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Madhya Pradesh polls: Factionalism in Congress thing of past, says Jyotiraditya Scindia, lauds party's 'united front' against BJP
• 6 years agoAsserting that factionalism in the Madhya Pradesh unit of the Congress party is a "thing of the past", senior leader Jyotiraditya Scindia said Sunday the entire state leadership worked as a "united front" during the Assembly polls in a bid to dislodge the BJP government
Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls: Congress moves EC seeking probe into unclaimed blank postal ballots
• 6 years ago"The postal ballots found at Home Guards office should have been delivered to service voters, who are posted outside. It appears that they had not been given to the jawans. This should be investigated," MP Congress Election Affairs Wing in-charge JP Dhanopia said.
In Madhya Pradesh, Congress may sink for ignoring Patidars over ticket distribution as community shifts loyalty to BJP
Kritvip • 6 years agoAfter the final list of candidates was declared for the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha election 2018, Patidars swore allegiance to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Lessons from Madhya Pradesh, Telangana elections on what works, what doesn't in solving India's water crisis
Mridula Ramesh • 6 years agoCan India’s water crisis be conquered? Yes, it can. Israel, that receives far less rain than we do, grows mangoes in its desert, showing water supply is clearly not the problem. Lack of water management is.
High turnout in Madhya Pradesh polls doesn't indicate anti-incumbency or pro-Opposition trend, other factors matter
Debobrat Ghose • 6 years agoThe record voter turnout in this election in Madhya Pradesh could be the result of various other factors such as the anti-incumbency factor, introduction of new voters, mobilisation of voters, high-decibel campaigning, the role of the Election Commission and a renewed strategy of the Congress.
MP election 2018: High turnout in Assembly polls amid EVM snags perfectly captures paradox of Hindi heartland
Team 101reporters • 6 years agoThough voting is conducted electronically, hundreds of electors returned after waiting for hours, when Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) malfunctioned.
Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls: Of frogs, scales and why (upper) caste equations may not worry Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Ajay Singh • 6 years agoWhat makes Shivraj Singh Chouhan's task a bit easier is the clear distinction between the BJP and the Congress: while the former is firing on all cylinders, the latter is awaiting a windfall
Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections: Defective EVMs send voters packing without casting ballot; EC replaces 250, many still to go
Team 101reporters • 6 years agoElectronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were first deployed by the Election Commission of India in 1999 during Goa Assembly elections. Two decades later, every time India votes, it still somehow begins with complaints related to faulty or malfunctioning EVMs which leads to loss of crucial voting hours.
Narendra Modi in Madhya Pradesh: PM says Congress dragging his parents into politics at Rahul Gandhi's behest
• 6 years agoCongress leaders have kicked up a controversy by first comparing the falling rupee to the advanced age of Narendra Modi's mother and then saying his father was not someone illustrious.
BJP MLA Dilip Shekhawat greeted with garland of shoes in Madhya Pradesh's Nagada
Fp Staff • 6 years agoIn a video of the incident, a man can be seen greeting BJP MLA DIlip Shekhawat with a garland of shoes in Madhya Pradesh's Nagada.