Zoom call from London, powerful regional satraps, under pressure Gandhis: How Congress's RS list was finalised
2 years, 9 months ago

Zoom call from London, powerful regional satraps, under pressure Gandhis: How Congress's RS list was finalised

India Today  

On a Sunday night, Mukul Balkrishna Wasnik received a call from 24, Akbar Road, to sign an ‘important’ paper. Wasnik, AICC general secretary, in charge of the Central Election Committee was a dejected soul having come to know that poet Imran Pratapgarhi had bagged the Rajya Sabha nomination from Wasnik’s home state, Maharashtra. However, AICC lore has it that Rajiv Shukla, Pramod Tiwari, and Imran Pratapgarhi owed their candidature to Priyanka, while Randeep Singh Surjewala, Jairam Ramesh, and Ajay Makan to Rahul, leaving P Chidambaram, Ranjeet Rajan, Vivek Tankha and Wasnik as Sonia Gandhi favourites. Had Surjewala been fielded from Haryana and Wasnik from Maharashtra, the Congress list of Rajya Sabha nominees would have had over 50% of candidates from the home states. ALSO READ | P Chidambaram, Rajeev Shukla among 10 nominees on Congress's Rajya Sabha list

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Dismal performance in Maharashtra polls bars Sharad Pawar, Priyanka Chaturvedi and Sanjay Raut from Rajya Sabha return
4 months ago

Dismal performance in Maharashtra polls bars Sharad Pawar, Priyanka Chaturvedi and Sanjay Raut from Rajya Sabha return

Hindustan Times  

In the absence of enough support in their parties, NCP president Sharad Pawar along with Priyanka Chaturvedi and Sanjay Raut of Shiv Sena, will not be able to return to the Rajya Sabha. Sharad Pawar had earlier said that this would be his final term in the Rajya Sabha. The BJP-led alliance's resounding victory in Maharashtra has strengthened its chances …

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader
4 months ago

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader

Hindustan Times  

Election results live: Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar said that Shiv Sena MLAs feel Eknath Shinde should continue to work as the state chief minister. Election results Highlights: In a historic mandate, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance secured a landslide victory in Maharashtra, leaving the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi stunned. • BJP won 132 out of 148 seats it contested, with allies …

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader
4 months ago

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader

Hindustan Times  

Election results live: Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar said that Shiv Sena MLAs feel Eknath Shinde should continue to work as the state chief minister. Election results Highlights: In a historic mandate, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance secured a landslide victory in Maharashtra, leaving the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi stunned. • BJP won 132 out of 148 seats it contested, with allies …

Haryana assembly polls: Veteran Vij, challenger Chitra lock horns again
6 months ago

Haryana assembly polls: Veteran Vij, challenger Chitra lock horns again

Hindustan Times  

It was the spring of 1990 when 37-year-old activist of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Anil Vij, resigned from his banking job and stepped into politics. In the 2024 elections, projecting himself as a chief ministerial candidate and a “Vikas Purush”, he is facing a stiff contest from Congress’ Parvinder Pal Pari and Congress …

Haryana: BJP’s Kiran Choudhry set to enter Rajya Sabha unopposed
7 months ago

Haryana: BJP’s Kiran Choudhry set to enter Rajya Sabha unopposed

Hindustan Times  

Kiran Choudhry, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party nominee for the Rajya Sabha seat byelection from Haryana, is set to get elected unopposed as no other party has fielded a candidate. Kiran Choudhry, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party nominee for the Rajya Sabha seat byelection from Haryana, filing her papers in Chandigarh on Wednesday. When contacted, Saket Kumar, the managing director …

Power Games | RS Elections: Kushwaha, Kiran, Pratima among favourites
7 months, 1 week ago

Power Games | RS Elections: Kushwaha, Kiran, Pratima among favourites

New Indian Express  

The Election Commission has set the ball rolling to fill 12 vacancies in the Rajya Sabha from nine states. Former Congress leader Ravneet Singh Bittu, who was inducted into the Union ministry even after he lost the Lok Sabha election on a BJP ticket, will have to be accommodated in the Rajya Sabha. Sources said among the strong contenders for …

12 candidates in fray for 11 seats in Maharashtra Legislative Council election
8 months, 3 weeks ago

12 candidates in fray for 11 seats in Maharashtra Legislative Council election

The Hindu  

As many as 12 candidates have filed their nomination on July 2 for the 11 Legislative Council election in Maharashtra that will go to election on July 12. The ruling Mahayuti alliance has fielded nine candidates and Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi’s three nominees are in the fray for the biennial election. With five candidates, the BJP has fielded the most …

