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BJP drops Varun Gandhi in UP, but fields Maneka

BJP drops Varun Gandhi in UP, but fields Maneka

Rediff.com25 Mar 2024

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday declared 13 candidates from Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha polls including actor Arun Govil, who played Lord Ram in popular TV serial Ramayan, from Meerut, while replacing sitting MP Varun Gandhi from Pilibhit with state minister Jitin Prasada.

The BJP's Forgotten Margdarshak

The BJP's Forgotten Margdarshak

Rediff.com21 Oct 2021

Murli Manohar Joshi makes a rare public appearance.

'Never imagined I'll fight polls from area of scam-hit people'

'Never imagined I'll fight polls from area of scam-hit people'

Rediff.com22 Mar 2014

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi, shifted to Kanpur Lok Sabha seat from Varanasi to accommodate Narendra Modi, on Friday made a veiled attack on sitting Congress MP and Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal, saying he never imagined that one day he would have to fight elections from "constituency of people whose names cropped up in coal gate scam."

Miffed by SP's 'non cooperation', Raju to return to comedy

Miffed by SP's 'non cooperation', Raju to return to comedy

Rediff.com11 Mar 2014

Comedian Raju Srivastava on Tuesday pointedly blamed the top Samajwadi Party leadership for his sudden decision to walk out of the contest for the prestigious Kanpur Lok Sabha seat.