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SINDH TODAYWoman speaker for Lok Sabha?SINDH TODAY, PakistanPossible leading women contenders for the post include Water Resources Minister Meira Kumar and Congress MP from Rajasthan Girija Vyas. Meira Kumar's case is strengthened by Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Srikant Jena's adamant refusal ...Meira Kumar likely to be new Lok Sabha Speaker Thaindian.comall 37 news articles
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TALKING HEADS: Girija Vyas (L) and Meira Kumar are the frontrunners for Speaker's post.
New Delhi: After a woman President, India may get its first woman Lok Sabha Speaker. Sources tell CNN-IBN the Congress is keen on installing either Meira Kumar or
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IBN Live
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/lady-speaker-meira-girija-on-sonias-list/93785-37.html?from=rssfeed
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TALKING HEADS: Girija Vyas (L) and Meira Kumar are the frontrunners for Speaker's post.
New Delhi: After a woman President, India may get its first woman Lok Sabha Speaker. Sources tell CNN-IBN the Congress is keen on installing either Meira Kumar or
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IBN Live
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/lady-speaker-meira-girija-on-sonias-list/93785-37.html?from=rssfeed
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All the three are to be Ministers of State
Girija Vyas, Chandresh Kumari fail to make it
JAIPUR: The Congress high command’s decision to induct three more newly-elected Members of Parliament from Rajasthan into the Union Council of Ministers ensures
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The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/2009/05/28/stories/2009052860120700.htm
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New Delhi: Prospects of six-term MP from Andhra Pradesh V Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo becoming speaker of the Lok Sabha has brightened with the Congress leadership on Wednesday announcing a jumbo list of ministers to be inducted in Prime Minister
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Expressindia.com
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Deo-frontrunner-for-Speaker-post-decision-likely-on-May-30/467060/
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New Delhi: Prime minister Manmohan Singh's placatory phone call to some of his senior colleagues, such as Arjun Singh, HR Bhardwaj and Shivraj Patil who have been left out of the government, is in keeping with his image of a decent and dignified man.
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DNA India
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1259620
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May 27: The inclusion of three more MPs from Rajasthan in the Union Cabinet sent a message of an emerging new leadership in different caste groups. But Jat leader Sis Ram Ola and Ms Girija Vyas were not happy as both did not find a place in the second
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Asian Age
http://203.197.197.71/presentation/leftnavigation/news/india/3-more-mps-from-raj-in-cabinet.aspx
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Arecord
61 women MPs have been elected to the 15th Lok Sabha - the highest since
independence . A majority of these MPs - 23 – belong to Congress. The BJP
has contributed 13 women to the House. Uttar Pradesh has sent more women to
parliament – 13 –
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Times of India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/With-one-tenth-women-has-Parliament-got-a-shade-fairer-/articleshow/4570821.cms
Bihar Times19 cabinet ministers in Manmohan Singh's A-teamBihar Times, IndiaThose expected to be inducted in the second round include Salman Khurshid, Jairam Ramesh, Girija Vyas, Vilas Muttemwar and National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah. Manmohan Singh will retain the portfolios he was planning to allocate to DMK nominees ...Manmohan Singh is India's PM again Mangalorean.comall 1,770 news articles
http://bihartimes.com/NewsAll/2009/May/newsAll23May1.html
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot hosted a dinner for newly elected 20 MPs from the state in their honour at Jodhpur House here last evening. Union Ministers Sheesh Ram Ola, Namo Narayan Meena, newly elected MPs, National Women Commission Chairman
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090519/1256818.html
Thaindian.comCongress sweeps Rajasthan, routs BJP (Night Lead)Thaindian.com, ThailandThe winning Congress candidates included Girija Vyas who was elected from Chittorgarh, defeating her nearest rival - sitting MP Srichand Kriplani of the BJP - by over 72000 votes. Seesh Ram Ola, a minister in the government of Prime Minister Manmohan ...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/congress-sweeps-rajasthan-routs-bjp-night-lead_100193609.html
A Pakistan NewsCongress Lead in Rajasthan with 19 and BJP With 3A Pakistan News, PakistanAmong the candidates who were leading were Congress' Sachin Pilot in Ajmer, Jitendra Singh in Alwar, Seeshram Ola in Jhunjhunu, Namo Narayan Meena in Tonk-Sawaimadhopur, CP Joshi in Bhilwara and Girija Vyas in Chittorgarh. Other Congress candidates ...Congress bags two seats in Rajasthan, leads in 18 (Lead) Thaindian.comall 2,506 news articles
http://www.apakistannews.com/congress-lead-in-rajasthan-with-19-and-bjp-with-3-120792
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Jaipur: Congress established an early lead in 19 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan while BJP was ahead in only three constituencies.
