Naveen Jindal gets ticket hours after quitting Congress

Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on March 24, 2024
BJP on Sunday decided to field Naveen Jindal, who heads steel and power giant JSPL, from Kurukshetra, hours after he switched over to the saffron party. Jindal โ€” an accused in the coal scam, which was a key election issue for BJP in 2014 โ€” was twice elected to Lok Sabha from Kurukshetra. In 2014, he had finished third when...

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Bharatiya Janata Party

Indian political party
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited the family of Somnath Suryawanshi, a Dalit law student who died in custody following protests in Parbhani, Maharashtra...
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Jagjit Singh Dallewal's hunger strike reaches day 28, with Abhimanyu Kohar criticising the Modi government's indifference towards farmers earning just 27 rupees..
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BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad accused the Congress party of hypocrisy, citing their historical treatment of B.R. Ambedkar. Prasad highlighted Congress's failure..
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Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav criticized the Uttar Pradesh government, alleging a surge in crime after two bank robberies. One incident involved thieves..
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav defended Suresh Yadav's remark calling the BJP a "Hindu terrorist organization." Yadav justified the label, citing the BJP's..
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Indian National Congress

Indian political party
A group claiming affiliation with the OU-JAC vandalized actor Allu Arjun's Hyderabad residence, protesting a stampede death at a 'Pushpa 2' screening. Six..
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met the family of Somnath Suryavanshi, a Dalit man who died in judicial custody following violence in Parbhani, Maharashtra. Gandhi..
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The 78-year-old tech tycoon had shared his own rigorous schedule, revealing he worked 14-hour days, six and a half days a week during much of his career
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Congress questions the government's resolve to reform the GST system, citing complexities and significant tax evasion. With the Union Budget approaching, they..
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Lok Sabha

Lower house of the Parliament of India
Parliament's winter session concluded amidst unprecedented chaos, marked by low productivity, protests, and even physical altercations. The session saw minimal..
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Tensions flared outside Parliament as NDA and INDIA bloc MPs clashed, accusing each other of disrespecting B.R. Ambedkar. Two BJP MPs were injured in the..
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Congress MPs including KC Venugopal, K Suresh and Manickam Tagore wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and alleged that the INDIA Bloc MPs were physically..
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BJP MP Mukesh Rajput, a three-term representative from Farrukhabad, was hospitalized after a clash with INDIA bloc MPs during Lok Sabha protests. Rajput..
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In his letter to Birla, Kharge highlighted that their protest march was against the insulting remarks on Dr Ambedkar made by the Union Home Minister in his..
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