Bhopal/Aizawl, Madhya Pradesh will vote on Wednesday to either give the BJP a fourth successive term in power notwithstanding anti-incumbency or give a chance to the challenger Congress to break the saffron party’s monopoly over power for the last 15 years. Similarly, voters in Mizoram will also exercise their franchise[Read More…]
State Industries Development Corporation Chairman and Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) Khammam district Chief Budan Baig Shaik resigned from the party on Monday. According to sources, the senior leader is likely to join the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the presence of party chief N Chandrababu Naidu who will visit Khammam[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, which has reached its peak and voting is scheduled for November 28 is likely to witness some interesting developments from Chambal division. For the 230 members’ state assembly, total 2,932 candidates are contesting and 1,102 are independent contestants. However, Ambah & Porsa (SC) constituency of Morena[Read More…]
Ahead of Telangana elections, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leader Gottimukkala Padma Rao resigned from the party on Sunday over the issue of the ticket distribution system of the party. Following resigning from TRS, Rao attacked the caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) and said “Party is heading in a wrong direction”.[Read More…]
Ahead of Madhya Pradesh polls, campaigning for the assembly elections concluded on Monday. Central state which goes to poll in the single phase, voting for 230 seats will be held on November 28 and the results will be declared on December 11. Major contenders including Congress and BJP are going alone[Read More…]
In view of providing awareness for voting, Hyderabad based NGO Youngistaan Foundation organised a stand-up comedy and slam poetry show to motivate the participation of young voters in polls. During an event held at Alt-Space in Jubilee Hills on Sunday, the show included stand-up comedians and slam poets, including Mamidanna,[Read More…]
Days before assembly elections candidates from almost all political parties are trying their very best to please voters. In the series of such incidents, one new case has just come to light. Rashtriya Aamjan Party’s candidate Sharad Singh Kumar was seen polishing the shoes of voters. Talking to media, Singh said, “It[Read More…]
Ahead of Telangana polls, Madiga Reservation Porata Samiti (MRPS) founder and senior Dalit leader Manda Krishna on Saturday announced its support to the Congress led grand alliance in the state. The Madigas in Telangana, led by Manda Krishna, have been demanding the categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SC) to ensure judicious distribution[Read More…]
The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) on Saturday expelled 24 leaders over involvement in anti-party activities. As per the reports, Congress leaders, who are contesting against the official candidates of the party and grand alliance including Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Telangana Jana Samithi TJS and Communist Party of India (CPI) in the[Read More…]
While Shivraj appears humble and will promise the moon despite knowing practical difficulties, Diggy was quite blunt. Ironically, people want their leaders to be dream merchants, don’t want them to be harsh.
Ahead of Telangana elections, all the major parties including Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and Congress are trying hard to woo Muslim voters. Muslim community comprises 12.7 of the total population in the state. Of the 119 members’ assembly of Telangana, Muslim community plays a deciding role around 30 constituencies of[Read More…]
Aizwal: Mizo National Front (MNF) candidate Lal Rinliana Sailo has declared his total assets rocketed to 797 percent in the past five years. Sailchos has switched over from the Congress about a month ago. According to a report by two civil society organisations released on Thursday says that the asset[Read More…]
The spread of fake news is increasing day by day in the poll-bound Rajasthan and as the electoral battle of the Royal state reaching its crest. Doctored videos images, photo quotes pertaining to national leaders and candidates are being spread in the state. The Media Certification and Monitoring Committees (MCMCs)[Read More…]
Ahead of Madhya Pradesh elections, a group of religious figures including thousands of saints from across the state led by Computer Baba declared support to the Congress in Jabalpur on Friday. Swami Namdev Tyagi, famously known as Computer Baba, who had earlier declared to uproot the incumbent BJP government from[Read More…]
Ahead of Telangana elections, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi attacked caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao over various issues on Friday in Medchal. Sonia Gandhi stated that, “Rulers of Telangana took care of themselves but not the people. Elections are a time when we can get rid of these problems. Congress[Read More…]
Akula Hanumanth, an independent candidate contesting from Korutla assembly of Jagtial district in Telangana, can be seen distributing slippers to voters and asking them “Hit me with it, if I don’t deliver”. The 45-year-old, Akula decided to fight the elections, as he felt there was no improvement in the quality of[Read More…]
Robert Romawia Royte is the richest candidate in Mizoram‘s assembly elections having declared assets worth Rupees 55 crores. He has a variety of sports cars to his name and also owns a popular football club. Royte says he wishes to keep his election campaign modest with mostly relying on door-to-door[Read More…]
Telangana caretaker Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) Supremo K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and stated that, he has ‘Hindu-Muslim disease’. Recently on Wednesday, caretaker Information and Technology Minister of Telangana KT Rama Rao (KTR) also attacked Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in Hyderabad over various issues and[Read More…]
New Delhi: Rebuked by his own party and facing backlash from the BJP, former Union Minister and Congress veteran CP Joshi on Friday apologised for his remarks that “only Brahmins can speak about Hindu religion, not Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Uma Bharti”. In a video gone viral,[Read More…]
Ahead of Telangana elections, Congress party is leaving no stone unturned and on Thursday the grand old party deployed ace leader DK Shivakumar to pacify the rebel leaders of Telangana. DK Shivakumar have been tasked with ensuring that rebellions do not create any embarrassment for the party in the state. According[Read More…]
Over the last two assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav led Samajwadi Party has expanded its party base, including Mahakaushal, Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand regions have become a party stronghold. Incumbent BJP is trying hard to retain its fort in the central state, while Congress is leaving no stone unturned[Read More…]
Ahead of Rajasthan elections, an elderly couple filed nominations from Bikaner East assembly seat as independent candidates. Swaroop Chand Ghelot (55) and his wife Manjulata Ghelot (52) decided to contest individually from the same constituency, giving a tough battle to each other. Over 3,000 candidates have filed nomination from 200[Read More…]
Sunil Uniyal Gama, a BJP candidate who has been engaged in jobs such as selling paan and chowmein won the Dehradun Municipal Corporation seat to become a Mayor. Sunil defeated Congress’ Dinesh Agarwal by a whopping margin of 30,000 votes. In an interview to a newspaper, he said, “It is only[Read More…]
BJP rebel leader Gyandev Ahuja agreed to withdraw his nomination after meeting BJP President Amit Shah, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Mayor Ashok Lahoty at Jaipur airport on Wednesday. And on Thursday, he withdrew his nomination from Sanganer seat as an independent candidate after the development. The BJP has fielded Ashok[Read More…]
Caretaker Information and Technology Minister of Telangana KT Rama Rao (KTR) attacked Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) on Wednesday in Hyderabad over various issues and stated that “BJP thinks Amberpet is its fortress. They are assuming too much. Let me declare that TRS will see to it that BJP will not[Read More…]