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Two independents and a CPI-M candidate were also leading according to initial
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DNA India
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1256425
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The Congress targeted the poor performance of the Vasundhara Raje-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which in turn lashed out at its present Ashok Gehlot regime in the high powered game for the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan that goes to the polls on
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Hindustan Times
http://www.hindustantimes.com/redir.aspx?ID=300d5242-a3d5-4784-998a-bf40c6af6eaf&SectionName=RSSFeed-news
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His waving of currency notes inside Parliament last year made the country glued to the television screen but BJP candidate Mahavir Singh Bhagora has to display more this time to ensure that Udaipur looks up to him.
Bhagora had exhibited the notes
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Business Standard
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-News-Now/~3/q4aoeGTB6IY/storypage_c.php
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is schedule to campaign in Assam on Sunday. Congress president Sonia Gandhi is likely to address rallies in Lucknow, Faizabad and Allahabad.
AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi is on an election tour to Maharashtra.
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ddi News
http://www.ddinews.gov.in/Homepage/Homepage+-+Headlines/sdds.htm
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JODHPUR:
For the first time, Congress has named five women candidates in its first list
of 18 for Rajasthan. Looking back, the party had given ticket to 3 women at best
in 1999, 1998 and 1989.
The party is repeating its evergreen'
candidate Girija
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Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Cong-women-candidates-vow-to-change-their-lot/articleshow/4316312.cms
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Battle lines have been drawn in 12 out of the 25 Parliamentary constituencies in Rajasthan with both the ruling Congress and the Opposition BJP--the main contenders in the run for the May 7 Lok Sabha polls, announcing their contestants.
In the fort
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090323/1205962.html
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Girija Vyas to contest from Chittorgarh
NEW DELHI: Railway Minister Lalu Prasad’s brother-in-law, Sadhu Yadav, has been given the Congress ticket from Paschim Champaram constituency in Bihar. Mr. Yadav had left the Rashtriya Janata Dal to join the
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The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/2009/03/23/stories/2009032357031000.htm
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The first list of Congress candidates for May 7 Lok Sabha polls in Rajasthan have a fairly good share of women while presenting a good balance between veterans and new faces.
As many as five women figured in the list of 18 nominees, released by the
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090322/1205577.html
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NEW DELHI: Rajasthan PCC chief C P
Joshi and former PCC chief Girija Vyas is among the 18 candidates announced by
the Congress on Saturday for the Lok Sabha elections for the state.
While Joshi who lost assembly election by one vote recently has
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Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Sachin-Pilot-to-contest-from-Ajmer/rssarticleshow/4298829.cms
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NCW chairperson Girija Vyas said although the UPA has taken several remarkable initiatives like passing the Domestic Violence Act and increasing budgetary allocation for women welfare schemes, its implementation was a matter of concern.
"I am not
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ddi News
http://www.ddinews.gov.in/National/National+-+Other+Stories/QWSW.htm
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National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday complimented the UPA government at the Centre for initiating various steps to bridge the gender divide but blamed the states for poor implementation of laws and schemes meant for welfare of women.
NCW
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Hindustan Times
http://www.hindustantimes.com/redir.aspx?ID=3f9d0de8-0ee5-4c80-a9b0-c346bb984baa&SectionName=RSSFeed-News
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NCW member Nirmala Venkatesh had blamed the pub owners for the attack carried out by Sri Ram Sene on young girls in Mangalore.
