In a major show of strength and unity opposition parties held a 'Jan Vishvas' or people's confidence rally in Patna the Capital of Bihar State. Bihar party Rashtriya Janata Dal led by leader Lalu Prasad Yadav spearheaded the event. Other opposition leaders present included congress party leaders Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge along with Samajwadi party leaders and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Watch to know more!

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Ahead of the big general elections that are slated to take place in the next 2 months there are hectic negotiations which are presently underway on the political front. There's been some progress on the seat sharing discussions amongst the opposition parties. The Indian National Congress which is the main opposition party has now managed to clinch a seat sharing deal with the Aam Aadmi Party, both the parties have announced the seat sharing pact in the state of Haryana, Gujarat and Goa and also in the union territories of New Delhi and Chandigarh. Watch to know more!

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After weeks of negotiations and hard bargaining, the opposition India national development inclusive alliance, sealed a few seat-sharing pacts with its coalition partners. Three alliance partners, the Samajwadi party, Aam admi party and The Indian national congress have reached a consensus on the seat sharing. Watch to know more!

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Ahead of India's general elections political parties are back to the Strategic drawing bards a two-day meeting of the BJP National Council got underway in New Delhi today with a focus on outlining its political campaign for the upcoming polls. PM Narendra Modi and BJP Chief inaugurated the party's national council meet. The meet is party's in fact biggest organizational get together and is being attended by over 11,000 delegates from around the country. Watch to know more!

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On Sunday, Nepali citizens went to the polls to elect a new parliament, with the election being heavily influenced by popular discontent with the country's ageing political class and concern about its fragile economy. There is a sense that the government is out of touch with Nepal's urgent concerns because of the prime ministers' frequent changes, the majority of whom have been in office for less than a year. With established parties whose leaders have walked the halls of power for decades, some younger candidates are making their maiden appearances in this year's race.

However, many voters have lost trust in the existing quo, and a thirst for change is palpable.&nbsp;Analysts predict that Nepal's firmly established political veterans will once again control the next parliament.

The second round of elections since the terrible Maoist insurgency in Nepal came to an end in 2015, when a new constitution was adopted, will take place on Sunday.

The country's monarchy was abolished in 2006 after the civil war, which had cost more than 17,000 lives and brought the erstwhile rebels into the government, came to an end.

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Since that time, different alliances between the former guerrillas and the established Congress and another communist party have seen them take turns ruling.

However, Nepal's parliament has frequently been marked by political unrest, and no prime minister has ever held office for the whole duration of a war.

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The longstanding rivalry between Nepal's two neighbours, China and India, has been difficult for administrations of all sorts to manage at a time when Western anxiety over Chinese-funded mega-projects in the nation is growing.

(With inputs from agencies)

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On Sunday, Nepali citizens went to the polls to elect a new parliament, with the election being heavily influenced by popular discontent with the country's ageing political class and concern about its fragile economy.

On Sunday, Nepali citizens went to the polls to elect a new parliament, with the election being heavily influenced by popular discontent with the country's ageing political class and concern about its fragile economy. There is a sense that the government is out of touch with Nepal's urgent concerns because of the prime ministers' frequent changes, the majority of whom have been in office for less than a year. With established parties whose leaders have walked the halls of power for decades, some younger candidates are making their maiden appearances in this year's race. However, many voters have lost trust in the existing quo, and a thirst for change is palpable. Analysts predict that Nepal's firmly established political veterans will once again control the next parliament. The second round of elections since the terrible Maoist insurgency in Nepal came to an end in 2015, when a new constitution was adopted, will take place on Sunday. The country's monarchy was abolished in 2006 after the civil war, which had cost more than 17,000 lives and brought the erstwhile rebels into the government, came to an end. Also read | Nepal Airlines to sell five Chinese airplanes grounded for two years due to tech, mechanical faults Since that time, different alliances between the former guerrillas and the established Congress and another communist party have seen them take turns ruling. However, Nepal's parliament has frequently been marked by political unrest, and no prime minister has ever held office for the whole duration of a war. Also WATCH | WION Fineprint: Nepal: Voters express displeasure over leaders, voting system The longstanding rivalry between Nepal's two neighbours, China and India, has been difficult for administrations of all sorts to manage at a time when Western anxiety over Chinese-funded mega-projects in the nation is growing. (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE:

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Nepal will hold national and provincial elections on 20 November. About 18 million people are eligible to vote for the 275 Members of Parliament as well as the 330 members of seven provincial assemblies.

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Australians flocked to vote in national elections Saturday with conservative leader Malcolm Turnbull appearing to have a slight edge over Labour&#39;s Bill Shorten, culminating a marathon race where economic management has become a key issue in the wake of the Brexit vote. 
 
Polling stations opened at 8am (2200 GMT) with some 15.6 million voters taking part in a mandatory ballot across the huge country, with long queues forming as people made their choices. 
 
After an eight-week campaign, a Newspoll of 4,135 people published in The Australian newspaper showed Turnbull&#39;s Liberal/National coalition 50.5 to 49.5 percent in front on a two-party basis, while a poll in the Sydney Morning Herald had them in a dead heat. 
 
Shorten&#39;s Labour needs to pick up at least 19 seats in the 150-seat parliament to secure the 76 it needs to govern in its own right. 
 
The coalition, which headed into the election with a comfortable majority, can afford to lose as many as 13 seats and still hold power and has the backing of the nation&#39;s powerful media, which has cited the need for stability. 
 
