Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2018
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Congress in talks with tribal outfit JAYS for pre-poll alliance
Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:15 PM IST
JAYS convenor said that his outfit has sought 40 seats from the Congress as part of the pre-poll alliance in the state, which has 230 assembly constituencies

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Homes for tribals could cost BJP votes in Madhya Pradesh
Built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna, several tribals describe houses as cramped and uncomfortable; the Congress says that they are highly substandard

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:17 PM IST
Bhopal |
Ranjan Srivastava
Hearing and speech impaired engineer quits job to contest elections in Madhya Pradesh
Sudeep Shukla, who was earning Rs 1 lakh per month, quit his job and decided to jump into politics to fulfil his desire of uplifting the poor and disabled people of society.

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:18 PM IST
Satna (Madhya Pradesh) |
Asian News International
Mayawati plans campaign blitz in poll-bound states
In Chhattisgarh, Bahujan Samaj Party has decided to field candidates on 33 seats, JCC on 55 while CPI will field candidates on two seats.

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 02:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | Rajesh Kumar Singh
BJP does some math for plan to buck anti-incumbency in Madhya Pradesh
BJP leaders familiar with the ticket selection process said the party’s surveys over the last six months suggest that there is “strong” anti-incumbency against 35 to 40% of the lawmakers.

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhopal | Ranjan
Will contest Chhattisgarh, MP polls with Samajwadi Party; tie-up with Congress unlikely: Gondwana party chief
The Gondwana Gantantra Party holds significant influence over several tribal-dominated constituencies in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 02:51 PM IST
New Delhi |
Press Trust of India
‘Cast a magic spell’: BJP’s new strategy to win voters in Madhya Pradesh
The BJP would be roping in magicians to highlight the work done by it in the last 15 years and compare it with that of the previous Congress government, Madhya Pradesh BJP spokesman Rajnish Agrawal said.

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:22 PM IST
Bhopal |
Press Trust of India
5 years on, Vyapam scam returns to haunt Madhya Pradesh
Investigations into India’s biggest examination bungling is back on centre stage as the state prepares for polls

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhopal |
Punya Priya Mitra and Shruti Tomar
BJP, Congress leaders seek feedback from partymen in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
In Rajasthan, BJP leaders are gathering responses from former workers, elected representatives and office-bearers on possible candidates. The Congress, on the other hand, is making calls to 9 lakh workers registered to get the name of candidates of their choice in their respective constituencies.

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times |
Urvashi Dev Rawal and Ranjan
Congress has 3 CM candidates in Madhya Pradesh, over a dozen in queue: PM Narendra Modi
In a video interaction with BJP workers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said when more than dozen people have chief ministerial ambitions, then they cannot think of people’s development.

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:34 PM IST
New Delhi |
Press Trust of India
Respect BSP’s decision, doors open for tie-up for 2019 polls, says Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia
Jyotiraditya Scindia said the BSP has decided to go its own way in Madhya Pradesh, but the doors are still open for an alliance in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gwalior | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi
CM Shivraj Chouhan, PM Modi have failed MP, says Rahul Gandhi
Madhya Pradesh goes to polls on November 28. The Congress is hoping to oust the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that has ruled the state uninterrupted for 15 years since 2003.

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Sheopur/Sabalgarh/Morena | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi
Congress gets less votes if I campaign, give speeches: Digvijaya Singh
The ruling BJP was quick to take a dig at the opposition party over Singh’s comments, with chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan saying the Congress should not treat one of its senior leaders in this manner.

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:39 PM IST
Bhopal |
Press Trust of India
Rahul Gandhi showers promises in Madhya Pradesh, hurls darts at PM Modi
Rahul Gandhi kept up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal and the alleged bank frauds by fugitive business tycoon Vijay Mallya and jewellers Nirav Modi and Méhul Choksi.

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi
Rahul Gandhi begins Madhya Pradesh tour, offers prayers at temple
Elections will be held in Madhya Pradesh on November 28.

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:43 PM IST
Datia (MP) |
Press Trust of India
Highlights: PM Narendra Modi was silent on loan waiver for farmers, says Rahul Gandhi in Madhya Pradesh
Congress president Rahul Gandhi Monday began his two-day tour of poll-bound Madhya Pradesh by offering prayers at the famous Maa Peetambara Peeth temple complex in Datia.Gandhi reached Datia district in the morning by a helicopter from Gwalior. He then went to the temple complex where he offered prayers to the deity and stayed at the ‘shaktipeeth’ for about half-an-hour.Here are the live updates

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Got order for printing fake notes of ₹3 cr before Madhya Pradesh polls, claims counterfeiter
The police seized fake notes with a face value of ₹31.50 lakh in denominations of ₹2000 and ₹500 in Madhya Pradesh.

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhopal | Shruti Tomar
What Congress-BSP tie-up could have achieved in Madhya Pradesh
The BSP has the potential to play spoiler in a large number of seats in MP. In fact, the party has hurt both the Congress and the BJP in the last three elections.

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
What a Congress-BSP tie-up could have achieved in Madhya Pradesh
Many had argued that an alliance between the Congress and the BSP could have been a game-changer in the forthcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly elections.

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
We will expel every infiltrator after winning 2019 election, says Amit Shah
BJP national president Amit Shah is on a two-day tour to the state beginning Sunday, as per the BJP leaders.

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhopal | Ranjan, Bhopal
Congress still in driver’s seat in MP; in touch with parties for ‘possible alliance’: Jyotiraditya Scindia
Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is spearheading the Congress campaign in Madhya Pradesh, also said the entire state leadership and party cadre was “working cohesively” to chart out the party’s plan to dislodge the BJP government after “14 years of misrule”.

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:47 PM IST
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