Bangalore: Terming her removal and rejection of her interim report on the Mangalore pub attack as a "deep political
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Indian Express
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sacked-ncw-member-to-challenge-removal-in-sc/429773/
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National Commission for Women NCW) chairperson Girija Vyas today stressed on the need for amendments in Domestic Violence (Prevention) Act, Dowry (Prevention) Act and Prevention of Sexual Abuses at Work Places Act to improve the rate of conviction in
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090228/1188323.html
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Zeenews Bureau
New Delhi, Feb 27: In fallout of the infamous Mangalore pub attack case, where Shri Ram Sena members beat up girls in a pub, National Commission for Women (NCW) member Nirmala Venkatesh was on Friday sacked by the government.
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Zee News
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=511278&sid=NAT
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To seek clarification on eligibility of such a person
Court has assumed that qualifying for IAS means he has reformed himself: AIDWA
Says the judgement revealed a patriarchal and class bias
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women (NCW) is planning
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The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/2009/02/12/stories/2009021260461200.htm
New Delhi, February 7 (ANI): India's National Commission for Women or NCW on Friday rejected its own inquiry team's report on recent pub attack in south India saying the report has loopholes. Addressing a news conference in New Delhi, chief of NCW, Girija Vyas said that the Commission took stock of the entire report filed by one of its members Nirmala Venkatesh and decided not to accept it. ... ANI South Asia News video NCW Pub incident Girija Vyas Inquiry ...
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New Delhi, Feb. 6: The National Commission for Women has rejected its own probe into the assault on women at a Mangalore pub after comments made by the member who conducted the inquiry were criticised by Union minister Renuka Chowdhury.
But in
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Calcutta Telegraph
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090207/jsp/nation/story_10498784.jsp
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Inadequate in addressing terms of reference: Girija Vyas
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Friday did not accept its member Nirmala Venkatesh’s report on the Mangalore pub attack, describing it as “inadequate and lacking” in
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The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/2009/02/07/stories/2009020755711300.htm
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FACE OFF: NCW Chairman Girija Vyas has rejected the findings submitted by Nirmala Venkatesh.
New Delhi: The pictures of Ram sene activists beating up young girls in Mangalore became a national shame.
Now the incident has another fallout, a face off
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IBN Live
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/mlore-attack-ncw-chairman-rejects-the-findings/84651-3.html?from=rssfeed
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Even while the National Commission for Women (NCW) decided against accepting the report, submitted by one of its members Nirmala Venkatesh on the Mangalore pub attack, the Women and Child Development Ministry today found the ''member's behaviour not
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090206/1171254.html
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New Delhi: The differences within the NCW over Mangalore pub attack probe deepened on Friday with the Commission rejecting a report by one its members who had drawn the ire of a union minister but she retaliated by saying that she stood by her
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DNA India
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1228313
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The National Commission for Women (NCW) Friday rejected its member Nirmala Venkatesh's report that blamed the Jan 24 attack on women in a Mangalore pub on the security of the establishment.
NCW chairperson Girija Vyas said the report lacked on three
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India eNews
http://www.indiaenews.com/politics/20090206/176975.htm
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NEW DELHI: The All-India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) has asked the National Commission for Women (NCW) to immediately intervene and ensure justice to victims of the January 24 Mangalore pub assault and that such incidents are not repeated.
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The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/2009/02/06/stories/2009020654821200.htm
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In this interview with rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa, Venkatesh maintains she did the right thing and adds that Union Minister of State for Women and Child Development Renuka Chaudhary had no right to question her actions.
The Shri Ram Sene was clearly
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Rediff
http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2009/feb/04-banning-pubs-is-not-the-solution.htm
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“We have just received a fax from the member”
Panel to meet on February 5 or 6 to take a view
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday sought to distance itself from the Mangalore pub incident report submitted to it by its member
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The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/2009/02/03/stories/2009020355151100.htm
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...the live-in relationship was acceptable nor it was needed in India, Vyas told reporters. He said the live-in relationship of West was against the human values and the country does not need it. According to her, the NCW had asked the Maharashtra government...
