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Modi’s party heads for victory in Maharashtra state election while opposition wins Jharkhand

NEW DELHI, November 23, 2024 (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party headed for a victory Saturday in state elections in politically significant Maharashtra while the opposition won mineral-rich Jharkhand state. Polling in the two states are seen as a test of Modi’s popularity after his party returned to power in June national elections but was forced to form a coalition government with help from regional partners. India’s Election Commission said Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies have already won 224 of 288 seats and were leading in another 6 seats in Maharashtra, India’s wealthiest state and

TMC hails party’s clean sweep in Bengal by-polls, oppn claims result don’t show public discontent

Kolkata, Nov 23 (PTI) The “lies and falsehood” peddled against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by opposition parties BJP and CPI(M) failed to sway the electorate in West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) claimed on Saturday after sweeping all six assembly seats in the bypolls. However, opposition parties, including the BJP, insisted that the results did not reflect the “swelling public discontent” against the ruling party over various issues. They also underscored the need to strengthen their organisational base to counter TMC in future elections. Banerjee’s arch-rival, senior BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said the saffron party

Priyanka Gandhi wins Wayanad Lok Sabha seat with margin of over 4.1 lakh votes

Wayanad(Kerala), Nov 23 (PTI) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday cruised to her maiden electoral victory, from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala, with a margin of over 4.1 lakh votes against CPI(M)-led LDF’s Sathyan Mokeri, according to figures released by the Election Commission. Priyanka got 6,22,338 votes which was less than the 6,47,445 votes received by her brother Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha polls in Wayanad in April this year, but her victory margin of 4,10,931 was more than his lead of 3,64,422 votes, despite the decline in turnout in the Wayanad bypoll. The LS poll turnout

Assam CM Himanta deeply pained by BJP’s poll debacle in ‘second home’ Jharkhand

Guwahati, Nov 23 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said he is “deeply pained” by the BJP’s poll debacle in Jharkhand which he had described his “second home” a few days ago. He also congratulated the people of Maharashtra and the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance for retaining power, while expressing gratitude to the people of Assam for supporting NDA nominees in by-polls in all five seats in Assam. Sarma, the party’s co-in-charge for Jharkhand polls, congratulated the JMM for its impressive victory in Jharkhand while asserting that the NDA wanted to protect the state from infiltration and to

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