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Results declared on Friday showed that 37-year-old Chandy Oommen trounced his main rival Jaick C Thomas of the CPI(M) by a margin of 37,719 votes in the bypoll, which saw nearly a month of vigorous campaigning by leaders of the Congress, CPI(M), and BJP for their respective parties.
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In 2011, Oommen Chandy secured an impressive margin of 33,255, which was the highest in his 12 electoral runs since 1970. Surpassing this milestone, his son now leads with an even greater margin of 34,036 votes, as over half of the votes have been counted.
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Insiders have affirmed that the former Prime Minister and JD(S) leader, H.D. Deve Gowda, engaged in a confidential meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national President J.P. Nadda.
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According to sources from Kharge's office, as of Friday morning, he has not received an invitation to the dinner being hosted by the President
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The sequence commenced with the counting of postal votes, followed by those cast by senior citizens, and then the Electronic Voting Machines were tallied. Congress contender Chandy Oommen quickly gained momentum, securing a lead of over 1,500 in just a matter of minutes.
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The counting of votes in the Bageshwar assembly bypoll in Uttarakhand began at 8 am on Friday, officials said
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Earlier, on Thursday, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge arrived in Raipur to attend the 'Bharosa Ke Sammelan' event in the state's Rajnandgaon city
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Speaking to reporters in Raipur, Bhupesh Baghel said, They(Centre) are not buying rice from us. It is very unfortunate
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The yatra in Jammu replicated the Bharat Jodo Yatra and began with Patil hoisting the Tricolour
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi held closed-door meetings with some members of the European Parliament in Brussels on Thursday, marking the start of his three-nation European tour
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The rumblings have been there for quite some time, with the Assembly elections in different States tearing off the coat of supremacy that Modi was wearing ever since he became PM in 2014 and also after 2019
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Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Thursday said that if his party is voted to power in the state and at the Centre in the next elections.
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Bharat Jodo Yatra started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on this day last year and culminated in Kashmir in January this year, covering more than 4,000 kilometres in around 150 days
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Congress party had taken out a rally in Medak to mark one year of the Bharat Jodo Yatra
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Addressing political aspirations of various communities is going to become a headache for the Congress apart from tackling internal bickering while selecting nominees for 10 Assembly constituencies in erstwhile Adilabad district.
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Congress' media and publicity department head Pawan Khera said that when such events with large expenditure are organised by prime minister, it is the external affairs minister's responsibility to ensure that all heads of state attend
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If the opposition parties boycott the special session of Parliament, the BJP will take a one-sided decision, said Congress leader Jairam Ramesh
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In her letter to the PM, Sonia Gandhi said that the Opposition most certainly wants to participate in the special session as it will give an opportunity to raise matters of public concern and importance
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Several leaders and their supporters from the Congress and the BJP in Sangareddy joined the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in the presence of Finance Minister T Harish Rao in Hyderabad
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"Petty perish pump politics loaded with selfish vested interests should be discarded for safeguarding our DEMOCRACY," he posted on X.