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Karnataka, Rajasthan and MP are states where Congress hopes to do well and the party believes it is required to devise a strategy that can counter BJP’s appeal to the Hindutva brigade and what better than temple hopping, which would directly appeal to the...

"If you think of changing the Constitution and the democratic set-up of India, we too have the power to safeguard it," Mevani said.

The Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development said this when asked about an open offer of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad to him (Kushwaha) to ally with RJD and that his party would also give more seats to Kushwaha's party.

Virji Thummar, who was recently elected as an MLA from the Lathi constituency in Saurashtra's Amreli district, said Patel would be made the chief minister, with the Congress' support, if he came with the required number of BJP MLAs.

Ananth Kumar and Yeddyurappa have had a love hate relationship. It is a fact that both are protégé of Yeddyurappa and the Lingayat strongman was initially depending on Ananth Kumar as he was his points person in New Delhi.

Siddaramaiah said Veerashiva Mahasabha says they want a separate religion, but it should be Veerashiva-Lingayata dharma, while Lingayats maintain they want only Lingayat dharma.

Adityanath visited Noida twice in three days rubbishing a widely believed myth in UP's political and bureaucratic circles that a chief minister visiting Noida would face problems retaining his or her post.

The Pakke-Kessang fell vacant after the Gauhati High Court declared null and void the election of former deputy chief minister Kameng Dolo (Congress) from the seat in 2014 following an election petition filed against him by Atum Welly.

Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran has taken a big lead in the RK Nagar Assembly seat by-election in Tamil Nadu with 44,094 votes. The official candidate of the AIADMK is trailing at the second spot with 19,525, while the DMK has bagged 10,292 votes.

Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout, who represents Paradip in Odisha Assembly, had said that "while no tribal is seen begging in any part of the state, one can spot Brahmins resorting to begging in places such as bus stands".

As a fallout, the 2017 Himachal Pradesh elections might be the final political stretch for a few names that have been synonymous with hill state for decades.

RK NAGAR BY-ELECTION LIVE UPDATES: AIADMK candidate E Madhusudhanan is confident of winning the RK Nagar bypoll which is currently underway, saying “God and Amma’s grace with us”. Chief Minister E Palaniswamy and deputy CM O Panneerselvam are banking on h...

“The Gujarat assembly election results show that the BJP has nothing much to celebrate. Although it has got a majority to form the government, it has got the lowest number of seats in the last two decades,” said a statement by the CPI(M).

The assembly seats to have seen a photo-finish included Himatnagar, Porbandar, Vijapur, Deodar, Dangs, Mansa and Godhra. At many places, independent candidates, primarily rebels, cut votes of either of the two main parties.

Dalit activist Ashok Bharti, former chairman of NACDOR (National Confederation of Dalit Organisation), said Mevani's victory gives some hope for the marginalised as both Congress and BJP did not talk about Muslims and their issues.

Much of the fight against the ruling BJP has been led by Hardik and his Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) whose activists have protested, often violently, against the ruling BJP in Gujarat.