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 Netha along with Revanth Reddy and other leaders called on Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, they added. He met Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi in Delhi on Monday and urged her to contest the coming Lok Sabha polls from Telangana.

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Benched in 2024, Parvesh Verma emerges man of the match in 2 months
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Benched in 2024, Parvesh Verma emerges man of the match in 2 months

India Today  

The BJP's Parvesh Verma, who trounced AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi, is being branded by some as the biggest winner. However, in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP opted for a change, replacing Verma with Kamaljeet Sehrawat, a leader from the Jat community, for the West Delhi Lok Sabha seat. HOW PARVESH VERMA POSITIONED HIMSELF AS CM-POST …

Rahul Gandhi, Kharge to meet Bengal Congress leaders to select state president
8 months ago

Rahul Gandhi, Kharge to meet Bengal Congress leaders to select state president

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge will meet a number of senior functionaries from West Bengal in Delhi on Monday to select the next state president since Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s tenure has ended, state leaders said. Those summoned to Delhi include Chowdhury, former state presidents Pradip Bhattacharya and Abdul Mannan, senior leaders Deepa Dasmunsi, Amitabha Chakraborty, Nepal …

Ex-BSP MP Haji Fazlur Rehman joins SP
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Ex-BSP MP Haji Fazlur Rehman joins SP

Hindustan Times  

Former Bahujan Samaj Party MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur Haji Fazlur Rehman joined the Samajwadi Party at a programme organised in the SP state unit office on Thursday. SP president Akhilesh Yadav inducting former BSP MP Haji Fazlur Rehman into the party fold in Lucknow on July 4. Welcoming Rehman into the SP fold, party’s national president Akhilesh Yadav said …

Who is K Suresh, INDIA bloc's candidate for Lok Sabha Speaker post?
9 months ago

Who is K Suresh, INDIA bloc's candidate for Lok Sabha Speaker post?

Hindustan Times  

For the first time in decades, an election for the Lok Sabha Speaker's post will be held on Wednesday owing to a lack of consensus between the BJP-led NDA government and the Congress-led INDIA bloc opposition. Follow Lok Sabha Speaker election live coverage Congress MP K Suresh, Opposition's candidate for Lok Sabha Speaker post Traditionally, the Lok Sabha Speaker and …

Lok Sabha Speaker Election: TMC ‘will cooperate with us’, says Opposition INDIA Bloc’s nominee K Suresh
9 months ago

Lok Sabha Speaker Election: TMC ‘will cooperate with us’, says Opposition INDIA Bloc’s nominee K Suresh

Live Mint  

Congress MP K Suresh clarified on Wednesday regarding the Trinamool Congress' “unilateral decision” remark about the INDIA bloc's choice for the Lok Sabha Speaker post, emphasizing that the TMC leaders had agreed to cooperate with the opposition alliance. Suresh – Opposition INDIA Bloc's nominee for the Speaker's post – said that TMC leaders Derek O'Brien and Kalyan Banerjee attended a …

Speaker election: Om Birla vs K Suresh today in Lok Sabha today | 10 points
9 months ago

Speaker election: Om Birla vs K Suresh today in Lok Sabha today | 10 points

Hindustan Times  

Breaking a decades-old convention, BJP MP Om Birla and Congress lawmaker K Suresh on Tuesday filed nominations for the Speaker's election after the Opposition refused to back down on its demand for the Deputy Speaker's post. The ruling National Democratic Alliance picked 17th Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla who will likely become only the fourth man to get a second …

Not consulted over INDIA bloc's nominee for Lok Sabha Speaker: Trinamool Congress
9 months ago

Not consulted over INDIA bloc's nominee for Lok Sabha Speaker: Trinamool Congress

The Hindu  

The Trinamool Congress on June 25 said the party was not consulted on the Opposition's decision to field Congress MP K. Suresh as the INDIA bloc's joint nominee for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker. As Mr. Suresh filed his nomination for the election of Speaker on June 25 morning, the Trinamool Congress was not among the INDIA bloc parties …

Who is K Suresh, the opposition's candidate for the Lok Sabha Speaker post?
9 months ago

Who is K Suresh, the opposition's candidate for the Lok Sabha Speaker post?

