Former Congress legislator Nishith Patel joins BJP
10 years, 7 months ago

Former Congress legislator Nishith Patel joins BJP

India TV News  

Bhopal: Hours after he was suspended from Congress, former MLA Nishith Patel today joined the ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh and accused the main Opposition party of neglecting the poor and tribals. Patel joined the saffron outfit in the presence of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar at a by-poll rally in Barhi under Bahoriband Assembly constituency in Katni district, about 300km from here.“I am joining BJP after watching the party's dedication towards people. State Congress President Arun Yadav has suspended Patel for his “anti-party” activities, party spokesman K K Mishra told reporters.Patel had been allegedly working against Sourabh Singh, the Congress candidate from Bahoriband, where bypoll will be held on August 21 along with two other seats in the State.Yadav took action against Patel on the basis of a complaint received from Singh, Mishra said. Patel is the son of former Congress Minister Shravan Patel, who is considered close to senior party leader and MP Jyotirdaitya Scindia.Patel fought the 2013 Assembly polls from Bahoriband as Congress nominee but lost to Prabhat Pandey of BJP.The bypoll has been necessitated following the death of Pandey.

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India Today  

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India Today  

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The Hindu  

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New Indian Express  

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‘Was denied every step of the way...’: Late Ahmed Patel’s son Faisal ‘to stop working’ for Congress
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‘Was denied every step of the way...’: Late Ahmed Patel’s son Faisal ‘to stop working’ for Congress

Live Mint  

Faisal Patel, son of veteran Congress leader, late Ahmed Patel, on Thursday informed that he would ‘stop working’ for Congress. Faisal Patel announced his decision to step away from active involvement in the Indian National Congress, expressing deep pain and disappointment. My late father Ahmed Patel gave his entire life working for the country, party & the Gandhi family. Tensions …

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ABP News  

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Delhi Assembly Elections 2025: KTR Mocks Rahul Gandhi, Says 'He Helped BJP Win Again'
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Delhi Assembly Elections 2025: KTR Mocks Rahul Gandhi, Says 'He Helped BJP Win Again'

ABP News  

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BJP leader and former Minister Sriramulu unlikely to join Congress, it’s only a speculation: HDK
2 months ago

BJP leader and former Minister Sriramulu unlikely to join Congress, it’s only a speculation: HDK

The Hindu  

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'Your legacy is harassment, not progress': Gujarat BJP leader questions Vadodara district president's bid for reelection
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'Your legacy is harassment, not progress': Gujarat BJP leader questions Vadodara district president's bid for reelection

New Indian Express  

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Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai challenges CM to dismiss Ashish Patel
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai challenges CM to dismiss Ashish Patel

Hindustan Times  

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Congress Silent On Plight Of Dalits In Bangladesh, Shouting 'Sambhal-Sambhal' Only For Muslim Votes: Mayawati
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress Silent On Plight Of Dalits In Bangladesh, Shouting 'Sambhal-Sambhal' Only For Muslim Votes: Mayawati

ABP News  

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Gujarat Bypoll Results 2024 Live: Will Congress retain Vav seat in three-way contest?
4 months, 1 week ago

Gujarat Bypoll Results 2024 Live: Will Congress retain Vav seat in three-way contest?

India TV News  

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Gujarat bypolls: BJP snatches Vav seat from Congress, big jolt to MP Geniben
4 months, 1 week ago

Gujarat bypolls: BJP snatches Vav seat from Congress, big jolt to MP Geniben

New Indian Express  

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Karnataka bypoll results: Outcome crucial for both ruling and opposition camps

Hindustan Times  

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Mumbadevi elections: Will Shiv Sena leader Shaina NC break Congress candidate Amin Patel's winning streak?

