Rahul Gandhi has gone from being derided as 'Pappu' to being lauded as 'Param Pujya' in 1st year as Congress chief
Fp Staff • 6 years agoFor Rahul — who was viewed as incapable of resurrecting the Congress and called 'Pappu' by his opponents — this win serves as validation for the party president was mocked mercilessly and criticised by other parties, especially the BJP.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan sets example for others: 'BJP man of Vajpayee mould', says Twitter commending CM's graceful exit
Fp Staff • 6 years agoFrom labelling Shivraj Singh Chouhan a "BJP stalwart in Vajpayee mould" to the "people's chief minister", Twitter and political pundits were all praise for him, and noted that he set the bar too high for even for his own party colleagues.
Election results 2018: Getting Telangana wrong, failing to understand MP; how accurate were the exit polls?
Fp Staff • 6 years agoVoting for Assembly elections in five states — Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Telangana and Chhattisgarh — was held between 12 November and Friday (7 December).
MP election results declared: Congress bags 114 seats BJP takes 109; INC thanks voters for giving party 'responsibility to develop state'
Fp Staff • 6 years agoA resurgent Congress on Tuesday made significant gains in not just Madhya Pradesh but also in two other state Assembly elections, dealing a body blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh results bring Congress back into 2019 game, give Rahul Gandhi poll cred
Ajaz • 6 years agoGive credit to Rahul Gandhi for exploiting the anti-incumbency sentiment, which often influences electoral outcomes in India
Election Results updates: PM congratulates Congress, thanks people of Chhattisgarh, MP and Rajasthan for 'opportunity to serve'
Fppolitics • 6 years agoMP, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Telangana, Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results LIVE Updates: If the Congress sees off the last-minute scare, it will a trifecta of wins in the heartland of India, having already comfortably bagged Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. With the sudden slump in electoral fortunes of the BJP, 2019 is no longer a walkover for Narendra Modi and Amit Shah.
Assembly Election Results 2018: BJP's wait for Congress-mukt Bharat may never end as recent wins will buoy Congress in 2019
Debobrat Ghose • 6 years agoAssembly Election Results 2018: BJP leaders have spoken about a ‘Congress-mukt Bharat’ since 2014, however, the Congress’ strong showing in the recent Assembly elections 2018, has proved that the BJP could be chasing a chimera
Madhya Pradesh Election Results: Congress and BJP vie for control of crucial Hindi heartland state ahead of 2019
Kubra Fatima • 6 years agoRahul Gandhi's attempts to wrest the narrative ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls seem to be working
Congress' gains in MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh set up tantalising Rahul Gandhi vs Narendra Modi battle in 2019
Sanjay • 6 years agoNarendra Modi's electoral juggernaut has finally halted exactly where it began five years ago — the three Hindi heartland states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
BJP will pay huge price in 2019 if it does not learn that vote in MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan is against its politics, policies
Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay • 6 years agoCompared to the figures of 2013, the BJP has lost approximately eight percent of the votes in Rajasthan, seven percent in Madhya Pradesh and a whopping 9.5 percent in Chhattisgarh