Firstpost  

From serving as minister of state in the second Manmohan Singh government to being the Kerala Congress chief, Kondikunnil Suresh has spent 29 years in politics. However, tensions soared and the atmosphere in the Lok Sabha turned “vicious” when the BJP opted for seven-term Cuttack MP Bhartruhari Mahtab over Suresh, sources in the opposition camp told The Indian Express. Union …

Lok Sabha session highlights: INDIA bloc leaders huddle at Kharge's house
9 months ago

Lok Sabha session highlights: INDIA bloc leaders huddle at Kharge's house

Hindustan Times  

Lok Sabha session highlights: For the first time ever, the Opposition has nominated a candidate, Kondikunal Suresh, for the Speaker-post election without unanimous selection. The Narendra Modi-led NDA government failed to reach a consensus with the Opposition INDIA bloc, as their demand for the Deputy Speaker post appeared unlikely to be fulfilled. On the opening day of the 18th Lok …

Lok Sabha session highlights: INDIA bloc leaders huddle at Kharge's house
9 months ago

Lok Sabha session highlights: INDIA bloc leaders huddle at Kharge's house

Hindustan Times  

Lok Sabha session highlights: For the first time ever, the Opposition has nominated a candidate, Kondikunal Suresh, for the Speaker-post election without unanimous selection. The Narendra Modi-led NDA government failed to reach a consensus with the Opposition INDIA bloc, as their demand for the Deputy Speaker post appeared unlikely to be fulfilled. On the opening day of the 18th Lok …

Congress's unilateral decision: Trinamool on K Suresh's candidature as Speaker
9 months ago

Congress's unilateral decision: Trinamool on K Suresh's candidature as Speaker

India Today  

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday said his party was not consulted by the Congress before nominating K Suresh as the Opposition's candidate for the Lok Sabha Speaker's position. Earlier in the day, the Opposition INDIA bloc fielded Congress leader K Suresh as its candidate for the Speaker's position against BJP's Om Birla. The BJP-led NDA tried to persuade …

Congress gains momentum in Telangana as BRS MLAs consider mass defection
9 months, 1 week ago

Congress gains momentum in Telangana as BRS MLAs consider mass defection

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD : Stating that Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and party’s strategist Sunil Kanugolu have been deliberating on joinings for the past three days, Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender on Friday said that as many as 20 BRS MLAs will join the Congress very soon. During an informal chat with reporters here, Nagender said that all the BRS MLAs in the …

MP: Amarwara by-election, an acid test for Kamal Nath
9 months, 2 weeks ago

MP: Amarwara by-election, an acid test for Kamal Nath

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: The July ten by-election to Amarwara Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh may prove to be an acid test for Congress veteran Kamal Nath in the wake of the loss of Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat in the state, considered his family bastion for the last 44 years, to BJP by the grand old party in the recently held LS polls. …

Bihar Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Caste Equations Shift as Kushwahas, EBCs, Dalits Move Away from NDA
10 months, 1 week 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: …

Triangular Battle Brews in Zaheerabad Lok Sabha Seat: Advantage Congress
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Triangular Battle Brews in Zaheerabad Lok Sabha Seat: Advantage Congress

Deccan Chronicle  

Zaheerabad: The Zaheerabad Lok Sabha constituency is set for a triangular contest with candidates from the Congress, BRS and the BJP going all-out for a win. The soft-spoken leader coming from a political family can bank on the fact that four of the seven Assembly constituencies are represented by Congress MLAs —Damodar Raja Narsimha, Patlolla Sanjeev Reddy, K. Madanmohan Rao …

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Malkajgiri constituency with highest voter count set for triangular contest
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Malkajgiri constituency with highest voter count set for triangular contest

Hindustan Times  

The Malkajgiri parliamentary constituency in Telangana is peculiar in more ways than one. Full coverage of Lok Sabha Election 2024 The parliamentary constituency was until recently represented by Telangana Congress Committee president and present chief minister A Revanth Reddy, but none the MLAs who represent seven assembly segments under it — Malkajgiri, Medchal, Quthbullapur, Kukatpally, Uppal, LB Nagar, and Secunderabad …

