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VC Shukla
Veteran politician Vidya Charan Shukla, who has changed many parties, is one of most towering politicians in Chhattisgarh. He is still remembered for his close association with former prime minister Indira Gandhi.
Published on Oct 13, 2003 03:16 PM IST
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Amitesh Shukla
Amitesh is the son of former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh and senior Congress leader Shyama Charan Shukla. Born in 1957 he completed his B.Com, M.A and LLB before joining politics.
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Chronology of Lok Sabha elections (1952-1999)
India, which will hold its 14th general elections to choose a new Lok Sabha, has 543 constituencies compared with 489 in its first parliamentary polls as an independent nation in 1951-52.
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Babarpur
Babarpur assembly seat in East Delhi is drawing a lot of attention this time in view of speculations that many senior Congress leaders want to contest from here despite the BJP having won it in 1993 and 1998.
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Lalthanhawla
A two-time chief minister Lalthanhawla is regarded as one of the tallest leaders of Mizoram.
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Kota
Kota, a low profile rural town in Bilaspur district is known as the place that ignited the demand for a separate Chhattisgarh state.
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Raipur Town
Raipur, the nerve centre of politics in the Chhattisgarh region, was once considered to be Congress stronghold till it fell to the Opposition for the first time during the Janata wave in 1977.
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Churhat
Churhat is still dear for the Congress Working Committee member Arjun Singh as his son Ajay Singh "Rahul", a minister in Digvijay Singh cabinet will be seeking re-election from here.
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Dantewada
Dantewada is one constituency in the tribal region where the population has voted against the Congress right from 1967.
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Devendra Singh
He held the position of Sarpanch for a record 12 years from 1952. Later he went on to become the Pradhan of Panchayat Samiti, Kotri.
Updated on Oct 14, 2003 12:00 PM IST
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Poll Speak
"Sonia Gandhi plans to turn India into a Christian country... Christians under Sonia's patronage have become chief ministers of Kerala and Chhattisgarh..." (Uma Bharti)
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Mahesh Joshi
Just a first time MLA in Rajasthan, Mahesh Joshi's organisational skills saw him elected to the post of deputy chief whip of Congress' Rajasthan Legislature Party.
Updated on Oct 16, 2003 07:54 PM IST
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No tie-up with BSP, says Jogi
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister has ruled out an electoral alliance with the BSP, projected the BJP, his main rival, as of no consequence and dismissed the VC Shukla-led NCP in the state as virtually non-existent.
Published on Oct 13, 2003 03:16 PM IST
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Indrajit Kumar
Senior Congress leader and minister Indrajit Kumar is known as a high profile politician with futuristic outlook.
Updated on Oct 16, 2003 07:54 PM IST
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Urmila Singh
The calm and quite Urmila Singh has been regarded as one of 'very good' Congress leaders from among the desciples of Congrss veteran Arjun Singh.
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Mizoram: NE's most peaceful state
Mizoram too has provisions for three autonomous district councils, two of them representing people who are ethnically not different from the majority Lushai.
Updated on Jan 27, 2005 04:54 PM IST
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Brief history
A vibrant and exotic state where tradition and royal glory meet in a riot of colors against a vast backdrop of sand and desert, Rajasthan has been described in Indian history as the land of heterogeneous conglomeration of separate political entities with different administrative systems in different places.
Updated on Oct 16, 2003 07:55 PM IST
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Rajasthan LS poll profile
Though the Congress has been the dominant party in Rajasthan since the first parliamentary polls were held in 1952, the state has turned its back on the party quite a few times.
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Party performance
The following are the performance of respective political parties in the Delhi Assembly elections.
Updated on Oct 16, 2003 07:54 PM IST
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Babulal Gaur
Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh assembly, Babulal Gaur has risen to the top in state politics after making a humble start.
Updated on Oct 16, 2003 07:54 PM IST
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Chronology of major NE terror strikes
Following is the chronology of major terrorist strikes in north-east since 1995 in reverse order.
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Electronic Voting Machine ? An Electronic Marvel
Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) retains all the characteristics of voting by ballot papers, while making polling a lot more expedient.
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Political history
The atate of Rajasthan was formed after a long process of integration which began on March 17, 1948 and ended on November 1, 1956.
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This election season, BJP is a worried lot
Amid all the dust and noise being raised by BJP leaders in public meetings around the country and despite "resurgenging Ayodhya movement", the BJP is a worried lot, particularly over Lok Sabha polls, experts say.
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ML Khurana
A veteran of many battles, Delhi BJP's "chief ministerial candidate" Madanlal Khurana is one of the tallest leaders of Delhi politics.
Updated on Oct 16, 2003 07:54 PM IST
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Raman Singh
Born on October 15, 1952 Raman Singh has a degree in Ayurvedic medicine (BAMS). He is presently the president of the Chattisgarh unit of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and its best known face in the state, that is ridden by factionalism.
Updated on Oct 16, 2003 07:53 PM IST
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Gole Market
The Gole Market constituency, represented by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in Delhi Assembly, will be the focus of the Dec 1 poll battle once again.
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Tapkara (ST)
The contest in Tapkara, a scheduled tribe reserved constituency will be watched keenly by observers as the BJP veteran and leader of BJP in the Chhattisgarh assembly Nand Kumar Sai will be seeking re-election.
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Rajim
Rajim situated 48 km from the capital of Chhattisgarh, Raipur to its south-east. It is situated at the confluence of three holy rivers, the Mahanadi, the Pairi and the Sondu river.
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Narendra Nahata
Born on March, 20, 1946 at village Rampur in Mandsour district, he is one of the important Congress leaders of Madhya Pradesh.
Updated on Oct 16, 2003 07:54 PM IST
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