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Congress supports Nitish's call for 'Sangh-Mukt Bharat'

Edit The Times of India 18 Apr 2016
BJP spokesman Shrikant Sharma said everyone was aware of Nitish's national ambitions and asked Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to make it clear if Rahul would lead such a front or he would just be a part of it ... The Congress, meanwhile, said for any national-level alliance ahead of the 2019 polls, the parties involved should have "national existence"....

Kerala BJP chief Kummanam Rajasekharan

Edit Indian Express 18 Apr 2016
How does the BJP plan to take on the Congress and the CPM in this election?. The BJP will expose the violent politics of the CPM and the corrupt governance of the Congress. People are looking for good riddance from CPM violence and Congress corruption ... But is there any party who had not been subjected to CPM violence? Three weeks ago, CPM cadres hacked a Congress worker to death in front of his parents and wife....

We are BJP’s main rival

Edit Indian Express 18 Apr 2016
A day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asked all non-BJP parties to come together against BJP, saying separate contests will not work in the next Lok Sabha elections, the Congress cautiously backed the JD(U)’s chief’s suggestion ... Congress leaders said there will be “state-specific alliances” for 2019, making it clear that a national alliance is not on the anvil. “Generally, a national alliance does not happen....

Women deserve equal pay (Gregorio Sablan)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Apr 2016
(Source. Gregorio Sablan) ... That is why I joined 110 other Members of Congress, Republicans and Democrats, to support the members of the U.S. Women's National Team ... Men's National Team earn ... It has been five decades since Congress enacted the Equal Pay Act of 1963 ... The principle is simple ... Original Document....

Why Tax Reform Is Forever Doomed

Edit Real Clear Politics 18 Apr 2016
Still, I would keep two big tax preferences, because they advance crucial national goals ... The truth is that these tax preferences have woven themselves into the nation's social and economic fabric ... Even if Congress accepted that, there would probably be complex "transition" rules ... But of course, Congress wouldn't end most tax preferences, because the benefits of doing so are diffuse and obscure....

Subramanian Swamy hails Rajiv Gandhi for ‘noble efforts’ to resolve Ayodhya tangle

Edit Indian Express 18 Apr 2016
The BJP leader, who has dragged Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son and deputy Rahul to court in the National Herald case, said Rajiv Gandhi had started “upholding the concept of Ram Rajya” but things changed after his untimely demise ... The BJP leader, who has dragged Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son and deputy Rahul to ......

More Than 900 Arrested At Protest

Edit Inquisitr 18 Apr 2016
The group is demanding that Congress pass legislation to reform accepted campaign fundraising tactics and to expand the right to vote ... “Americans from across the political spectrum will continue to rally around these issues until Congress takes action. What we’re seeing here is a truly historic moment as the American people no matter what their politics are coming together to demand that Congress do its job.”....

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma rallies supporters ahead of local elections

Edit CNTV 18 Apr 2016
South Africa's President, Jacob Zuma, who just survived an effort to impeach him, was met by energetic crowds in the city of Port Elizabeth. And urged supporters to go out and vote for the nation's ruling party --- the African National Congress --- in upcoming local elections ... ....

Rousseff set for impeachment vote defeat: party

Edit Deccan Herald 18 Apr 2016
After four hours of voting the opposition in the lower house of Congress in Brasilia had reached 312 votes -- near its target of 342, or a two-thirds majority, which would send Rousseff to the Senate for the next stage of the process ... "The coup plotters have won here in the house," said Jose Guimaraes, leader of the Workers' Party in the lower house of Congress....

The fight over illegal immigrants goes to the Supreme Court

Edit The Economist 18 Apr 2016
CALLS for comprehensive immigration reform have been circulating in the halls of Congress for decades ... nearly half of the nation’s illegal immigrants from the threat of immediate deportation....

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on the Brink of Impeachment

Edit Time Magazine 18 Apr 2016
The party is now severely damaged by Operation Car Wash, a $3 billion corruption investigation, that has alleged state funds were funneled to Rousseff’s 2014 election campaign and politicians from many leading parties in congress, including the PT ... On Friday, Rousseff cancelled a planned national television address as both sides in congress claimed they had sufficient votes to triumph on Sunday....

Congress gets a boost in Punjab as SAD (Longowal) merges with it

Edit Indian Express 18 Apr 2016
The Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal), a splinter group of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab, Sunday merged with the Congress, giving the grand old party a shot in the arm ahead of the 2017 Assembly elections ... Earlier this year, Manpreet Badal’s People’s Party of Punjab had merged with the Congress....

Brazil: MPs approve impeachment of Dilma Rousseff

Edit Al Jazeera 18 Apr 2016
Tens of thousands of pro- and anti-impeachment protesters gathered in the capital Brasilia and other cities to watch the vote, broadcast live on national television on Sunday ... The Congress poll ends weeks of debate that have seen Rousseff's ruling coalition collapse and prompted huge street demonstrations ... Outside Congress, rival protest rallies were separated by a metal barrier ... READ MORE ... Source ... ....
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