Lok Sabha elections: Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Raj Babbar, Nishad may cause upsets as per early trends
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections: Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Raj Babbar, Nishad may cause upsets as per early trends

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Bollywood actor and Congress candidate Raj Babbar was leading against his nearest rival Rao Inderjit Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party by 38,729 votes in the Gurugram Lok Sabha seat as of 11:15am on Tuesday. Minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar was leading ahead of Thiruvananthapuram’s incumbent three-time MP Shashi Tharoor by 8,401 votes. …

Lok Sabha candidates target Gurugram’s urban voters
10 months ago

Lok Sabha candidates target Gurugram’s urban voters

Hindustan Times  

Gurugram: Candidates of major political parties have begun canvassing in urban areas of Badshahpur and Gurugram assembly constituencies, which have an estimated 9.25 lakh voters out of the total 25 lakh voters in the nine constituencies of the Lok Sabha. The Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party and Jannayak Janta Party candidates on Sunday moved around the city to woo urban voters …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Sonia Gandhi wants Rahul, Priyanka to contest polls from Uttar Pradesh, say sources
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Sonia Gandhi wants Rahul, Priyanka to contest polls from Uttar Pradesh, say sources

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Sonia Gandhi wants Rahul, Priyanka to contest polls from Uttar Pradesh, say sources Sonia Gandhi is reportedly keen on strategically positioning her children, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, in the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh. Lok Sabha Elections 2024: As the speculations continue over the Congress party's decision to field candidates from Amethi and Raebareli, former …

UP Congress urges party leadership to field Rahul Gandhi from Amethi, Priyanka from Raebareli
10 months, 3 weeks ago

UP Congress urges party leadership to field Rahul Gandhi from Amethi, Priyanka from Raebareli

Hindustan Times  

The Uttar Pradesh Congress on Saturday urged the top party leadership to field Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Amethi and Raebareli, respectively for the Lok Sabha polls, but no decision was taken at the meeting of the central election committee. Congress leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi Sources said AICC in-charge of party Affairs in Uttar Pradesh Avinash Pandey …

Lok Sabha polls | Deep-rooted fault lines set the tone of campaign discourse in western U.P.
11 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha polls | Deep-rooted fault lines set the tone of campaign discourse in western U.P.

The Hindu  

There is no dearth of contentious and polarising issues in the crucial battlefield of western Uttar Pradesh, which has a sizable Muslim electorate, and the increasingly vehement nature of political discourse here seems to reflect the deep-rooted communal fault lines in the region. In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, the BJP won seven - Muzaffarnagar, Pilibhit, Kairana, Nagina, Moradabad, Saharanpur …

Key leaders HD Kumaraswamy, CN Manjunath, Tejasvi Surya rush to file nominations in Karnataka
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Key leaders HD Kumaraswamy, CN Manjunath, Tejasvi Surya rush to file nominations in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru Several key political figures including JD leader H D Kumaraswamy, renowned cardiologist C N Manjunath, and Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya on Thursday submitted their papers for the Lok Sabha elections on the last day of filing nominations for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka. BJP-JDS alliance candidate for Mandya Parliamentary Constituency, H D Kumaraswamy files …

Rahul Gandhi files nomination from Wayanad for upcoming Lok Sabha elections
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi files nomination from Wayanad for upcoming Lok Sabha elections

India TV News  

Rahul Gandhi’s candidacy: Rahul Gandhi, a prominent leader of the Congress party, has officially entered the electoral fray by submitting his nomination papers from Wayanad. In a show of strength and solidarity, Rahul spearheaded a grand roadshow in Wayanad, Kerala, on Wednesday, April 3, marking the commencement of his nomination filing process for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. Rahul is …

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: PM Modi Says Oppn Scared Due To Action Against Corrupt; Cong Releases List of Star Campaigners
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: PM Modi Says Oppn Scared Due To Action Against Corrupt; Cong Releases List of Star Campaigners

News 18  

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: INDIA Bloc Gives Call for Unity to Oust BJP at Ramlila Maidan Show of Strength Top leaders of the INDIA bloc on Sunday exhorted the people to defeat the BJP to save democracy and the Constitution and alleged that the opposition has been deprived of a level playing field in the Lok Sabha elections due …

Why Digvijaya Singh is Rahul Gandhi's ideal politician
1 year ago

Why Digvijaya Singh is Rahul Gandhi's ideal politician

India Today  

When Rahul Gandhi began his political journey in 2004, most Congress observers said that former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh was his guru. However, over the years, Digvijaya has, on multiple occasions, showcased that he is the Congressman that Rahul sees as an ideal—the latest being the Madhya Pradesh stalwart’s decision to contest the Lok Sabha election. In response …

