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Two-time BJP MP Om Birla NDA's choice for Lok Sabha Speaker; Opposition yet to decide candidate ahead of voting on Wednesday
Fp Staff •Birla will succeed former BJP MP from Indore Sumitra Mahajan who had earlier announced her decision to not contest the Lok Sabha election this year.
Lok Sabha election 2019 Phase 7: Indore, Mandsaur, Ratlam seats likely to pose crucial challenge for BJP and Congress in Madhya Pradesh
Debobrat Ghose •BJP has fielded its sitting MP Sudhir Gupta and Congress has given a ticket to former MP Meenakshi Natrajan, who had won in 2009 but lost in 2014 in Mandsaur.
MP's youth votes: Why Narendra Modi fever still runs high among Indore’s millennial population
Vivanmarwaha •Indore's middle-class millennials are all-in for Modi, despite the prevalence of unemployment and economic distress.
'Honoured to be associated with martyr': Digvijaya Singh responds to Sumitra Mahajan's charge that Hemant Karkare made arrests on his behalf
Fp Staff •Days after BJP's Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur courted controversy for saying she had cursed Hemant Karkare, Sumitra Mahajan shed doubt on the IPS officer's steadfastness as a cop.
Daily Bulletin: ED to reply after Christian Michel denies naming Ahmed Patel, Modi to campaign in three states; day's top stories
Fp Staff •Today's top stories: ED to file reply in Delhi court after alleged middleman Christian Michel denies naming Ahmed Patel, Narendra Modi to campaign in Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, and more
Sumitra Mahajan not to contest Lok Sabha polls from Indore, says she has made 'BJP worry-free'
•When the BJP swept to power again in 2014, Mahajan was named the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, becoming only the second woman to hold the post.
Lok Sabha Election 2019, Madhya Pradesh profile: Gwalior, Mandsaur, Bhopal key seats with BJP hoping to repeat 2014 feat
Fp Research •Madhya Pradesh, the second largest state in India, has 29 Lok Sabha seats spread across six different regions.
Rumours of Kamal Nath-Digvijay Singh feud likely a ploy to catch BJP off-guard in Lok Sabha polls
Debobrat Ghose •While Kamal Nath might have been discomfited by Digvijaya Singh's increasing interference in the day-to-day functioning of his government, it is not too big a provocation to spoil a long association.
Centre was 'forced' to appoint Lokpal under pressure of Supreme Court, people's movement, says Anna Hazare
•Hazare said that the Lokpal was being appointed nine years since the people's movement for the ombudsman's post. "The world is now seeing how powerful the public is. The Supreme Court is also very powerful," the activist said.
On last day of Parliament session, Modi gets blessings from Mulayam Singh Yadav; RS members slammed over adjournments
Fp Staff •The Parliament passed the sixth and final budget, as Modi received blessings from Mulayam Singh Yadav.