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In 2015, BJP formed a coalition with PDP when the alliance partners chose Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as the chief minister. Later, after the CM's death, his daughter Mehbooba was elevated to the post.

Addressing an election rally at Harsud in Khandwa district, Kamal Nath said the 'highest' number of terror attacks happen whenever the BJP is in power at the Centre.

The Congress had drawn a blank in the six Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai in the 2014 general elections after having cornered a lion's share of five seats in the 2009 elections.

Election 2019 LIVE: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan today hit a new low by taking a veiled derogatory dig at former SP leader Jaya Prada. Addressing a rally in Rampur, Khan said, "It took you 17 years to see her real face. I held her hand and brought her...

H D Deve Gowda insisted that the country did not belong to the people of one faith, but of all those who practised different religions, whether be it Islam, Christianity, Jainism and Hinduism.

Addressing a rally in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district on Friday evening, Jyotiraditya Scindia also criticised Modi over demonetisation and the implementation of the goods and services tax (GST). The Congress general secretary in charge of western Uttar P...

Azad said Modi's promises to the people in the last election like 10 crore jobs, 50 per cent increase in the minimum support price (MSP) to the farmers, bringing back black money and depositing Rs 15 lakh in the account of every common man have proved 'ho...

Clarifying that Cambridge offers M Phil "straight from undergrad", Congress asked Jaitley at whose behest the French government waived off Anil Ambani's taxes.

The Prime Minister pointed out at infamous incidents like 1984 anti-Sikh riots and Bhopal gas tragedy that occurred during the Congress rule.

He is an ordinary snack-hawker with a bicycle on a mission to exhort people to vote — and with their heads — during the almost six-week polling period lasting until May 19.

Calling illegal migrants from Bangladesh 'termites', the BJP president had said that his party would throw them out after coming to power at the Centre for a second consecutive term.

Political pundits believe that the 'unwanted controversy' in such a short time may deny him proximity of top leaders as they could 'suspect his ability to handle secrets'.

While the ruling Telugu Desam Party seemed optimistic of coming back to power with a with a thumping majority,, its main opposition, the YSR Congress, was also equally sure of a landslide victory.

The Centre and the EC had taken contrary stands in the SC on Wednesday over political funding, with the government wanting to maintain anonymity of donors of electoral bonds and the poll panel batting for revealing names of donors for transparency.

Addressing a poll rally in Tamil Nadu's Salem, Rahul Gandhi referred to unemployed youth of Tamil Nadu, saying Modi had hurt them in the last five years, giving "huge amounts of money from the banks to the richest people but not to them."

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that custom officials in Kolkata were threatened by local police for checking the luggage of a TMC MP's wife, who is a relative of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.