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PM attacks Congress over Waqf, 'votebank politics' in Maharashtra victory speech

Congress formed laws to promote appeasement politics and the Waqf board is an example of it, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, as he attacked the party for its poor poll show in Maharashtra Assembly elections. There is no place for Waqf law in the Constitution given to us by Babasaheb Ambedkar, but the Congress supported it to increase …

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1 month ago

Uddhav Thackeray has Congress's votebank, Sena voters with us: Eknath Shinde

India Today

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde launched a scathing attack on Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday, accusing him of relying on Congress's vote bank for the upcoming Assembly elections. Speaking to India Today TV, Shinde said that Shiv Sena 's marginal success in the recent Lok Sabha elections was due to Congress's support rather than its own strength. Similar …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Jharkhand Polls: BJP Relies on Anti-Incumbency

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The BJP is heavily relying on anti-incumbency and consolidation of non-tribal votes for the second phase polling in Jharkhand. In its bid to make inroads into the Santhal Pargana, considered a JMM stronghold, the BJP is aggressively campaigning to woo non-tribal voters besides harping on its “illegal immigrants changing the Jharkhand’s demography” poll plank. Besides Santhal Pargana, the …

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2 months ago

Congress Welcomes Back Kamaal Farooqui with Son Umar: A Historic Moment for Maharashtra

Hindustan Times

Veteran politician Kamaal Farooqui has rejoined the Congress party with his son Umar Farooqui. Farooqui, who was previously the chairman of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (Minority) and a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, aims to tap into the Muslim votebank that makes up 11.5% of the Maharashtra electorate.

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

'Deeply biased, motivated by votebank considerations': India rejects US report on religious freedom

India TV News

New Delhi: India strongly responded to a recent report shared by the United States, calling it "deeply biased" and lacking an understanding of the country's social fabric. The Ministry of External Affairs said the report is visibly driven by vote bank considerations and a prescriptive outlook, and highlighted several instances of hate crimes, racial attacks and targeting places of worship …

Religious Freedom Indian Hate Crimes State Report Attacks Jaiswal

8 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024: PM Says Congress Skipped Pran Prathista To 'Appease Votebank', Cong Releases Poll Campaign Song

News 18

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Latest Updates On Upcoming Elections in India Our Live Coverage on Lok Sabha Election 2024 Has Moved Here. Lok Sabha Election 2024: Omar Abdullah Challenges Ghulam Nabi Azad to Contest Polls Against Him National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah challenged Democratic Progressive Azad Party chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls …

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1 year ago

'No Justice for SC, STs; Just Votebank...': Sitharaman Slams Congress Over K'taka Woman Paraded Naked

News 18

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday launched a scathing attack on Congress over the incident of a woman being paraded naked after her son eloped with a girl. The recent incident in Belgavi, Karnataka falls in the same category as those repeated atrocities against the Dalits seen till recently in Congress-ruled Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. For Congress the downtrodden are …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Congress uses people as vote bank, does drama, says Telangana CM KCR

India TV News

Telangana Assembly Election: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and Bharat Rashtra Samithi President K Chandrasekhar Rao has slammed the 'Grand Old Party' saying that Congress used people as a votebank. Meanwhile, the ruling BRS Working President and IT Minister KT Rama Rao said the forthcoming assembly elections is going to be a battle between Delhi 'doras' and the people …

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1 year, 2 months ago

PM Modi invokes Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal's killing, accuses Cong of ‘votebank politics’ in poll-bound Rajasthan

Hindustan Times

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan over the brutal killing of Kanhaiya Lal, who was beheaded on June 28 last year. I want to ask Congress, what did the Congress party do during the Udaipur tailor killing, they played vote-bank politics…”, the prime minister said in a rally in Chhittorgarh in poll-bound …

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1 year, 3 months ago

BJP Accuses Opposition of Targeting Sanatana Dharma for Vote-Bank Politics

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday accused the I.N.D.I.A. The BJP seized on DMK leader and Tamil Nadu education minister K. Ponmudy's remarks that the INDIA bloc was forged as an "opposition to Sanatana ideology" to hit out at the Opposition. The alliance, the Congress and the Gandhis should answer as to why "hate against Sanatana Dharma is being sold …

