2019 General Election
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Over 2,500 foreigners expected to meet poll candidates, attend rallies as part of ‘Election Tourism’ in Gujarat
•Tour operators in Gujarat have come up with special packages for foreign tourists wishing to experience various Lok Sabha polls related events in the state during the campaign period
Congress in good shape for 2019 Lok Sabha polls, but grand old party needs to do more to take on Modi factor
Rasheed Kidwai •If Team Narendra Modi is set to make full use of the prime minister’s personal ratings, big projects and reliance on emotive issues like Ram Temple, the Congress and its potential allies are prepared to take the battle to the states.
Congress leader Sachin Pilot claims BJP facing 'infighting and groupism' as Amit Shah, Vasundhara Raje campaign in Rajasthan
•Sachin Pilot's remarks came following Amit Shah's swipe at the Congress that it should decide whether it will be Pilot or Ashok Gehlot who will be the party's chief ministerial candidate
Rahul Gandhi in London: Congress president says party will build 'formidable alliance' to fight BJP in 2019 polls
•Rahul Gandhi said Congress will win the 2019 general elections by building a "formidable alliance" to fight the ruling BJP
Narendra Modi to address residents of newly-electrified villages via NaMo App today: PM again couples technology and governance with politics
Fp Staff •Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tryst with technology and its use during electoral campaigns has intensified during the last four years of his rule at the Centre.
Cracks emerge in West Bengal Left Front as CPM advocates adjustment with Congress; allies ask party to regain lost ground
•Miffed over the CPM's growing affinity with the Congress, once its arch-rival, allies such as the AIFB, RSP and CPI have expressed reservations over understanding with the grand old party.
BJP in damage control mode to keep 'estranged' allies in good mood as Amit Shah set to meet Uddhav, Badal
Sanjay •Shah would give an impression that the BJP leadership was trying to be accommodative. Despite all that bitterness and needless outbursts from Sena against the party, Modi and the Centre, the BJP was still willing to walk along with its old ideological ally.
NDA will win all 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar during 2019 polls under leadership of Narendra Modi, says BJP
•BJP leaders asserted that the party under the leadership of Narendra Modi would remain unstoppable in the general elections next year and the NDA would bag all 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar.
Milind Deora Column: For real electoral reform, Election Commission should focus on financial transparency, its own independence
Milind Deora •The need of the hour is for the Election Commission to implement reforms and measures to streamline its processes on an urgent basis, particularly in light of the forthcoming 2019 general elections.
Jyotiraditya Scindia thinks there are 'very strong signs' of Congress resurgence in Hindi heartland
•The Congress may have suffered a crushing defeat in the North East, but senior leader Jyotiraditya Scindia feels that there are "very strong signs" of the party's resurgence in the Hindi heartland which would be crucial in the 2019 general election.