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Token of appreciation: Farmers garlanding Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath following his decision to waive off farm loans in the State, in Bhopal on Tuesday.

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Cabinet formation getting tricky in Madhya Pradesh

Aspirants from different camps make task complicated.

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Questionable decisions: Congress's CM choices

Mohammed Ayoob The Congress’s choice of Chief Ministers in Rajasthan and M.P. shows that it is a party of the past

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister designate Kamal Nath waves to the crowd after taking his Oath of Office, in Bhopal, on Monday.

Kamal Nath waives farm loans up to ₹2 lakh after assuming office as M.P. Chief Minister

PTI Congress had promised during the poll campaign that if it wins, it would implement farmers’ loan waiver within 10 days of coming to power.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan at State BJP headquarters in Bhopal. File photo.

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Shivraj Chouhan steps down; decks cleared for Congress govt in Madhya Pradesh

Vikas Pathak Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan conceded defeat on Wednesday, accepting that the BJP had not been able to win a majority.Resigning from his post, he said the party would not stake claim to form the government, and congratulated Congress state president Kamal Nath for Congress’ performance.With the BSP and SP pledging support to the Congress in MP, the developments have now paved the way for the formation of a Congress government in the State. “I have resigned. The

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results: Congress wins 114 seats

Tilting the fortunes: Rahul Gandhi campaigning in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh on October 6.

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Counting of postal ballots of Bhopal Central constituency begins on Tuesday.

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An election official marks a voter’s finger at a polling station in Jodhpur on December 7, 2018.

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M.P. Cabinet formation becomes a tricky task for Congress

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Kamal Nath waives farm loans up to ₹2 lakh after assuming office as M.P. Chief Minister

Kamal Nath sworn in as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister

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Analysis: Congress benefits from going solo in Madhya Pradesh

Assembly elections 2018: Ashok Gehlot to be Rajasthan CM, Sachin Pilot Deputy CM

Senior leader and former Union Minister Kamal Nath will take charge as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on December 17.

Rahul Gandhi holds marathon discussions

Rival groups stage stir in Rajasthan

Kamal Nath to take charge in Madhya Pradesh

After marathon meetings, decision on Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh likely today

Assembly elections 2018: Kamal Nath to take charge in Madhya Pradesh

Decision will be announced in Bhopal tonight, says Mr. Scindia; In Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot supporters burn tyres, block roads.

Congress MLAs ask Rahul Gandhi to select CMs

Congress holds legislature party meetings in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh; Telangana swearing-in today

In Madhya Pradesh, a rural-urban divide between Congress, BJP

The Congress may be headed towards government formation in Madhya Pradesh – unseating the BJP after 15 years – but it is far behind the BJP in urban

Shivraj Chouhan steps down; decks cleared for Congress govt in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan conceded defeat on Wednesday, accepting that the BJP had not been able to win a majority.Resigning

Mayawati declares support to Congress in Madhya Pradesh, Akhilesh follows

BSP leader Mayawati said the party will support the Congress in Rajasthan too, if need arises

Congress to form govt in Madhya Pradesh

The Bahujan Samaj Party won two seats and the Samajwadi Party one seat. Four seats went to independents.

Hindi heartland defeat: Narendra Modi says BJP accepts people’s mandate with humility

Prime Minister congratulates the Congress, the TRS and the MNF.

Loan-waiver promise helped Congress in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh

It received much applause in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh

Watch: The Hindu Associate Editor Narayan Lakshman and Political Editor Nistula Hebbar discuss Assembly election results

The Hindu’s Narayan Lakshman and Nistula Hebbar discuss Assembly election results

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2018 results: Top developments

Exit polls predict a close race in the central State, with four out of five polls giving it to the Congress.

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018: Key candidates

Here's how the top contestants have fared

Watch: Congress, BJP in close race in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2018: trends reflect people’s desire for a change, says Scindia

Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath also exuded confidence that they would form a government.

