Congress has an edge over its opponents in Peddapalli
11 months ago

Congress has an edge over its opponents in Peddapalli

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: Congress candidate Gaddam Vamsi appears to have an edge over his rivals Koppula Eshwar and Gomasa Srinivas in the Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency, as the party had won all its seven Assembly segments in the recent state polls. BRS candidate Koppula Eshwar claimed that there was an anti-Congress wave in the constituency and the party campaign was drawing a good response. Peddapalli MP B. Venkatesh Netha of the BRS recently joined the Congress by gaining a party ticket to contest from the Peddapalli Lok Sabha seat but he was denied a party ticket. Seven seats with the Congress Chennir: Gaddam Vivek Bellampalli Gaddam Vinod Manthani: Minister D. Sridhar Babu Mancherial: K. Premsagar Rao Dharmapuri: Adluri Laxman Kumar Ramagundam: Makkan Singh Thakur Peddapalli: Chinthakunta Vijaya Ramana Rao Electorate Total: 15,92,996 Men: 7,87,140 Women: 8,05,755 Third Gender: 101

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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 …

It’s a double tally for BJP in Telangana, as party bags 8 MP seats
9 months, 4 weeks ago

It’s a double tally for BJP in Telangana, as party bags 8 MP seats

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party in Telangana has doubled the number of its Lok Sabha MPs from four to eight, which is the highest ever tally by not only retaining the four existing constituencies, but also winning from four other constituencies in the results declared on Tuesday. It did not win in double digits as was projected, but has won for …

BJP gives tough fight to Congress in TS
10 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP gives tough fight to Congress in TS

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: Polling for the Peddapalli parliament seat reserved for SCs went off peacefully on Monday. BJP candidate Gomasa Srinivas gave a tough fight to Congress nominee Gaddam Vamsi Krishna for the Peddapalli Lok Sabha seat. The Madiga community votes and the traditional BJP vote bank helped the party to put up a tough fight against Congress candidate Gaddam Vamsi Krishna. …

BRS Has Let Down People of Peddapalli Constituency: Gaddam Vamsi
10 months, 4 weeks ago

BRS Has Let Down People of Peddapalli Constituency: Gaddam Vamsi

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: Congress candidate Gaddam Vamsi Krishna is making his electoral debut from the Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency, which was earlier represented by his grandfather G. ‘Kaka’ Venkatswamy and his father G. Vivek. I came across many unemployed post graduates accompanying their parents to take up work under Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee scheme. BRS candidate Koppula Eshwar, minister in the …

It’s a fight between ‘vafadaari’ and ‘gaddari’: Amarinder Warring on electoral battle with Ravneet Bittu from Ludhiana seat
11 months ago

It’s a fight between ‘vafadaari’ and ‘gaddari’: Amarinder Warring on electoral battle with Ravneet Bittu from Ludhiana seat

Hindustan Times  

Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Tuesday dubbed his electoral contest with BJP nominee from Ludhiana Lok Sabha seat as a battle between ‘vafadaari’ and ‘gaddari’. The Congress has fielded Warring from the Ludhiana parliamentary constituency, which is currently held by three-time MP Ravneet Singh Bittu, who joined the BJP recently after quitting the grand old party. Responding …

Congress declares four more candidates for Punjab
11 months ago

Congress declares four more candidates for Punjab

The Hindu  

The Congress party on April 29 declared four more candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election in Punjab, fielding its State party president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring from Ludhiana Parliamentary constituency. Raja Warring would be facing Ravneet Singh Bittu, former Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP from Ludhiana, who recently joined the BJP, and is BJP’s candidate from Ludhiana. Apart …

Punjab: Congress banks on heavyweights Warring in Ludhiana, Randhawa in Gurdaspur
11 months ago

Punjab: Congress banks on heavyweights Warring in Ludhiana, Randhawa in Gurdaspur

