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Rahul Gandhi's promise on ease of doing business is election rhetoric at best; implementation is key, say industry experts
Sulekha_nair • 6 years agoThe industry is in a wait-and-watch mood. “It is election time, after all. Let’s see what comes after the dust of the elections settle down and a government is voted to power,” they said
Chhattisgarh polls: Parties promise better road, rail connectivity, farmers' security, jobs as state gears up for phase one
Fp Staff • 6 years agoWith Chhattisgarh's voters scared to go out and cast their ballots amid Naxal threats of getting their inked fingers chopped off, the BJP, Congress, and JCC alliance's promises are just promising enough to rouse a larger voter turnout than the 77% of the previous election.
BJP, Congress turn Karnataka polls into auction with lollipops; saffron party bets big on cows
Srinivasaprasad • 7 years agoBoth Congress and BJP manifestos for Karnataka have turned a vote into a commodity that the parties must 'buy' with lollipops right from smartphones, laptops to gold thalis and promise for cow protection
Himachal polls: Tired of 'promises' by Congress and BJP, Gorkhas in Dharamsala field independent candidate Ravinder Rana
Sat Singh • 7 years agoGorkhas in Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala constituency are a dissatisfied lot as far as political representation is considered
Uddhav Thackeray urges Election Commission to bar prime minister, chief ministers from holding poll rallies
• 8 years agoShiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday urged the Election Commission to bar the prime minister and the chief ministers from holding poll campaign rallies to ensure a level playing field for various political parties.
Farm loan waiver: Yogi Adityanath doesn't get it; it's the death of credit culture that costs the poor dearly
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 • 8 years agoUltimately, the reason for several hundreds of farmer suicides across the country can be traced to the social ignominy the debt-ridden farmer is forced to face rather than crop losses
Punjab Election 2017: Sending farmers abroad, Guardians of Governance and other poll promises
Fppolitics • 8 years agoIn Punjab, where politicians are either trying to utilise or defend themselves from anti-incumbency, some of these poll promises really stand out.
Power tariff will be cut by half if Congress forms govt in UP: Sheila Dikshit
• 8 years agoCongress' chief ministerial candidate in the 2017 UP election Sheila Dikshit has said farmers' loans will be waived and power tariff will be cut by "half".
The 'promising' world of Tamil Nadu politics: From freebies to bans, here are some pre-poll pledges
Anshu Lal • 9 years agoHere are the significant and not-so-significant-but-absurd poll promises made by the major political parties for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2016.
Telugu land's dream merchants: Live in AP, Telangana, think Chicago, London
Saye Sekhar • 10 years agoFlamboyant ideas and brazen commitments with no means to fulfill them appear to be the flavour of the season in the Telugu land.