Kamal Nath, one of the seniormost faces of Indian politics becomes the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. The politician would become Congress’ first Chief Minister in the state after more than 15 years. After a day filled with drama and an array of meetings in New Delhi, the top leadership[Read More…]
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Madhya Pradeh Assembly Election 2018: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan resigns
Bharatiya Janata Party’s three-time Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, has resigned from his post on Wednesday morning. Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that he will not stake claim to form government. He said, “We did not get majority, will not stake claim to form government. I am going to tender my resignation[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Fearing EVM tampering, Congress workers guard strong rooms
With the anxiety that the Bhartiya Janata Party could interfere with the EVMs in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections, seems like the Congress workers have taken up the task of securing the machines themselves. The EVMs which are kept under a three-layered security inside the strongrooms at a college in[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh Polls: Congress releases 4th list of candidates, fields Shivraj Singh Chauhan’s brother-in-law Sanjay Singh
The Congress released its fourth list of candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly elections 2018 on Wednesday. A total of 29 names were disclosed by the party. With the latest list issued Wednesday night, the Congress has so far announced 213 nominees for the total 230 assembly constituencies. Madhya[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh polls: Congress releases first list of candidates
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday released its first list of 155 candidates for the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections. The list does not include either of the party’s two chief ministerial probables — Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath and Guna lawmaker Jyotiraditya Scindia. Congress veteran and former Madhya[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections: BJP to spell bound voters with help of magicians
After Modi-wave now BJP to blow ‘magic-wave’ to win Madhya Pradesh assembly elections in 2018. Bharatiya Janata Party has planned to hire magicians for campaigning and publicity in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, said the party spokesperson. The party would be hiring magicians to highlight the efforts made by the party during[Read More…]
Alcohol for voting awareness: Excise dept uses liquor bottles to aware tribals in MP
After multiple attempts of Bollywood and several leaders to encourage voters to come out and exercise their franchise on the day of voting, now the excise department has got a new idea to spread awareness specially among the Tribals of poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. The excise department has decided to mix[Read More…]
Encouraging Caste politics? SC/ST, OBC outfit calls for no vote to upper castes
With the nearing Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, the caste politics in the state has also geared up following the protests against SC/ST Act and reservations. Now coming openly in public, SC/ST and OBC leaders have requested their communities to abstain from voting for candidates from upper castes in the[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh elections: Obscured 148 seats makes electoral calculation complex for BJP
The SC/ST Act has become a millstone around BJP’s neck in the poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. The anger of upper caste before the Mahakumbh is emerging as a huge challenge for the Bharatiya Janata party. Since the backward regions of upper caste and lower caste constitutes of 148 seats in the[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: How an Adivasi youth outfit plans to give a tough fight to the BJP and Congress
With Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan set for assembly elections later this year, all political parties are gearing up for elections and campaigns. While the fight is likely to be between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, one Adivasi youth organisation is trying to disrupt their election equation[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: AAP releases sixth list, tickets to educated labours, farmers distributed
Aam Aadmi Party releases its sixth list of candidates for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections. The list consists of the names for 18 seats in the poll-bound state. It includes Ujjain zone in-charge Indra Vikram Singh and former Colonel of the Indian Army, Umesh Verma among others. Indra Vikram Singh[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Congress sets 15,000 FB likes, 5,000 Twitter followers as target for ticket aspirants
Indian National Congress in Madhya Pradesh issued a notice to the candidates aspiring for tickets. ‘Social media’ activity of the MLAs would be taken into consideration for ticket distribution in the poll-bound state. The party has announced that the tickets will be given only to those having huge social media[Read More…]