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India election results 2024: Winners and losers of all past Lok Sabha votes
6 months, 3 weeks ago

India election results 2024: Winners and losers of all past Lok Sabha votes

Al Jazeera  

From 1951 to 2019, Congress and the BJP have seen highs and lows in India’s parliamentary elections. Nehru became the first prime minister of the country Seats won: The Congress won 364 out of 489 seats The Congress won 364 out of 489 seats Vote percentage of winner: About 45 percent of the vote About 45 percent of the vote …

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Why the Swatantra Party could not be resurrected
8 months ago

Why the Swatantra Party could not be resurrected

Hindustan Times  

There are several differences in the election manifestos of India’s two largest parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress. The only time Indian voters were offered a real economic alternative was in the early years of the Republic when Chakravarti Rajagopalachari walked out of the Congress to form the Swatantra Party. Even in Delhi, a prosperous city …

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Book Review | Writing India’s own history of libertarian economic thought leadership
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Book Review | Writing India’s own history of libertarian economic thought leadership

Deccan Chronicle  

Aditya Balasubramanian’s book Toward a Free Economy is a meticulously researched documentation of a very special, albeit short, period of India’s political history, in which a viable opposition to the then all-pervading Congress rule was envisaged and given shape to. The Swatantra Party has been described in various platforms as a party of rajas and maharajas, supported by big businesses, …

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Nepal's Rastriya Swatantra Party not to join government immediately
1 year, 10 months ago

Nepal's Rastriya Swatantra Party not to join government immediately

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Rastriya Swatantra Party in Nepal has decided not to join the government immediately. Rastriya Swatantra Party decided to quit the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government. According to a report in the Kathmandu Post, the party decided to leave the government after Prime Minister Dahal refused to re-appoint party president Rabi Lamichhane as the Home Minister. The conflict arose after …

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Nepal: Why did PM Dahal meet CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli ahead of presidential election?
1 year, 10 months ago

Nepal: Why did PM Dahal meet CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli ahead of presidential election?

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal met CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli at the latter’s residence in Balkot. Rastriya Swatantra Party quit government Rastriya Swatantra Party has decided to quit the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government. According to a report in the Kathmandu Post, the party decided to leave the government after Prime Minister Dahal refused to re-appoint party …

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Gujarat election: Why BJP could never win these Assembly seats
2 years, 1 month ago

Gujarat election: Why BJP could never win these Assembly seats

India Today  

Post-Independence, the Congress ruled most Indian states, and Gujarat was no exception. Jhagadia: Congress’s Revadasbhai Limjibhai Vasava defeated Janata Party’s Vasava Chhotubhai Amarsang. Bhiloda: Congress’s Upendra Trivedi defeated Janata Party's Khemabhai Hirabhai Patel. Vyara: Congress’s Punabhai Dhedabhai Gamit defeated BJP’s Gamit Pratapbhai Babubhai. THE 2012 POLLS Borsad: Congress’s Rajendrasinh Dhirsinh Parmar defeated BJP’s Solanki Naynaben Ramanbhai.

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BJP will fight UP polls on nationalism: State BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh at Panchayat
3 years, 4 months ago

BJP will fight UP polls on nationalism: State BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh at Panchayat

India Today  

Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party president Swatantra Dev Singh on Friday said the party would contest the next year’s assembly polls on the issue of nationalism. Speaking at the Panchayat Aaj Tak event, he said, “Uttar Pradesh election will be contested on the issue of nationalism.” When asked if nationalism is the issue why caste calculation is being done in …

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