Tag: 2019 Lok Sabha elections
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Upper caste quota election gimmick: Opposition
New Delhi : Opposition parties and political leaders on Monday sought to dismiss as “election gimmick” the Narendra Modi governments move to give 10 percent reservation for economically backward people in the general category, ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The Union Cabinet on the day approved 10 percent quota for people belonging to…
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Congress has scored self-goal by dragging Modi’s parents in poll debate: Jaitley
New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that the Congress has scored a self-goal by dragging Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parents into the election campaign. The BJP will be glad to fight the 2019 Lok Sabha elections if the Congress made it a contest between the “son of lesser known parents” and…
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Is Shivpal Yadav BJP’s weapon against Akhilesh-Mayawati combine?
By Mohit Dubey, Lucknow : Is Shivpal Singh Yadav, the estranged uncle of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, the weapon the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looking for in Uttar Pradesh — a state which gave it 73 of 80 seats in the 2014 general election, but where it is threatened by the coming…
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Cabinet approves extension of scheme on doubling farm income
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New Delhi : Keen to woo farmers ahead of the crucial electoral battles this year and the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP-led government on Wednesday approved an extension by two more years of a scheme that aims to double farmers’ income by 2022. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra…