Ahead of Madhya Pradesh assembly polls 2018, Congress party who is exploring best possible candidates for the electoral battle is in loggerheads within the party. Two senior Congress leaders Digvijaya Singh and Jyotiraditya Scindia had a heated argument over candidates’ selection in presence of Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi, who was[Read More…]
In a major political development, BJP Ramanagara candidate L Chandrashekhar, who left the party over issues with BJP senior leaders including BS Yeddyurappa, has rejoined Congress on Thursday. “None of the BJP leaders bothered to campaign for me and I felt I was being made a sacrificial goat in this[Read More…]
Congress leader and minister of health education & irrigation in Karnataka government DK Shivakumar on Wednesday stated that, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has no interest in seeking the vote in the name of Prime Minister Modi, as state BJP leaders have understood, PM Modi is unfit to become the Prime[Read More…]
New Delhi: Former Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi on Wednesday said the commission will have to gain the voters’ trust in Electronic Voting Machines, which have been targeted by political parties for “digital manipulation” of votes. “The most important thing that the commission will have to deal with is EVMs[Read More…]
Ahead of assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, where Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan along with BJP State President Rakesh Singh is in loggerheads with possible contestants for the electoral battle, Bhopal mayor Alok Sharma is likely to contest election from Govindpura constituency under the banner of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP),[Read More…]
A music video was released on Tuesday, mocking Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje over her five years of tenure in the state. A parody of a popular folk song of Rajasthan– ‘Holiya Mein Ude Re Gulal – the song refers to the Vasundhara Raje as “Ahankari Maharani (arrogant queen)” in the[Read More…]
Ahead of Madhya Pradesh election, there is a big fight between sitting MLAs and several sitting MPs of BJP in the state over ticket distribution. Cabinet Minister Rustam Singh, who recently made the remarks against BJP and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, has created an embarrassment for the party. Rustam Singh[Read More…]
New Delhi: Amidst reports that his party was offered two seats to contest in the Lok Sabha polls in Bihar, Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha announced his party RLSP’s first list of 66 candidates for the Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, a move which is seen as a pressure tactic to[Read More…]
Sanjeev Shrivastava alias Daboo uncle famously known as India’s dancing uncle will be motivating public to vote in large numbers for the upcoming assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh. The Vidisha district election office has chosen Sanjeev Shrivastava to spread awareness about the voting. Sanjeev Shrivastava said that “A video has[Read More…]
Ahead of assembly polls, Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada constituency has become the centre of attraction. Seven candidates from different parties are not from the same family but they are each other’s relatives, who are contesting against each other in Dantewada. Bhima Mandavi from BJP, Devti Karma from Congress, Nandaram Sori from CPI,[Read More…]
For the first time in the country, Election Commission will provide pick-up and drop service facility for the differently-abled voters to enable them exercise their franchise without difficulty during the November 3 bypolls in Karnataka. Chief Electoral Officer in a statement on Monday said that, “In a step towards an inclusive[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh assembly election, which is a litmus test for incumbent Bhartiya Janta Party and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan too, is witnessing several political shifts every day. The contest has been turned into a multipolar competition, where Congress is leading the opposition along with the debutants Samanya Pichra Alpsankhyak[Read More…]
With elections round the corner in Telangna, candidates of different political parties have indulged in strange tactics as a strategy to appease the voters. Recently, several Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) candidates were spotted cutting the hair of a customer, shaving another’s beard, helping one in taking bath and even ending a hand in[Read More…]
Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) sitting MLA from Tendu Kheda constituency in Narsinghpur district, Sanjay Sharma has joined Congress on Tuesday in Indore in presence of Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi ahead of assembly election 2019. After joining Congress, Sanjay Sharma attacked Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and stated “BJP government did[Read More…]
Banswara: An FIR has been registered against Rajasthan Minister Dhan Singh Rawat for his controversial speech from October 26 where he said “All Hindus should vote for BJP.” Rawat, a Minister of State, while addressing a rally last week had stirred a controversy by seeking votes on the basis of religion. “Rajasthan mein[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday released its third list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Chhattisgarh Assembly polls, with the party denying tickets to two more sitting MLAs. With this list, the BJP has announced 89 candidates for the 90-seat Assembly and the[Read More…]
The Loktantrik Morcha, a seven-party alliance in Rajasthan is planning to contest on all 200 seats in the upcoming state assembly and CPI (M) leader Amra Ram has been declared its chief ministerial candidate. The alliance was launched in September 2018 by former prime minister HD Deve Gowda and consists[Read More…]
Away from the heat and dust of assembly elections to three BJP ruled states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan dubbed as the semi-final before the 2019 Lok Sabha general elections, an interesting battle is ensuing in the newest state of Telangana in South India for the December 7 polls. Here the[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh Elections 2018: The nomination period has begun and candidates are coming to buy nomination papers to the collector’s office. A bizarre incident took place on Friday in Chhattisgarh’s Kawardha district when an independent candidate Sunil Sahu came to the collector’s office with a sack of coins worth Rs 10,000[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) The Congress here on Saturday released the third list of 37 candidates for the two-phased assembly polls in Chhattisgarh after a Central Election Committee meeting. Among the 37 candidates announced, three are women. With this, the Congress has named 55 candidates. The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly[Read More…]
Telangana Elections 2018: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) gets lashing from inside and outside party for removing 26 castes from the Backward Caste list after enjoying benefits of caste politics for 30 long years. The TRS announced to pull out 26 castes from the list of BCs list right in[Read More…]
Congress and Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), who are battling against each other on the electoral ground of Madhya Pradesh, have inducted new state chiefs earlier this year. BJP State President Rakesh Singh and Member of Parliament from Jabalpur and Congress State President Kamal Nath and Member of Parliament from Chhindwara,[Read More…]
In a move to overcome the anti-incumbency and local factors including increasing unrest against the SC/ST Act in Madhya Pradesh elections, state BJP unit have decided to axe some senior state ministers from Vidhan Sabha. Public Health Engineering (PHE) minister Kusum Mehdele (Panna) and housing minister Maya Singh (Gwalior East) are[Read More…]
Weeks after self-styled godman Computer Baba resigned as a Madhya Pradesh minister of state, he launched a massive campaign on Tuesday, to unite saints against the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in the poll-bound state. During the gathering, many saints blamed the BJP government in state and centre on a[Read More…]
Hyderabad, Oct 23 (IANS) An Election Commission team, led by Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat, on Tuesday reviewed the poll preparedness in Telangana for the December 7 assembly elections. The team held a meeting with senior civil and police officials to take stock of the the election machinery. The CEC[Read More…]
