Danish Ali joined the Congress on Wednesday. Lucknow: Days after joining the party, former Samajwadi Party leader Danish Ali was fielded by the Congress from the Amroha constituency in Uttar Pradesh that he currently represents to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The Congress party this evening announced its fourth list of candidates, which includes … Read more
New Delhi: With less than a month to go before the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress on Saturday announced its fourth list of 46 candidates. Some of the big names on the list include former Madhya Pradesh chief ministers Digvijaya Singh, Karti Chidambaram and Danish Ali, who joined the party on … Read more
The BJP has nominated candidates for the Lok Sabha polls in 14 seats in Tamil Nadu and one in Puducherry New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party today named its candidates for the Lok Sabha polls for 14 seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone seat in Puducherry. It fielded A Namassivayam, a minister in the … Read more
The BJP has decided to contest the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha alone. (document) Bhubaneswar: Odisha state president Manmohan Samal today said the BJP will contest the Odisha Lok Sabha and Assembly elections alone. The state party president said the ruling BJD and the opposition BJP are holding pre-poll alliance talks, adding that … Read more
AAP has called for nationwide protests against the BJP. New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party leader Atish on Friday termed the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as a “political conspiracy” of the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying it was the first time the central government has arrested a sitting chief minister. “This is the first … Read more
Jitan Manjhi is the MLA of Imamganj in Gaya district (File) Patna: Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Thursday announced that his Hindustani Awam Morcha will be removed from the reserved Gaya Lok Sabha Lok Sabha) seat as NDA candidate. According to a press release issued by the party’s central office in Gaya, … Read more
Congress has 56 candidates in third list for upcoming Lok Sabha polls New Delhi: Congress on Thursday announced its third list of 56 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, which includes Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from Berhampore, party president Mallikarjun Kharge’s son-in-law Radhakrishna from Gulbarga and former Union minister Sushilkumar Shinde from Solapur Daughter Praniti … Read more
Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh to contest from Rajgarh (File Photo) New Delhi: Sources said the Congress Party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) held a meeting in Delhi on Thursday to finalize the candidature of senior leader Digvijaya Singh from Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat. During the meeting, the party’s Uttar Pradesh unit told the panel … Read more
Mrs Gandhi said the issue affected not only her party but also India’s democracy. New Delhi: Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi has leveled serious accusations against the government just weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, saying the prime minister has taken systemic steps to weaken the party’s economic strength. Senior leader Rahul Gandhi also … Read more
Over the past seventy years, the number of political parties in the country has shrunk from 14 to 6. (representative) New Delhi: In 1951, 53 political parties participated in the first Lok Sabha polls. Today, the number of political parties exceeds 2,500. However, over seventy years, the number of political parties nationwide has shrunk from … Read more
Abdul Rashid Sheikh alias Engineer Rashid (56) is the former Minister of Justice. Srinagar: Engineer Rashid, who is currently in jail on UAPA charges, will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Baramulla constituency in Jammu and Kashmir as a member of the Awami Ittehad Party. Abdul Rashid Sheikh alias Engineer Rashid (56) is the former … Read more
The poll agreement was signed by the AIADMK and its allies. chennai: Tamil Nadu’s main opposition AIADMK on Wednesday finalized seat-sharing arrangements for the Lok Sabha polls with allies DMDK, SDPI and Puthiya Tamizhagam. Announcing the election deal at the party headquarters, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said the DMK will contest from Tiruvallur … Read more