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Modi is an OBC, says Gujarat government citing 1994 notification

Responding to Congress charge that Narendra Modi was a "fake" OBC, Gujarat government today cited its two-decade old notification which says the Modh-Ghanchi (oil-pressers) caste, to which Modi belongs, was included in Other Backward Castes (OBCs) category.



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Lok Sabha election live blog: May 9

Follow all the updates on the Lok Sabha elections here. Ahead of the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections, senior leaders are making all the efforts to woo voters.



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Varanasi live: AAP roadshow begins, Kejriwal says will win by a record margin

Follow all the updates on the election campaign in Varanasi. Senior party leaders are addressing rallies in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is holding a massive roadshow in the temple town.



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Lok Sabha results: Caste based parties routed, those with regional identity emerge stronger

What explains the total decimation strong regional parties like Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Indian National Dal (INLD) etc in this election? These parties blame the Narendra Modi wave for their rout while the BJP claims that it is the beginning of the end of regional party politics in India.



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Congress's debacle in polls mark the failure of Rahul's 'primaries'

he Congress's debacle in the Lok Sabha elections wherein the party has been restricted to 48 seats in the 543-member House marked the failure of party's Vice President Rahul Gandhi's another experiment. Rahul's pet project of introducing US style 'primaries' to elect candidates for Lok Sabha polls through direct feedback of grassroot party workers failed to yield the desired result.



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Modi alleges bias by EC, poll body hits back

Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a direct attack on the Election Commission alleging bias after the Varanasi district magistrate denied him the permission to hold a public rally in the heart of the city. But the EC refused to back off and said that the decision not to allow Modi to hold a rally had been taken on well-founded security concerns.



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Mamata alleges BJP collecting 'Modi for PM' funds

Continuing the tirade against Narendra Modi, Mamata Banerjee on Thursady alleged that BJP was collecting 'Modi for PM' fund and said her party would write to the Election Commission about it.



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Live: Rahul alone cannot be blamed for Congress's debacle, says Kamal Nath

A day after the BJP's overwhelming victory, the Congress leaders have come out in the support of Rahul Gandhi taking the collective responsibility for the party's debacle.



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Congress rout in Lok Sabha polls marks failure of Rahul's primaries

The Congress's debacle in the Lok Sabha elections wherein the party has been restricted to just 44 seats in the 543-member House marked the spectacular failure of not party's Vice President Rahul Gandhi but also of his experiments. Rahul's pet project of introducing US style 'primaries' to elect candidates for Lok Sabha polls through direct feedback of grassroot party workers failed to yield the desired result.



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Read: The full list of Lok Sabha MPs

Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has swept the Lok Sabha elections. The saffron party won a clear majority, sweeping 282 of 543 seats, ten seats more than the halfway mark required to form government.



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