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Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

At VK Singh’s adopted village, the General doesn’t count. Only Modi does

Residents of Mirpur, Gen. (retd) V.K. Singh's adopted village, say his development efforts have been patchy. They will vote for BJP only because of PM Modi.

Badla, mandir & Swachh Bharat — tracking VK Singh’s final vote pitch in Ghaziabad

ThePrint followed BJP's V.K. Singh, the 67-year-old retired general, on his last day of campaigning in Ghaziabad to see the action from the trenches.

‘I am coming to fight you’: Gulberg massacre survivors to take on Amit Shah, BJP in Gujarat

Two brothers who lost many of their family in the 2002 Gulberg massacre are contesting the Lok Sabha elections in Gujarat, which goes to polls on April 23.

Why Election Commission changed its mind on Modi biopic and stopped its release

EC invoked its extraordinary powers to stall the release of PM Narendra Modi, a biopic on the prime minister.

BJP’s priority is national security but look who asked most defence questions in Lok Sabha

Only one BJP MP features in a list of 10 parliamentarians who asked the most number of questions on national security-related issues in 16th Lok Sabha.

Trinamool Congress will help form the next govt and Modi will be driven out of power: Mamata

Mamata Banerjee in an election rally in West Bengal said that this Lok Sabha election is to defeat BJP and drive it out of power.

Separatists in Kashmir call for a strike against first-phase polling for Lok Sabha

Separatists also said in a statement that they have called for a complete shutdown as a protest against NIA's stance against JKLF chairman Yasin Malik, among other issues.

Opposition parties capitalise on Imran Khan’s comments, say Pakistan is allied with Modi

The Congress, CPI(M) & AAP reacted to Pakistan PM's remark that India-Pakistan peace has a better chance if BJP came to power.

In Congress-BSP tussle, Priyanka threatens to steal Mayawati’s march in UP

The Congress and the BSP have been at loggerheads in UP, fielding candidates to offset each others' poll prospects, much to the glee of the BJP. 

Nagpur believes Nitin Gadkari could be PM — if not now, then surely someday

Nagpur loves its MP, and union minister Nitin Gadkari is seen as a 'man of work' who has brought about development not just in the city but across Maharashtra.

On Camera

NEET is too high-risk for pen-and-paper tests. It needs a fraud-proof online process

Unless the loopholes are fixed in the NEET system, no matter how many culprits are caught and punished, new ones will continue to emerge.

Siddaramaiah defends fuel price hike amid protests by BJP — ‘don’t we need money for development?’

BJP alleges the hike will be put towards bankrolling Congress govt's 5 guarantees in Karnataka, while CM Siddaramaiah says hike is to 'increase resource mobilisation, increase income'.

Stryker, predator drones, space, Pannun and Indo-Pacific dominate NSAs Doval & Sullivan’s talks

Two-day visit by US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan seen as critical to both countries' focus on convergences in the relationship rather than differences.

Sangh wants BJP to know it’s not dispensable. It’s a rap on the knuckles, nothing more

Occasional lovers’ tiffs have marked history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power.