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Cong has lies in its DNA: Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Tuesday charged that the Congress has "lies" in its DNA and asked how it will give "Nyay" when it has always done injustice. He also said there is no "dalali" in the BJP government and if funds are given under any scheme, they go straight to beneficiaries. Speaking at an election meeting, Adityanath said, "Congress has lies in its DNA. They say they will give NYAY (justice) ...we ask you have always done injustice with the people here. How will you give NYAY now". Adityanath was referring to the "Ab hoga nyay" election tagline of the Congress. The chief minister said if five years of the BJP government are compared with 55 years of the Congress and if two years of the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh with 17 years of SP-BSP governments then the BJP will prove to be much better. He also said that during Congress governments, Pakistani terrorists used to behead jawans but now when soldiers are martyred, it is avenged by going inside Pakistan.
Modi's speech indicates impending horse trading, cancel his nominations: TMC to EC
The Trinamool Congress Tuesday alleged that Narendra Modi's recent speech, where he claimed that 40 TMC MLA's are in touch with him, indicates "impending horse-trading" and asked the Election Commission to cancel his nomination for such "provocative and undemocratic" statements. In its letter to the EC, the TMC demanded "strong action" for the "unfounded, inappropriate and illegal" campaign and utterances of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During an election rally in Sreerampur on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had claimed that 40 TMC MLAs were in touch with him and will desert their party once the BJP wins the general elections. "We would like to bring to your kind notice the lies uttered by Mr Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister regarding horse trading, hinting that the members of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) will cross over to the Bharatiya Janata Party and using this lie to influence the voters," a letter from the party to the EC said. The TMC said it is "shocked and .
YSRCP writes to CEC raising apprehensions about pre-planned violence during counting
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) has written to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora highlighting the party's apprehensions about pre-planned violence during the counting of votes and requesting the poll panel for taking special measures.In its the letter, YSRCP has alleged that the ruling dispensation is planning to create disturbances during the counting of votes at the designated centres."It is likely that counting agents of the ruling party may bring forged 17-C forms and start arguing with counting supervisors to delay the process. The agent's scrutiny and approval may be delayed deliberately so as to create panic," the letter by YSRCP reads.The party has requested the ECI to instruct all returning officers to erect steel barricading along with the mesh in all counting halls, the compulsory invocation of Section 144.The letter is written by YSRC MP V Vijaya Sai Reddy.Earlier on April 12, YSR Congress party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had claimed that the .
People from Haryana like to challenge Modi: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday said there is "something in the soil of Haryana" as people from the state "like to challenge" Narendra Modi, referring to former BSF constable Tej Bahadur Yadav taking on the prime minister in Varanasi. In a tweet, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener said that in the 2014 general elections too, someone from Haryana-- referring to himself-- had contested against Modi from the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Yadav, who hails from Haryana, was dismissed from the Border Security Force (BSF) in 2017 after complaining about the quality of food. He was declared as the candidate of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) alliance in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. "There is something in the soil of Haryana. Last time too, someone (himself) from Haryana had challenged Modi ji in Varanasi, this time too Haryana's jawan has locked horns with Modi ji. Best wishes to the SP-BSP alliance candidate from ...
Priyanka is subtle, Rahul directly attacks PM
It has been a style of contrast in campaign by Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is the party's star campaigner for the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.
Kerala CEO seeks report on bogus voting complaints
With the CPI-M in the dock over reports of bogus voting in Kerala's Kannur and Kasargode, the state Chief Electoral Officer on Tuesday sought reports from the District Collectors of the two constituencies on similar reports of bogus voting by the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), an ally of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF).
Notice to Rahul over his citizenship a BJP ploy to divert people's attention, says Congress
Home Ministry's notice to Congress president Rahul Gandhi regarding his citizenship is a ploy to divert the people's attention from the real issues plaguing the nation, said the party here on Tuesday.The Congress party also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of resorting to "a fake narrative to divert the attention of the people as he has no answers for unemployment, farmer distress, and tax terrorism unleashed on the traders of the country."Talking to ANI, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said: "The electoral boat of PM Modi and BJP has completely sunk. The bankruptcy of new ideas is now making them lose the political balance by resorting to such malicious allegations against Gandhi.""The entire country knows that he is a citizen of India. Rahul Gandhi complained to the Ethics Committee of Parliament regarding the same issue one and a half years ago. The truth is that there is no truth in the allegations," said Surjewala."PM Modi raised the same issue in 2015 and again
US, China trade talks to begin in Beijing
The US and China will begin a fresh round of talks in Beijing on Tuesday as they seem to edge closer to resolve their damaging trade dispute.
Kejriwal endorses sacked BSF jawan pitted against Modi
Lauding former BSF constable Tej Bahadur Yadav for "challenging" Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday said there is "something in the soil of Haryana", the state from where the sacked jawan hails. In a tweet, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener said that in the 2014 general elections too, someone from Haryana-- referring to himself-- had taken on Modi in Varanasi. Yadav, the former Border Security Force (BSF) jawan, who was was dismissed in 2017 after complaining about the quality of food, was Monday declared as the candidate of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) alliance in Uttar Pradesh. "There is something in the soil of Haryana. Last time too, someone (himself) from Haryana had challenged Modi ji in Varanasi, this time too Haryana's jawan has locked horns with Modi ji. Best wishes to the SP-BSP alliance candidate from the entire nation," Kejriwal tweeted. Born and brought up in Haryana, ..
