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According to Shivakumar's close aides, he had then demanded an important portfolio and the post of KPCC president. But many top leaders in the state Congress are opposing two jobs for him.

JD(U) spokesman Ajay Alok said that a national election obviously has to be fought under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he is going to be the face of NDA.

Buoyed by the win in the Kairana parliamentary bypoll, he said a public opinion and electoral results such as the bypoll victory will act as a "glue" for cementing a coalition for the Lok Sabha polls next year.

The ruling Janata Dal (United) insists that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is the leader of the JD(U)-BJP alliance and it has been the "senior partner" in the state thus indicating that it should get a major share of the seats.

Union minister Vijay Goel visit was part of the BJP's nationwide campaign, "Sampark for Samarthan", in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan said BJP president Amit Shah agreed with his stand on Dalit issues and assured him of positive response.

While the BJP, during bypolls, has failed to retain eight of its Lok Sabha seats it won in 2014, what should worry the BJP most is that they have suffered a major dip in their vote share as compared to four years back.

Noorpur is one of the 403 Vidhan Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. Full list of contesting candidates and live results of the 2018 Noorpur by-election.

He also said that the Centre has a job to do and granting special status to one state would set off a chain reaction and result in more such demands.

Amid reports of continued differences in the newly- formed JD(S)-Congress coalition over portfolio allocation and farm loan waiver, Gowda indicated it would be difficult to keep the promise of relief to farmers.

"Our government came to power on two promises -- corruption-free Assam and illegal foreigner-free Assam. We are committed to fulfilling the promises," Sonowal told the media.

The letter further said that those participated who in the recent rallies in Bhima Koregaon, Pune and Gujarat were killed and put behind bars, many educated youths were also implicated in false cases and sent to jail. Hence, Azad wants every member of the...

When Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi came on stage to pose for the "money shot", Kejriwal was absent.

"She is dreaming of becoming the next Prime Minister by bringing together various regional parties. But her ambitions will never be fulfilled. She had tried it earlier in 2014 also, but failed," Said Kailash Vijayvargiya for Mamata banerjee.

Karnataka Government Formation Live Updates | Newly sworn-in Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy has told News18 that the JDS will fight the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections with Congress and that he was going to waive off farmer loans.

In the run up to the Karnataka floor test that never took place, Congress released a string of audio recordings claiming that the BJP leaders were trying to 'poach' its MLAs by offering money.