cleaning up of the entire system is happening in front of your eyes; that's why all the dirt is coming out, says Jayant Sinha

BJP eyes Northeast, sets target of over 21 seats in 2019 Lok Sabha polls

BJP needs to win maximum number of seats from northeast to strengthen Prime Minister Narendra Modi so that development of the region continues

Amit Shah sets target of 21 Lok Sabha seats for BJP from Northeast in 2018

Without naming former PM Manmohan Singh, Shah criticised him for allegedly not doing anything significant for the region despite being elected to the Rajya Sabha from Assam twice

Modi govt's reluctance to do reforms has added to its political woes

Errors of omission and commission on economic policy are the reason why the government is facing political headwind