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Modi boasts about getting larger vote share than Trump
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday boasted about getting a larger vote share than US President Donald Trump, who propelled to power after winning the 2016 Presidential elections in the United States."The votes cast for BJP increased 25 per cent this year as compared to 2014. However, in the global scenario, Trump's entire vote share is our increment," Modi said during an address at the NDA Parliamentary meet on Saturday.The US President, from the Republican party, swept the 2016 Presidential elections, defeating Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Out of 538 members of the Electoral College, Trump secured 304 votes while Clinton received 227 votes despite having a larger popular vote percentage.In the latest general elections, BJP secured 303 seats, which is 22 more than it got in the 2014 elections. Along with its allies, the NDA took its tally up to 352 in the 17th Lok Sabha.
BJP won by spreading communal poison, polarisation won't help it: Mamata
Accusing the BJP of doing well in the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal by spreading "communal poison", Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said the saffron party's polarisation tactics would be counterproductive for them in the next state Assembly polls, scheduled in 2021.
Mamata offers to quit as CM, party doesn't endorse (2nd lead)
Two days after her party suffered serious setbacks in the Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday offered to step down from her post, saying she felt "insulted" as she was made to continue as a "powerless Chief Minister" for the last five-six months.
IFTDA congratulates PM Modi on re-election
The Indian Film & Television Directors' Association (IFTDA) has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the latter's big win in the general elections."We have no words to express our heartiest congratulations on the historical sweeping victory of BJP in the Parliamentary elections of 2019. The honour of repeatedly bagging a large number of seats goes only to you backed by your sincere team. What added to the adulation is your clean image, making you n idol of the youth," said the letter issued by IFTDA.The IFTDA also requested the Prime Minister to consider according 'industry' status to the Indian film industry."We have pinned all our hopes on you and we know you will bring all the constructive changes to realise the dream of the best of Indian cinema," the letter added.Prime Minister Modi, who steered the NDA coalition to a massive victory in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, was on Saturday unanimously elected as the leader of the BJP parliamentary party and ..
Advani terms NDA's victory 'historic', says everyone delighted
BJP veteran leader Lal Krishna Advani on Saturday hailed the electoral victory of NDA as "historic" and asserted that all those who participated in these elections are delighted by the results.Advani, who had in the past served as the former deputy Prime Minister of India, expressed happiness over the NDA's historic tally and said, "Everyone is delighted to know that by now it would only be said that numbers are around 300 but now it is 353. I am very happy that this is a historic mandate. Everyone who came here and participated in these elections is really happy."Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah had on Friday visited Advani at his home to seek their blessings after the BJP-led NDA won a second term with a resounding majority.On Thursday, Advani had congratulated Modi as trends suggested that the party was inching closer to victory. He also praised the efforts of the party workers and Amit Shah for rendering his role as the party president ...
BJP mocks Mamata's offer to quit the CM post as 'drama'
The BJP on Saturday described TMC chief Mamata Banerjee's offer to quit as West Bengal chief minister as "drama" and claimed her government will fall on its own and the saffron party will not need to topple it. Banerjee offered to quit as chief minister following her party's drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, but the TMC rejected it. "It is good that at least she has accepted defeat. But her offer to quit is nothing but a drama to garner sympathy," BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya told PTI. Reacting to Banerjee's comment that BJP will commit a mistake if it tries to topple her government, Vijayvargiya said it will fall on its own. He said, "We will not topple it. It will fall on its own. TMC leaders have lost confidence in her. They are fed up. If they come to us and crib about her misrule and authoritarian approach, what can we do?" Bengal witnessed a saffron surge in the Lok Sabha polls as the BJP inflicted a blow to ruling TMC by winning 18 of total 42 Lok Sabha ..
Narendra Modi likely to take oath as PM on May 30
Narendra Modi is likely to take oath for his second consecutive term as Prime Minister on May 30.Riding on muscular nationalism and a strident anti-Congress plank spearheaded by Modi, the BJP on May 23 got an overwhelming majority in the Lok Sabha, crossing on its own the 300 mark while storming back to power for the second consecutive term.The BJP, which had won 282 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections managed to increase its tally and notch up 303 seats in the 2019 elections.This will be the first time when a non-Congress party has managed to secure a majority on its own for the second consecutive term after Indira Gandhi had won in 1971. Earlier, Jawaharlal Nehru had performed that feat.
