Lok Sabha Elections 2014

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Local court in Muzaffarnagar transfers Amit Shah's case of violating model of conduct to Allahabad special court
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Local court in Muzaffarnagar transfers Amit Shah's case of violating model of conduct to Allahabad special court

Amit has been accused of allegedly making "objectionable" speeches while campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls in Muzaffarnagar on 4 April 2014.

Lone warrior: Why Chote Lal Mahato won't give up
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Lone warrior: Why Chote Lal Mahato won't give up

Chote Lal Mahato is a one-man army unlike regular party candidates who have large support system.

Bihar: BJP’s Mission 185 under threat as allies fight over seat sharing
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Bihar: BJP’s Mission 185 under threat as allies fight over seat sharing

As if offering himself as the NDA’s chief minister candidate was not enough, Upendra Kushwaha, leader of the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP), has even come up with a formula for distribution seats among the allies.

Rahul Gandhi's 'suit boot ki sarkar' comment stinks of hypocrisy
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Rahul Gandhi's 'suit boot ki sarkar' comment stinks of hypocrisy

Is Rahul Gandhi trying to suggest that the Congress party did not get corporate funding to fight the 2014 Lok Sabha elections?

The great Rahul Gandhi leave: Five questions to help him 'reflect' on the future of Congress
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The great Rahul Gandhi leave: Five questions to help him 'reflect' on the future of Congress

It’s not difficult to see what ails the Congress. It’s just surprising Rahul needs to go away for a few weeks to see the writing on the wall that has been staring at him in the face election after election.

Cash crunch? Cong raises membership fee by 250 times and 75% of it goes to central leadership
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Cash crunch? Cong raises membership fee by 250 times and 75% of it goes to central leadership

The political drubbing that India's Grand Old Party has been facing over the last year is not the only problem facing the Gandhis. Along with a fast decreasing morale among party workers, the party is reportedly staring at a financial crisis so massive, that it has decided to hike its membership fee 250 times.

Reaching out to the grassroots: How Congress plans to revive itself
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Reaching out to the grassroots: How Congress plans to revive itself

An AICC meeting is likely in March to take up these suggestions, which will also be compiled in a book form.

Follow BJP: Congress has a ruinous plan to remake its 'pro-Muslim' image
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Follow BJP: Congress has a ruinous plan to remake its 'pro-Muslim' image

The Congress move is symptomatic of the growing lumpenisation of national politics and a steadily shrinking agenda in which winning elections alone matters.

Why 2014 was an incredible and a terrible year for democracy
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Why 2014 was an incredible and a terrible year for democracy

2014 was a terrific year for the democracy; 2014 was a terrible year for the democracy.

Leadership for dummies: Some unsolicited tips for Rahul Gandhi to avoid killing Congress in 2015
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Leadership for dummies: Some unsolicited tips for Rahul Gandhi to avoid killing Congress in 2015

It was the inept leadership of Rahul Gandhi which played a large part in the marginalisation of the party in the country’s political scape.

Lalu and Mulayam all set to seal political partnership with matrimonial alliance
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Lalu and Mulayam all set to seal political partnership with matrimonial alliance

SP chief Mulayam Yadav's grand-nephew Tej Pratap and RJD supremo Lalu Yadav's youngest daughter Raj Lakshmi are set to tie the knot early next year.

PM Modi's Swachh Bharat: Delhi BJP, AAP in full-blown 'garbage politics'
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PM Modi's Swachh Bharat: Delhi BJP, AAP in full-blown 'garbage politics'

Many AAP old timers, who later quit due to differences with the top brass, questioned why AAP didn’t continue its own cleanliness drive.

Another Congress leader expelled from party for criticising Sonia, Rahul
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Another Congress leader expelled from party for criticising Sonia, Rahul

However, terming his expulsion from the party as "dictatorship of Congress," Azam told reporters that he received information about it (expulsion) from the media.

Maharashtra elections: BJP win will be the electoral demise of 'marathi manoos'
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Maharashtra elections: BJP win will be the electoral demise of 'marathi manoos'

The Maharashtra assembly elections may well mark a watershed moment marking the ideological exhaustion -- at least in an electoral sense -- of the Shiv Sena/MNS brand of politics.

Pak ceasefire violations: Congress slams Modi government
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Pak ceasefire violations: Congress slams Modi government

Hitting out at the government for "failing" to respond adequately and effectively to ceasefire violations by Pakistan, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said it has emboldened the neighbouring country to perpetuate tension in the border areas.

Court adjourns hearing on Modi's marital status on LS poll affidavit
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Court adjourns hearing on Modi's marital status on LS poll affidavit

The AAP activist had approached the court in April this year as Ranip police station in the city had declined to register an FIR against Modi.

Kejriwal loses right to defend defamation suit filed by Cong leader
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Kejriwal loses right to defend defamation suit filed by Cong leader

With Kejriwal failing to file his response, Joint Registrar Anil Kumar Sisodia did not allow the plea of his counsel that some more time be given for filing written statement.

Cong draws up plan to revive party in UP after LS rout
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Cong draws up plan to revive party in UP after LS rout

The party had in June dissolved its Uttar Pradesh unit and all district and block committees, but retained Nirmal Khatri as the chief of the UP Pradesh Congress Committee.

Salman Khan defends Narendra Modi, says give him time to prove himself
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Salman Khan defends Narendra Modi, says give him time to prove himself

Bollywood actor Salman Khan has come out in defense of Modi and urged the people to keep their faith in him and give him some more time.

'Modi's biggest success in 100 days is the transition from CM to PM'
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'Modi's biggest success in 100 days is the transition from CM to PM'

Despite the ballyhoo going around about how Modi is a different prime minister than his predecessors, the debate still rages on between myth versus truth.