KTR asks BRS social media warriors to expose Congress-BJP nexus in LS poll
11 months ago

KTR asks BRS social media warriors to expose Congress-BJP nexus in LS poll

The Hindu  

Working president of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi K. T. Rama Rao has asked the party’s social media warriors to expose the alleged tacit understanding between the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party. “After the Assembly election results Mr. Sanjay had stated that their objective was to bury BRS in the State and Mr. Arvind had recently stated in an election meeting …

No MP seat for BRS in Telangana: Jagga Reddy
11 months ago

No MP seat for BRS in Telangana: Jagga Reddy

The Hindu  

TPCC working president T. Jagga Reddy predicted that the BRS party would not secure any MP seats in the Lok Sabha polls in Telangana. Addressing media personnel at the Gandhi Bhavan here on Monday, Mr. Jagga Reddy said that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and other leaders were making comments in favour of reservations as they feared defeat in the polls. …

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 …

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 …

Elaborate Arrangement Made for Revanth Reddy’s Public Meeting in Adilabad Today
11 months, 1 week ago

Elaborate Arrangement Made for Revanth Reddy’s Public Meeting in Adilabad Today

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: Congress leaders have made extensive preparations for a public meeting to be held on April 22 in Adilabad town, where Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy is scheduled to address the gathering. Panchayat raj minister Seethakka, along with other leaders such as Vedma Bojju and Kandi Srinivas Reddy, have been actively involved in organising the event. However, there are rumors …

Tough Going for BRS in Nalgonda, Bhongir
11 months, 1 week ago

Tough Going for BRS in Nalgonda, Bhongir

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Telangana Legislative Council Chairman Gutha Sukhender Reddy, a former BRS MP, on Saturday said the party in Nalgonda district was riven with differences. Sukhender Reddy also said that BRS president and former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao stayed away from meeting party MLAs for six months prior to the last Assembly elections. BRS Suryapet MLA G. Jagadish Reddy, answering …

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Key Candidates Rahul Gandhi Hema Malini Gajendra Shekhawat Bhupesh Baghel Arun Govil Shashi Tharoor Rajeev Chandrasekhar
11 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Key Candidates Rahul Gandhi Hema Malini Gajendra Shekhawat Bhupesh Baghel Arun Govil Shashi Tharoor Rajeev Chandrasekhar

ABP News  

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Key Candidates: In the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Phase 2 polling will see prominent candidates vying for victory across various states in India. LS Phase 2 Key Candidates: Rahul Gandhi, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Shashi Tharoor Gajendra Shekhawat Among Prominent Candidates Kerala: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is seeking re-election from Kerala's Wayanad constituency. Popular …

Lok Sabha elections | BRS looks to shake off Assembly defeat, assert that it is still a force to be reckoned with
11 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha elections | BRS looks to shake off Assembly defeat, assert that it is still a force to be reckoned with

The Hindu  

After being in power for a decade in Telangana, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi is facing its first major electoral and existential challenge that is likely to have an indefinite impact on its future, though it has survived threats posed at it in the 2006 byelections and 2009 elections. As the party that spearheaded the Telangana Statehood movement for 14 years, …

Uttar Pradesh | BJP declares candidate on two more Lok Sabha seats, four Assembly seats going for byelection
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Uttar Pradesh | BJP declares candidate on two more Lok Sabha seats, four Assembly seats going for byelection

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday released the list of two more Lok Sabha candidates in Uttar Pradesh along with four candidates for the Assembly byelection. Thakur Vishwadeep Singh has been given ticket to contest from Firozabad against the Samajwadi Party Akshay Yadav, while Shashank Mani Tripathi will be the candidate for the Deoria Lok Sabha seat. The BJP also …

Congress Eyes 2 Lakh Majority in Bhongir LS Seat
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress Eyes 2 Lakh Majority in Bhongir LS Seat