India TV News  

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Reputations of political heavyweights including CM Bhajanlal Sharma on the line as voting ends in Rajasthan bypolls

New Indian Express  

JAIPUR: Voting for the bypolls across seven assembly seats in Rajasthan concluded on Wednesday, with 69 candidates in the race. The results on November 23 will significantly impact the political influence of Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Congress State President Govind Singh Dotasara, Sachin Pilot, Agriculture Minister Dr. Kirori Lal Meena, RLP Chief Hanuman Beniwal, and BAP leader Rajkumar Roat. Under …

Maharashtra Assembly Polls: ‘Mahayuti is finished now,’ says Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala
5 months ago

Maharashtra Assembly Polls: ‘Mahayuti is finished now,’ says Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala

Live Mint  

Congress in-charge for Maharashtra, Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday hit out at the Mahayuti alliance, claiming that unlike them, the Congress has given “equal treatment to all parties” in the Maha Vikas Aghadi ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections. The “tussle” refers to Bharatiya Janata Party opposing the nomination of Nawab Malik as Nationalist Congress Party candidate from Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar. …

Congress Announces 39 Candidates in Mumbai, Including 5 for the City
5 months ago

Congress Announces 39 Candidates in Mumbai, Including 5 for the City

Hindustan Times  

The Congress party has released two separate lists of 23 and 16 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra. The party has nominated former state unit chief Manikrao Thakre from Digras, Asif Zakaria from Vandre (Bandra) west and Sachin Sawant from Andheri west. It renominated two sitting MLAs Kailash Gorantyal from Jalna and Moham Hambarde from Nanded South but …

NDA's Move in Phulpur Bypoll: Will It Favor Akhilesh Yadav?
5 months, 1 week ago

NDA's Move in Phulpur Bypoll: Will It Favor Akhilesh Yadav?

News 18  

The upcoming by-election in Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh, is poised to be a thrilling contest between the ruling NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc. The NDA, focusing on development initiatives, aims to counter the opposition's focus on perceived failures of the central and state governments. The SP, leveraging public discontent, plans to leverage Muslim vote consolidation. The constituency's diverse electorate presents …

Akhilesh adds ‘B’ to his PDA formula, names Mata Prasad Pandey as LoP
8 months ago

Akhilesh adds ‘B’ to his PDA formula, names Mata Prasad Pandey as LoP

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav, playing what is being considered the PDA+B card, named Mata Prasad Pandey, a Brahmin, as the Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh assembly on Sunday. By appointing Mata Prasad Pandey to the position Akhilesh Yadav previously held, the party aims to neutralise any misgivings among the upper caste cadre and electorate that …

Bypoll Election Results Highlights: BJP Says INDIA Bloc ‘Desperate To Feel Good’, Calls Bengal Victory 'Rigged'
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Bypoll Election Results Highlights: BJP Says INDIA Bloc ‘Desperate To Feel Good’, Calls Bengal Victory 'Rigged'

News 18  

Parties of the INDIA bloc have secured ten wins in assembly seats and the BJP has clinched two and an Independent has emerged victorious in one seat as vote counting ended on Saturday for the by-elections held earlier this week, as per trends on the election commission website. The Trinamool Congress on Saturday wrested Raiganj, Bagda, Maniktala and Ranaghat Dakshin …

‘Falling political credibility of Modi…’: Mallikarjun Kharge hails assembly bypoll results as INDIA bloc wins 10 seats
8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Falling political credibility of Modi…’: Mallikarjun Kharge hails assembly bypoll results as INDIA bloc wins 10 seats

Live Mint  

The INDIA bloc secured 10 out of 13 seats as bypoll votes were counted in seven states on Saturday. The Congress won two seats each in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand while AAP candidate Mohinder Bhagat secured the lone Punjab seat in the fray. Elections were held on Wednesday for four seats in West Bengal, three in Himachal Pradesh, two in …

MP: Congress turncoat Kamlesh Shah who joined BJP wins Amarwara bypolls
8 months, 2 weeks ago

MP: Congress turncoat Kamlesh Shah who joined BJP wins Amarwara bypolls

Hindustan Times  

Bhopal: Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kamlesh Shah, a former Congress loyalist who defected from the party, won the by-election from Amarwara constituency of Chhindwara district with a close margin of 3,252 votes. Kamlesh Shah had resigned from the membership of the assembly and joined BJP in March this year Kamlesh was up against Congress’ Dhiren Shah. The by-election held on …