Hindustan Times  

The Congress on Monday announced four more Lok Sabha candidates from Punjab, fielding heavyweights, including state Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring from Ludhiana and former deputy chief minister and party general secretary Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa from Gurdaspur. Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa were on Monday named party candidates from Ludhiana and Gurdaspur Lok …

Lok Sabha polls | Maharashtra Congress demands MVA to reconsider candidature of Sangli seat
11 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Congress MLAs Unite to Win Peddapalli Lok Sabha Seat
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress MLAs Unite to Win Peddapalli Lok Sabha Seat

Deccan Chronicle  

Vamsi Krishna is the son of Chennur MLA Gaddam Vivek.Minister D. Sridhar Babu and Mancherial MLA K. Premsagar Rao have played a crucial role in clearing the differences among Congress MLAs, so that they all work together for the victory of the party’s MP candidate.Earlier, there had been differences over choosing Vamsi Krishna as the party candidate from the Peddapalli …

Congress’ second list for Karnataka delayed
1 year ago

Congress’ second list for Karnataka delayed

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Despite several rounds of discussion, the Congress Election Committee which met in New Delhi on Wednesday could not come out with the second list of candidates for Karnataka because of lack of consensus for four seats -- Kolar, Ballari, Chikkaballapur and Chamarajanagar. There were differences over Kolar as two factions, led by Food and Civil Supplies Minister KH Muniyappa …

Congress’s big surprise: Muraleedharan to contest from Thrissur, KC Venugopal in Alappuzha
1 year ago

Congress’s big surprise: Muraleedharan to contest from Thrissur, KC Venugopal in Alappuzha

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : On the day former chief minister K Karunakaran’s daughter Padmaja Venugopal joined the BJP leaving a dent on the party’s poll prospects, the Congress chose to spring a major surprise deciding to field her brother and Vadakara sitting MP K Muraleedharan from Thrissur, the cradle of the late veteran’s political career. The first sitting of Congress Central Election …

BRS names candidates for four Lok Sabha seats, fields Koppula Eshwar from Peddapalli
1 year ago

BRS names candidates for four Lok Sabha seats, fields Koppula Eshwar from Peddapalli

The Hindu  

hyderabad The Bharat Rashtra Samithi leadership has named candidates for Khammam, Mahabubabad, Peddapalli and Karimnagar Parliamentary seats — Nama Nageswara Rao, Maloth Kavitha, Koppula Eshwar and Boinapalli Vinod Kumar, respectively — on Monday. With the Congress and BJP intensifying their efforts to weaken the BRS as much as they can by weaning away its sitting MPs, MLAs and MLCs and …

Another setback to BRS as Peddapalli MP joins Congress in Delhi
1 year, 1 month ago

Another setback to BRS as Peddapalli MP joins Congress in Delhi

The Hindu  

In another setback to the Bharat Rashtra Samithi, its MP from Peddapalli Lok Sabha Constituency Borlakunta Venkatesh Netha joined the Congress party in New Delhi on Tuesday in the presence of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Deputy Chief Minister M. Bhatti Vikramarka. It was about five years ago, just before the 2019 Parliament elections, Mr. Venkatesh quit the Congress …

BRS Lok Sabha MP Venkatesh Netha joins Congress ahead of general elections
1 year, 1 month ago

BRS Lok Sabha MP Venkatesh Netha joins Congress ahead of general elections

India TV News  

In a setback to Opposition BRS in Telangana, the party’s Lok Sabha MP from Peddapalle B Venkatesh Netha switched over to the Congress on Tuesday. Netha joined the grand old party in the national capital in the presence of Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and other leaders, party sources said. Soon after joining the party, Venkatesh …

Congress vs Congress in MP over polls tickets; Digvijaya Singh facing flak
1 year, 5 months ago

