Lok Sabha polls | Left leaders in Mahe will not extend support to Congress candidate for Puducherry
9 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha polls | Left leaders in Mahe will not extend support to Congress candidate for Puducherry

The Hindu  

April 02, 2024 11:36 am | Updated 11:36 am IST - PUDUCHERRY The bitter political fight between Congress and the Left in Kerala has cast its shadow on the political landscape of the Union Territory’s enclave of Mahe, situated close to Kerala’s Kannur and Kozhikode districts. Cadres of the Communist Party of India and Communist Party of India in Mahe and are not on the same page with their counterparts in the rest of the Union Territory, when it comes to extending support to Congress candidate V. Vaithilingam for the Puducherry Lok Sabha seat. According to a senior functionary of the CPI in Mahe, the party’s local unit has already communicated to the party leadership in Puducherry that workers will not be campaigning or voting for Mr. Vaithilingam. In the recent times, comrades of Puducherry and Mahe have only voted in unison during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, when CPI’s R. Viswanathan contested the Parliamentary elections on a party ticket. Mahe, though in Puducherry, is under the supervision of the CPI Kerala unit and there, the political fight is between us and the Congress,” said a Left supporter in Puducherry.

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Puducherry BJP leaders brief high command of political situation in Union Territory
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Puducherry BJP leaders brief high command of political situation in Union Territory

The Hindu  

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6 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Congress plans strategy meetings for poll-bound States of Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand and J&K next week
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The Hindu  

Buoyed by the Lok Sabha results, the Congress on June 18 announced a series of strategy meetings for Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir where Assembly polls are expected later this year. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi would be meeting leaders from Jharkhand on June 24 to discuss the party’s election preparedness in the …

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7 months ago

Congress seeks resignation of Puducherry CM following electoral loss in Lok Sabha polls

The Hindu  

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7 months ago

Kerala: Rahul Mamkootathil, V T Balram top contenders for Palakkad bypoll

New Indian Express  

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Op India  

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BJP unable to leave mark as DMK-led alliance sweeps TN

Hindustan Times  

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Elections results 2024: Congress’ Vaithilingam wins big to retain Puducherry seat

The Hindu  

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Left parties lose badly in erstwhile strongholds Bengal, Kerala, Tripura

Hindustan Times  

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Lok Sabha results 2024 | Barring Dharmapuri, DMK-led alliance leads in all Lok Sabha seats in western T.N. as of noon

The Hindu  

Barring the Dharmapuri Lok Sabha seat, the DMK-led alliance was leading in all the Lok Sabha constituencies in western Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu Election Results 2024 LIVE updates In Coimbatore, BJP Tamil Nadu president K. Annamalai was trailing behind his DMK rival Ganapathy P. Rajkumar by a margin of over 29,000 votes. In Tiruppur, the the CPI nominee K. Subbarayan, …

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Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Results 2024 highlights: DMK alliance makes a clean sweep of 39/39

The Hindu  

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New Indian Express  

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Puri Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Date, Key Candidates to Watch; All you need to know

India Today  

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ABP News  

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Puri Lok Sabha Election Phase 6: Key candidates, all you need to know

India Today  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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8 months ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Congress's Puri candidate opts out of polls: 'No funds, told to fend for myself'

India Today  

Sucharita Mohanty, the Congress' candidate for the Puri Lok Sabha seat in Odisha, has returned her ticket citing insufficient campaign funds from the party. In a letter to Congress general secretary KC Venugopal dated May 3, Mohanty said her campaign in Puri as been "hit hard because the party has denied me funding". Meanwhile, Mohanty also spoke to ANI news …

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Tsering Namgyal chosen as Congress candidate from Ladakh

The Hindu  

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8 months, 1 week ago

Vote for Congress in LS Elections for Protect Democracy: Bhatti Asks People

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Tuesday asked the people to vote for the Congress in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections for the protection of democracy and the Constitution. Referring indirectly to the comments made by BRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao during his road show at Khammam, the Congress leader said that the construction of pucca houses for …

