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Lok Sabha election 2024 phase 1: High-profile constituencies and key candidates

Lok Sabha Election 2024 phase 1- Key seats and candidates: The 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be held in India in seven phases, from April 19 to June 1, to elect the 543 members of the Lower House of Parliament. Lok Sabha elections 2024: Congress candidate from Assam's Jorhat Gaurav Gogoi and BJP candidate from Maharashtra's Nagpur Nitin Gadkari. Lok …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Resignations of the ’powerless’ and a Congress that keeps disappointing

Live Mint

A few months before the countdown begins for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 and Milind Deora's exit has reignited past grievances, underlining how the Congress keeps disappointing its young leaders. MILIND DEORA Milind Deora left the Congress on January 14 and joined Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena for "development". JITIN PRASADA Jitin Prasada, ex-UPA minister and Congress' prominent …

Mumbai Uttar Pradesh Congress Party Shiv Sena Lok Sabha Bjp

2 years, 5 months ago

BJP had no time for disgruntled UP minister Jitin Prasada

India Today

Uttar Pradesh minister Jitin Prasada, who was in Delhi to meet the BJP high command, was forced to return to Lucknow without meeting party leadership on Wednesday. Earlier this month, the Yogi Adityanath government cracked down on the Public Works Department, after a three-member inquiry committee, comprising chief secretary Durga Shankar Mishra, additional chief secretary home Awanish Awasthi and additional …

Delhi Bjp Minister Meet Yogi Adityanath Prasada Jitin Prasada

2 years, 5 months ago

Jitin Prasada's OSD removed from post over 'irregularities', UP minister to meet Amit Shah

India Today

Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department Minister Jitin Prasada’s Officer on Special Duty, Anil Kumar Pandey has been removed from his post, while five other officers have been suspended following allegations of irregularities and corruption in the department. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had ordered senior bureaucrats to file a report on the allegations. Anil Kumar Pandey had worked with …

Pwd Minister Pandey Prasada Jitin Prasada

2 years, 7 months ago

Sunil Jakhar Latest to Abandon Sinking Cong Ship. From Jitin Prasada to RPN Singh, A Look at Recent Exits

News 18

After months of speculation, which involved a blow hot, blow cold relationship, veteran Congress leader Sunil Jakhar quit the party on Saturday, even as the Grand Old Party has gone into a huddle in Udaipur for a ‘Chintan ‘ Shivir’ to chalk out a roadmap for its rejuvenation. News18 takes a look at the recent Congress exits: Ripun Bora: Former …

Uttar Pradesh Congress Party Union Bjp Minister Punjab

2 years, 10 months ago

UP Elections: A peek into why next-gen leaders are leaving Congress ahead of crucial polls

India TV News

Highlights Next-gen leaders are leaving Congress Party struggles to regain lost ground Out of 166 candidates declared so far by the Cong in UP, 119 are making their electoral debut Synonymous with the Congress in Uttar Pradesh for decades, several families are now losing their new generation to rival organisations, making it even more difficult for the party to regain …

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2 years, 10 months ago

All 4 Legs of Cot Gone: Why RPN Singh's Exit May Give Congress in UP Sleepless Nights

News 18

In 2016, when Rahul Gandhi started his Khat Yatra from Deoria in Uttar Pradesh, it was RPN Singh who was at the forefront of it, being the biggest leader Congress had from Kushinagar region in eastern UP. It is apparent that all the four leaders in question, RPN Singh, Jitin Prasada, Lalitesh Tripathi and Imran Masood felt they simply cannot …

Uttar Pradesh Congress Party Singh Kushinagar Imran Masood Jitin Prasada

3 years, 2 months ago

Amid Lakhimpur Kheri row, Congress and TMC fight each other

India Today

Even as Opposition parties were trying to corner the BJP over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence collectively, a bitter Twitter war erupted between the Congress and the TMC. "People looking for a national alternative based on poaching INC functionaries who can’t win even their seats are in for a big disappointment. — Bhupesh Baghel October 8, 2021 Bhupesh Baghel was apparently …

Congress Bjp Sit Baghel Looking Inc Tmc

3 years, 2 months ago

UP Cabinet Expansion: Jitin Prasada Takes Oath as Minister, Chhatrapal Gangwar, Paltu Ram, 4 Others as MoS

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Former Congress leader Jitin Prasada, BJP leaders Chhatrapal Singh, Paltu Ram, and four others took oath on Sunday as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expanded his cabinet ahead of 2022 state assembly elections. LIVE UPDATES: Jitin Prasada, Chhatrapal Gangwar, Paltu Ram Set to Take Oath Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party is attempting to …

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3 years, 6 months ago

'Over my dead body': Kapil Sibal slams Jitin Prasada, says he can never think of joining BJP

