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Year in Review: Events that made biggest political news in India in 2019

From revocation of J&K's special status to the Citizenship Amendment Act, Business Standard lists six defining events of 2019 that became the biggest political issues in India

Letter to BS: Jharkhand election result shows opposition can challenge BJP

As far as the Opposition is concerned, if they join hands and put aside their ego then the BJP can be challenged in most states

GoMs, then and now: How their working has changed in 6 years of Modi govt

They were synonymous with delays in decision-making in the UPA era. Under the NDA, they rarely make executive decisions

Jharkhand election results will help reduce BJP's footprint: Pawar

The former Union minister hailed the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led three-party opposition alliance's poll victory in the tribal state where the BJP has been ousted from power

Jharkhand polls held amid CAA stir, people trusted Hemant Soren: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said people have faith he would fulfil their aspirations

Jharkhand Assembly election: Exit polls predict Congress-JMM defeating BJP

An estimated 70.83 per cent of the total 40.05 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 5 pm in the fifth and final phase, EC said

Year in Review: Indian sportspersons who turned politicians in 2019

From Gautam Gambhir to Babita Phogat, many sportspersons started their political innings, but not all received in electoral politics the success they were used to in their respective sports

Letters to BS: Is BJP doing what Congress did in 1975 during Emergency?

In politics, what's good for the goose is good for the gander

'Rape in India' remark: EC seeks transcript of Rahul Gandhi's speech

The BJP had demanded action against him

Rahul Gandhi back after month-long break, to campaign for Jharkhand polls

Rahul will campaign for the party on December 2 for the second phase of Jharkhand elections, according to sources

Jharkhand polls: Phase-IV voting on Monday; 2 ministers' fate to be decided

Jharia seat will witness a direct fight between two women candidates of the same family

Is the Tamil Nadu unit of BJP going to get a president anytime soon?

The position has been vacant since Tamilisai Soundararajan was appointed governor of Telangana in September

Opposition parties prepare ground to counter Citizenship Amendment Bill

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance is comfortably placed to ensure the Bill's passage not just in the Lok Sabha, but Rajya Sabha as well

Jharkhand election: CM Das' seat goes to the polls in Phase-II on Dec 8

A total 47,24,968 voters, including women and third gender voters will decide the fate of 260 candidates, the EC sources said

LS adjourned; BJP wants Congress to apologise for 'threatening' Irani

BJP said the behaviour of two members was "highly condemnable" and they should apologise

Congress delayed resolution of Article 370, Ayodhya for vote politics: Modi

Narendra Modi is campaigning for BJP in Jharkhand for the assembly elections

RS passes bill to amend SPG Act; Amit Shah says no vendetta against Gandhis

The Congress, which criticised the amendment, walked out of Rajya Sabha saying it is dissatisfied with the Home Minister's reply on the amendment to the SPG Act.

Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress govt wins floor test

Altogether 169 MLAs vote in favour of the motion of confidence, pro tem Speaker Dilip Walse Patil informed the House

Congress wants alleged Rs 5,000 cr mining scam under Khattar govt probed

Randeep Singh Surjewala also highlighted a Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report that was tabled recently in the state assembly

Pragya Thakur reminds Congress of 1984 riots after MLA's threat to burn her

Thakur is in the midst of a row over her remark about Godse, Mahatma Gandhi's assassin, during a discussion in the Lok Sabha on November 27 which left the BJP red-faced