Bengaluru, Buoyed by the Assembly election victories in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Friday said the national party is confident of winning in the same heartland states in the ensuing general elections in April-May 2019. “The Congress is confident of winning the heartland states[Read More…]
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Congress pips BJP in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, MP; TRS takes Telangana
New Delhi: Delivering a severe blow to the BJP in the Hindi heartland months ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress on Tuesday dislodged the saffron party out of power in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan and was just two seats short of majority in Madhya Pradesh where the two[Read More…]
Assembly Elections Results 2018 Live Updates: Congress leads in 3 states, loses Mizoram, TRS sweeps Telangana
LIVE UPDATES: In Chhattisgarh, NOTA has a higher percentage of the vote share than the Aam Aadmi Party, Communist Party of India (CPI), Samajwadi Party (SP) and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 11:40 PM: Shivraj Singh Chouhan is attending a meeting with BJP leaders at his house. The Congress and BJP[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election: WiFi banned, no webcasting during vote-count?
A day before the announcement of Assembly Election results, Madhya Pradesh election commission briefed the guidelines to be followed in order to maintain law and order situation and security on the day of accounting. Chief electoral officer VK Kantha Rao on Monday told state authorities to ensure that there will be no[Read More…]
70% Madhya Pradesh MLAs are crorepatis, BJP tops the list
During 2008 assembly election 40% MLAs were crorepatis and figure crossed 70 per cent in 2013. As per the affidavits filed with the Election Commission of India in 2013, the average financial assets of Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in Madhya Pradesh was 5.24 crore and around 161 were crorepatis[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh Polls: Is Kamal Nath backing out from CM race?
Madhya Pradesh, which is facing new political developments every day, is ready to face another massive progress in the state. According to the latest reports, MP Congress chief Kamal Nath would step aside from Chief Minister’s candidature. Kamal Nath has decided to provide an opportunity to young leaders in Madhya[Read More…]
Real reason behind why Kailash Vijayvargiya escaped from Madhya Pradesh?
BJP stalwart Kailash Vijayvargiya, who is known as ‘news sensation’ in political circles of Madhya Pradesh, has been seen largely absent from the Madhya Pradesh BJP campaigning sites amidst assembly election. Vijayvargiya, who is an MLA from Mhow in Indore and BJP national general secretary, holds a big support from centre[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh Assembly Polls 2018: Why BJP is going through worst ever crisis in the state?
Madhya Pradesh state BJP unit, which has been praised by BJP chief Amit Shah on various occasions, is now in loggerheads with state leaders and party workers. Madhya Pradesh BJP, which is known for its organisational structure and was considered as the most disciplined unit in whole state units of[Read More…]
EC announces assembly election dates for MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Telangana; results on December 11
LIVE UPDATES: The Election Commission Saturday announced dates for the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Mizoram and Telangana. With the announcement of the poll dates by the ECI, the Model Code of Conduct has come into force with immediate effect. The election in Chhattisgarh will be held in[Read More…]
Assembly Elections 2018: Why Congress isn’t very keen on alliance with BSP?
Ahead of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, political scenarios are changing every day and the recent announcement of Mayawati over alliance formation with Congress created another stir in the political circles of India. During an interview on Thursday, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh alleged that, Mayawati was[Read More…]
After early hiccups, BJP set to retain power in Gujarat
The ruling BJP was on Monday set to retain power in Gujarat, with its candidates on the victory lap in 104 of the 182 seats as the Congress again settled for the second place but with an improved showing. After surprisingly leading over the Bharatiya Janata Party at one point[Read More…]
Everybody is unhappy in BJP rule; we will win Gujarat: Congress’ Priyanka Chaturvedi
Gujarat is all set to face one of the toughest fights in the decades in this assembly election scheduled on December 9 and 14. While opinion polls conducted by different channels have anticipated BJP’s victory, it didn’t neglect the Congress’ huge influence that has been increasing by every passing day.[Read More…]
If I enter politics, will not entertain people who are in this to make money: :Rajinikanth
Tamil movie star Rajinikanth on Wednesday said there is no hurry for him to enter politics. Answering reporters at the airport on his return from Hyderabad, Rajinikanth also said the shooting for “Kaala” movie has been completed. The actor has been hinting about his political plunge. In May this year,[Read More…]
Telangana: Congress invites Azharuddin to contest 2019 state assembly election
The Congress in Telangana has invited former cricketer, Mohammed Azharuddin, to contest the next state Assembly election, that will take place in 2019. “We are inviting him (Azharuddin),” N Uttam Kumar Reddy, state Congress president, said as quoted by PTI. Reddy said he invited Azharuddin after the latter expressed his readiness[Read More…]