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2018 results live | It's neck-and-neck: Congress 113, BJP 111

In the 230-seat legislature, the winning party must win in at least 116 constituencies.

Madhya Pradesh elections 2018: Factionalism a thing of past, unity our strength, says Jyotiraditya Scindia

Counting of votes for the November 28 elections to 230 assembly seats in the state will take place on December 11.

BJP spooked by exit polls: Sibal

PMO using investigating agencies for political vendetta, says Congress

I am confident that BJP will win: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

“I am the biggest pollster. BJP is set to romp home,” says CM

Exit polls see Congress win in Rajasthan, tight race in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, TRS retaining Telangana

In Mizoram, the MNF seemed to have a slight edge over the Congress.

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2018: Congress questions security of EVMs in strongrooms

The Congress has raised doubts over the security of electronic voting machines (EVMs) kept in strongrooms across Madhya Pradesh after voting in the

Congress alleges EVM tampering in Madhya Pradesh

Election Commission given video of EVMs found in a hotel and strongrooms without electricity and CCTVs.

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections: 74.61% voter turnout recorded

Figure may go up on final count; 1,145 EVMs, 1,545 VVPAT devices develop snag

Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram Assembly elections live updates | 79% turnout in Mizoram, 75% in M.P.

As many as 1,146 EVMs and 1,545 Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail machines have been replaced in M.P.; 56% Bru refugees vote.

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018: Rahul flays 15 years of BJP rule in the State

Hours before the voters of Madhya Pradesh exercise their mandate, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday reiterated the party’s promise of waiving

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2018: 90% people in Shivraj Chouhan’s native village in BPL category, claims Congress

A whopping 90% residents of Jait, the native village of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, are living below the poverty line (BPL),

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2018: To the booths after a closely fought contest

BJP hopes for a straight fourth term, Congress is banking on an anti-incumbency mood to turn the tide in its favour

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018: Rural voters hold the key

Shivraj Singh Chouhan faces his biggest test yet as discontent with the State government rises among farmers

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018: Joblessness haunts tribal Magardha

People forced to leave the village to distant States to earn a living.

Modi ‘betrayed’ people on promises of jobs, ‘depositing’ ₹15 lakh in accounts: Rahul Gandhi

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has betrayed the people, claiming that he had not fulfilled promises

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018: Those who don’t have issues to talk about resort to abuse: Modi

Congress leader Raj Bhabbar had kicked up a row on Thursday when he compared the falling rupee to the age of the PM’s’s mother

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018: In Jabalpur, personal and political stakes

The BJP stronghold in Mahakoshal sees State chief Rakesh Singh and Congress State president Kamal Nath fight for pride.

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018: Note ban woes rankle in farm belt

Congress aims to tap into ryots’ anger.

Congress’ Raj Babbar compares falling rupee with age of Modi’s mother, BJP demands apology

Congress leader Raj Babbar’s remark comparing the rupee’s falling value against the US dollar with the age of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother

No substance in what Modi speaks, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday said Indians have realised that there is no substance in what Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks, adding the

Watch: In this MP village, droughts force people to migrate

With polls right around the corner in Madhya Pradesh, all political parties are putting their best foot forward promising best of development for the

Madhya Pradesh Elections 2018: Digvijaya Singh’s son Jai Vardhan turns a star campaigner

Ex-CM’s son invokes family’s ties at rallies for the Congress

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018: Upper caste angst may queer pitch for BJP

Younger voters, concerned about the lack of jobs, seem to be lending some wind to the Congress’s sails this time around.

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018: Congress releases ‘charge sheet’ against Shivraj Singh Chouhan government

The Congress on Tuesday released an Aarop Patra, or chargesheet, against the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government for failing to deliver on the promises

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018: Congress shifts tack to counter the RSS

Party uses small groups focussed on ‘people’s issues’ in response to Sangh’s door-to-door campaign to rally support for BJP

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018: Bhabhi in Budhni makes up for Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s absence

Chief Minister’s wife Sadhana establishes instant connect with voters.

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