Elections 2019  

The year 2019 saw several turning points in Indian history. From revoking Jammu and Kashmir’s special status through abrogation of Article 370 to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), here are five events of 2019 that became the most prominent political issues in India.

Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about how India and Sri Lanka need a fresh start in diplomacy.
 

Months after the Centre abrogated Articles 370 and 35A in Jammu and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter and lauded MPs for their contribution.

The polling for Assembly Elections 2019 began in Mumbai, Maharashtra and several celebrities came trickling to the booths. Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao and Lara Dutta were among the first ones to cast their votes.
 

Minutes after he exercised his right to vote in Nagpur, union minister Nitin Gadkari also said that the Congress has a "defeated mentality" by the people

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought the participation of as many Indians to vote in Maharashtra and Haryana. Polling for 90 seats of Haryana and 288 constituencies of Maharashtra began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm in the evening. PM Modi took to Twitter to urge voters to cast their votes. 

Taking to Twitter, official spokesperson of the Election Commission of India, Sheyphali Sharan said that there would be a ban on the exit polls from 7 am to 6:30 pm on October 21

An official communique from the BJP states that PM Narendra Modi, party's working president JP Nadda and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath would address the election gathering in Haryana

Just one month before the Lok Sabha elections 2019, Urmila Matondkar had hurt the sentiments of Hindus as she said Hinduism is the most violent religion 

A Manju, the BJP’s candidate, who lost to Prajwal Revanna of the JDS from Hassan, Karnataka, in the just concluded general elections 2019 will write a letter to the Speaker of Lok Sabha Om Birla not to accept the resignation of Prajwal Revanna after he takes oath as the MP

Four cabinet minister seats are vacant after the three current ministers of the Yogi government got elected into parliament. Party leaders who have been waiting for ministerial posts for some time now finally have a reason to cheer 

Barely a week ago, more than 50 councillors predominantly from the Trinamool Congress joined the BJP in Delhi. TMC immediately turned into a public spectacle

The violence apparently broke out over hoisting the BJP party flag. Bullets were fired and sharp weapons were used in this small town of Sandeshkhali, which is around 65 km from Kolkata.

This comes close on the heels of Rahul Gandhi’s proposal to resign as party chief, taking responsibility for the 2019 poll debacle, which was summarily not just rejected by the Congress Working Committee (CWC), but he was also persuaded to lead from the helm by sister Priyanka Vadra

Arvind Kejriwal not only guessed it right but also correctly informed his Twitter followers about the portfolio Shah would get in Modi's second term as Prime Minister