Cong workers in Sangli mull ‘Amcha Tharlay’ campaign amid discontent
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Cong workers in Sangli mull ‘Amcha Tharlay’ campaign amid discontent

Hindustan Times  

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: CPIM to support Congress in all seats barring one in Telangana aiming to defeat BJP

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The CPI in Telangana on Saturday announced its support to ruling Congress in 16 out of 17 Lok Sabha seats in the state and said that it would hold deliberations internally with regard to the Bhongir constituency in the ongoing parliamentary elections. The decision comes as a delegation of CPI leaders, led by party’s state secretary …

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Lok Sabha election in Bihar marked by polarising rhetoric and identity politics. - Frontline

The Hindu  

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Congress names candidates for 8 Haryana Lok Sabha seats
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress names candidates for 8 Haryana Lok Sabha seats

The Hindu  

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JD(U) aims to better 2019 tally in phase 2 of Lok Sabha polls
8 months, 2 weeks ago

JD(U) aims to better 2019 tally in phase 2 of Lok Sabha polls

Hindustan Times  

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Watch | Why Lok Sabha polls in Kerala have attracted national attention

The Hindu  

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: ‘Amethi ki janta kare pukaar…,’ posters in support of Robert Vadra outside Congress office
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: ‘Amethi ki janta kare pukaar…,’ posters in support of Robert Vadra outside Congress office

Live Mint  

Posters featuring Robert Vadra, husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and the slogan "Amethi ki janta kare pukaar, Robert Vadra ab ki baar" surfaced outside the Congress party's office in Amethi's Gauriganj on Wednesday. As the Congress party has yet to announce its candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024 in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi constituency, these posters have …

Kerala General Election 2024 full schedule | All you need to know about the Lok Sabha election in Kerala
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala General Election 2024 full schedule | All you need to know about the Lok Sabha election in Kerala

The Hindu  

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Lok Sabha polls | Rahul Gandhi will be PM once INDIA bloc forms government at Centre: Durai Vaiko
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls | Rahul Gandhi will be PM once INDIA bloc forms government at Centre: Durai Vaiko

The Hindu  

The MDMK’s headquarters secretary and the party’s candidate for the Tiruchi Lok Sabha constituency, Durai Vaiko, on April 20, 2024, made it clear that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi would be the Prime Minister of the country when the INDIA bloc formed a government at the Centre. “I told people that funds would be allotted for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural …

Lok Sabha polls | Puducherry’s voting percentage stands at 78.80
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls | Puducherry’s voting percentage stands at 78.80

The Hindu  

The final voter turnout for the lone Puducherry Lok Sabha seat stood at 78. The Assembly segment of Bahour recorded the highest voter turnout of 88.76 % and the enclave of Mahe recorded the lowest turnout of 65.11 %., Chief Electoral Officer P. Jawahar said. Among the four regions, Puducherry recorded the highest polling percentage of 79.69, followed by 76.8 …

Lok Sabha Polls: Celebrities Rajinikanth, Ajith & Political Leaders Cast Votes In Tamil Nadu
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Polls: Celebrities Rajinikanth, Ajith & Political Leaders Cast Votes In Tamil Nadu

ABP News  

In Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Stalin and Opposition leader Edappadi K Palaniswami exercised their voting rights in Chennai and Salem respectively on Friday morning. Similarly, the Tamil Nadu BJP chief and Coimbatore candidate Annamalai cast his vote in Theni. #WATCH | Tamil Nadu: Actor and MNM chief Kamal Haasan casts his vote at a polling booth in Koyambedu, Chennai. Former …

It’s curtains for the intense campaign in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
8 months, 3 weeks ago

It’s curtains for the intense campaign in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry

The Hindu  

After a month-long intense canvassing by multiple political players, for 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu and one in Puducherry, the campaign came to a close on Wednesday evening. Among the known faces in the fray are: Tamilisai Soundararajan and Pon Radhakrishnan, both belonging to the BJP; Karti Chidambaram and S. Jothimani of the Congress; Kanimozhi Karunanidhi and Dayanidhi …