PM Modi chairs meeting of ministers, brainstorms over ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’ vision: Sources
1 year ago

PM Modi chairs meeting of ministers, brainstorms over ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’ vision: Sources

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a day-long meeting of his Council of Ministers, last in this tenure ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, and brainstormed over the vision document for ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’ and a detailed action plan for the next five years, sources said. Sources said that the roadmap for ‘Viksit Bharat’ is a result of over …

BJP Releases 1st List Of 195 Candidates For LS Polls; PM Modi To Contest From Varanasi, Amit Shah from Gandhinagar
1 year ago

BJP Releases 1st List Of 195 Candidates For LS Polls; PM Modi To Contest From Varanasi, Amit Shah from Gandhinagar

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi for a third time, the Bharatiya Janata Party announced on Saturday, releasing a list of 195 candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. CANDIDATES CONSTITUENCY 1 Narendra Modi Varanasi 2 Rajnath Singh Lucknow 3 Smriti Irani Amethi 4 Hema Malini Mathura 5 Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Fatehpur 6 Neelam Sonkar Lalganj …

Rajya Sabha Polls Result 2024: Ruling Congress Bags 3 Seats, BJP Wins 1
1 year ago

Rajya Sabha Polls Result 2024: Ruling Congress Bags 3 Seats, BJP Wins 1

ABP News  

New Delhi: Three candidates from the ruling Congress party and one candidate from the BJP were elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka on Tuesday. Rajya Sabha elections | In Karnataka, all three Congress candidates Ajay Maken, Dr Syed Naseer Hussain and GC Chandrashekhar win with 47, 46 and 46 votes respectively. I thank all voters, CM and party workers and …

Rajya Sabha election today: Suspense in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka over cross-voting | Top updates
1 year ago

Rajya Sabha election today: Suspense in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka over cross-voting | Top updates

Hindustan Times  

Voting for 15 Rajya Sabha seats across Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Himachal Pradesh is taking place on Tuesday, February 27, amid concerns about cross-voting by the Congress and Samajwadi Party MLAs. The list of 41 unopposed elected Rajya Sabha MPs includes former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, BJP chief JP Nadda, Ashok Chavan, and union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and L Murugan. …

Rajya Sabha elections: Ashok Chavan, Milind Deora among 6 nominees declared elected unopposed from Maharashtra
1 year, 1 month ago

Rajya Sabha elections: Ashok Chavan, Milind Deora among 6 nominees declared elected unopposed from Maharashtra

India TV News  

Rajya Sabha elections: All six candidates from Maharashtra, including Congress turncoats Ashok Chavan and Milind Deora, who were in the fray for the Rajya Sabha elections, were declared elected unopposed on Tuesday. Among the six candidates, the BJP had nominated three, including Ashok Chavan, while the Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde, and NCP fielded one candidate each. The six …

Rajya Sabha polls: BJP claims Sonia Gandhi spooked by son's Amethi debacle
1 year, 1 month ago

Rajya Sabha polls: BJP claims Sonia Gandhi spooked by son's Amethi debacle

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Reacting to Sonia Gandhi's move to Rajya Sabha, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday said her nomination to the upper house of the parliament was "an admission of a looming defeat" in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi files her nomination for the Rajya Sabha election, in Jaipur. Sonia Gandhi, flanked by her …

Sonia Gandhi files nomination for Rajya Sabha polls from Rajasthan | WATCH
1 year, 1 month ago

Sonia Gandhi files nomination for Rajya Sabha polls from Rajasthan | WATCH

India TV News  

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi filed her nomination papers from Rajasthan on Wednesday for the upcoming Rajya Sabha Elections. Comfortable prospects for Congress The Congress party is in a favourable position to secure one of the three Rajya Sabha seats from Rajasthan, with Sonia Gandhi expected to fill the vacancy left by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who completes his …

Sonia Gandhi files Rajya Sabha nomination from Rajasthan, Congress fields Abhishek Singhvi in HP
1 year, 1 month ago

Sonia Gandhi files Rajya Sabha nomination from Rajasthan, Congress fields Abhishek Singhvi in HP

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi has submitted her nomination for the Rajya Sabha seat from Rajasthan. Sonia Gandhi is set to occupy the seat previously held by former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in the Rajya Sabha. Ahead of Sonia Gandhi's nomination, a legislature party meeting took place where Congress MLAs warmly welcomed Sonia Gandhi, Rahul, and Priyanka. …