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1 year, 3 months ago

'Corruption Nath': Amit Shah's dig at ex-CM Kamal Nath, accuses him of closing welfare schemes for poor

India TV News

Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday called Madhya Pradesh former Chief Minister and Congress leader Kamal Nath as 'Corruption Nath' saying the latter closed over 50 poor welfare schemes. The Union Minister made the statement in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh as he flagged off BJP's 'Jan Ashirwad Yatra' from Sheopur. Alleging that 'Sanatan Dharma' is against …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Udhayanidhi’s remarks on Sanatana Dharma trigger political row

The Hindu

September 03, 2023 08:35 pm | Updated September 04, 2023 01:35 pm IST - CHENNAI/NEW DELHI Tamil Nadu Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s comments calling for the “eradication of Sanatana Dharma”, has triggered a political row. To get today’s top stories from the State in your inbox, subscribe to our Tamil Nadu Today newsletter Reacting sharply at the launch of the …

Tamil Nadu Sanatana Dharma Dharma Shah Udhayanidhi Sanatana

1 year, 3 months ago

Amit Shah Accuses INDIA Bloc Parties of Insulting 'Sanatan Dharma' for Votebank Politics

News 18

Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday lashed out at opposition INDIA coalition parties over DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin’s remarks against ‘Sanatan Dharma’, accusing them of insulting ‘Sanatan Dharma’ for votebank and appeasement politics. Shah said DMK leaders, including the Tamil Nadu chief minister’s son, are saying that ‘Sanatan Dharma’ should be abolished. Shah also alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Amit Shah terms Udhayanidhi remarks as ‘insult to Sanatan Dharma’ made for ‘votebank politics’

The Hindu

Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday reacted sharply to reported remarks made by DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin on “Sanatan Dharma”, accusing both the DMK and its ally, the Congress, of “insulting Sanatan Dharma” for vote bank politics. Alleging that ‘Sanatan dharma’ is against equality and social justice, Tamil Nadu Youth Welfare Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin has said it should be …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Udhayanidhi's Remark on Sanatan Faith Draws BJP ire

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi, Chennai: Remarks by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. The saffron party likened the DMK leader's remarks to a call for "genocide" of Sanatan Dharma believers for votebank politics. The Union home minister said the Opposition alliance could go to any extent for votebank politics, but "the more they talk against Sanatan Dharma, the less they will be visible". …

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1 year, 7 months ago

If ‘The Kerala Story’ Was a Work of Pure ‘Fiction’, Liberal-Secular-Islamists Won’t Have Felt So Insecure - News18

News 18

It is said that 2014 was a landmark year in Indian politics because it ushered in a movement that eventually caused a decisive shift in the ‘Overton window’. According to her, the “main elements of the strategy” include the reduction of women “to the status of reproductive machines for the purpose of demographic transformation”, taking “advantage of the focus on …

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1 year, 8 months ago

BJP alleges Howrah communal clash fallout of Sagardighi bypoll verdict

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The BJP has alleged that the Howrah communal clash was the fallout of the Sagardighi bypoll verdict of March 2, which the Trimanul lost to the Congress. The BJP alleged that the clash was a “message” by TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to the Muslim vote-bank in West Bengal that the Trinamul was the “only option” …

Mamata Banerjee Hindu Muslim Tmc Bjp Alleges Sagardighi Bypoll Verdict

1 year, 9 months ago

Modi, Shah to visit Karnataka again ahead of high-profile polls

Deccan Chronicle

NEW DELHI: With the high-profile Karnataka Assembly elections due to be held in May, the BJP’s two top leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, are all set to visit the poll-bound state yet again. Targeting the backwards’ votebank, chief minister Basavaraj Bommai has so far earmarked Rs 30,000 crores for the Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan and …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Karnataka assembly elections: Parties compete with freebies and economic promises

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: With a little over a month to go for the Assembly elections in Karnataka, it is raining sops, schemes and freebies in the poll-bound state. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi had come down heavily on the “revdi” culture – a reference to votes for freebies -- the Opposition, especially the Congress, has come up with a slew of …

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$BJP unleashes all its resources for \"Mission Karnataka\"$

1 year, 9 months ago

BJP unleashes all its resources for \"Mission Karnataka\"