Campaigning for Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency comes to an end
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Campaigning for Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency comes to an end

The Hindu  

Campaign for the April 19 Lok Sabha polls in Puducherry came to a close at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. The hectic campaign launched by main political players for the lone seat during last week of March reached its crescendo on Wednesday morning with candidates and their supporters coming out in large numbers for a final public outreach to gather as …

Watch | Will Congress retain Bengaluru Rural? | Election 360
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Watch | Will Congress retain Bengaluru Rural? | Election 360

The Hindu  

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Lok Sabha polls 2024 | Voters in Rajasthan’s Shekhawati region bat for stronger Opposition
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls 2024 | Voters in Rajasthan’s Shekhawati region bat for stronger Opposition

The Hindu  

Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi set a goal of 400-mark for the BJP and its allies to cross in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and feverishly campaigns for attaining the same, voters in Shekhawati — the semi-arid belt in north Rajasthan — are pinning for an Opposition which, they feel, has diminished into irrelevance in the last 10 years. …

Lok Sabha polls | BJP’s election manifesto will not succeed in Tamil Nadu: Vaiko
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls | BJP’s election manifesto will not succeed in Tamil Nadu: Vaiko

The Hindu  

MDMK leader Vaiko on Monday, April 15, 2024, said the BJP’s Lok Sabha election manifesto would not succeed in Tamil Nadu, and expressed confidence that the INDIA bloc, under which his party is contesting, would win all 40 seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Mr. Vaiko said the BJP had promised to establish Tiruvalluvar cultural centres across the globe saying …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Rahul Gandhi to address rally with Stalin in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Rahul Gandhi to address rally with Stalin in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore

India TV News  

Congress leader and former party president Rahul Gandhi will address election rallies in Tamil Nadu on Friday. The Wayanad MP will address a public meeting in Coimbatore along with DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin. Lok Sabha elections 2024 The seven-phase Lok Sabha polls, the world’s biggest election exercise, will kick off on April 19 with …

Lok Sabha polls | Maharashtra Congress demands MVA to reconsider candidature of Sangli seat
9 months ago

Lok Sabha polls | Maharashtra Congress demands MVA to reconsider candidature of Sangli seat

The Hindu  

A day after the oppositionMaha Vikas Aghadi coalition froze its seat-sharing deal, resentment among the Congress leadership and cadre over the Sangli and Mumbai South-Central seats being ceded to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena continued to simmer with local Congress leaders urging the MVA leadership to reconsider its decision on the contentious seats. Meetings were held in Sangli’s Palus-Kadegaon which …

Lok Sabha polls | Confident about convincing the Central govt. to provide Statehood to Puducherry: N. Rangasamy
9 months ago

Lok Sabha polls | Confident about convincing the Central govt. to provide Statehood to Puducherry: N. Rangasamy

The Hindu  

Puducherry Chief Minister and founder-leader of the All India N.R. Congress N. Rangasamy is spearheading the campaign of BJP candidate A. Namassivayam for the lone Lok Sabha seat from the Union Territory. Mr. Rangasamy, who shares familial ties with the BJP candidate, tells The Hindu that it was the BJP government in the Centre that first seriously considered giving Statehood …

Lok Sabha polls | Intense battle unfolds in Perambalur as scion seeks to expand father’s political footprint
9 months ago

Lok Sabha polls | Intense battle unfolds in Perambalur as scion seeks to expand father’s political footprint

The Hindu  

The battle of the ballot in the predominantly rural Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency has heated up this election with the entry of K.N. Though a political novice, Mr. Arun, 40, will largely be on familiar territory as Lalgudi, the hometown of his father, and three other Assembly segments in Tiruchi district fall under the Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency. “Promises are …

Lok Sabha polls | AIADMK slams Congress, BJP on issue of Statehood for Puducherry
9 months ago

Lok Sabha polls | AIADMK slams Congress, BJP on issue of Statehood for Puducherry