Congress vs Congress in MP over polls tickets; Digvijaya Singh facing flak

Hindustan Times  

In a move that indicates fault lines within the Congress ranks, Madhya Pradesh state vice-president of the party, Damodar Singh, burnt the effigies of Digvijaya Singh and his son Jaivardhan Singh in Bhopal on Saturday, accusing them of not fielding enough candidates from the Other Backward Class despite his insistence. Congress MP Digvijaya Singh Damodar Singh's supporters protested right outside …

TS Polls: Congress releases first list, names candidates for 55 seats
1 year, 5 months ago

TS Polls: Congress releases first list, names candidates for 55 seats

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Congress on Sunday released its first list of candidates for the November 30 Telangana Assembly polls, naming candidates for 55 seats, comprising senior leaders, incumbents and MPs and 11 new entrants — eight from the BRS and two from the BJP and one from the BSP. Revanth Reddy apart, the Congress also fielded its MP, N. Uttam Kumar …

Venkat & Rajgopal Reddy are like Katappa and Bhallaladeva, allege Munugode Cong
2 years, 6 months ago

Venkat & Rajgopal Reddy are like Katappa and Bhallaladeva, allege Munugode Cong

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Munugode Congress has alleged that Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy gave the impression of being with the party but was not only backing his brother K Rajgopal Reddy, now in the BJP, but also mounting pressure on the Congress’ rank and file to support him. The allegation has raised eyebrows as Venkat Reddy, star campaigner of the party, had …

Split in the Punjab Congress political families
3 years, 1 month ago

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India Today  

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Congress-Prashant Kishor relationship sours
3 years, 5 months ago

Congress-Prashant Kishor relationship sours

The Hindu  

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In Ranebennur, KS Eshwarappa son to BJP’s rescue?
5 years, 4 months ago

In Ranebennur, KS Eshwarappa son to BJP’s rescue?

Deccan Chronicle  

Hubballi: With the Bharatiya Janata Party not announcing its candidate for the Ranebennur assembly seat, there is speculation that senior party leader and rural development and panchayat raj minister K.S. Eshwarappa's son Kantesh may be allotted the ticket to fight against former Speaker and Congress candidate K.B. A few weeks ago, Eshwarappa had met a few influential seers who enjoyed …

BJP names candidates to take on Sonia, Mulayam and Akhilesh
5 years, 11 months ago

BJP names candidates to take on Sonia, Mulayam and Akhilesh

India TV News  

The BJP Wednesday fielded local strongman Dinesh Pratap Singh against Sonia Gandhi in Rae Bareli and also named candidates who will taken on Samajwadi Party leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Singh Yadav. Prem Singh Shakya has been named the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency, from where SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav will contest. Chandra Sen …

Karnataka: After nominations, parties to focus on ending dissent in ranks
6 years ago

Karnataka: After nominations, parties to focus on ending dissent in ranks

Live Mint  

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Tumakuru Lok Sabha Seat May Not Be a Cakewalk for Deve Gowda
6 years ago

Tumakuru Lok Sabha Seat May Not Be a Cakewalk for Deve Gowda

The Quint  

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6 years ago

No takers in Congress for Khammam seat

Deccan Chronicle  

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Congress veterans eye Khammam LS seat
6 years, 1 month ago

Congress veterans eye Khammam LS seat

Deccan Chronicle  

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JD(S) leader Kalale Keshavamurthy to join Congress, contest Nanjangud bypoll
8 years, 1 month ago

JD(S) leader Kalale Keshavamurthy to join Congress, contest Nanjangud bypoll

Deccan Chronicle  

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Cong’s final battle line-up for Punjab polls: Capt vs Badal, Bittu vs Sukhbir, Sidhu vs BJP
8 years, 2 months ago

Cong’s final battle line-up for Punjab polls: Capt vs Badal, Bittu vs Sukhbir, Sidhu vs BJP

Hindustan Times  

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Congress cadre unhappy with choice of candidates
10 years, 11 months ago

Congress cadre unhappy with choice of candidates

The Hindu  

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