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The only time he lost a Lok Sabha election was against Madhavrao Scindia of Congress from Gwalior in 1984, when he lost by a margin of close to 2 lakh votes Current Affairs News : Atal Bihari Vajpayye had a unique distinction of being a member of Parliament for 12 terms -- a 10-time Lok Sabha member and twice of Rajya Sabha. The only time he lost a Lok Sabha election was against Madhavrao Scindia of Congress from Gwalior in 1984, when he lost by a margin of close to 2 lakh votes. Vajpayee represented Lucknow in the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabha from 1991 to 2009. He represented Balrampur in the second and fourth Lok Sabha, Gwalior in the fifth and New Delhi in the sixth and the seventh LS. In 1962 and 1986, he was elected to Rajya Sabha. In December, 2005, Vajpayee had announced his retirement from electoral politics at a party gathering in Mumbai. He was a parliamentarian for nearly 47 years. Vajpayee served as the prime minister between

The Delhi Police has sought that Tharoor be summoned as an accused, claiming there was sufficient evidence against him Current Affairs News : A special court, designated to try lawmakers in regard to   Sunanda Pushkar death   case, will on Monday consider Delhi Police's charge sheet against   Congress MP and Pushkar's husband   Shashi Tharoor. The police has sought that Tharoor be summoned as an accused, claiming there was sufficient evidence against him. Earlier on May 24, a Delhi Court, which was hearing the   Sunanda Pushkar death   case, transferred the matter to the   Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM), Samar Vishal. "Since he (Tharoor) is a sitting Member of Parliament, the matter is being sent to the special designated court for politicians, that is ACMM Samar Vishal. Matter will be taken up on May 28," the court said. The   Delhi Police   had on May 14 filed a charge sheet in the court, in which they named Tharoor a