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Congress leadership aims to win the Bhongir Lok Sabha constituency with a majority of two lakh votes in forthcoming elections. The Congress has fielded TPCC vice-president Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy from the Bhongir Lok Sabha seat. TPCC chief and Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy held a meeting with the leaders of the Bhongir Lok Sabha constituency on Wednesday …

Lok Sabha polls: RJD stakes claim on Katihar in fresh face-off with ally Cong
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls: RJD stakes claim on Katihar in fresh face-off with ally Cong

Hindustan Times  

The confrontation between allies RJD and Congress, which started over Purnea Lok Sabha seat, seems to have spilled over to neighbouring Katihar seat as well. Soon after the Congress on Tuesday announced the name of former MP Tariq Anwar as its Katihar candidate, RJD staked its claim on the seat, despite the fact that it’s one of the nine seats …

GHMC Mayor Vijayalaxmi, MP Keshava Rao likely to join Congress tomorrow
1 year ago

GHMC Mayor Vijayalaxmi, MP Keshava Rao likely to join Congress tomorrow

The Hindu  

Rajya Sabha Member from Bharat Rashtra Samithi K. Keshava Rao, his daughter and GHMC Mayor G. Vijayalaxmi are all set to join the Congress on March 30, depleting the Opposition party further ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. The two had already met the All India Congress Committee leaders and were supposed to take the plunge last week itself with …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Kamlesh Shah, Congress MLA from Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara, joins BJP
1 year ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Kamlesh Shah, Congress MLA from Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara, joins BJP

India TV News  

Kamlesh Shah, Congress MLA from Amarwara in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district, joined the BJP on Friday ahead of Lok Sabha elections. The three-term Congress MLA joined the BJP along with his wife, Harrai Nagar Palika chairperson Madhvi Shah, and sister, district panchayat member Kesar Netam. The state BJP's Lok Sabha poll in-charge Mahendra Singh, joint in-charge Satish Upadhyaya and senior …

K Kesava Rao quits BRS, to join Cong
1 year ago

K Kesava Rao quits BRS, to join Cong

Hindustan Times  

In a big setback to Bharat Rashtra Samithi, senior leader and Rajya Sabha member K Kesava Rao on Thursday announced that he would quit the party and return to the Congress, his parent party. While Vijayalakshmi told reporters that she would be joining the Congress on March 30, Rao said he had not yet decided on the date of joining …

Uphill Task Likely for BRS in LS Polls
1 year ago

Uphill Task Likely for BRS in LS Polls

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The BRS, which is desperately hoping for a revival of fortunes after losing the State Assembly elections in 2023, is expected to have an even tougher uphill battle in the coming Lok Sabha elections. Party sources say that the best hopes for the BRS is to win in Medak, and to some extent in Malkajgiri, two Lok Sabha constituencies …

Congress announces 14 candidates for UP, MP, Jharkhand and Telangana, fields Dolly Sharma from Ghaziabad
1 year ago

Congress announces 14 candidates for UP, MP, Jharkhand and Telangana, fields Dolly Sharma from Ghaziabad

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress on Wednesday released the eighth list of 14 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Congress had fielded Gopal Prasad Sahu, who lost to BJP’s Jayant Sinha by 4.79 lakh votes. In Lohardaga, the Congress fielded Sukhdeo Bhagat who lost to BJP’s Sudarshan Bhagat in the 2019 Lok …

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Congress Ludhiana MP Ravneet Bittu Joins BJP
1 year ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Congress Ludhiana MP Ravneet Bittu Joins BJP

News 18  

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: BJP Fields State Education Minister Basanta Kumar Singh in Violence-hit Manipur Days after the BJP said it will be supporting the NDA candidate for the Outer Manipur seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the party on Tuesday declared its candidate for Inner Manipur. Ludhiana Congress MP Who joined BJP Was An Open Critique of …

Lok Sabha elections: Congress releases list of 5 candidates from Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu
1 year ago

Lok Sabha elections: Congress releases list of 5 candidates from Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu

Hindustan Times  

The Congress party on Tuesday named five more candidates for upcoming Lok Sabha elections – four from Chhattisgarh and one from Tamil Nadu. In Chhattisgarh, the central election committee of the grand old party has decided to field Shashi Singh from Surguja, Menaka Devi Singh from Raigarh, Devender Singh Yadav from Bilaspur and Biresh Thakur from Kanker. With the latest …

