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Having seen dark days, Modi would have understood the pains of poverty and not having a bank account. Possibly that is why one of the first steps he took after becoming the Prime Minister in 2014 was to introduce bank accounts for all.

India is world’s largest democracy with 900 million registered voters. The election commission revealed that 10 lakh polling stations this year will be in operations, up from 9 lakh in the last general election in 2014.  

 

Tharoor, who won impressively in 2009, but just about scraped through in 2014, faces a very tough situation this time around. He is up against a spirited candidate and also seems let down by his own party workers who seem less than keen to work for his victory.

BJP leader Pon Radhakrishnan led the party to secure one seat in Tamil Nadu in the Kanyakumari constituency in 2014. Five years later, Ponnar – as he is fondly called in the region, is confident of another win

Inflation has more than halved under Modi’s regime, averaging 4.8% since 2014. In 2013-14 under the UPA government, food prices had risen by more than 10% annually. 

In the 2014 general election, a 79.88% voter turnout was recorded in Assam, while 78.61% was recorded in Arunachal Pradesh, 79.62% in Manipur, 68.79% in Meghalaya, 61.69% in Mizoram, 87.82% in Nagaland and 84.72% in Tripura.

Oil companies are denying fuel to Jet Airways over non-payment of bills. The situation mirrors the financial crunch faced by SpiceJet in 2014-15.

With Lok Sabha elections round the corner, here are details of the assets owned by 28 incumbent MPs of Karnataka, who will complete their tem just a month
 

Here is why choosing Wayanad as Plan B might just boomerang for Rahul Gandhi, who is likely to lose Amethi too, considering the drop in vote share over the years. 

The Congress chief’s magic wand for jobs is requested to state government when the party is in power in only 5 states out of 29. Congress government left the same job mess in 2014 that he promises to fill, passing the blame on to BJP.

 

AICC president Rahul Gandhi will now contest from Amethi and Wayanad, confirmed the party. With the margin of victory against Smriti Irani in 2014 far less substantial than before, it looks like Amethi will be too close to call this time around

The youngest candidate in the fray for 2019 Lok Sabha, Tejasvi Surya says that he is not scared of his opponent as he has the blessings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He also says that this is an opportunity for him to carry on the legacy of HN Ananth Kumar who represented Bengaluru South earlier. The young karyakarta is confident of doubling the victory margin set by the BJP in 2014.
 

Listing the exercises he does for the chest, Poonawalla explains how, whereas Amethi in Uttar Pradesh has been a bastion of the Congress, represented by the Dynasty since Rajiv Gandhi's time, the margin of victory of Rahul Gandhi from this seat reduced successively in 2004, 2009 and 2014

ISRO never got too much of attention of the UPA government. During UPA era, ISRO’s budget hardly increased. From around Rs 4,000 crore in 2009 to Rs 5,500 crore in 2014. What is it seeking credit for?