During the 2014 general elections, the JDU wasn't a part of the BJP-led NDA. The BJP had won 22 seats, while the other two allies LJP and RLSP six and two seats respectively.
Putting to rest speculations that Pawar will contest from Pune Lok Sabha seat, Ahwad told reporters that Pawar had already made it clear in 2014 that he will not contest the Lok Sabha polls again.
When pressed on the issue, Gandhi said: "If they (allies) want me, I will surely want to be the Prime Minister."
Congress workers, along with leaders and booth presidents will go house-to-house and provide campaign material and will request to them for funds.
Party aims to end the BJP’s dictatorship, which serves as an obstruction in the development work of the Delhi government, said Delhi State Convenor of the party.
Slamming the opposition parties, the chief minister said, “Their only aim is to create political instability in the country so that they can fish in troubled waters.”
Kushwaha has been in news for the past few days with rumours claiming that he was exploring options outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA.
Speaking during a question-answer session at Sisir Manch auditorium in Kolkata, he said; "We must express our opposition to autocracy, we must fight against their autocratic trends..."
Congress general secretary Ashok Gehlot said that with the constitution of the committees, the party will go into election mode and start the work of putting up a manifesto and draw strategy for publicity and coordination.
Gandhi, who was asked questions about the next Lok Sabha elections, said it will be "pretty straightforward" contest between "Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on one side and the entire opposition on the other".
The EC said that it would like to have the views of parties on measures to improve the accuracy, transparency and inclusivity of electoral rolls in view of the coming elections.
The MP from Thiruvananthapuram said, “BJP is now in power in 21 states, and in four to five years, it will surely get majority in Rajya Sabha. If the BJP wins the Lok Sabha elections in 2019, then the party will surely amend the Constitution to declare India a ‘Hindu Rashtra’.
The Trinamool Congress chief said she was not vying to be the prime minister and that the first priority was to defeat the BJP which is "scared and nervous" to face the 2019 polls because of opposition unity.
Around 6,000 police personnel will be deployed for Trinamool Congress (TMC) Martyrs' Day rally here today, a senior officer of the Kolkata police said.
NAF is inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's 18-point Constructive Programme, which outlined the key priorities for independent India in 1945.
The Opposition Samajwadi Party has claimed that the project is the brainchild of its leader and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, who laid a foundation stone for the same stretch in December 2016.
Only few selected top leaders from both parties were reportedly invited for the dinner where the two leaders are believed to have discussed the seat sharing formula for 2019 general elections.
The two leaders will now meet over dinner hosted by Kumar at his house around 8pm and are expected to work out the differences and kick-start the process of formalising the specifics of the electoral understanding.
While Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be on a two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency Amethi from July 4, during which he is likely to meet party workers and attend several programmes, BJP president Amit Shah will be in Varanasi, Mirzapur and Agra on the same dates.
In rigorous attacks at the Mamata-led TMC government, the BJP chief said that its people "who are used to listening to Rabindra Sangeet are now hearing the sound of bomb blasts".
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