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( Cautioning that arrogance L$ should be resisted, he said the $ %# +, ( - MPs should be treating all L those who voted for them and ' ( " ' . those who oppose equally. “You )* $ " %& / % 0 are representatives of all,” he $ ,1 ! said and reminded them of the **./- was adamant on resigning and !+ / /+2 ubiquitous BJP ‘mantra’ of also rejected the few sugges- ! 2 ,3 ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”. ahul Gandhi is said to be tions that favoured his sibling, / , ,/ , He also cautioned them Rinsistent on resigning as the General Secretary Priyanka against being carried away by Congress president despite the Gandhi, to take over as the !# ( !'2 3 ! " $ " %& hanger-ons who would seek to Congress Working Committee chief of the grand old party. come close to them in the (CWC) on Saturday unani- When the name of his sis- ! **./- ruling coalition — the prima- slogans and illusion perpetu- national Capital. “Choose your mously rejecting his offer to put ter came up as an option, ' % L ry being that the Constitution ated by the previous regimes. In assistants whom you know and in his papers taking responsi- Rahul reportedly said, “Don’t L2 aking it clear that his sec- of India, before which he bowed his second term, he said he trust,” he stressed. bility for the party’s Lok Sabha drag my sister into it. It is not 4%Q 6789 Mond innings would break before beginning his address, is would strive to shed the tag of Stating that the time for a poll debacle. necessary that the Congress , many new grounds in gover- supreme and the only reference “developing country” associat- change has come, the Prime The CWC authorised him president should be from the 6789 ' nance, Prime Minister point of governance. ed with India. Minister asked MPs to shirk the to carry out an overhauling and Gandhi family.” Both Rahul ( % Narendra Modi on Saturday Maintaining that minori- In a stern warning to VIP culture and pointed to restructuring of the party at all and his sister Priyanka cam- :; ! vowed to demolish the web of ties were used in politics, Modi motormouths, Modi advised incidences of some behaving levels but Rahul is learned to paigned extensively across the % deception, illusion and false said “we need to win the con- MPs not to be tempted by cam- pricy when stopped security have asked the party to look for country in this election. ' L fear created around minorities fidence of the minorities” and eras and media and derail the checks at the airports. another chief. If not Rahul, then who, this P Q by the ‘traders of vote bank pol- sought to revive the spirit of government’s vision, plan and “Checking has to be there, This is the second time in question rankled the minds of itics’ and usher in an era of 1857 when all communities policies. “Rashtra ke naam why should it not be,” he asked. five years that Rahul has offered the Congressmen as Rahul “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”. together waged the war of sandesh dene ki jaroorat nahin The end of “Lal baati culture” to resign. Following the drub- remained unmoved with ' L Elected unanimously as the Independence against the hain,” he quipped referring to by his Government, he said, bing in 2014 Lok Sabha, Rahul, Priyanka and his mother ! " 2 + leader of BJP Parliamentary British. “We fought for ‘Swaraj’ those who love to see their face gave a message to people and who was the Congress vice Sonia’s efforts to see him rea- ; ! party and of National then, today we can together on TV screens. He also advised sought lawmakers to develop president then, along with son too failed. # # " Democratic Alliance at the cen- fight for ‘Suraaj’”, he said. them to check the facts before “Seva Bhaav”. Moreover, he party president Sonia Gandhi Rahul informed the 52- $ tral hall of the Parliament, He also pointed out how opening their mouths, if it was said MPs should not restrict had offered to resign member CWC that he would + +,, Modi came up with his set of his previous tenure had been utmost necessary. themselves to their states only which too was rejected by the like to exit as its top boss. He $! " commandments to drive home able to penetrate through the “Do not give time to media, but must develop a national CWC. had taken over from Sonia a &( his message to the MPs of the deceptive poverty eradication inko 70 saal se aur logon ne pala vision. AICC sources said Rahul year and a half ago. 2 Q ) ' $ ! 2 ; " = 2 $ ) $& * & + ) $ ; % % % $$ $ & $ , $- > 2 = 2 , % % 2 $ ! QR % 4 $ ) * $ + ! , " " , , - - , ' $ "! " . $ $ , $ 0 " / % .+ 0 $ $P , $ " $ 2 / ! ' ( 01.0 the Chief Minister of a State where the votes can be sold and Sabha seats. ! ounded by the electoral purchased. 5% 678 NOTA, which stands for 2 +; Wreverses suffered by the I have information on how ‘None Of The Above’ is an +% Trinamool Congress, West votes were purchased for (&/- Congress party’s Kali Charan option provided in the elec- ' Bengal Chief Minister Mamata 5,000 per head. Many families Munda by a thin margin of tions to voters who do not Banerjee on Saturday offered to were approached with such s many as 1,85,397 voters 1,145 votes, whereas the find any candidate worthy of % quit her office but “found offers,” she said. Aopted for NOTA in NOTA button was pressed by representing the people. ! :/ myself hopelessly alone in try- Jharkhand during the recent- as many as 21,245 voters in the Through NOTA, a voter gets = ing to do so as all the leaders ly concluded General Elections constituency reserved for trib- to reject all the candidates in of my party forced me to con- and 159 candidates secured al candidates. Lohardaga wit- fray and yet exercise his fran- tinue as the CM.” fewer votes than NOTA in nessed a similar trend, where chise. Earlier, in order to cast % Lashing out at the BJP for their respective constituen- BJP’s Sudarshan Bhagat defeat- a negative ballot, a voter had “squandering cash and creating cies, data available on the ed Congress party’s Sukhdeo to inform the presiding offi- ! a totally communal atmosphere Election Commission of Bhagat by a margin of 10,363 cer at the polling booth. Now 2 to purchase votes,” an apparently India’s (ECI) official website votes, 120 less than the num- the voter has to just press the ' emotional Chief Minister said: reveals. ber of NOTA votes cast. NOTA option on the EVM. “I loathe being the Chief The candidates who got At least 11 of 14 candi- The NOTA option was first - . Minister of an electorate where Bhubanewswar: Biju Janata fewer votes than NOTA in dates in Lohardaga and Khunti votes, 31,164, was cast in used in the 2013 assembly ' votes can be purchased and elec- Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik their constituency form near- constituencies got fewer votes Koderma constituency, where elections held in four states — ! tions can be won by communal will be sworn-in as Odisha ly 70 per cent of the total 229 than NOTA. At least 17 of 26 Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, polarisation.” Chief Minister on May 29 for candidates who contested the candidates in Chatra were Annapurna Devi defeated Rajasthan and Madhya > The TMC, which she built a fifth consecutive term after a polls in Jharkhand. defeated by NOTA, while Jharkhand Vikas Morcha- Pradesh—and one union ter- , up bit by bit after coming out thumping win in the State The number of NOTA seven of nine candidates lost Prajatantrik (JVM-P) chief ritory, Delhi. ! of the Congress in 1998, suf- Assembly elections, the party votes cast in Khunti and to NOTA in Singhbhum. On Babulal Marandi by nearly For now, NOTA only plays ! fered a colossal defeat, biggest said on Saturday. Lohardaga constituencies, an average, more than half of five lakh votes. a symbolic role in the elec- since 2006 conceding 18 out of Naveen Patnaik has con- where the BJP won by a thin the candidates in each of the As many as 229 candidates tions. While parties may lose ! 42 Lok Sabha seats to a surging tinued his grip over Odisha margin, was higher than the 14 constituencies