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Politicos on Rift in AAP

New Delhi, March 12 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party leader Shazia Ilmi's refusal to contest from Rae Bareli against Congress President Sonia Gandhi has sparked speculation of a growing dissent within the Arvind Kejriwal-led party. The dissent is said to be around the ticket distribution for the Lok Sabha polls. Reportedly, there was speculation of Ilmi contesting elections from Rae Bareli. However, Ilmi cleared the air on a social networking site by tweeting "I am not contesting from Rae Bareli. I never agreed to nor do I now ... I've been denying this for the last two months." This has given rise to speculation of a rising rift within the AAP party with many of its leaders leaving the party or turning rebels. Adding to the speculation, Kumar Vishwas tweeted a poetic verse, which to many indicated a rift with the party. Vishwas, however was quick to clarify that he is not 'upset' with his party. Mar 12, 2014
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Raju Srivastava opted out of SP's Kanpur seat, says party has no base in constituency

Lucknow, March 11 (ANI): Stand-up comedian and actor Raju Srivastava on Tuesday opted out of contesting elections from Samajwadi Party's Kanpur seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Srivastava said that though there is no base of the party in Kanpur, he took this responsibility with positivity but non-cooperation from the SP workers in the constituency made him to resign from the poll fray. He said that people love him for his comedy so he will better stick to the same responsibility and therefore returned the party's ticket with gratitude. Mar 11, 2014
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Kannada Actress Shruti May Contest Lok Sabha Elections

Kannada actress Shruti may soon be seen contesting the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, according to Chitraloka.com. Rumour has it that she will be representing the Bharatiya Janata Party from Hassan constituency. Mar 11, 2014
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We have high expectation: AAP on its 4th candidates list for LS polls

New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): After Aam Aadmi Party released its fourth list of candidates for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, party Leader Shazia Ilmi said that her party has very high expectation as AAP is challenging big political parties. The party has fielded among others, former Tehelka journalist and gulail.com founder Ashish Khetan from the New Delhi seat. Mar 10, 2014
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Amar Singh, Jaya Prada join RLD

New Delhi, March 10 (ANI): Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, former Samajwadi Party leaders Amar Singh and Jaya Prada on Monday joined Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal. will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Fatehpur and Jaya Prada will fight from Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh. Singh and Jaya Prada were expelled from the Samajwadi Party in February, 2010 for leading "a capitalist and communalist invasion. Mar 10, 2014
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Uncertainty in BJP over Lucknow and Varanasi seat, Politicos react

New Delhi/ Lucknow, Mar 10 (ANI): Politicos on Monday reacted to the rift in BJP over seats in Varanasi and Lucknow. Lucknow BJP MP Lalji Tandon has said that he will not vacate his seat for anyone other than party's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. According to reports, BJP President Rajnath Singh wants to contest the Lok Sabha elections from the Lucknow seat. Speaking on the same, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that he don't have anything to comment on seat distribution. Further, BJP leader Kalraj Mishra said that there is no rift within the party over this issue. Meanwhile, JD (U) leader KC Tyagi said that there is a lot of uncertainty in BJP. AAP Leader Ashutosh asked BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi why does he want to contest elections from two places and that Modi is scared that he is going to lose to AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and this is the reason he wants to secure the other seat. Mar 10, 2014
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Muzaffarnagar riots: Politicos condemn UP BJP'S plan to seek tickets for four riot-accused MLAs

New Delhi, March 10 (ANI): Cutting across political lines, leaders on Monday condemned the BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit plans to seek Lok Sabha tickets for the four BJP MLAs booked on the charge of fuelling Muzaffarnagar riots. The party plans to propose fielding Kairana MLA Hukum Singh from the Kairana Lok Sabha seat, Bijnore MLA Bhartendu Singh from Bijnore, Sardhana MLA Sangeet Som from Muzaffarnagar seat, and Thana Bhawan MLA Suresh Rana from Saharanpur. The proposals will be put before the BJP central election committee meeting on March 13. Mar 10, 2014
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LS Polls: Lalji Tandon says will leave seat for Modi but reluctant for Rajnath

Lucknow, March 10 (ANI): It seems BJP's blues over tickets for its top guns has deepened. Lucknow BJP MP Lalji Tandon said that he will not vacate his seat for anyone other than party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. According to reports, BJP President Rajnath Singh wants to contest the Lok Sabha elections from the Lucknow seat. Mar 10, 2014
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Congress LS nominee Bhagirath Prasad joins BJP

Bhopal, March 09 (ANI): In another setback to Congress, the party’s Lok Sabha nominee Bhagirath Prasad joined BJP on Sunday saying that the Congress is not efficient now in fighting against corruption and working for poor. Prasad said that he considers BJP and Narendra Modi vibrant enough to work in such direction and so he joined the party. Mar 9, 2014
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