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Congress leaders may have to go to mental hospital after results: Vaghani ## Congress leaders may have to go to mental hospital after results:Vaghani

Gujarat BJP chief Jitu Vaghani said on Tuesday that Congress leaders might have to be admitted to a mental hospital after the results of the Lok Sabha polls. Vaghani's comment came as a reply to a tweet by Leader of Opposition in Gujarat Assembly Paresh Dhanani. Dhanani, Congress candidate from Amreli Lok Sabha seat, in a tweet Monday questioned the credibility of exit polls which are predicting a comfortable victory for the BJP. "Is it that only fools have voted for Modiji (prime minister Narendra Modi) by ignoring real issues or is it that innocent citizens just got carried away in the fake nationalism narrative?" he asked.

May 21, 2019 9:45 PM

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Modi likens his LS campaign to pilgrimage at meeting with ministers ## Modi likens his LS campaign to pilgrimage at meeting with ministers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday likened his campaign for this Lok Sabha election to a pilgrimage, saying it stood out from other polls as it was being fought by the people and not the party alone.He made these remarks at a meeting of ministers of his government at the BJP headquarters where he thanked them for their work, Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar told reporters."I have seen many elections but this one was beyond politics. Public was fighting them. I have campaigned in assembly elections and undertaken political tours for the party in different elections. When I toured during these polls, it seemed that I was on a pilgrimage," the prime minister was quoted as saying.He met Union ministers from the BJP as well as allies at the meeting- called 'Aabhar milan' (expressing gratitude)- hosted by party president Amit Shah.Shah also later hosted a dinner for party leaders and allies.

May 21, 2019 8:55 PM

BJP chief Amit Shah said, "Let us keep this momentum going for a New India under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi."

May 21, 2019 7:51 PM

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May 21, 2019 6:40 PM

Modi, Shah meet Union ministers to thank them for 'service to nation' ## Modi, Shah meet Union ministers to thank them for 'service to nation'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met Union ministers from the BJP as well as allies at a meeting hosted by party president Amit Shah at its headquarters.The BJP described the meeting as an occasion to thank ministers for "their service to the nation" ahead of the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha election on May 23, following which a new government will assume charge.Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Arun Jaitley, J P Nadda and Prakash Javadekar were among the key leaders from the BJP at the meeting.

May 21, 2019 6:36 PM

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Dissent in model code violation cases would not be made public: EC ## Dissent in model code violation cases would not be made public: EC

Rejecting the demand of Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, the 'full commission' Tuesday ruled that dissents and minority views in EC orders in cases of model code violations would not be made public.The dissent notes and minority views would remain part of records as it is the case now, the Election Commission (EC) said in a statement."In the meeting of the Election Commission held today regarding the issue of MCC (Model Code of Conduct), it was interalia decided that proceedings of the commission's meetings would be drawn, including the views of all the commission members."Thereafter, formal instructions to this effect would be issued in consonance with extant laws/rules, etc," the poll panel said in a statement.

May 21, 2019 5:24 PM

Opposition parties raise concerns over transportation of EVMs ahead of counting of votes: Ghulam Nabi Azad.

May 21, 2019 4:56 PM

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