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BJP planning on rigging polls in eastern UP, alleges Kejriwal

Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor and Varanasi candidate Arvind Kejriwal has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party is planning on rigging the polls in eastern Uttar Pradesh (Poorvanchal).



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FIR against AAP's Somnath Bharti in Amethi over spat with police

An FIR has been against Aam Aadmi Party leaders Somnath Bharti, Pankaj Shukla and 30 to 40 other AAP members under the Representation of People's Act in Amethi for violation of Model Code of Conduct. The AAP leaders were involved in a clash on Monday night with the police.



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Urban Poor's problems a big challenge before new government

One of the biggest challenges for the next government will be to resolve problems of the urban poor who have not benefited from poverty alleviation schemes and are reeling under high prices, a senior official said.



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Snooping case: Woman's father asks SC to stop probe by Modi government

In a big relief for the Bharatiya Janata Party and its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, the father of the woman involved in the snoopgate scandal has approached the Supreme Court seeking a restraint on the probe by the Gujarat government and the Central government.



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Story map: Key constituencies and candidates in phase 8 of Lok Sabha elections 2014

64 Lok Sabha seats are voting in the 8th phase of the Lok Sabha election on Wednesday.



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Amethi: What the Gandhis can learn from Pawar and Gowda

If the battle for Amethi is so tough this time, the Gandhis should blame themselves, not the BJP or AAP for their plight. It is a very well known fact that Amethi is one of the most backward Lok Sabha constituencies in India. The seat was earlier represented by Firoz Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and now Rahul Gandhi.



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'The Disrupter: Arvind Kejriwal and the Audacious Rise of the Aam Aadmi' a meticulous study of ...

He may be a toddler in Indian politics but Arvind Kejriwal is also its "sole symbol of hope, a true aberration to the existing structures, an outsider who has challenged established parties and ideas of the past".



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Business looks to Modi to defuse India's jobs time bomb

When Narendra Modi talks about creating jobs in labour-intensive manufacturing, textile entrepreneur Sudhir Dhingra hopes the Indian opposition leader means business.



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Narendra Modi plays caste card, says abuse me but not my community

As the Lok Sabha elections enter the last two laps, Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi left the development agenda and played out the caste card. At a rally in Domariyaganj in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Modi hit out at his political rivals accusing them of targeting him over his caste.



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Rahul Gandhi invokes Obama to take a jibe at Narendra Modi

A day before the penultimate round of elections and ahead of the last phase on May 12, campaigning is reaching a pitch in the battleground state of Uttar Pradesh. Addressing a rally in Mirzapur on Tuesday, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi invoked US President Barack Obama to hit out at Bharatiya Janata Party Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.



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