Trump made over 10,000 false, misleading claims
US President Donald Trump has so far made over 10,000 false or misleading claims, with an average of nearly 23 a day, about the midterm elections, the partial government shutdown over his promised border wall and the release of the Special Counsels report on Russian interference, The Washington Post finds.
Madras High Court curbs Kiran Bedi's powers
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday struck down the Union Home Ministry's clarification order giving Lt. Governor of Puducherry Kiran Bedi with administrative power.
Never-give-up Rajasthan worker throws hat into poll ring for 29th time
A labourer by profession with Rs 1,000 cash in hand, Titar Singh is the never-give-up contestant who has been fighting one election or another since 1983 and is now getting ready for his 29th electoral plunge. The 74-year-old is one of the 11 candidates who have filed papers for the Ganganagar Lok Sabha constituency (SC) in Rajasthan, which will go to the polls during the fifth phase of parliamentary elections on May 6. Trying his luck an an independent, Singh claims he has contested the Lok Sabha, assembly and local body polls 28 times in the past with the help of donations from local residents but lost every time. I have lost all elections but I keep my hopes alive. I will win this time, the indefatigable Singh, who managed to get almost 4,000 votes in the 2014 Lok Sabha election, told PTI. Pushed into contesting as a sign of protest against governmental neglect, he has never given up. This is the 29th time I am contesting an election. I lost 28 elections in the past but this has ...
Last three phases of polls will determine scale of oppn
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that the scales have been tilted in favor of the ruling NDA in the first four phases of the general election, and the remaining three would determine the magnitude of its victory and the opposition's defeat. Addressing an election rally here, Modi iterated that his government has always displayed its resolve in combating terror but cautioned that the menace was far from over as was evident from the recent bomb attacks in neighboring Sri Lanka. "All those who are running factories of terror are in the cross heirs of this chowkidar," Modi stated. In a veiled dig at jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad, the prime minister said, "those doing the rounds of court to secure bail are scared of a strong government in New Delhi". He claimed that the opposition parties "were not fighting for their victory, but to augment their diminished strength". "Beware, if they regain their strength, the days of lawlessness will return to Bihar, daughters
Biden lays economic plan in 1st speech as 2020 candidate
Former US Vice President Joe Biden used his first address as a 2020 Democrat presidential candidate to sketch out his economic plans, vowing to rebuild the countrys middle class in a state that helped hand President Donald Trump the White House three years ago.
Sporadic incidents of post poll violence in Bengal
Two persons were injured in a clash between the Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party activists in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Tuesday as sporadic incidents of post poll violence were reported from various parts of the state.
Ban Prime Minister Modi not for 72 hours but for 72 years: Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remark that 40 TMC MLAs are in touch with him and said that he should be banned not for 72 hours but 72 years.Taking to Twitter, Yadav wrote: "Vikas is asking: Did you hear the shameful speech of Pradhan ji? After losing the trust of 125 crore countrymen, he is now confined to posing unethical faith in so-called party-changing antics of 40 Bengal MLAs. This is not him but the mentality of black money speaking in this way. For this, he should be banned for not 72 hours but for 72 years."Addressing an election rally at Serampore in West Bengal on Monday, Prime Minister Modi had claimed that 40 TMC MLAs were in touch with him and there is nothing that can save Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee."Didi, on May 23, when the results will come, the lotus will bloom everywhere and your MLAs will leave you. Didi, your 40 MLAs are in contact with me even now," he said at the public .
'Shotgun' confident of doing well in Patna Sahib, has similar hopes for wife in Lucknow
There is no contradiction in his wife Poonam Sinha contesting as a candidate of the SP-BSP alliance from Lucknow and his fighting the Patna Sahib seat as a Congress member, says actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, confident of a good performance in both the constituencies. Sinha, who recently joined the Congress, is up against Union Law and Justice minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in the Bihar constituency he has won twice as a BJP member in what is one of the toughest challenges of his three-decade political career. His wife Poonam Sinha, also an actor, is making her debut against Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh from the Uttar Pradesh capital. Sinha, who snapped ties with the BJP earlier this month, had generous words of praise for his rival Prasad, saying his refusal to engage in personal attacks during poll campaign showed he was a bhadralok. I highly appreciate and applaud it. I have regard and respect for Ravi Shankar Prasad whom I consider a bhadralok. He is a nice man from .
Notice to Congress nominee in Himachal
The Congress nominee from Himachal Pradesh's Kangra Lok Sabha constituency has been served a show-cause notice by the Returning Officer for violating the model code of conduct while filing his nomination papers, official said on Tuesday.
Yogi Adityanath, Priyanka Gandhi in Amethi
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi will be in Amethi on Tuesday almost at the same time campaigning for their two high profile party candidates.
Australian quits anti-Muslim party over strip club video
A candidate in Australia's upcoming general election quit his anti-Muslim political party on Tuesday after video of him groping and propositioning dancers in a US strip club was broadcast on national television. Steve Dickson had been Queensland state president of the One Nation Party and a Senate candidate in May 18 elections. The 56-year-old resigned from the party after Nine Network television on Monday night broadcast his antics in the Washington, D.C., club in September that were secretly videoed by Al Jazeera. It was the second time that Dickson and his party have been embarrassed and politically damaged by the Qatar-owned broadcaster. Dickson said in a statement Tuesday that his political career was over. He said the strip club video "shows a person who was drunk and not in control of his actions and I take full responsibility for allowing that to happen." An Al Jazeera documentary broadcast in March reported that Dickson and One Nation official James Ashby flew to the United ..