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Swearing-in of Ashok Gehlot, Kamal Nath, Bhupesh Baghel: Many Opposition leaders to attend, Mayawati, Mamata to skip ceremony
• 6 years agoA host of opposition leaders are expected to attend the swearing-in of Ashok Gehlot, Kamal Nath and Bhupesh Baghel as chief ministers of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh respectively, on Monday.
Chandrababu Naidu likely to attend swearing-in ceremonies of Ashok Gehlot, Kamal Nath and Bhupesh Baghel
• 6 years agoAccording to the sources, Madhya Pradesh chief minister-designate Kamal Nath telephoned and invited Naidu to be present in the swearing-in ceremony to be held in Bhopal Monday.
Congress won 8 of 39 Assembly polls under Rahul Gandhi; recent victories due to anti-incumbency, not strategy
Raghav Pandey • 6 years agoAssembly Election Results 2018: There is also no clear trend in the rise of the fortunes of the Congress under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, be it the victories in Punjab and Karnataka, the performance in Gujarat or the wins in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan this week
Assembly Election Results: Upendra Kushwaha says 'BJP's countdown has begun' after saffron party loses in three states
• 6 years agoWhen asked why he snapped ties with the NDA, Upendra Kushwaha said, "I joined the NDA on the agenda of development, but over the years I realised that they were working on the development of their own agenda, which is that of the RSS."
Tejashwi Yadav mocks Nitish Kumar after BJP's loss in three states, asks Bihar CM if he will make a 'U-turn again'
• 6 years agoTejashwi Yadav's remark came in the backdrop of Assembly poll results in three states - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh - where the BJP lost to the Congress, an ally in the RJD-led grand alliance in Bihar.
With more than 66 lakh tweets on Assembly polls, Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi most commonly-mentioned leaders
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAccording to Twitter India, the social networking site saw more than 66 lakhs tweets on Assembly polls as people, both in India and overseas discussed about elections held in these states.
Assembly Election Results: Sticking with Hindutva politics and not local issues cost BJP Chhattisgarh, MP and Rajasthan
Shraddhac • 6 years agoIf BJP strategists believed that Assembly elections were fought on local issues, why then did the party focus on national issues, like the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, which matter little to farmers in remote corners of Chhattisgarh?
Narendra Modi should know that vitriol of Hindutva, renaming of cities won't woo voters; he has a lot to fix before 2019
Bikram Vohra • 6 years agoWhatever good the Narendra Modi government has done these past four years, including putting India right up there on the global map, was getting lost in the dross of religion and Hindutva-oriented sentiments.
Election results: Mayawati supports Congress to form govt in Madhya Pradesh, INC leaves zero manoeuvering space for BJP
Fppolitics • 6 years agoMayawati, with her two seats, will support the Congress in Madhya Pradesh. The Bahujan Samaj Party chief made the announcement on Wednesday extremely grudgingly. "The people who have voted for Congress in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh were desperate because they did not want a BJP government. Dil pe patthar rakh ke jitaya hai Congress ko," said the BSP chief
Madhya Pradesh Election Results 2018: Congress stakes claim to form govt in Hindi heartland, gets support from Independents
Fppolitics • 6 years agoIn what seemed likely to be driven by the 2017 Goa experience, Congress Tuesday staked claim to form the government in Madhya Pradesh in a letter sent to the govrnor