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SC urged to hear PIL against promise, distribution of freebies by political partiesThe Supreme Court heard a plea to seize symbols or deregister parties promising freebies. Lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay urged an early hearing fo...- Modi understood power of technology before others, says Shivraj ChouhanSenior leaders M Venkaiah Naidu and HD Deve Gowda praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi as India's most popular leader. Shivraj Singh Chouha...
- From Bengal to Assam, Hindutva rewrites the east: BJP's landslide ends era of regional strongmenThe Bharatiya Janata Party has achieved a significant victory in West Bengal, marking a shift in eastern India's political landscape. Regio...
- BJP’s big bang: Bengal breached, Assam secured; Vijay, Congress flip the southIndia has a brand new political map. A massive topple in Bengal, a twist in the Tamil Nadu potboiler, power grip in Assam and Puducherry, a...
- Vijay pulls off a Kejriwal in Tamil Nadu over a decade after AAP's rise in DelhiTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) led by actor Vijay is set to win its first Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. This mirrors the Aam Aadmi Part...
- SC agrees to list on March 21 PIL against practice of parties promising freebies during pollsThe Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on March 21 regarding the practice of political parties promising f...
- Power gencos seek to join debate in SC over freebiesThe writ petition filed by the Association of Power Producers (APP) sought the court's intervention "in the financially crippling crisis fa...
- SC terms freebies a serious issue, asks why Centre can't call all-party meetThe plea filed by Upadhyay opposes the practice of political parties making promises during polls. It seeks the EC to invoke its powers to ...
- Electoral promises: The freebie stops hereWith committees, commentators and economists of all shades slamming freebies, and political actors continuing to snipe at each other, it is...
- Political parties are on one side on freebies: Supreme CourtA bench headed by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana orally remarked that "all political parties are one sided including BJP" on the subject...
- Amid raging political debate over poll freebies, a PIL in SC drives home the pointPetitioner Ashwini Upadhyay filed additional submissions on Friday in the top court saying that registered political parties be asked to fu...
- Freebies to continue until political parties and voters mature: Mythili Bhusnurmath“We will never be able to define what a freebie is and what a freebie is not. That has to be decided between the electorate and the politic...
- Freebie culture elevated to level of art for fighting polls: Centre to SCThe top court was hearing a PIL filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, which opposes the practice of political parties promising freebies during...
- Doling out freebies by states is competitive federalism of the worst kind: Mythili BhusnurmathThe growing contribution of non-merit subsidiaries, not beneficial for a large section of society, in the GDP is increasing. This means the...
- There is no question of state governments in India going the Sri Lanka way: Mythili Bhusnurmath“Non-merit subsidies in the country as a percentage of GDP are growing. Also, there are some states which tend to offer much more by way of...
- Supreme Court notice to Centre, EC on parties promising freebies in electionsA three-judge bench, led by CJI NV Ramana, while hearing a plea by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay to restrain parties from distributing any su...
- HC agrees to hear plea against pre-poll freebiesThe plea alleged that promise and distribution of freebies amounts to "corrupt practise" and nowadays all political parties are adopting th...
- Madras High Court advocate sends notice to Election Commission of IndiaThe advocate cited a supreme court judgment dated July 5, 2013 and said announcements made with regard to freebies by DMK and AIADMK are ag...
- Political parties oppose restriction in announcing freebiesMajor political parties barring the Bahujan Samaj Party opposed any restriction on them in announcing freebies in election manifestos.
- EC to discuss poll manifestos guidelines issue with partiesThe Election Commission will convene a meeting of political parties next month to formulate its opinion on the proposed guidelines on poll ...
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