Politics

Lamba sought accountability from Kejriwal on the crushing defeat of the party in Lok Sabha polls following which she was removed from the official WhatsApp group of the party lawmakers.

Of the 22 seats the TMC won, 16 constituencies witnessed a battle of nerves till the last round of counting with leads changing in minutes.

There was no official confirmation of Arun Jaitley's illness or on his possible London trip.

While President Kovind who accepted the resignations, he requested Modi and the ministers to carry their out duties until a new government is in place.

Facing the erosion of its vote bank over the past several years in Punjab, the BSP garnered vote share of 3.49 per cent as against 1.9 per cent in 2014.

The BJP, which has 105 MLAs in a 224-member Karnataka Assembly, just eight short of a simple majority, claims it has the support of two Independent MLAs and one from the BSP.

The BJP has already won 302 seats and was ahead in one seat in the 543-member Lower House of Parliament.

Boxer-turned-Congress candidate Vijender Singh forfeited his deposit in the South Delhi seat, bagging just 1.64 lakh votes which accounted for 13.56 per cent of the total votes.

The Congress had fielded 'party stalwarts' like former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, former Union minister Kumari Selja and others on more than half of the 10 Lok Sabha seats to boost the party's fortunes.

Experts feel that the credit of reviving BSP should go to SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav, however, they also say that this may have its own consequences in the long term.

Gehlot said the Congress had to face a similar situation during former prime minister Indira Gandhi's tenure when she had to face defeat.

Aaditya Thackeray said he 'bowed' before the voters of the country for reposing their faith in the ruling alliance led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and supported by his father and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and other allies.

The Congress party had ceded Tumkur seat to JD(S) as per the seat-sharing arrangement, denying ticket to sitting MP Muddahanumegowda, causing resentment within.

Rahul Gandhi, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Milind Deora and Nikhil Kumaraswamy were some of the big names who have been defeated.

Amarinder Singh rejected charges of dynastic politics by the Congress, maintaining that Rahul Gandhi was never thrust on people but was duly elected the president of the Congress.

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