LS Polls: Congress Announces Remaining Candidates For Chhattisgarh, Fields MLA Who Is Under ED Scanner
1 year ago

LS Polls: Congress Announces Remaining Candidates For Chhattisgarh, Fields MLA Who Is Under ED Scanner

ABP News  

The Congress party unveiled its seventh list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday, featuring contenders from Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu. Menka Devi Singh belongs to the Sarangarh royal family, with her father having served as chief minister of undivided Madhya Pradesh, and her sisters having held Congress Lok Sabha MP positions in the past. Lok Sabha …

BRS, BJP Put Up LS candidates for All Seats
1 year ago

BRS, BJP Put Up LS candidates for All Seats

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The BRS announced Gaddam Srinivas Yadav, a party leader from the Goshamahal Assembly constituency, as its candidate for the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat on Monday, thus finalising its list for all 17 seats in the state. During the recent Assembly elections, the BRS was the first to announce all its candidates, while for the Lok Sabha polls, it was …

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Mining Baron Janardhana Reddy Rejoins BJP Ahead of Polls, Yediyurappa Calls it 'Good Decision'
1 year ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Mining Baron Janardhana Reddy Rejoins BJP Ahead of Polls, Yediyurappa Calls it 'Good Decision'

News 18  

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: NDA Seat-sharing in Maharashtra Finalised, BJP to Fight on 27 Seats BJP-led NDA has finalised its seat-sharing discussions with Shinde’s Sena and NCP in Maharashtra, sources said on Monday. Describing it as a “homecoming,” Reddy said that the merger aimed to “strengthen Narendra Modi’s leadership and support his third term as Prime Minister.” Lok Sabha …

BRS completes announcement of candidates for all 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana
1 year ago

BRS completes announcement of candidates for all 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana

The Hindu  

Bharat Rashtra Samithi has officially declared its candidates for all 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana for the general elections-2024. The party leaders assert that this strategic selection of candidates with considerable grassroots support would enhance the party’s prospects, positioning them favorably against rival parties Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party. While BRS won nine Lok Sabha seats in 2019, five …

BRS names two former bureaucrats for Lok Sabha polls-2024
1 year ago

BRS names two former bureaucrats for Lok Sabha polls-2024

The Hindu  

As expected, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi has fielded former IPS officer R.S. He joined BRS after quitting Bahujan Samaj Party, of which he was the State president, over the alleged pressure tactics from the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership on BSP to end the Lok Sabha poll alliance with BRS. BRS candidates named so far Initially, the party has named its …

Adhir Ranjan Choudhary among 56 named in Congress’s 3rd Lok Sabha poll list
1 year ago

Adhir Ranjan Choudhary among 56 named in Congress’s 3rd Lok Sabha poll list

Hindustan Times  

The Congress on Thursday named its Lok Sabha floor leader Adhir Ranjan Choudhary, former lawmaker MV Rajeev Gowda and former Bharatiya Janata Party minister Jayaprakash Hegde, who jumped ship earlier this month, in its third list of 56 candidates for the much-anticipated Lok Sabha elections this summer. Public works minister Satish Jarkiholi’s daughter Priyanka Jarkiholi has been named from Chikkodi; …

BSP MP Sangeeta Azad joins BJP, may become Lalganj pick
1 year ago

BSP MP Sangeeta Azad joins BJP, may become Lalganj pick

Hindustan Times  

Bahujan Samaj Party Dalit MP Sangeeta Azad, who represents the Lalganj seat in East UP, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi on Monday evening. BSP MP Sangeeta Azad joins BJP, may become Lalganj pick Her joining came on a day when top ruling party leaders, including chief minister Yogi Adityanath, deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak and …

Haveri Lok Sabha Election 2024: It’s Basavaraj Bommai vs Congress' Anandswamy Gaddadevarmath in BJP stronghold
1 year ago

Haveri Lok Sabha Election 2024: It’s Basavaraj Bommai vs Congress' Anandswamy Gaddadevarmath in BJP stronghold