But polls are also forecasting large numbers of people voting for the Greens or other minor parties and independents, which raises the prospect of a hung parliament where no side commands a lower house majority. 
 
Multi-millionaire former banker Turnbull, 61, is looking to bolster his power after ousting fellow Liberal Tony Abbott in a party coup last September and cast his vote at a school near his Sydney harbourside mansion. 
 
&quot;Win the election,&quot; a boy yelled out as he stuffed his voting form in the ballot box, to which Turnbull replied: &quot;Thank you, we are working on it.&quot; 
 
Ex-union chief Shorten, 49, is gunning to return Labor to office after it was thumped by the conservatives at the last election in 2013, and was due to vote in his Melbourne constituency later Saturday. 
 
&quot;What will decide this election is what is in the best interests for working and middle class Australia,&quot; he said in a last-ditch bid to rally undecided voters to his platform of better health, jobs and education. 
 
Unexpected headwinds 
Turnbull has campaigned on tough asylum-seeker policies, a plan to hold a plebiscite on gay marriage, and his economic credentials as the country transitions from a mining investment boom and focuses on job creation and diversifying. 
 
He has also channelled the instability sparked by Britain&#39;s shock vote to leave the European Union, warning Australia must &quot;have the plan that meets the nature of our times, a time of opportunity and of challenge&quot;. 
 
According to the official #ausvotes Twitter feed, the most tweeted topics during the campaign have been healthcare, the economy, education and housing affordability and voters in Sydney said they expected a tight contest. 
 
&quot;There&#39;s been a lot of disunity in the last couple of years (in Australia),&quot; voter Sarah Lander told AFP, referring to the country&#39;s revolving door of prime ministers. 
 
&quot;With what&#39;s going on in the world, with the UK (Brexit) and terrorism, why wouldn&#39;t you want to stick with what you know?&quot; 
 
Turnbull called an election early because crossbenchers -- politicians who are independent or from minor parties -- hold the balance of power in the upper house Senate. 
 
They have failed to pass deadlocked legislation to overhaul unions, which provided the trigger for a double dissolution of parliament, where all seats in the upper and lower houses are contested. 
 
But some experts are suggesting the upper house could end up with more crossbenchers after the election than before, as voters fed up with traditional politicians look for alternatives. 
 
Most polls close at 6:00 pm (0800 GMT) Sydney time with the remainder two hours later due to time differences in a country where people overwhelmingly abide by their obligation to vote. 
 
(AFP)

Early surveys aren't giving away much. with Conservatives and Labour neck and neck

Australians flocked to vote in national elections Saturday with conservative leader Malcolm Turnbull appearing to have a slight edge over Labour's Bill Shorten, culminating a marathon race where economic management has become a key issue in the wake of the Brexit vote. Polling stations opened at 8am (2200 GMT) with some 15.6 million voters taking part in a mandatory ballot across the huge country, with long queues forming as people made their choices. After an eight-week campaign, a Newspoll of 4,135 people published in The Australian newspaper showed Turnbull's Liberal/National coalition 50.5 to 49.5 percent in front on a two-party basis, while a poll in the Sydney Morning Herald had them in a dead heat. Shorten's Labour needs to pick up at least 19 seats in the 150-seat parliament to secure the 76 it needs to govern in its own right. The coalition, which headed into the election with a comfortable majority, can afford to lose as many as 13 seats and still hold power and has the backing of the nation's powerful media, which has cited the need for stability. But polls are also forecasting large numbers of people voting for the Greens or other minor parties and independents, which raises the prospect of a hung parliament where no side commands a lower house majority. Multi-millionaire former banker Turnbull, 61, is looking to bolster his power after ousting fellow Liberal Tony Abbott in a party coup last September and cast his vote at a school near his Sydney harbourside mansion. "Win the election," a boy yelled out as he stuffed his voting form in the ballot box, to which Turnbull replied: "Thank you, we are working on it." Ex-union chief Shorten, 49, is gunning to return Labor to office after it was thumped by the conservatives at the last election in 2013, and was due to vote in his Melbourne constituency later Saturday. "What will decide this election is what is in the best interests for working and middle class Australia," he said in a last-ditch bid to rally undecided voters to his platform of better health, jobs and education. Unexpected headwinds Turnbull has campaigned on tough asylum-seeker policies, a plan to hold a plebiscite on gay marriage, and his economic credentials as the country transitions from a mining investment boom and focuses on job creation and diversifying. He has also channelled the instability sparked by Britain's shock vote to leave the European Union, warning Australia must "have the plan that meets the nature of our times, a time of opportunity and of challenge". According to the official #ausvotes Twitter feed, the most tweeted topics during the campaign have been healthcare, the economy, education and housing affordability and voters in Sydney said they expected a tight contest. "There's been a lot of disunity in the last couple of years (in Australia)," voter Sarah Lander told AFP, referring to the country's revolving door of prime ministers. "With what's going on in the world, with the UK (Brexit) and terrorism, why wouldn't you want to stick with what you know?" Turnbull called an election early because crossbenchers -- politicians who are independent or from minor parties -- hold the balance of power in the upper house Senate. They have failed to pass deadlocked legislation to overhaul unions, which provided the trigger for a double dissolution of parliament, where all seats in the upper and lower houses are contested. But some experts are suggesting the upper house could end up with more crossbenchers after the election than before, as voters fed up with traditional politicians look for alternatives. Most polls close at 6:00 pm (0800 GMT) Sydney time with the remainder two hours later due to time differences in a country where people overwhelmingly abide by their obligation to vote. (AFP)

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