High voter turnout in Amarwara bypoll as BJP, Congress face-off
8 months, 2 weeks ago

High voter turnout in Amarwara bypoll as BJP, Congress face-off

The Hindu  

A total of 78.71% polling was recorded according to the Election Commission of India on Madhya Pradesh’s reserved Amarwara Assembly constituency, which went for a byelection on July 10. Mr. Shah is now contesting the bypoll on a BJP ticket, while the Congress has fielded Dheeran Shah Invati, a new entrant in politics, whose family is considered close to former …

Himachal bypolls: Parties make last-ditch efforts to woo voters as campaigning nears end
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Himachal bypolls: Parties make last-ditch efforts to woo voters as campaigning nears end

Hindustan Times  

With only three days remaining to campaign for the July 10 assembly bypolls in Himachal Pradesh, political parties are making last-ditch efforts to woo voters in this high-stakes electoral battle, marked by parties trading offensives and allegations against each other. Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, who canvassed for his wife and Congress candidate in Dehra on Friday, said the present …

Congress to soon take a call on its claim for assembly by-poll seats
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress to soon take a call on its claim for assembly by-poll seats

Hindustan Times  

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Congress will soon take a call on the legislative assembly seats that the party may like to contest in the mini assembly election of sorts to be held for 10 assembly seats in coming months. Out of these, Katehri has fallen vacant following the election of Samajwadi Party’s Lalji Verma to Lok Sabha from Ambedkar Nagar …

Trinamul Congress Announces Candidates for July 10 Bypoll
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Trinamul Congress Announces Candidates for July 10 Bypoll

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: Trinamul Congress on Friday announced the names of four candidates in a mixed bag of old and new faces for the assembly bypoll in West Bengal to be held on July 10. The TMC supremo however did not give a second chance to another BJP turncoat Biswajit Das, who had also resigned as an MLA to contest the parliamentary …

BJP fields Congress turncoat Kamlesh Shah for bypoll in Chhindwara’s Amarwara Assembly seat
9 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP fields Congress turncoat Kamlesh Shah for bypoll in Chhindwara’s Amarwara Assembly seat

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has nominated Kamlesh Shah as its candidate for the Assembly byelection in the Amarwara constituency in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara. The by-election was necessitated after Mr. Shah, a former loyalist of former Chief Minister Kamal Nath and a two-term Amarwara MLA, had quit the Congress and gave up his legislative membership to join the BJP ahead of …

BJP, SP begin strategising for Phulpur assembly seat bypolls
9 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP, SP begin strategising for Phulpur assembly seat bypolls

Hindustan Times  

Following BJP candidate Praveen Patel’s narrow win as a Member of Parliament from Phulpur parliamentary constituency, the stage is now set for a hotly contested by-election for the Phulpur Assembly constituency from where he is the sitting MLA having won the seat in 2022. Besides, BJP MLA from the Phulpur assembly seat Praveen Patel won from Phulpur Lok Sabha seat …

Lok Sabha elections: Meet seven candidates who won as independents
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections: Meet seven candidates who won as independents

Hindustan Times  

In the upcoming 18th Lok Sabha, as many as 526 candidates will be from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, which won 293 seats in the recently-held general elections, and the Congress-led INDIA bloc, which bagged 233 seats. They are Amritpal Singh, Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa, Patel Umeshbhai Babubhai, Mohamad Haneefa, Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, Vishal Patil, and Sheikh Abdul Rashid …

From Kangana Ranaut to Hema Malini: New parliament to have many celebrity faces
9 months, 3 weeks ago

From Kangana Ranaut to Hema Malini: New parliament to have many celebrity faces

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, With voters favouring many celebrity faces trusted and new this election season, eyes will be on the performance of first-time MPs like Kangana Ranaut and Arun Govil as they take their place in the 18th Lok Sabha along with returning star-politicians Hema Malini and Manoj Tiwari. Hema Malini, another popular face from Hindi cinema, was elected for a …