Firstpost

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Thursday said Jitin Prasada’s crossing over to the BJP represented politics of “prasada” or personal gains and asserted that for him a switch to the saffron party could only happen over his dead body. Sibal, along with Jitin Prasada, was among the Congress’ group of 23 leaders who wrote to party chief …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Ex-Congress MP Jitin Prasada is marginal player, but his switch to BJP raises questions for both parties

Firstpost

The BJP has always made a big production of its shtick about the Congress’ dynastic politics, but now it is welcoming a motley crew of dynasts into its ranks with no apparent sense of irony There’s been yet another ‘defection’ from the Indian National Congress to the Bharatiya Janata Party. On 9 June, Jitin Prasada, a one-time member of Rahul …

Uttar Pradesh Congress Party Bjp Pradesh Uttar Scindia

3 years, 6 months ago

With Jitin Prasada Joining BJP & Rakesh Tikait Meeting Mamata, A Big Picture View is Emerging in UP

News 18

Uttar Pradesh is in a political churn. The Congress’s depletion was evident in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, when Rahul Gandhi, the putative president, lost Amethi, the Gandhis’ pocket borough, to the BJP and migrated southward to Kerala. In the 2017 Assembly elections, the Congress tied up with the SP in the belief that the projection of two “youths”—Akhilesh Yadav …

Kolkata Political Congress Mamata Rahul Bjp Mayawati

3 years, 6 months ago

Congress needs to undergo 'major surgery': M Veerappa Moily on Jitin Prasada's exit from party

Firstpost

The Congress veteran said the top leadership should make a proper assessment of leaders in the party, asserting that ‘one cannot make people leaders when they do not deserve it’ New Delhi: A day after Jitin Prasada switched to the BJP, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Thursday said the Congress needs to undergo a ‘major surgery’ and not …

Leadership Surgery Congress West Bengal Party Leaders Bjp

3 years, 6 months ago

Will Jitin get 'prasada' from BJP? Kapil Sibal questions Congress leader's switch

India TV News

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal has said that there must be some reason behind Jitin Prasada's decision to quit the party and join the ranks with the Bharatiya Janata Party. "I am not against what Jitin Prasada did as there must be some reason which hasn't been disclosed, but joining BJP is something I cannot understand," Sibal, one of the …

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3 years, 6 months ago

'Those who have small mindset': Jitin Prasada on MP Congress' garbage remark

India TV News

Newly inducted BJP leader Jitin Prasada on Thursday said that his decision to switch sides was well-thought as he was aware of the situation of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh. Prasada's reply came following Mallikarjun Kharge's statement that he was never ignored in the party. When asked about Madhya Pradesh Congress' now-deleted tweet calling him garbage, Prasada said, "I won't …

Bjp Pradesh Congress Prasada Jitin Prasada Jitin

3 years, 6 months ago

How Jitin Prasada may help BJP in 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls and gain in return

India Today

For three generations, Prasadas were Congressmen. Now, Jitin Prasada has quit the party to join the BJP about eight months from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. Jitin Prasada lost two Lok Sabha elections in 2014 and 2019, failed to make a mark in Uttar Pradesh Assembly election in 2017 and achieved nothing in West Bengal Assembly election 2021 as Congress …

Uttar Pradesh Election Samajwadi Party Party Lok Sabha Bjp Mayawati

3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada quits Congress, joins BJP

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: Jitin Prasada, a former Union minister and prominent member of the Congress’ young brigade that is headed by Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday joined the BJP ahead of the crucial Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Mr Prasada, one of the signatories to the letter written by the "G-23" to the Congress’ interim president Sonia Gandhi, demanding major course correction …

Congress Party Union Gandhi Lok Sabha Bjp Minister

3 years, 6 months ago

Pilot trouble for Congress in Rajasthan, party gets no time to heal after Jitin Prasada wound

India Today

With Jitin Prasada, once considered close to Rahul Gandhi and a bright future prospect, joining BJP, the Congress party's bad political days in office seem to be far from over. In Rajasthan, the agreement mediated by Congress top leaders between two factions led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot has not been rolled out even after 10 months. …

Rajasthan Party Gandhi Rahul Bjp Minister Chief

3 years, 6 months ago

After Jitin Prasada's exit, can Congress rein in next round of defections?

