Maharashtra Election Result 2009

congressCongress has won the Maharashtra election defeating BJP. Today’s victory, which has come six months after the Lok Sabha poll success, was not entirely unexpected, but what is noteworthy is that the win in Maharashtra overcomes anti-incumbency and places the party at the head of a coalition for a third consecutive term. For the Parliamentary elections 2009. The victory was no doubt very important to consolidate congress party.

Emotional Jaswant Singh “saddened” by his expulsion from BJP

SHIMLA - A shattered and emotionally overwrought Jaswant Singh on Wednesday said that his expulsion from the Bharatiya Janata Party for writing a book in which he described the founder of Pakistan, M.A.Jinnah, as a secular being, had saddened him to such an extent that he could not find the right words to react.

Jinnah, a bugbear for the Bharatiya Janata Party?

NEW DELHI - For the second time in five years, Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah has come to haunt the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the party which espouses the cause of Hindus. Invoking of his name first nearly claimed the job of party president L.K. Advani and now has scalped Jaswant Singh, senior party leader.

Jaswant’s expulsion right, no compromise on ideology: BJP

SHIMLA - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said that the decision to expel senior party leader Jaswant Singh was right and there cannot be any compromise on party’s ideology.

Jaswant Singh says he sent an advance copy of his book to Advani

SHIMLA - In a startling revelation, expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh said on Wednesday that he had sent an advance copy of his latest book ” Jinnah - India-Partition-Independence” to senior party leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L.K. Advani, and therefore, this made his removal from the party after 30 years of association even more painful and shocking.

Jaswant Singh’s expulsion boon for Gorkhaland: GJM

SILIGURI - The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Wednesday termed

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Darjeeling MP Jaswant Singh’s expulsion from the party Wednesday as a “boon for the Gorkhaland movement” as the leader can now “work freely” for the realisation of a separate state.

Jaswant Singh says he sent an advanced copy of his book to Advani

SHIMLA - In a startling revelation, expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh said on Wednesday that he had sent an advance copy of his latest book ” Jinnah - India-Partition-Independence” to senior party leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L.K. Advani, and therefore, this made his removal from the party after 30 years of association even more painful and shocking.

Jaswant Singh out of BJP: Insight by a political analyst

Jaswant singhJust as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) idea of India is that of a Hindu nation and not a multicultural one, Jaswant Singh’s interpretation of Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s pre-1947 role is at odds with the widely held perceptions in India.

Jaswant Singh ’sad and regretful’ after expulsion from BJP

SHIMLA - He had gone from being the party’s Hanuman to its Ravana, a tearful Jaswant Singh said Wednesday shortly after he got a phone call from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh that he had been expelled from the party.

Another glass ceiling is shattered with India getting first woman speaker

A woman, a member of the underprivileged Dalit community and now speaker of India’s lower house of parliament, Meira Kumar has written herself into the history books. She is not just the country’s first woman speaker, but also as the first Dalit to hold the prestigious constitutional post.

I should have been told in person, not on phone: Jaswant

SHIMLA - “I am sad and regretful,” Jaswant Singh said Wednesday shortly after getting a phone call from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh that he had been expelled from the primary membership of the party.

Two days after Jinnah book, Jaswant expelled from BJP (Second Lead)

SHIMLA - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expelled its veteran leader Jaswant Singh from the primary leadership of the party Wednesday, two days after the release of his controversial book in praise of Pakistan’s founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah.

Book controversy not new for Jaswant Singh

NEW DELHI - Senior leader Jaswant Singh has been expelled from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for his book praising Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, but this is not the first time his writings have touched off controversy.

Jaswant Singh expelled from the BJP

SHIMLA - Taking stern action against former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday divested him form the party’s primary membership.

Jaswant Singh expelled from BJP

SHIMLA - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh was expelled from the primary membership of the party Wednesday, two days after the release of his controversial book praising Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah.

NC-Congress combine sweeps Kashmir polls

SRINAGAR - The National Conference (NC)-Congress combine won five of the six Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha constituencies while an independent was leading in Ladakh.

Gloom at BJP office, leaders and workers stay away

NEW DELHI - The otherwise bustling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Ashoka Road office here wore a deserted look Saturday, with both leaders and party workers staying away as election results came in signalling its defeat.

Vajpayee’s niece, Jogi’s wife lose in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR - Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Karuna Shukla, the niece of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, lost the polls in Chhattisgarh as did the Congress’ star candidate in the state Renu Jogi, wife of former chief minister Ajit Jogi.

Congress-NCP combine ahead in Maharashtra

MUMBAI - The Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine won from one constituency and was leading in another 25 in Maharashtra by early Saturday afternoon as the counting progressed.

Congress poised to win 204 Lok Sabha seats

NEW DELHI - In a dream run, the Congress was poised to win 204 Lok Sabha seats, having been declared victors in 14 constituencies and leading in 190 others Saturday, according to official figures.

It was an election the Congress could not lose (News Analysis)

The Congress’s success in the general election can be attributed to the fact that it was a political confrontation devoid of the kind of emotional content which its principal opponent, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), customarily exploits on such occasions.

BJP ahead in Gujarat with 15 seats

GANDHINAGAR - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won 15 of Gujarat’s 26 Lok Sabha seats while the Congress had got eight as the final round of counting began Saturday afternoon.

NC-Congress leading in four Kashmir seats

SRINAGAR - The National Conference-Congress combine was leading in four of the six Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir till 2 p.m. Saturday.

Virbhadra Singh wins Himachal’s Mandi seat

SHIMLA - Virbhadra Singh of the Congress has won Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi parliamentary constituency, a poll official said Saturday.

Will not support UPA or NDA government, says victorious Naveen Patnaik

BHUBANESWAR - After his party’s tremendous showing at the polls, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) head and Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said Saturday he would not support either a United Progressive Alliance or a National Democratic Alliance government at the centre.

Jaffer Sharief defeated in Bangalore North

BANGALORE - Congress veteran and former railways minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief lost to Congressman-turned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee D.B. Chandre Gowda in Bangalore North by 59,700 votes.

Congress inching towards majority in Andhra assembly

HYDERABAD - The ruling Congress party in Andhra Pradesh may retain power as it was inching towards a majority in the state assembly.

Maneka Gandhi loses

AONLA - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and five-time MP Maneka Gandhi lost to Dharmenda Kashyap of the Samajwadi Party (SP) from the Aonla constituency Saturday by 22,000 votes.

Shankarsinh Vaghela loses in Panchmahals

AHMEDABAD - Congress stalwart and central government minister Shankarsinh Vaghela Saturday lost from Gujarat’s Panchmahals constituency. He was beaten by 2,090 votes by his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rival Prabhatsinh Chauhan.

Congress heading for near clean sweep in Haryana

CHANDIGARH - The ruling Congress in Haryana had established convincing leads in nine of the state’s 10 Lok Sabha seats at midday Saturday as counting trends continued to pour in.

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