The Hindu  

The AIADMK on Saturday, April 6, 2024, slammed the Congress and the BJP on the issue of Statehood for Puducherry. Campaigning for G. Thamizhvendhan, the party’s candidate for the Puducherry Lok Sabha seat at Muthialpet, AIADMK Puducherry unit secretary A. Anbalagan said that for decades, the Congress had been in power at the Centre and in Puducherry. “His five-year rule …

Lok Sabha polls | People have to take a vow to defeat the BJP in this election, says Vaiko
9 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha polls | People have to take a vow to defeat the BJP in this election, says Vaiko

The Hindu  

The Hindutva forces need to be defeated and a huge wave is set to sweep the INDIA alliance at the Centre, said MDMK general secretary Vaiko. Addressing an election meeting canvassing for DMK candidate Thamizhachi Thangapandian, who is contesting from Chennai South constituency in Saidapet, he lambasted the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr. Vaiko stated that until …

Lok Sabha elections: Congress says ‘no friendly fight’ in Kerala after Rahul Gandhi's nomination from Wayanad
9 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha elections: Congress says ‘no friendly fight’ in Kerala after Rahul Gandhi's nomination from Wayanad

Hindustan Times  

The Congress on Wednesday ruled out a ‘friendly fight’ in Kerala and said that the party is fighting in all 20 constituencies of the southern state against the Communist Party of India -led Left Democratic Front, which happens to be its partner in the opposition INDIA alliance. Satheesan's remark comes after Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from Wayanad, a seat …

Lok Sabha polls | BJP candidate’s poll promise of Statehood for Puducherry is mere rhetoric: former MP
9 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha polls | BJP candidate’s poll promise of Statehood for Puducherry is mere rhetoric: former MP

The Hindu  

M. Ramadass, former MP and president of Puducherry Maanila Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, has said that the Statehood promise of incumbent Home Minister and BJP candidate for the Lok Sabha elections, A. Namassivayam, was “old wine in an old bottle,” and was aimed at hoodwinking electors. In a statement, Mr. Ramadass said the BJP candidate seemed to lack an understanding of …

Lok Sabha polls | BJP government trying to intimidate States: Kamal Haasan
9 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha polls | BJP government trying to intimidate States: Kamal Haasan

The Hindu  

Hitting out at the BJP government over the arrests of Delhi and Jharkhand Chief Ministers, MNM founder Kamal Haasan on Tuesday said that the Centre was trying to intimidate Opposition-ruled States and its leaders. Can they scare 100 crore people of country?” Mr. Haasan asked, while canvassing for Durai Vaiko, the MDMK’s candidate for the Tiruchi Lok Sabha constituency. Urging …

Lok Sabha polls | A battle between a mentor, a former protege and others in Theni
9 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha polls | A battle between a mentor, a former protege and others in Theni

The Hindu  

The Theni Lok Sabha constituency, the lone seat that the NDA – then headed by the AIADMK – won in the State in 2019, is witnessing a high profile contest this time around. Traditionally, an AIADMK bastion, the erstwhile Jayalalithaa government’s victory in the Supreme Court in getting the water storage level at the Mullaperiyar reservoir raised to 142 feet, …

Lok Sabha elections | Rahul Gandhi to submit nomination papers for Wayanad constituency today
9 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha elections | Rahul Gandhi to submit nomination papers for Wayanad constituency today

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will reach the district on April 3 to submit his nomination papers at the collectorate here for the Wayanad parliamentary constituency after leading a roadshow at Kalpetta in Wayanad. The roadshow will begin from the bus stand premises at 11 a.m. All India Congress Committee general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi and K.C. Hassan, and senior party leader …

BJP’s win essential to development in Puducherry, says Rangasamy
9 months, 1 week ago

BJP’s win essential to development in Puducherry, says Rangasamy

The Hindu  

The victory of BJP candidate A. Namassivayam in Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency was essential for the overall development of the Union Territory, Chief Minister and founder leader of All India N. R. Congress N. Rangasamy said here on Monday. Campaigning for the BJP candidate in the Uppalam constituency, the Chief Minister said the National Democratic Alliance government under Prime Minister …

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