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Khattar hails BJP-led NDA's performance in LS polls, gives credit to Modi and Shah
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Thursday hailed the BJP-led NDA's performance in the Lok Sabha polls and gave credit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party chief Amit Shah and the state government's pro-people policies for the stupendous show. He said nationalism has been a major issue in the polls and since early days, it has been a core principle of the BJP. Khattar said Congress leaders failed to understand the public sentiment on nationalism and targeted the BJP for raking up the issue. Countering opposition's attack on BJP leaders for seeking votes in Modi's name, he said there was nothing wrong in doing so. "I had been maintaining from the beginning that the NDA will win with a comfortable majority. I had also said that in Haryana we will sweep. It is a big victory for us. This shows that there is a strong pro-incumbency. The credit for this victory goes to our Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah and pro-people policies of the government," Khattar ...
Pawan Chamling wins from Poklok Kamrang seat
Sikkim Chief Minister and Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) supremo Pawan Chamling won the Poklok Kamrang Assembly seat, election officials said Thursday. Chamling defeated his nearest Sikkim Krantikari Morcha rival Kharka Bahadur Rai by 2,899 votes, they said. He is also contesting from the Namchi Sinhithang seat where. Chamling is also leading from the seat. Chamling has been the chief minister of Sikkim for more than 24 years since December 1994.
PM congratulates Jagan, Naveen Patnaik
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated YSR Congress Party leader Jaganmohan Reddy and Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik for the victory of their respective parties in the Assembly elections.
Goa: BJP loses Assembly seat held by Parrikar to Congress
The BJP, which held the Panaji Assembly seat in Goa for 25 years, lost it on Thursday to the Congress, but won bypolls in Shiroda, Mapusa and Mandrem Assembly constituencies. The Panaji Assembly bypoll was necessitated due to the death of sitting MLA and former chief minister Manohar Parrikar in March, while the death of sitting BJP MLA Francis D'Souza necessitated the bypoll in Mapusa. The bypolls in Shiroda and Mandrem became necessary following the resignation of their sitting Congress MLAs. In Panaji, Congress nominee Atanasio Monserratte got 8,748 votes while BJP's Siddharth Kunkolienkar polled 6,990 votes, an official said. The Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM) candidate and former Goa RSS chief Subhash Velingkar came in at the third spot, getting just 560 votes while AAP's nominee Valmiki Naik came in fourth with 436 votes. In the 2017 Assembly poll, Kunkolienkar had defeated Monserratte by around 1,600 votes. The BJP, under Parrikar, ruled the constituency for 25 years ...
Pressure mounts on PM Theresa May as govt delays Brexit vote
Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May remained defiant on Thursday even as the government postponed a crucial Parliament vote on her revised Brexit deal faced stiff opposition from within the Conservative Party. A UK government whip Mark Spencer told the House of Commons that he would update MPs on the publication and debate of the Brexit Withdrawal Bill after Parliament returns from recess in early June. It was expected that the bill would be tabled on Friday before the Commons breaks up for the brief recess. "We will update the House on the publication and introduction of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill on our return from the Whitsun recess," said Spencer, who was standing in for Andrea Leadsom the Leader of the Commons who resigned her Cabinet role on Wednesday evening claiming a lack of trust in May's Brexit strategy. "We had hoped to hold second reading on Friday 7th June. At the moment, we have not secured agreement to this in the usual channels. Of course, we will update .
Patna Sahib LS seat; Ravi Shankar Prasad ahead by 1.50 lakh votes against Shatrughan Sinha
BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad is leading the battle on the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha seat by 1.5 lakh votes against Congress candidate and veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha."I have always said that the people of Patna Sahib want to make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister again," the Union Minister for Law and Justice told a press conference here."My agenda has always been that of hope vs opportunism. On the one hand, there was an opportunistic alliance while on another end there was a belief of development of the country under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi," Prasad added.Out of a total 40 seats in Bihar, BJP is ahead on 16 seats and its ally JD(U) is leading on 15 seats. Ramvilas Paswan-led Lok Jan Shakti Party is ahead on six seats, according to Election Commission trends.Congress is leading on one seat while RJD is ahead on two seats.
BJP all set to make clean sweep in Rajasthan
Celebrations have already started in BJP office even before the official announcement of the victory is being declared in the state with almost all its candidates leading by over 2 lakh votes.
Tharoor sure of raising win margin 3 times over 2014
Shashi Tharoor, senior Congress leader and party candidate from the Thiruvananthapuram seat in Kerala, on Thursday expressed confidence of winning the seat by three times plus margin over the 2014 votes.
Will introspect, BJP getting another term is tragedy: CPI-M
The ruling CPI-M in Kerala on Thursday said it will introspect over its rout in the Lok Sabha elections and said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) getting another term at the Centre was a "tragedy".
BJP gets over 50 pc votes in several states, repeats 2014 landslide in north, west India
The BJP has repeated the near improbable feat of repeating its landslide victory in north and west India with its vote share jumping over 50 per cent in many states, as the party appeared set to surpass its 2014 total of 282 Lok Sabha seats in this general election. The saffron tsunami- powered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's charisma, his planks of nationalism and development, and the BJP's organisational heft- rolled on in the Hindi heartland once more and even the apparently formidable SP-BSP combine was blown away. In reality, the BJP has bettered its show this time as its vote share in several states, including Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana, was well over 50 per cent, nothing short of a statistical wonder in Indian electoral history. BJP president Amit Shah's claim of achieving over 50 per cent vote share to ensure the defeat of the SP-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradsh came true as the saffron party had pocketed more than 49 per cent votes, as per the .