Appointed for a second term as PM, Modi reaches out to minorities; coins new slogan 'trust of all'
Two days after he received a massive mandate in the Lok Sabha elections, Narendra Modi was on Saturday appointed Prime Minister for a second term as he reached out to minorities and gave a new slogan of 'Sabka Vishwas' (trust of all).President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Modi as the Prime Minister again after he was elected leader of the NDA parliamentary party and a delegation of the coalition headed by BJP chief Amit Shah handed over the letter of support from all parties in this regard.The president asked Modi to convey the names of the members of his new council of ministers and the date for swearing-in."Exercising powers vested in him under Article 75 (1) of the Constitution of India, President Kovind, today appointed @narendramodi to the office of Prime Minister of India," tweeted Rashtrapati Bhavan."The President requested Narendra Modi to advise him about the names of others to be appointed members of the Union Council of Ministers; and to indicate the date and time of the ...
Jaganmohan Reddy invites KCR to attend swearing-in ceremony
YSR Congress president Jaganmohan Reddy, who was invited to form the next Government in Andhra Pradesh by the Governor, Saturday called on Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao here and invited him for the swearing-in ceremony at Vijayawada on May 30. A release from the CM's office said Reddy extended his personal invitation to Rao to attend the ceremony. There was no official word on Raos response, but TRS sources indicated that it was likely to be positive. After he was elected leader of the YSRC legislature party, Reddy met the Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, ESL Narasimhan at the Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad and staked claim to form the government. The swearing-in ceremony would be held at Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation stadium, Vijayawada, on May 30 at 12.23 PM, a Raj Bhavan communique said. Reddy called on Rao after meeting the governor. During the meeting, Rao told Reddy that his government would like to have cordial relations with Andhra Pradesh, ..
Hope Gambhir meets people on dusty roads, not cheat them by using duplicate: AAP
The AAP Saturday took a dig at newly-elected East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir, saying he should meet the people on the dusty roads and not "cheat them" by sending his duplicate as he did during the campaigning period. In a statement, Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj said, "We offer our best wishes to all seven BJP MPs and expect them to work on Delhi Police, DDA (Delhi Development Authority) and MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi). All of these departments are directly under their central government and lot needs to be done in them. "Gambhir was cheating (the) public (by) using his duplicate to campaign in (the) hot afternoon while he was sitting in air-conditioned car. Public will forgive him if he himself meets people on dusty and sunny roads of Delhi." During campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls, Delhi Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia had alleged Gambhir was using a "duplicate" to campaign for him in order to avoid the heat. The Aam Aadmi Party leader had shared ...
Modi named Prime Minister, invited to form government
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi tendered resignation of his Council of Ministers, President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday invited him to form the next government.
2019 mandate liberated India from ailments of dynasty, casteism and appeasement: Shah
Describing BJP's massive victory in 2019 elections as a "blessing for democracy", party chief Amit Shah said Saturday India was plagued with dynasty, casteism and politics of appeasement since 1960s but this mandate has liberated the country from these diseases and is a stamp on the "politics of performance". Addressing the NDA parliamentary party meeting where Narendra Modi was formally elected as the leader of the alliance, Shah said Modi has been elected for a second term because he governed the country by rising above vote-bank politics. In his first term, Modi took tough decisions and ensured that crores of poor people benefitted from the government's welfare schemes, Shah said, adding that as many as 22 crore people have now shown faith in him. Asserting that there was a "Modi tsunami", he said people reposed their faith in him as they wanted the country to become a super power and 'Bharat Mata' be accorded her proper place on the global world order. "I wish that Modiji is able .
Mamata revamps party organisation to counter BJP's rise
In the wake of the BJP's stellar performance in the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday cracked the whip against internal strife and revamped the party organisation. The Trinamool Congress also clipped the wings of her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, considered number two in the party. All the districts under him where the BJP has won have been taken away and given to other leaders. "We have made several changes in the party organisation. The candidates who have put up good fight but has lost has been given additional responsibilities," Banerjee said after an hour-long meeting with all the candidates and senior leaders of the party. Hitting out at a section of party leaders for allegedly succumbing to the lure of money, Banerjee said steps were taken against such leaders. She also attacked the leaders who have switched over to the BJP and won elections sayihg, "When I take step against a corrupt leader and throw him out .
