Kharge as opposition's PM face? Mamata, Kejriwal ruffle many

Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on December 19, 2023
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal propose Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge as opposition's prime ministerial candidate, citing his Dalit background. Kejriwal suggests Kharge as the alliance's PM choice, emphasizing the advantage of having a Dalit face. The pitch for Kharge creates...

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Mallikarjun Kharge

Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha
PM Modi had attacked the Congress accusing it of taking money from industrialists Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani to stop the offensive. Taking a swipe at PM..
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge raking up Election Commission's "inordinate delay" in releasing polling data collated from first two phases of Lok Sabha..
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Underlining the "inordinate" delay in the release of final voter turnout of first two phases and a jump of around 5.5% over the initial projection, Congress..
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Mamata Banerjee

Chief Minister of West Bengal, India since 2011
West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose, facing molestation charges from a former employee of Raj Bhavan, announced Wednesday that he would present Raj Bhavan's CCTV..
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Amidst allegations of molestation leveled against West Bengal governor Dr. CV Ananda Bose by a female employee, the Raj Bhavan announced on Wednesday its..
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Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose returned to Kolkata on Monday and ignited a fresh confrontation with state govt, saying he will not tolerate CM Mamata Banerjee's..
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West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose responded to sexual harassment allegations by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, criticizing her involvement in politics and..
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Arvind Kejriwal

7th Chief Minister of Delhi (2013–14 and 2015–present)
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court had hinted at granting interim bail to Kejriwal to enable him to campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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Delhi

City and Union territory of India
Further, in a blistering attack on Rahul Gandhi and his Congress colleague and Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday..
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Delhi government orders paid holiday for employees to vote in Lok Sabha polls. Section 135B prevents wage deductions. May 25 marks voting on 7 constituencies..
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West Bengal

State in Eastern India
The state government had challenged the Calcutta High Court order, saying it cancelled the appointments "arbitrarily".
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The Supreme Court temporarily stayed the Calcutta High Court's decision nullifying the appointment of over 25,000 teachers and staff by the state's School..
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Chief Justice Chandrachud stressed the scarcity of public jobs and the importance of maintaining public faith in the system. "The public job is so scarce......
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Dalit

Marginalized castes in India and other South Asian countries
Videos of saffron scarf-wearing men washing the Gauri Shanker Mahadev Mandir with ‘Gangajal’, hours after Akhilesh Yadav offered prayers there on Monday,..
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From the banks of Ganga in Anupshahr to the bridge over Yamuna near Chhaprauli; the sugarcane fields of Baghpat and potato farms in Khandauli near Agra to the..
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Lal mirch, haldi, dhaniya. These are the three ingredients Kusum Nigam mostly uses in her sparse kitchen that's carved out of the one-room house in which she..
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Eight years after the PhD student Rohith Vemula died by suicide due to alleged caste-related discrimination at the University of Hyderabad, the Telangana Police..
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