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Keralanext
http://www.keralanext.com/news/2009/01/13/article160.asp
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A proposal in this regard has been submitted to the Union government, NCW chairperson Girija Vyas said in Varanasi on Monday
"A proposal has been made to redefine rape and to treat cases of eve-teasing and molestation with equal sensitivity," Vyas told
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ddi News
http://www.ddinews.gov.in/National/National+-+Headlines/WSDQW.htm
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The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Saturday pitched for comprehensive changes in the existing legal system to put an effective check on incidents of sexual assault and said "inadequacies" in law should be plugged to be tougher in cases of
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Hindustan Times
http://www.hindustantimes.com/redir.aspx?ID=d790f39e-63bf-463f-86bd-efc49b76382d&SectionName=RSSFeed-News
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Taking strong note of the alleged rape of a girl in Noida, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has asked Uttar Pradesh (UP) chief minister Mayawati to ensure the safety of women, especially in suburbs adjoining the capital.
In a letter to Mayawati,
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DNA India
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1220045
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The same has also been corroborated by a statement by the Chairperson of National Commission for Women Dr Girija Vyas that 60 per cent of women file these cases in ignorance in this article.
OF LATE, the social
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Merinews
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=154060&catID=2&category=India
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A farcical political play, a theatre of the absurd, is being forced upon us the wide-eyed and curious spectators as the chair of the chief minister of Rajasthan remains empty despite the fact that Ashok Gehlot had led the Congress to a kind of victory.
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Calcutta Telegraph
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081212/jsp/opinion/story_10237967.jsp
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Amid slogan-shouting by the supporters of former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Dr C P Joshi and Union Minister Shish Ram Ola, a crucial meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) started in the main
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Hindustan Times
http://www.hindustantimes.com/redir.aspx?ID=ebb2e8c9-a2cd-4d06-b126-1d1bff1fc6d7&SectionName=RSSFeed
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Jat faction may also back Ashok Gehlot
JAIPUR: The Congress appeared to be grappling with the leadership issue on the eve of the crucial Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting of the newly-elected MLAs in Rajasthan scheduled here for Thursday.
As
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The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/11/stories/2008121155520700.htm
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Hectic lobbying was witnessed on Tuesday in the Congress camp in Rajasthan to elect a leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) following its victory in 96 Assembly segments out of 200.
While former CM Ashok Gehlot has emerged a front runner,
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Hindustan Times
http://www.hindustantimes.com/redir.aspx?ID=5a033a27-c729-445b-9c11-846576236740
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...lost the Nathdwara seat by a solitary vote. Supporters of Joshi are not ready to leave anyone, including former PCC president Girija Vyas and even Ashok Gehlot, with whom Joshi is very close. The political rivalry between the two Brahmin leaders (Vyas and...
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Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Vyas_Joshi_rivalry_cost_PCC_chief_dear/rssarticleshow/3817102.cms
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JAIPUR: The blame game has started in
the Congress after Pradesh Congress Committee president C P Joshi lost the
Nathdwara seat by a solitary vote.
Supporters of Joshi are not ready
to leave anyone, including former PCC president Girija Vyas and even
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Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Vyas_Joshi_rivalry_cost_PCC_chief_dear/rssarticleshow/3817102.cms
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Zeenews Bureau
Jaipur, Dec 09: Hectic efforts are on in the victorious Congress camp in Rajasthan to elect a Chief Minister after winning 96 of the 200 Assembly seats. While former CM Ashok Gehlot has emerged front runner, Girija Vyas,
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Zee News
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=489543&sid=REG
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Even as the Congress rejoices after their surprise win in Rajasthan, questions remain over who will now lead the state.
At the forefront is former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. However, he is at a disadvantage after being out of favour with the state
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A Pakistan News
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