The people believed the news to be true and shared the article online with their family, friends to inform them but in reality, the news was satire
By Jayanta Ghosal Indian politics is always moving along new, emerging trajectories. After 20 years of the Congress dominating electoral politics, it was perhaps in 1967 that for the first time the party faced a setback. In 1977, there was another strong anti-Congress mood prevailing in the country following the[Read More…]
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Sunday announced that its chief Akhilesh Yadav will contest the coming Lok Sabha polls from the Azamgarh parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh. In the 2014 elections, SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav had won the Mainpuri and Azamgarh parliamentary constituencies. Azamgarh is considered a strong[Read More…]
With the Lok Sabha and some Vidhan Sabha elections knocking at the door, all of India is busy talking about the procedure of elections ad expected results. The Election Commission has announced the election dates which is going to take place in 7 phases starting from the 11th of April.[Read More…]
The Congress on Friday released the seventh list of its 35 candidates for the April-May Lok Sabha election. Poet Imran Pratapgarhi has been nominated from Moradabad where Babbar’s candidature was announced earlier. The party shifted Uttar Pradesh state unit chief Raj Babbar from Moradabad to Fatehpur Sikri, the party said in a statement.[Read More…]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released second and third list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party has fielded its national spokesperson Sambit Patra from Puri Lok Sabha constituency putting an end to the speculation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would contest from the pilgrim town.[Read More…]
The Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh will take place in a single phase, which will take place in Phase I on April 11, as announced by the Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on March 10. The Election Commission of India announced that the general elections will began on April[Read More…]
Rajkamal was reportedly seeking ticket from Hooghly constituency
With Lok Sabha polls just days, the Election Commission of India is working round the clock to make sure the preparation for the elections keeps its pace and all goes well on the D days! The largest democracy in the world will go for elections in the first phase on[Read More…]
After the BJP released the 1st list of candidates for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly elections and the 2nd list for Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the ruling party announced the name of its candidates for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections at 7 pm on Thursday, 21 March. 182 candidates have been[Read More…]
The BJP has released the candidates list for the upcoming Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim which will coincide with the Lok Sabha polls. The party is also expected to release today the first list of candidates for the general elections today at 7 PM. The Election Commission, meanwhile,[Read More…]
New Delhi: Voters in Kerala, Rajasthan and Gujarat are most satisfied with their outgoing Members of Parliament (MPs) while those in Uttarakhand, Goa, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are least happy with the performance of their elected representatives. The latest findings of the CVOTER-IANS State of the Nation tracker poll[Read More…]
Will the NDA survive the litmus test of 2019?
The Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh will take place in a single phase, which will take place in Phase I on April 11, as announced by the Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on March 10. The Election Commission of India announced that the general elections will began on April[Read More…]
While the leaders are making efforts to garner maximum votes, the government bodies are working on raising awareness over voter rights.
The Congress party has fielded Pranab Mukherjee’s son Abhijit from Jangipur, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from Bahrampur, Deepa Dasmunshi from Raiganj.
For BJP, it is a safe seat. As far as Congress is concerned, it has failed to come up with a plan and has just been changing candidates every election. MAK Pataudi, Suresh Pachouri and Arif Baig contested on Congress ticket and lost here in the past.
Party had 93% success rate in the last Lok Sabha election 2014 in state & can’t afford to lose more seats here even as Congress hopes to increase its tally
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders of Bihar on Sunday announce the seat-sharing in the state for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. According to the NDA seat-sharing formula, the BJP and the JD(U) will contest 17 seats each, while the remaining six would be fought by the LJP. As per[Read More…]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) late on Saturday held a meeting, presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah, to finalise the names of candidates for the upcoming polls, particularly for constituencies where polling will be held in the first phase. The meeting of the BJP Central[Read More…]
From 2.4 lakh in 2014, BJP’s victory margin came down to 60,000 in the LS bypoll in 2016 and in Assembly elections, Congress’ vote share exceeded the BJP.
The Election Commission of India on Sunday evening announced dates for Lok Sabha Elections 2019, which would commence from April 11 to May 19, with the counting of votes on May 23. Voting for the Lok Sabha Elections will take place in seven phases across the country to decide on[Read More…]
Kolkata: They might have won many a heart through their acting skills and well-choreographed dance moves for years, but Bengali actress-duo Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan have created a virtual storm in social media after their nomination as candidates of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress for the coming Lok Sabha[Read More…]
Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha is a coalition of more than thirty progressive organisations, activists and intellectuals working in different parts of Jharkhand for the rights of poor, Adivasis, Dalits, women and minorities. (A brief introduction of Mahasabha is attached). Mahasabha believes that our state and country are passing through a phase[Read More…]
Strong anti-incumbency was seen against BJP that got shock defeat in Assembly polls here recently and could win just one seat out of eight while Congress got unexpected success