C.P. Thakur, R.K. Sinha file papers for Rajya Sabha polls in Bihar
11 years, 1 month ago

C.P. Thakur, R.K. Sinha file papers for Rajya Sabha polls in Bihar

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Patna: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders C.P. Thakur and R.K. Sinha Monday filed nomination papers for the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar, to be held Feb 7, officials said. Thakur is a sitting Rajya Sabha member, and also the BJP's national vice president.Last week, the party re-nominated Thakur, and named R.K. Sinha -- who worked with former party chief Nitin Gadkari in the Delhi assembly polls -- as another candidate for the Rajya Sabha which has five seats from the state up for elections this time.Thakur belongs to the powerful land-owning upper caste of Bhumihars. The BJP leadership is confident of the support of his caste after its alliance with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United ended last June.Sinha is also not a new face in the saffron party in the state. His name cropped up a few years ago for the upper house of parliament, but he was not nominated because of caste equations in state politics being then unfavourable.

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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New Indian Express  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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India TV News  

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ABP News  

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The Hindu  

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India Today  

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Pawan Singh, Bhojpuri star, to contest Lok Sabha polls from Bihar's Karakat against Upendra Kushwaha
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India TV News  

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

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India TV News  

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Lok Sabha polls: 12 candidates in the fray in Thiruvananthapuram, 7 in Attingal
11 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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PM Modi invokes 'jungle raj' to attack Lalu Prasad Yadav at NDA rally in Bihar's Nawada
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India TV News  

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Key leaders HD Kumaraswamy, CN Manjunath, Tejasvi Surya rush to file nominations in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

The Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi continues to keep everyone guessing after it announced its support for Nationalist Congress Party leader Supriya Sule for the Baramati Lok Sabha seat despite the breakdown in seat-sharing talks between the VBA and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, which comprises of the Shiv Sena, the Congress, and the NCP. Mr. Ambedkar, who has announced …

Lok Sabha elections | Rahul Gandhi to submit nomination papers for Wayanad constituency today
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Lok Sabha elections | Rahul Gandhi to submit nomination papers for Wayanad constituency today

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will reach the district on April 3 to submit his nomination papers at the collectorate here for the Wayanad parliamentary constituency after leading a roadshow at Kalpetta in Wayanad. The roadshow will begin from the bus stand premises at 11 a.m. All India Congress Committee general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi and K.C. Hassan, and senior party leader …

LS polls: Swami Prasad Maurya to contest from Kushinagar
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LS polls: Swami Prasad Maurya to contest from Kushinagar

Hindustan Times  

GORAKHPUR: Former UP minister and Rashtriya Shoshit Samaaj Party president Swami Prasad Maurya announced on Sunday that he will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Kushinagar. Rashtriya Shoshit Samaaj Party chief Swami Prasad Maurya Maurya, who has served as a three-time MLA from the Padrauna, contested the Lok Sabha election from Kushinagar in 2009 but was defeated by then Congress …

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