Deccan Chronicle

NEW DELHI: After pocketing the three states in the Northeast in the latest round of Assembly elections, the BJP has unleashed all its resources for its so-called “Mission Karnataka”. While top national Congress leaders, particularly the Gandhis, are visiting the state intermittently, the BJP has escalated its “carpet-bombing” and unleashed a propaganda blitz across the state. While Union home minister …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Congress Apologises For Missing Maulana Azad in its Ad, BJP Says 'Votebank Politics Gone Wrong’

News 18

After facing a backlash from several Bhartiya Janata Party leaders for missing out on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s photograph from an ad, Congress on Sunday apologized calling it an “inexcusable slip up”. He will always remain an iconic & inspiring figure for us & India.— Jairam Ramesh February 26, 2023 Meanwhile, BJP leader Amit Malviya took to Twitter and wrote, …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Free bus pass for working women, schoolchildren: Bommai

Deccan Chronicle

NEW DELHI: In a race to consolidate women votebank, which over the years has emerged as a major factor in Karnataka, chief minister Basavaraj Bommai is going ahead with a free bus pass facility for working women and schoolchildren from April 1. Targeting the “common man”, the chief minister on Tuesday launched “Ambari Utsav” by introducing 20 multi-axle Volvo 9600 …

Karnataka Women Congress Bommai

1 year, 11 months ago

India dreams big, has courage to reach it

Deccan Chronicle

BENGALURU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said for the first time since Independence, a New India has emerged which has big dreams and also the capacity to realise them, and gone are the days when discussions in the country mostly centred around poverty and seeking foreign aid. In his second visit to poll-bound Karnataka in less than 10 days, …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Karnataka election 2023: BJP rules out alliance with JD(S)

Hindustan Times

The Bharatiya Janata Party that has set itself a target of winning at least 150 of the 224 assembly seats in Karnataka, has made it explicitly clear that it has no plans to partner or ally with the Janata Dal or JD in the state, before or after the polls. The party is hopeful that the message will prevent confusion …

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PM attacks Congress over Waqf, 'votebank politics' in Maharashtra victory speech

Uddhav Thackeray has Congress's votebank, Sena voters with us: Eknath Shinde

Jharkhand Polls: BJP Relies on Anti-Incumbency

Congress Welcomes Back Kamaal Farooqui with Son Umar: A Historic Moment for Maharashtra

'Deeply biased, motivated by votebank considerations': India rejects US report on religious freedom

Lok Sabha Election 2024: PM Says Congress Skipped Pran Prathista To 'Appease Votebank', Cong Releases Poll Campaign Song

'No Justice for SC, STs; Just Votebank...': Sitharaman Slams Congress Over K'taka Woman Paraded Naked

Congress uses people as vote bank, does drama, says Telangana CM KCR

PM Modi invokes Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal's killing, accuses Cong of ‘votebank politics’ in poll-bound Rajasthan

BJP Accuses Opposition of Targeting Sanatana Dharma for Vote-Bank Politics

'Corruption Nath': Amit Shah's dig at ex-CM Kamal Nath, accuses him of closing welfare schemes for poor

Udhayanidhi’s remarks on Sanatana Dharma trigger political row

Amit Shah Accuses INDIA Bloc Parties of Insulting 'Sanatan Dharma' for Votebank Politics

Amit Shah terms Udhayanidhi remarks as ‘insult to Sanatan Dharma’ made for ‘votebank politics’

Udhayanidhi's Remark on Sanatan Faith Draws BJP ire

If ‘The Kerala Story’ Was a Work of Pure ‘Fiction’, Liberal-Secular-Islamists Won’t Have Felt So Insecure - News18

BJP alleges Howrah communal clash fallout of Sagardighi bypoll verdict

Modi, Shah to visit Karnataka again ahead of high-profile polls

Karnataka assembly elections: Parties compete with freebies and economic promises

BJP unleashes all its resources for \"Mission Karnataka\"

Congress Apologises For Missing Maulana Azad in its Ad, BJP Says 'Votebank Politics Gone Wrong’

Free bus pass for working women, schoolchildren: Bommai

India dreams big, has courage to reach it

Karnataka election 2023: BJP rules out alliance with JD(S)