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  Pakistan: Who is Omar Ayub, picked by Imran Khan's PTI as PM candidate? 5 facts about him

  World | February 15, 2024 17:35 IST

  PTI leader Asad Qaiser said Imran nominated Omar Ayub as the Prime Minister candidate and will reach out to other parties to support his candidature. Omar served in Imran Khan's Cabinet as a federal minister and has been a member of Nawaz Sharif's party and the ruling party under Pervez Musharraf.

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  Pakistan: Imran Khan's PTI announces Omar Ayub as Prime Ministerial candidate

  World | February 15, 2024 15:51 IST

  This comes after Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari's Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) agreed to form a coalition government with other parties. The PML-N on Tuesday nominated 72-year-old Shehbaz Sharif as the prime ministerial candidate instead of Nawaz.

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  ‘No decision on PM candidate at Patna meeting; parties should remain firm to defeat BJP’: Stalin

  India | June 23, 2023 21:06 IST

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin reiterated on Friday that all like-minded parties have a single goal to defeat BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.

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  Rahul Gandhi to be Opposition's prime ministerial face in 2024 Lok Sabha elections: Kamal Nath

  India | December 31, 2022 6:22 IST

  Rahul Gandhi as PM face: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath also heaped praises on Gandhi for leading the Bharat Jodo Yatra, saying "he is not doing politics for power but for the betterment of the common people of the country."

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  2019 Lok Sabha polls: Rahul Gandhi not declared PM candidate by Congress, says Chidambaram

  October 22, 2018 20:28 IST

  The former Union finance minister said the question of prime ministership was not an issue at all for the Congress party.

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  Not opposed to projecting Mamata Banerjee as prime ministerial face: Deve Gowda

  August 05, 2018 17:32 IST

  However, on Wednesday, Banerjee said her priority was throwing BJP out of power and sought to dismiss talks of her being a Prime Ministerial candidate.

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  Mamata Banerjee dismisses talk of being PM candidate

  Politics | August 01, 2018 19:50 IST

  Talking on the issue of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, she said, 40 lakh people whose names were missing from the list were the family members of this country.

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  Lok Sabha elections 2019 | Here's what Mamata Banerjee has to say on PM candidate

  July 31, 2018 22:49 IST

  "No need to speculate. People will decide. It is a question of collective leadership," she told reporters when asked about the Prime Ministerial candidate of the opposition in 2019.  

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  I'm fittest person to become PM: Azam Khan

  Politics | December 15, 2015 23:48 IST

  Kanpur: Claiming to be the "fittest" person to become the Prime Minister, senior Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan today said that he aspires to take up the top job and that "if Narendra Modi resigns

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  No change of PM candidate even if BJP doesn't get majority on its own: Naidu

  Politics | May 08, 2014 20:49 IST

  New Delhi: BJP today said there was no possibility of changing its Prime Ministerial candidate if the party did not get majority on its own and claimed there was no frustration among its leaders over

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  Narendra Modi pays obeisance at Tirupati Balaji temple

  India | May 01, 2014 12:55 IST

  Tirupati: BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today offered worship at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara near here.Modi, accompanied by TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu, offered prayers this  morning. Janasena founder, Pawan Kalyan,

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  Modi not a good PM candidate: Amartya Sen

  India | April 30, 2014 16:37 IST

  Bolpur (WB): Nobel laureate Amartya Sen came out against Narendra Modi today saying that he did not think he is a good prime ministerial candidate."My reaction on Modi is fairly well known. I don't think

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  Who is your PM candidate? Munda asks regional parties

  India | April 22, 2014 7:06 IST

  Sahibganj (Jharkhand): Claiming that if BJP voted to power it would definitely curb corruption and price rise in the country, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda yesterday asked the state's regional parties to tell who

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  No PM candidate ever sought votes for himself: Sharad Pawar

  India | April 17, 2014 8:26 IST

  Mumbai: Stepping up his attack on BJP's Prime Ministerial nominee Narendra Modi, Union Agriculture Minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar yesterday said never before he had seen a person in the race for the country's

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  Rahul Gandhi may not be made PM candidate

  Politics | January 16, 2014 13:14 IST

  New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi may have expressed his willingness to undertake any responsibility given to him by his party but contrary to widespread speculation he is unlikely to be announced the Congress' prime ministerial candidate.The

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  BJP should project Parrikar as PM candidate: AAP

  Politics | January 13, 2014 16:32 IST

  Panaji:  Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today said BJP should project Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar as its prime ministerial candidate instead of its present nominee Narendra Modi.”If BJP wants to correct its mistake (of projecting

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  Rahul agrees to become PM candidate after much persuasion by Sonia, Priyanka

  Politics | January 10, 2014 17:44 IST

  New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has at last agreed to become the PM candidate for Congress in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections after much persuasion by party president Sonia Gandhi and sister Priyanka Vadra,

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  Congress should finalise PM candidate after LS elections: Lalu Prasad

  Politics | December 17, 2013 14:09 IST

  New Delhi: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad today said that although he has no objection on Rahul Gandhi becoming PM, a final decision on this matter should be taken only after elections are over."It is a

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  Congress may announce Rahul as PM candidate today : reports

  Politics | December 17, 2013 6:45 IST

  New Delhi: Speculation is rife in Congress circles about party vice-president Rahul Gandhi's anointment as prime ministerial candidate at a special strategy session here today. Close on the heels of electoral debacle in Delhi, Rajasthan,

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  Sonia triggers speculation on naming Rahul Congress PM Candidate

  Politics | December 08, 2013 20:08 IST

  New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi's remarks on the party's prime ministerial candidate generated speculation tonight on whether her son and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi would be named for the top job.“We have not