KPCC chief congratulates BJP on "resounding victory"
Karnataka Congress president DineshGundu Rao Thursday congratulated the BJP forits "resounding victory" and wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi the "very best". "Congratulations to BJP for a resounding victory, bothin India and Karnataka. In a democracy, people's verdict issacrosanct,'' Rao said in a tweet. ''I wish Mr Modi the very best and hope in his second term as PM will build a stronger, more prosperous and inclusive India," Rao added. As the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka led by Kumaraswamy completed one year on Thursday, the ruling coalition is on the edge with the Lok Sabha results widely expected to have a bearing on its stability.
Union cabinet to meet Friday; recommend dissolution of 16th LS
The Union Cabinet will meet Friday evening to recommend the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha. The meet will be held a day after the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections in which the NDA is all set to retain power. After the Cabinet's recommendation is passed in the form of a resolution, President Ram Nath Kovind will dissolve the present Lok Sabha, the term of which is ending on June 3. The 17th Lok Sabha has to be constituted before June 3 and the process to form a new House will be initiated when the three Election Commissioners meet the President in the next few days to hand over the list of newly-elected members. After the meeting of the Union Cabinet, the Council of Ministers, which also comprises ministers of state, will meet at the South Block office of the prime minister, official sources said Thursday.
Modi congratulates Patnaik for BJD victory in Odisha
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for Biju Janata Dal's success in 2019 Assembly elections. "Congratulations to Naveen Babu for yet another victory in Odisha. Wishing him the very best for the next term," Modi said in a twitter post following BJD's march towards forming government in the state for the fifth time in a row. Modi's message comes as the regional party appears to be all set to script history in the state with a record fifth consecutive victory in the assembly polls. The Naveen Patnaik-led party has been on a winning spree since 2000. BJD candidates were ahead in 111 of the 146 assembly seats for which polling was held in four phases. BJP was leading in 22 assembly seats, while Congress was ahead in 11 and CPI-M and JMM in one seat each. Polling in Patkura assembly seat has been postponed twice following the death of a candidate and later due to cyclone Fani. The ruling BJD is also leading in 14 of the .
Ruling coalition surges towards massive victory in Bihar
The ruling BJP-JDU-LJP alliance in Bihar looks all set for a resounding victory in the Lok Sabha elections as suggest the counting trends. BJP is leading on 16 seats, while its allies Janata Dal (United) (JDU) on 15 seats and Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) on six seats. In all, the alliance is leading on 37 seats.Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is leading on two seats, while the Congress on one seat. The others allies of RJD-led grand alliance are trailing as the counting advances towards the conclusion.In Patna Sahib, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is leading against Congress' Shatrughan Sinha by a margin of over 92,797 votes. In Pataliputra seat, Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter and RJD candidate Misha Bharti is leading over BJP's Ram Kripal Yadav by a margin of 80,27 votes.At Arrah, RK Singh of BJP is ahead of Raju Yadav of CPI-M-L (Liberation) by a margin of 58,398 votes. At Jamui (SC) Chirag Kumar Paswan, son of Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan of Lok
Farooq set to win, Mehbooba concedes defeat
Even as the official announcement of results is still awaited, the National Conference (NC) on Thursday established unassailable lead in all three Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir Valley while former Chief Minister and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti lost in her erstwhile bastion Anantnag.
BJP heads to spectacular win as Modi's message resonates across India; oppn demolished
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday led his Bharatiya Janata Party towards what is certain to be a resounding victory for a second term in office, as his message of nationalism, security, Hindu pride and a New India was wholeheartedly embraced by voters across large swathes of the country. With the elections establishing the 68-year-old Modi as the most popular leader in decades, the partial vote count released by the Election Commission showed that BJP will surpass its 2014 performance. Until 4.30 p.m., the BJP had won five seats and was leading in 294 of the 542 Lok Sabha seats that went to polls in seven phases, demolishing the combined opposition with the Congress Party stuck with a lead in only 50 seats, according to the trends. Modi himself was leading in Varanasi with a margin of over 4.3 lakh votes while party president Amit Shah was ahead in Gandhinagar in their home state of Gujarat by over 5.5 lakh votes. "With all+ development for all+ everybody's confidence = ...
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath must resign, says BJP
Buoyed by encouraging trends of the vote count for the Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh, BJP Chief Rakesh Singh on Thursday asked Chief Minister Kamal Nath to resign on moral grounds.
DMK-led alliance overwhelms AIADMK, bucks national trend (2nd Lead)
Bucking the national trend that favoured the BJP, the DMK-led alliance on Thursday led in a whopping 36 of the 38 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu, dealing a major blow to the ruling AIADMK and its allies.
'Unprecedented performance': Advani congratulates Modi, Shah
BJP veteran L.K. Advani on Thursday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah for the party's "unprecedented" performance in the Lok Sabha polls.
LS election result historic, unprecedented : Sonowal
Terming the Lok Sabha election results as "historic" and "unprecedented", Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Thursday said the mandate is for nationalism and faster development of a new India. In a series of tweets, Sonowal gave full credit to the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah for BJP's landslide victory. "A historic day for India. It's a vote for nationalism and faster development. It's a vote for #NewIndia. Congratulations to the people of India for choosing a strong & honest Govt led by PM Shri @narendramodi ji," Sonowal said. Stating that the outcome is a mandate for Modi, the Assam BJP leader claimed that it is unprecedented in electoral history and a wave in favour of a "great leader decided national and state elections the way #ModiWave has done for @BJP4India". "I congratulate Shri @AmitShah ji for this great victory. Your meticulous planning, campaign strategy and tremendous hard work not only helped @BJP4India ..