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A political storm erupted on Tuesday after the nomination of Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan from Madhya Pradesh was rejected, triggering protests by senior party leaders and a confrontation outside the Election Commission office in Delhi. Congress leaders, including Jairam Ramesh, KC Venugopal, Bhupesh Baghel and Sachin Pilot, arrived at the Election Commission office to protest the decision. Visuals from the scene showed Jairam Ramesh being stopped from entering the...
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INDIA bloc's key huddle: Full list of leaders who attended the meeting
| Party | Leaders | | Congress | Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, KC Venugopal | | Samajwadi Party | Akhilesh Yadav | | TMC | Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee | | RJD | Tejashwi Yadav | | National Conference | Omar Abdullah | | PDP | Mehbooba Mufti | | JMM | Sarfaraz Ahmad | | Shive Sena (UBT) | Uddhav Thackeray | | NCP SP | Supriya Sule | | CPM | John Brittas | | CPI | D Raja | | CPI ML | Dipankar Bhattacharya | | RSP | NK Premachandran | | IUML | Sadiq Thangal | | VCK |...
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DK Yes: Citing fuel price hike and traffic jams, Shivakumar opts for low-key ceremony
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