India Today

The buzz in the Congress, social media, mainstream media and in the political circles over the next round of defection/identity of defectors has a simple answer. The usual suspect list of Sachin Pilot, Navjyot Singh Sidhu, RPN Singh and many more from G-23 — the Congress leaders who demanded organisational changes in the party — is misleading. There has been …

Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Congress Party Jharkhand Gandhi Bjp

3 years, 6 months ago

'...like garbage dumped in dustbin': Madhya Pradesh Congress on Jitin Prasada joining BJP

India TV News

Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee lashed out at two time Lok Sabha MP and former party leader Jitin Prasada for joining BJP and said it was like dumping garbage in a dustbin. Him joining the BJP will boost the saffron party as it works to strengthen its social coalition ahead of assembly elections in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh …

Congress Party Bjp Leader Joining Prasada Jitin Prasada

3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada May Have Quit Congress Now, But His Trust Deficit With the Gandhis Existed Since 2019

News 18

In March 2019, a month before the Lok Sabha polls, Congress General Secretary in-charge for Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi had come up with an ambitious idea of bringing in a popular Brahmin face as a party candidate, against BJP stalwart Rajnath Singh in Lucknow. A man of sophistication, urban charm, a popular Brahmin face and two-term Union Minister, Jitin’s candidature …

Leadership Congress Party Uttar Pradesh Bjp Pradesh Uttar Brahmin

3 years, 6 months ago

'Team Rahul' disintegrates; after Scindia, Prasada will Sachin Pilot be the next?

India TV News

"No point being in a party if you cannot help the people," Jitin Prasada said after he switched sides from the Congress to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Prasada's crisp statement made it amply clear what all was wrong with the Congress, an issue which was highlighted by 'G23' in the letter addressed to Congress president Sonia Gandhi last year. Jitin …

Congress Party Bjp Leader Pilot Scindia Jitin Prasada

3 years, 6 months ago

'Jaane wale jaate rehte hain...': Mallikarjun Kharge on Congress leader Jitin Prasada joining BJP

India TV News

Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday expressed his displeasure over Jitin Prasada joining the BJP. Congress leader Jitin Prasada joined the BJP on Wednesday, in a shot in the arm for the saffron party as it prepares for assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh scheduled for early next year. “Jitin Prasada joining BJP is like a big slap on our face. …

Congress Party Bjp Leader Mallikarjun Kharge Jitin Prasada Prasada Joining

3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada joins BJP: Unlike his father Jitendra, will he able to make Congress rue his absence?

Firstpost

Before his death, Prasada Sr who had contested and lost against Sonia Gandhi for the leadership of Congress was totally disillusioned with the Congress and Gandhis, in particular On 23 March, 2019, Congress had survived a scare of losing Jitin Prasada to the BJP. Even as Jitin Prasada suffered another humiliating defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, forfeiting deposit …

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Lok Sabha election 2024 phase 1: High-profile constituencies and key candidates

Resignations of the ’powerless’ and a Congress that keeps disappointing

BJP had no time for disgruntled UP minister Jitin Prasada

Jitin Prasada's OSD removed from post over 'irregularities', UP minister to meet Amit Shah

Sunil Jakhar Latest to Abandon Sinking Cong Ship. From Jitin Prasada to RPN Singh, A Look at Recent Exits

UP Elections: A peek into why next-gen leaders are leaving Congress ahead of crucial polls

All 4 Legs of Cot Gone: Why RPN Singh's Exit May Give Congress in UP Sleepless Nights

Amid Lakhimpur Kheri row, Congress and TMC fight each other

UP Cabinet Expansion: Jitin Prasada Takes Oath as Minister, Chhatrapal Gangwar, Paltu Ram, 4 Others as MoS

'Over my dead body': Kapil Sibal slams Jitin Prasada, says he can never think of joining BJP

Ex-Congress MP Jitin Prasada is marginal player, but his switch to BJP raises questions for both parties

With Jitin Prasada Joining BJP & Rakesh Tikait Meeting Mamata, A Big Picture View is Emerging in UP

Congress needs to undergo 'major surgery': M Veerappa Moily on Jitin Prasada's exit from party

Will Jitin get 'prasada' from BJP? Kapil Sibal questions Congress leader's switch

'Those who have small mindset': Jitin Prasada on MP Congress' garbage remark

How Jitin Prasada may help BJP in 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls and gain in return

Jitin Prasada quits Congress, joins BJP

Pilot trouble for Congress in Rajasthan, party gets no time to heal after Jitin Prasada wound

After Jitin Prasada's exit, can Congress rein in next round of defections?

'...like garbage dumped in dustbin': Madhya Pradesh Congress on Jitin Prasada joining BJP

Jitin Prasada May Have Quit Congress Now, But His Trust Deficit With the Gandhis Existed Since 2019

'Team Rahul' disintegrates; after Scindia, Prasada will Sachin Pilot be the next?

'Jaane wale jaate rehte hain...': Mallikarjun Kharge on Congress leader Jitin Prasada joining BJP

Jitin Prasada joins BJP: Unlike his father Jitendra, will he able to make Congress rue his absence?