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Page 47 - Lok Sabha Elections 2019

Lok Sabha polls: How BJP aims to upset Ashok Gehlot's applecart in Jodhpur

Gehlot's son Vaibhav is making his debut from the seat, which his father has represented five times since 1980

Lok Sabha polls: How BJP aims to upset Ashok Gehlot's applecart in Jodhpur
Updated On : 27 Apr 2019 | 2:30 PM IST

If Modi truly respects police, he must withdraw Pragya's ticket: Deora

Modi addressed a rally at BKC ground here on Friday, ahead of April 29 polling for six seats in Mumbai and 11 seats in Maharashtra

If Modi truly respects police, he must withdraw Pragya's ticket: Deora
Updated On : 27 Apr 2019 | 2:14 PM IST

Lok Sabha polls: Opposition's mission is to loot public money, says Modi

Modi attacked the alliance for attacking 'chowkidar' and Ram bhakts and said it is a tie-up of opportunists and it was 'mahamilawati'

Lok Sabha polls: Opposition's mission is to loot public money, says Modi
Updated On : 27 Apr 2019 | 1:22 PM IST

Ever more extreme

For those from more liberal traditions, therefore, it is easy to collapse all strains of BJP and of Hindutva into one - and, they are all likely to damage national cohesion and constitutional values

Ever more extreme
Updated On : 27 Apr 2019 | 12:21 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections: Congress won't get even 50 seats, says Modi

"Confusion is the other name of the Congress. If 2014 saw the worst performance of the Congress, in 2019 the party is going to create another record of contesting the least number of seats," he said

Lok Sabha elections: Congress won't get even 50 seats, says Modi
Updated On : 27 Apr 2019 | 2:16 AM IST

Shekhar Gupta: Congress needs to return to 2019

Numbers show Congress is the only party that can deny BJP a second term. But it hasn't shown focus, resolve, organisation & decisiveness needed to do so

Shekhar Gupta: Congress needs to return to 2019
Updated On : 27 Apr 2019 | 2:03 AM IST

Opposition v BJP/RSS v Modi

Whether Mr Modi is emerging as a latter-day Indira Gandhi - that "me, me, me" thing - is a good thing or bad thing can be left for political scientists

Opposition v BJP/RSS v Modi
Updated On : 27 Apr 2019 | 1:58 AM IST

Why betting on elections won't be legalised

But purely as a theoretical exercise, consider a system where political parties are funded by government largesse. Such systems exist in most democratic nations - India is big exception to the rule

Why betting on elections won't be legalised
Updated On : 27 Apr 2019 | 1:53 AM IST

Lok Sabha polls: Let's change incumbency theories, says PM Modi in Varanasi

Modi files nomination, declares Rs 2.5-crore assets, MA from Gujarat University

Lok Sabha polls: Let's change incumbency theories, says PM Modi in Varanasi
Updated On : 27 Apr 2019 | 12:50 AM IST

Lok Sabha polls: BJP banks on Modi, Congress on local candidate in Barmer

Barmer is India's largest constituency by area after Ladakh

Lok Sabha polls: BJP banks on Modi, Congress on local candidate in Barmer
Updated On : 27 Apr 2019 | 12:27 AM IST

BJP leadership reaches out to existing NDA allies to keep numbers intact

Nearly all opinion polls have forecast that the BJP could fall short of the majority mark. Currently, the BJP has 40 allies across the country

BJP leadership reaches out to existing NDA allies to keep numbers intact
Updated On : 26 Apr 2019 | 11:46 PM IST

Would poll outcomes be different if it were easier for disabled to vote?

Victory margins, census figures and potential under-reporting tell an interesting tale

Would poll outcomes be different if it were easier for disabled to vote?
Updated On : 26 Apr 2019 | 7:24 PM IST

Hoping to defeat BJP on its turf, Mamata raises religious pitch in Asansol

TMC supremo delivers large part of speech in Hindi, to reach out to migrants from Bihar and Jharkhand

Hoping to defeat BJP on its turf, Mamata raises religious pitch in Asansol
Updated On : 26 Apr 2019 | 6:18 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: PM lists Rs 2.5-cr assets in poll affidavit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination from Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, accompanied by a galaxy of NDA leaders. Catch LIVE updates on Lok Sabha Elections 2019 campaigns

Lok Sabha elections 2019: PM lists Rs 2.5-cr assets in poll affidavit
Updated On : 26 Apr 2019 | 5:58 PM IST

Modi lists assets worth Rs 2.5 cr, MA from Gujarat Univ in poll affidavit

The affidavit said he is an arts graduate from Delhi University (1978)

Modi lists assets worth Rs 2.5 cr, MA from Gujarat Univ in poll affidavit
Updated On : 26 Apr 2019 | 5:53 PM IST

Lok Sabha election 2019: PM Modi to address rally in Ayodhya on May 1

This would be maiden visit to Ayodhya after taking charge of the Prime Minister's office in 2014

Lok Sabha election 2019: PM Modi to address rally in Ayodhya on May 1
Updated On : 26 Apr 2019 | 5:03 PM IST

NYAY scheme a 'surgical strike on poverty': Rahul Gandhi in Bihar

Gandhi deplored the insulting treatment meted out to the jailed supremo of his alliance partner RJD and warned the BJP-led coalition of a backlash in the polls

NYAY scheme a 'surgical strike on poverty': Rahul Gandhi in Bihar
Updated On : 26 Apr 2019 | 3:04 PM IST

Lok Sabha polls: AAP says Gambhir has 2 voter IDs, files criminal complaint

AAP East Delhi candidate Atishi said it is a criminal matter and called for his 'immediate disqualification'

Lok Sabha polls: AAP says Gambhir has 2 voter IDs, files criminal complaint
Updated On : 26 Apr 2019 | 2:13 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections: Only 13 out of total 173 Delhi candidates are women

In 2014, 150 candidates contested the Lok Sabha polls from the national capital, of which 13 were women

Lok Sabha elections: Only 13 out of total 173 Delhi candidates are women
Updated On : 26 Apr 2019 | 1:51 PM IST

Ignore those who say Modi has already won & it's fine not to vote, warns PM

Modi asked people to come out in large numbers to participate in the process

Ignore those who say Modi has already won & it's fine not to vote, warns PM
Updated On : 26 Apr 2019 | 1:45 PM IST