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After Modi, Kejriwal it is Rahul Gandhi's turn to woo voters in Varanasi today

Rahul, who is spearheading the Congress poll campaign, will be in Varanasi to support party's candidate Ajay Rai.



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Live: Modi leaves for Delhi, BJP set to welcome him with a huge celebration

A day after the BJP's overwhelming victory, the party's and the country's soon to be Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Delhi on Saturday. The BJP has planned a grand welcome for Modi in the national capital. Meanwhile, outgoing PM Manmohan Singh delivered his last speech as the Prime Minister today.



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Lok Sabha election results: List of BJP winners

The Bharatiya Janata Party registered its record win on Friday in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, winning 282 seats. Some of its biggest winners were Narendra Modi, General VK Singh and Sushma Swaraj.



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We respect the voters' decision: PM Manmohan in his farewell speech

Taking a bow as the Prime Minister of the country for the last time, Manmohan Singh thanked the country for the love and support that was bestowed on him for the past ten years. "Whatever I have got, I have got from this nation, a nation that instated a child born out of Partition to the highest position," he said.



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Full text: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's farewell address

Manmohan Singh on Saturday delivered his last address as the Prime Minister of India. Singh thanked the people for having accepted him for 10 years and said that his life has been an open book all through his tenure.



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Live: After Rahul, Akhilesh Yadav out on Varanasi streets to woo voters

Follow all the updates on the Lok Sabha elections here. On the last day of the campaigning for the ninth phase of the elections, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav will hold roadshows in Varanasi.



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Live: Narendra Modi lands in Delhi, gets a grand welcome by the BJP

A day after the BJP's overwhelming victory, the party's and the country's soon to be Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Delhi on Saturday. The BJP gave him a grand welcome in the national capital. Meanwhile, outgoing PM Manmohan Singh delivered his last speech as the Prime Minister today.



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We respect the voters' decision: PM Manmohan in his farewell speech

Taking a bow as the Prime Minister of the country for the last time, Manmohan Singh thanked the country for the love and support that was bestowed on him for the past ten years. "Whatever I have got, I have got from this nation, a nation that instated a child born out of Partition to the highest position," he said.



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Not the end of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty: Sandeep Dikshit on Congress defeat

The Congress suffered its worst election defeat on Friday, winning only 44 of 543 Parliamentary seats in the Lok Sabha polls. The BJP got 282, ten more than required to form the government.



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India chooses to go back to the 'Power of One'

Thirty years ago, riding high on the sympathy wave created by the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi, the Congress party led by Rajiv Gandhi won a total of 414 of the 533 seats in Parliament. Of these, 295 belonged to the Congress alone, making it a single party enjoying majority in the Lower House.



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