Lamba seeks accountability from Kejriwal in LS polls
Disgruntled AAP MLA Alka Lamba launched a veiled attack on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over AAP's crushing loss in Lok Sabha elections, asking shouldn't the person who took all the decisions in a closed room own the responsibility and quit. She lashed out at her party after she was again removed from AAP's MLA WhatsApp group, which includes Kejriwal. Without naming him, Lamba said that at a time when the party came third in the CM's constituency, lost in all 70 assembly segments and lost its security deposit, shouldn't the person, who sat in a closed room and took all decisions on alliance and candidates, quit. "Kejriwal ji, you are yourself admitting that you made very big mistakes due to which the party fared badly in the Lok Sabha polls. Without looking at the mistakes made by the party you have asked us to apologise to people. We should introspect on the mistakes," she said. AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj said that the party did not want to comment on her. "She is an .
India is not Hindi speaking states alone: DMK chief Stalin
DMK president M K Stalin Saturday said no single state can be ignored by the government at the Centre and asserted India was not Hindi speaking states alone. Buoyed by his party's performance in the Lok Sabha election, the Dravidian party chief for the first time said his party would take the initiative to oppose the BJP -albeit without naming it explicitly- in other states by working with outfits in those regions. "The DMK will take constructive measures to replicate the Tamil Nadu model (of propping up secularism and DMK's victory in polls) in other states as well by coordinating with forces committed to communal harmony," he said in an open letter to party cadres. On a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was elected leader of the NDA, Stalin said this was the time to support and embrace people of all identities, states, adding "the days that Hindi speaking states alone was India has vanished." The future was all about "constructive politics that centred around the ..
Modi appointed Prime Minister for second term
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who steered the BJP and NDA to a landslide victory in Lok Sabha elections, was on Saturday night appointed prime minister for a second term."Exercising powers vested in him under Article 75 (1) of the Constitution of India, President Kovind, today appointed @narendramodi to the office of Prime Minister of India," tweeted Rashtrapati Bhavan."The President requested Narendra Modi to advise him about the names of others to be appointed members of the Union Council of Ministers; and to indicate the date and time of the swearing-in-ceremony to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan," read another from President's office.Coming out after meeting President Ram Nath Kovind, Modi said he would soon be conveying to the President the details of the members of his new Council of Ministers and the date for swearing-in.Thanking all the NDA leaders for choosing him as the leader of the coalition, Modi said the nation has given a massive mandate and the government would work to ..
Modi appointed PM-elect
BJP leader Narendra Modi was on Saturday appointed prime minister-elect by President Ram Nath Kovind, who also asked him to form the new government. After the BJP and the National Democratic Alliance unanimously elected him as their leader, Modi reached the Rashtrapati Bhavan Saturday night to stake claim to form the next government. Modi later told reporters at the forecourts of Rashtrapati Bhavan that President Kovind has appointed him prime minister-elect and asked him to form the new government. The outgoing Union council of ministers had tendered its resignation on Friday night and Kovind had asked Modi to continue as caretaker PM. After the NDA returned to power with a massive majority, Modi becoming the prime minister again was a foregone conclusion.
People's love, Modi wave crushed TMC's false cases against me: Saumitra Khan
BJP candidate Saumitra Khan, who emerged victorious from West Bengal's Bishnupur Lok sabha seat in spite of not being able to campaign in most parts of his constituency following a court order, said the "false cases" lodged against him by the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government failed to stop him as he rode on people's blessings and a potent Modi wave across Bengal.
Prez asks Modi to decide council of ministers, date of swearing-in ceremony
President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to decide the council of ministers and the date of his swearing-in ceremony. The president also appointed Modi to the office of Prime Minister of India, a communique issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan said. Kovind requested Modi to advise him about the names of others to be appointed members of the Union Council of Ministers; and indicate the date and time of the swearing-in ceremony to be held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, it said. Modi was formally intimated when he called on the president at the Rashtrapati Bhavan this evening in his capacity as the leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party, which has majority support in the House of the People following the general election to the 17th Lok Sabha, the communique said. Earlier in the day, a delegation of the National Democratic Alliance led by BJP president Amit Shah and comprising Parkash Singh Badal, Rajnath Singh, Nitish Kumar, Ram Vilas Paswan, Sushma Swaraj, Uddhav ..
DMK elects Baalu as Lok Sabha party leader
Senior DMK leader and former Union Minister T.R. Baalu on Saturday was elected as the party's leader in the Lok Sabha.