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Azad said, "We will not allow the Congress and the BJP rule alternatively (in the country)... The third front will rise and we will strengthen the Bahujan movement."

Khaira, who was removed as LoP by the AAP central leadership, and suspended from the party last month, said the alliance would aim to liberate Punjab from the clutches of corrupt traditional parties and the corrupt feudal families.

Congress leader Anand Sharma advised PM Narendra Modi and his BJP colleagues to “atone for their sins” in Kumbh.

Bhupesh Baghel, known as a streetfighter for his aggressive persona, had taken the BJP regime head on in the run-up to the election, a marked departure from its earlier “soft” persona in the state.

Speaking to News18 over the telephone, Zoramthanga thanked the people of Mizoram for electing him as their representative and said his primary target will be the development of the state.

Sources said Gandhi met Chhattisgarh's four potential chief minister candidates -- T S Singh Deo, Tamradhwaj Sahu, Bhupesh Baghel and Charan Das Mahant -- at his Tughlaq Lane residence and held discussions with them.

However, Rahul Gandhi on Friday had one-on-one meetings with all the four probable candidates, Chhattisgarh state head Bhupesh Baghel, senior leader TS Singh Deo, MPs Charan Das Mahant and Tamrdhwaj Sahu.

In 1989, Madhavrao was all set to be the CM but strident opposition from senior leader Arjun Singh, asked to step down as CM after the Churhat lottery scam, ensured that then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi could not give the former Gwalior royal the coveted...

In Churu, Sikar and Jhunu districts, where 21 seats are at stake, the Congress has gone from scraping four seats in 2013 elections to a convincing haul of 14 this time. The BJP’s tally has come down from 12 seats in 2013 to a mere five.

Sources said the Congress decided to defer the decision after Rahul Gandhi decided to hold further discussions with leaders, even as top contenders for the desert state, Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot met Gandhi for the second time late on Thursday night.

The losing candidate's demand for a recount of votes was accepted by the Election Commission of India. But it found that the winning margin was the same.

Panneerselvam was one of the first to raise suspicions over the death of then chief minister Jayalalithaa on December 5, 2016 and had demanded a CBI inquiry.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan who tendered his resignation to the Governor early in the day reminded the Congress of its Vachan Patra ‘hoping that the party honours it’.

Thanhawla, who was the Congress party's Chief Minister for 10 years, had won the Serchhip seat last time by 734 votes.

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60. Dondi Lahara (डोंडी लोहारा) constituency (Vidhan Sabha seat) in the Chhattisgarh state Assembly elections 2018. Check who won and who lost and who will be the new Dondi Lahara MLA.