Brasilia: Far-right Congressman Jair Bolsonaro pulled off a thumping win in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election but fell short of the majority required to avoid a second round runoff, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal has announced. The Tribunal said Bolsonaro of the Social Liberal Party won Sunday’s poll with[Read More…]
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UP Congress leader claims he wasn’t allowed to contest against Rahul
A Congress leader from western Uttar Pradesh on Thursday alleged that he wanted to contest the presidential election in the party against Vice President Rahul Gandhi but was prevented from doing so. Talking to reporters, Ayub Ali said that he had gone to meet the Congress‘ Central Election Authority chairman[Read More…]
Presidential election 2017 Live: Kovind leads by 1 lakh vote after first round of counting
NDA nominee for President, Ram Nath Kovind is leading opposition candidate Meira Kumar by 1 lakh votes. As per the rule of proportional representation, the total votes cast by elected lawmakers across India add up to around 11 lakh. The first round of counting has ended and there are seven[Read More…]
33% MPs, MLAs with criminal record entitled to vote in presidential election
The presidential election, that took place on Monday, a total of 4,852 MPs and MLAs were eligible to vote. Out of this huge number, only 451 are women. As per an analysis of the electoral college by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), only nine% of the total 4,852 MPs/MLAs[Read More…]
Monsoon Session of Parliament: Lok Sabha adjourned for the day
After paying obituary to victims of the Amarnath attack and former members of the Parliament, the Lok Sabha was adjourned on Monday. The Monsoon Session of the Parliament, which began today, will continue till 11 August. Issues like border standoff with China, J&K and Darjeeling unrest, impact of GST are[Read More…]
BJP slams Congress for ‘dividing the country’ over Prez polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday slammed the Congress Party for ‘dividing’ the nation on the upcoming presidential election. While appreciating Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar’s, decision to support NDA’s presidential nominee, Ram Nath Kovind, BJP leader, Siddharth Nath Singh, said that the Congress has always worked towards dividing[Read More…]
Monsoon session of Parliament likely to commence from July 12, final call yet to made
The monsoon session of parliament is likely to begin from July 12, which is five days before the date of Presidential elections. According to government sources, the session will start from July 12 and will conclude on August 11, as proposed before the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA). Read[Read More…]
Discussed development issues, no talks on Presidential election: Mamata Banerjee
On Thursday, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee visited the PMO. As she met PM Modi, she discussed development issues but didn’t have any talks regarding the upcoming Presidential election, said Banerjee. Talking about her meeting with Modi, Banerjee said she raised the issue of funds for to her state under[Read More…]
Not interested in President’s post: Mohan Bhagwat
As just months are left for the Presidential election, there was speculation around many noted -personalities of being in the race including Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhawat. But Bhawat put an end to the speculation saying, he is not in contention for the country’s top post on Wednesday. While[Read More…]