Bharat Adivasi Party’s Jaikrishn Patel wins in Rajasthan’s Bagidora Assembly byelection
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Bharat Adivasi Party’s Jaikrishn Patel wins in Rajasthan’s Bagidora Assembly byelection

The Hindu  

Newly formed Bharat Adivasi Party candidate Jaikrishn Patel on June 4 won in the byelection held for Banswara district’s Bagidora Assembly seat, the result for which was announced along with the 2024 Lok Sabha election results. The seat fell vacant following the resignation of incumbent MLA and former Minister Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya, who left the Congress and joined the BJP …

Election results 2024: Congress opens account in Gujarat after a decade
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Election results 2024: Congress opens account in Gujarat after a decade

The Hindu  

For the first time since the 2014 Lok Sabha election, the Congress has opened its account by winning the Parliamentary seat of Banaskantha in PM Modi’s home State of Gujarat. Two time Congress MLA Geniben Thakor won the Banaskantha seat by defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Rekhaben Chaudhary, a political novice. In fact, it was in Banaskantha where Prime Minister …

Lok Sabha Election Result: BJP's Loss is Congress' Gain in Haryana; Why BJP Lost
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Election Result: BJP's Loss is Congress' Gain in Haryana; Why BJP Lost

The Quint  

Former Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar is leading with a comfortable margin of at least two lakh votes in Karnal, from where he was elected as the MLA in the 2019 Assembly elections. The Congress had fielded President of the Haryana Youth Congress Divyanshu Budhiraja against Khattar, who is contesting the Lok Sabha elections for the first time. Ahead …

Congress breaks Gujarat jinx, opens account after a decade
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress breaks Gujarat jinx, opens account after a decade

Hindustan Times  

Congress’s Geniben Thakor won Gujarat’s Banaskantha Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday defeating Rekha Chaudhary of Bharatiya Janata Party, which was aiming to win all 26 seats in Gujarat for a third time, by 30,000 votes. Early trends showed the Congress was leading on four seats in Gujarat but eventually Thakor emerged as the lone winner from her party. Political experts …

In final Purvanchal bout, BJP aims for big win on Modi-Yogi turfs
9 months, 4 weeks ago

In final Purvanchal bout, BJP aims for big win on Modi-Yogi turfs

Hindustan Times  

Propelled by the Modi and Yogi factors, the Bharatiya Janata Party is aiming for complete domination in the 13 seats going to polls in the seventh and final phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election on Saturday. Among the key NDA candidates, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is contesting from Varanasi, Union minister for heavy industries Mahendra Nath Pandey from Chandauli, …

Bihar Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Caste Equations Shift as Kushwahas, EBCs, Dalits Move Away from NDA
10 months ago

Bihar Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Caste Equations Shift as Kushwahas, EBCs, Dalits Move Away from NDA

The Hindu  

Published : May 24, 2024 17:19 IST - 11 MINS READ As the Lok Sabha election entered its final stretch, there were indications of a change in the voting pattern in Bihar across the six completed phases and the seventh remaining phase. The NDA, which won 39 out of 40 Lok Sabha seats in 2019, comprises five parties in Bihar: …

Rebellion to resilience, Congress gets battle-ready for Hamirpur
10 months, 1 week ago

Rebellion to resilience, Congress gets battle-ready for Hamirpur

Hindustan Times  

The Congress swept the Hamirpur district in the 2022 assembly elections, but wresting the Lok Sabha constituency from sitting MP and Union minister Anurag Thakur will not be easy for the rebellion-hit party. Four of the six Congress MLAs who rebelled against the party during the February Rajya Sabha polls — Rajinder Rana of Sujanpur, Chaitanya Sharma of Gagret, Inderdutt …

Haryana political crisis: JJP writes to Governor seeking immediate floor test
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Haryana political crisis: JJP writes to Governor seeking immediate floor test

Deccan Chronicle  

Chandigarh: JJP leader Dushyant Chautala has written to Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya, saying the Nayab Singh Saini government no longer commands a majority and sought an immediate floor test.Three Independent MLAs had withdrawn their support to the Saini government in the state on Tuesday, reducing the Nayab Singh Saini government to a minority in the state assembly. "It is evident …