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Haveri Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka will witness the contest between two new faces as the sitting BJP MP Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi, who has been winning since the creation of this constituency after delimitation in 2008, declared retirement from electoral politics. Bommai is contesting from the Haveri Lok Sabha seat, replacing a three-time sitting BJP …

Lok Sabha elections 2024: BRS MP Dr Ranjith Reddy resigns ahead of polls in Telangana, joins Congress
1 year ago

Lok Sabha elections 2024: BRS MP Dr Ranjith Reddy resigns ahead of polls in Telangana, joins Congress

India TV News  

Lok Sabha polls 2024: In yet another setback for the Bharat Rashtra Samiti, Member of Parliament Ranjith Reddy has tendered his resignation from the party and is expected to join the Congress. Announcing his decision on the microblogging site, Reddy said, "I’m writing to inform all my supporters and people that I have submitted the formal letter of resignation to …

BJP continues to hedge its bets on newcomers in Telangana
1 year ago

BJP continues to hedge its bets on newcomers in Telangana

The Hindu  

Bharatiya Janata Party ’s Central Election Committee continued to hedge its bets on new entrants into the party to contest the Lok Sabha polls with turncoats, mostly those from the BRS, getting tickets in the second list released on Wednesday. If former BRS MPs A. Seetaram Naik and G. Nagesh got the party nod for the seats of Mahabubabad and …

Lok Sabha polls: Yaduveer, Manjunath and Bommai get BJP ticket, as party replaces candidates in 10 seats out of 20 announced in Karnataka
1 year ago

Lok Sabha polls: Yaduveer, Manjunath and Bommai get BJP ticket, as party replaces candidates in 10 seats out of 20 announced in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Scion of the erstwhile royal family of Mysuru Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, noted cardiologist C.N. Manjunath and the former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai are among those set to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Karnataka on the BJP ticket, as the party has replaced candidates in 10 constituencies out of 20 for which the names were announced on Wednesday. While …

BJP retains Tejasvi Surya and PC Mohan in Bengaluru, brings new faces to two other seats. Full details
1 year ago

BJP retains Tejasvi Surya and PC Mohan in Bengaluru, brings new faces to two other seats. Full details

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party released the list of candidates from Karnataka for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on Wednesday evening. For Bengaluru, two sitting MPs retained their seats, and two other Lok Sabha constituencies will see new faces. BJP retains two sitting MPs in Bengaluru, brings new faces to two other seats According to the list, both Bengaluru South and …

Two Former BRS MPs Join BJP
1 year ago

Two Former BRS MPs Join BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad, Adilabad: A number of senior BRS leaders including former MPs Godem Nagesh and Sitaram Naik, former MLA Jalagam Venkat Rao and Shanapudi Saidireddy, as well as Srinivas Gomasa of the Congress, joined the BJP in presence of the party’s Telangana state incharge Tarun Chugh in Delhi on Sunday. Srinivas Gomasa is aspiring to contest from the Peddapalli Lok Sabha …

Lok Sabha polls: Four BRS leaders and one Congress leader from Telangana join BJP
1 year ago

Lok Sabha polls: Four BRS leaders and one Congress leader from Telangana join BJP

India TV News  

Four Bharat Rashtra Samithi leaders, including two former MPs, and a Congress leader from Telangana joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday as the ruling party looks to boost its Lok Sabha tally in the southern state. Those who joined the party are Godam Nagesh and Sitaram Nayak, both former MPs, former BRS MLAs Saidy Reddy and Jalagam Venkat Rao, …

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 …

Lok Sabha polls: Congress names Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor, Bhupesh Baghel among 39 candidates
1 year ago

Lok Sabha polls: Congress names Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor, Bhupesh Baghel among 39 candidates

India TV News  

The Congress party unveiled its first list of 39 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on Friday, with Rahul Gandhi set to contest from Kerala's Wayanad constituency once more. Alongside Gandhi, Congress general secretary K C Venugopal will contest from Alappuzha, while former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel will vie for the Rajnandgaon seat. Upcoming campaigns Congress general secretary …

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