Dr Kirit Solanki reacts to his massive victory against Raju Parmar in Ahmedabad
Elections | May 24, 2019 14:28 ISTDr Kirit Solanki reacts to his massive victory against Raju Parmar in Ahmedabad
Dr Kirit Solanki reacts to his massive victory against Raju Parmar in Ahmedabad
Bypolls to more Assembly seats have been necessitated after four sitting legislators emerged victorious in the Lok Sabha polls on Friday and will soon have to resign from the state legislature.
In Pratapgarh, two royal candidates have lost elections. Rajkumari Ratna Singh, of Kalakankar estate and daughter of former Minister Dinesh Singh, was the Congress candidate. She is a two term MP having won in 1999 and 2009.
"As my grandfather is the founder and builder of the JD-S, I want to resign and get him re-elected from the Hassan seat through a bye-election," a pensive Prajwal told reporters at Hassan, about 180km from Bengaluru.
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The NDA-BJP is set to replicate the effort in 2019 and Narendra Modi is all set to be sworn in for a second term.
The 65-year-old Prasad has held various ministerial portfolios, including that of Law and Justice, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as Atal Bihari Vajpayee governments.
The BJP has surpassed its 2014 tally in Assam, securing nine of the 14 Lok Sabha seats, even as its allies, the AGP and the BPF, drew a blank in the state.
Top Congress leaders will deliberate on party losses at a meeting of the working committee slated on Saturday where party chief is speculated to make this move.
The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) on Thursday dubbed BJP's victory in the Lok Sabha polls as a triumph of national forces and hoped that the opposition parties would welcome mandate with humility.
The Lok Sabha election results are a resounding endorsement of PM Modi`s popularity and demand. PM Modi set for the second term in office with bigger mandate.
The TRS's share in total votes polled is 41.3 per cent as against 34.9 per cent in 2014. On the other hand, the BJP almost doubled its base in the state as its vote share increased to 19.5 per cent from 10.5 per cent.
Vaithilingam polled 4,44,981 votes while his nearest rival K Narayanasamy of AINRC, a doctor-turned-politician garnered 2,47,956 votes.
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