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Andhra Pradesh: TDP announces 126 candidates for Assembly elections
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh’s ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Thursday night announced its first list of candidates for next month’s Assembly elections, containing 126 names. Chief Minister and TDP President N. Chandrababu Naidu declared the list after the politburo, the highest decision-making body of the party, approved the names. With the[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi to visit Odisha on Feb 6, Amit Shah on Feb 15
Bhubaneswar, With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah’s visit to Odisha due on February 15 — his third this year — the saffron party appears determined to hit the ground running in the state, where the Lok Sabha and the Assembly elections could be conducted simultaneously in April-May.[Read More…]
Kamal Nath likely to be next Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
The Congress emerged as the single largest party in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, now discussions are underway over who will be the next Chief Minister. Congress sources say the top contenders for the post are Kamal Nath. Earlier in the day, both Jyotiraditya Scindia and Nath had handed the[Read More…]
Twitter records 1.2 mn tweets related to Assembly elections
New Delhi: As the nation gears up for the Assembly polls in Chattisgarh, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana, conversations and debates on Twitter in the past week alone recorded 1.2 million tweets related to #AssemblyElections2018, the microblogging site said. Among the initiatives that Twitter launched for the state elections[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018: Congress releases 2nd list of candidates, check constituency-wise here
The Congress released its second list of candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly elections 2018 on Sunday. A total of 16 names were disclosed by the party. The list comes a day after the party announced candidates from 155 constituencies. Congress has so far disclosed its candidates from 171[Read More…]
MP CM’s kin joins Congress
New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s brother-in-law Sanjay Singh Masani on Saturday joined the Congress ahead of the Assembly elections in the central state. Brother of Chouhan’s wife Sadhana, Masani, was formally inducted into the party in the presence of Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath here.[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh Polls: Former IAS and BJP candidate threatens voters
Ahead of Chhattisgarh assembly election, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has fielded Om Prakash (OP) Chaudhary, an IAS turned politician from Kharsia constituency in Chhattisgarh. Recently, a video of OP Choudhary has surfaced in the state, in which he was seen threatening voters. The video is becoming an issue of debate[Read More…]
Congress not to field senior leaders in Rajasthan & Madhya Pradesh elections?
Ahead of assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, Congress has decided to implement a new formula to reduce dissent within the party cadres. Party has declared that it will not field any senior leaders and state presidents in assembly elections. After the declaration, it is expected that senior leaders[Read More…]
Congress changes six names in final list for Karnataka polls
Bengaluru: Releasing the final list of candidates for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections, the ruling Congress on Sunday announced a change of candidates in six seats and selected nominees for five other seats. “The central election committee has changed the nominees in six seats and selected candidates for five other[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi to begin his Gujarat visit from Somnath Temple today
Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who will be in Gujarat on Saturday to attend a review meeting to analyse the party’s showing in the assembly elections, will start by visiting the Somnath Temple. During his three-day visit to the state, Gandhi will hold meetings with all the newly-elected MLAs and leaders[Read More…]
Assembly elections: Gujarat CM, deputy CM trailing
In a surprising development, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel were trailing on Monday as officials counted the votes polled in the Assembly elections. Both Rupani and Patel were at the second place in Rajkot West and Mehsana constituencies respectively. Himachal Pradesh assembly polls: Counting[Read More…]
BJP leads in Gujarat, confident of retaining power
Gujarat’s ruling BJP on Monday vowed to retain power as vote count showed its candidates had forged far ahead of the Congress in the just ended Assembly elections. “We are going to form a government in Gujarat. People have voted for us on development issues,” Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shahnawaz[Read More…]
Another Meghalaya legislator withdraws support to Congress-led government
Independent legislator Rophul Marak on Wednesday withdrawn support to the Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance government ahead of the assembly elections next year. The second Independent legislator to withdraw support to the Mukul Sangma-led government after Robinus Syngkon earlier this month, he said his decision came since “the Chief Minister has[Read More…]
Fight between truth and lies in Gujarat, Congress represents truth: Rahul Gandhi
Terming the assembly elections in Gujarat a fight between truth and lies, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said truth lies with his party, and not the BJP. “This is a fight between truth and lies. On one side, it is Gujarat’s people, on the other 5-10 industrialists. Modiji[Read More…]
EC to hold Lok Sabha, assembly polls simultaneously by 2018
The Election Commission of India has confirmed that by the end of 2018, it will be ready to hold Parliament and Assembly elections simultaneously. The Centre had earlier sought ECI’s views on conducting simultaneous polls. The Election Commissioner of India, Om Prakash Rawat said that the ECI had told the[Read More…]
No tickets for those who lost twice: Congress
Ex-RSS Trivendra Singh Rawat to be sworn in as Uttarakhand CM on Saturday
Ending the suspense on the state’s new chief minister’s name, a former RSS pracharak Trivendra Singh Rawat has been elected the leader of the new BJP legislative party in Uttarakhand and will take oath as CM on Saturday. As per reports, this was brought to Rawat’s knowledge last night, however, he is[Read More…]
Will not let anyone sit idle: PM
Punjab: Amarinder Singh takes oath as CM; Sidhu, Manpreet cabinet ministers
Captain Amarinder Singh sworn-in as Punjab chief minister on Thursday after the Congress party’s clear-cut win in the Assembly elections held last month. This is Amarinder’s second stint as chief minister. Along with Singh, eight other cabinet ministers also took the oath. Amarinder was the Congress party’s projected chief ministerial[Read More…]
EVM issue: Mayawati to move court
There are defects in you, not in EVMs: BJP
Irregularities in EVMs transferred AAP’s votes to opponents: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that there was a need to relook at the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in the electoral process until faith is restored in it. He said that several countries in the west are using ballot system instead of EVMs. “Developed[Read More…]
Its official! Irom Sharmila to take on Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh
Irom Sharmila on Monday formally announced she will take on Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh in assembly polls. Sharmila had fasted for 16 years to demand the repeal of AFSPA. Sharmila ended her fast against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA on August 9 last year. Okram[Read More…]
Punjab polls: Congress releases first list of candidates
As the Punjab polls are expected to be held in 2017, the state Congress on Thursday released the first list of candidates. The party has named 61 candidates including Punjab Congress Chief Captain Amarinder Singh, who will contest election Patiala and Manpreet Badal is the candidate from Bathinda Urban. Congress[Read More…]