Congress and BJP set to battle it out in Himachal’s Assembly bypolls
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress and BJP set to battle it out in Himachal’s Assembly bypolls

The Hindu  

With Himachal Pradesh getting ready for byelections to six Assembly constituencies and simultaneous Parliamentary polls on June 1, the stage is set for a direct fight between the ruling Congress and the Bharatiya Janta Party. The Congress has, so far, declared candidates for five of the six Assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh facing bypolls; it is yet to name a …

Congress alleges 'deadly attack' on party's Amethi office by 'BJP goons': 'Shows party losing badly'
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress alleges 'deadly attack' on party's Amethi office by 'BJP goons': 'Shows party losing badly'

India TV News  

Congress alleges 'deadly attack' on party's Amethi office by 'BJP goons': 'Shows party losing badly' Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party for the attack in which some Congress workers also sustained injuries, as claimed by the party. Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress said that its party office in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi was allegedly 'attacked …

'Italy, Pakistan, Varanasi': BJP leaders suggest poll alternatives as Congress fields Rahul Gandhi from Raebareli
10 months, 3 weeks ago

'Italy, Pakistan, Varanasi': BJP leaders suggest poll alternatives as Congress fields Rahul Gandhi from Raebareli

Live Mint  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that Rahul Gandhi will win in Pakistan by a huge margin if elections are held there. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} From Italy On Sunday, Rajasthan BJP MLA Swami Balmukundacharya said Rahul Gandhi should contest elections from from his "maternal home" in Italy. Former Congress leader Pramod Krishnam also said that he thinks "Rahul Gandhi should …

Indore Congress candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdraws nomination, joins BJP
11 months ago

Indore Congress candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdraws nomination, joins BJP

Hindustan Times  

Indore Congress candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew his nomination papers on Monday, quit the party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Bam reached the district collector office along with sitting BJP MLA Ramesh Mendola to withdraw his nomination. “We welcome Akshay Kanti Bam Ji Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Indore into the BJP under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra …

Denied ticket by Cong., ex-Hisar MP Brijendra Singh holds ‘internal politics’ responsible
11 months ago

Denied ticket by Cong., ex-Hisar MP Brijendra Singh holds ‘internal politics’ responsible

The Hindu  

Former Hisar Lok Sabha member Brijendra Singh, who had quit the Bharatiya Janata Party to join the Congress a month ago, on Sunday held the “State’s internal politics” responsible for denial of party ticket to him from the seat for upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Haryana. Mr. Singh, a former bureaucrat, and two-time former Cabinet Minister Kiran Choudhry’s daughter Shruti …

Congress suspends two leaders in Rajasthan for backing rival Lok Sabha candidates
11 months ago

Congress suspends two leaders in Rajasthan for backing rival Lok Sabha candidates

The Hindu  

The Opposition Congress has suspended two of its leaders in Rajasthan for six years on charges of campaigning against the party’s candidates for the Lok Sabha election in Barmer and Jalore constituencies. The All India Congress Committee took the action following complaints of “anti-party activities” made by party candidates Ummeda Ram Beniwal and Vaibhav Gehlot at the two seats. The …

Priyanka Gandhi calls Modi a ‘liar’ in Gujarat
11 months ago

Priyanka Gandhi calls Modi a ‘liar’ in Gujarat

The Hindu  

In her first public meeting in Gujarat, the Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a “liar” and likening him to “gyani uncles” at a wedding ceremony who incessantly complains and advises about everything. “I have seen many Prime Ministers including Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was in the …

Maya throws down challenge to Congress, fields a Yadav from Gandhi bastion
11 months ago

Maya throws down challenge to Congress, fields a Yadav from Gandhi bastion

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW: The Bahujan Samaj Party has fielded an OBC candidate from the Yadav community, Thakur Prasad Yadav, from the Gandhi family bastion Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2009 Lok Sabha election, the BSP candidate RS Kushwaha was the runner-up, whereas Congress candidate Sonia Gandhi won the seat. Congress leaders close to the Gandhi family, such as Arun Nehru, …

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