From MJ Akbar to Rajeev Chandrasekhar: Here are 9 journalists nominated to RS
1 year, 1 month ago

From MJ Akbar to Rajeev Chandrasekhar: Here are 9 journalists nominated to RS

Live Mint  

The unexpected nomination of journalist Sagarika Ghose by the Trinamool Congress for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls has sparked a renewed discussion on the intersection of journalism and politics. In 2018, journalist Sevanti Ninan wrote that every time a media owner or journalist is nominated to the Rajya Sabha, “it evokes a passing bout of hand-wringing over journalistic independence”. On …

MP Congress Chief Seeks RS Nomination for Sonia from State
1 year, 1 month ago

MP Congress Chief Seeks RS Nomination for Sonia from State

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: Politics in Congress in Madhya Pradesh over nomination to the Rajya Sabha from the state in the February 27 biennial elections heats up with state party president Jitu Patwari on Monday making an appeal to Sonia Gandhi to go to the upper house from MP in the polls. Mr Patwari’s call for RS nomination for Ms Gandhi from MP …

BJP releases candidate list for Rajya Sabha election
1 year, 1 month ago

BJP releases candidate list for Rajya Sabha election

Hindustan Times  

The BJP on Sunday announced its candidates from Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections. BJP releases candidate list for Rajya Sabha election Sushil Kumar Modi's name is missing from the list but he posted on X that there are very few workers in the country who have been sent to …

ABP-CVoter Opinion Poll: Should Rahul And Priyanka Gandhi Contest LS Polls From UP? Here's What People Think
1 year, 3 months ago

ABP-CVoter Opinion Poll: Should Rahul And Priyanka Gandhi Contest LS Polls From UP? Here's What People Think

ABP News  

The Bharatiya Janata Party won heavily in the recent elections, taking three Hindi heartland states - Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh. The Assembly elections, which are held in the winter months prior to the Lok Sabha elections, are viewed as a semi-final before the major fight. Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, BJP is gearing up to give a …

Who is Diya Kumari, Jaipur princess who won Rajasthan polls by 71,368 votes?
1 year, 3 months ago

Who is Diya Kumari, Jaipur princess who won Rajasthan polls by 71,368 votes?

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate and Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari won the Rajasthan's Vidhyadhar Nagar assembly seat against Congress' Sitaram Agarwal with a margin of 71,368 votes. BJP MP Diya Kumari Follow Election Results LIVE Updates here She credited prime minister Narendra Modi for the saffron party's performance in the assembly election in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh saying that Modi's …

Exclusive: Diya Kumari next Rajasthan Chief Minister? BJP MP answers
1 year, 3 months ago

Exclusive: Diya Kumari next Rajasthan Chief Minister? BJP MP answers

India Today  

Diya Kumari, Bharatiya Janata Party's sitting MP and party's candidate from Jaipur's Vidyadhar Nagar seat, on being asked about her candidature for the Chief Minister post, on Sunday said that the party leadership will decide on the selection of the CM. The public has uprooted the corrupt Congress government and voted for the BJP for development," Diya Kumari said amid …

Rajasthan Election 2023: Vasundhara Raje ahead with over 7,000 votes in Jhalrapatan constituency
1 year, 3 months ago

Rajasthan Election 2023: Vasundhara Raje ahead with over 7,000 votes in Jhalrapatan constituency

Firstpost  

According to initial trends for the Rajasthan assembly polls, counting for which began at 8 am on Sunday, BJP candidates are leading in several other seats BJP leader Vasundhara Raje is leading in Rajasthan’s Jhalrapatan assembly seat with 7,025 votes against her Congress rival Ramlal Chouhan, according to the Election Commission website. According to initial trends for the Rajasthan assembly …

Rajasthan Election Results highlights: BJP wins 115 seats, Cong bags 69
1 year, 3 months ago

Rajasthan Election Results highlights: BJP wins 115 seats, Cong bags 69

Hindustan Times  

Rajasthan Election Results highlights: The electoral politics of Rajasthan did not see any change in its three-decade tradition of voting out the incumbent party as the BJP is all set to form the government. Assembly Election 2023 results: Follow LIVE updates Rajasthan assembly election 2023: winners list Rajasthan Result: Big winners Former CM and BJP candidate from Jhalrapatan, Vasundhara Raje …

Rajasthan Election Results highlights: BJP wins 115 seats, Cong bags 69
1 year, 3 months ago

Rajasthan Election Results highlights: BJP wins 115 seats, Cong bags 69

Hindustan Times  

Rajasthan Election Results highlights: The electoral politics of Rajasthan did not see any change in its three-decade tradition of voting out the incumbent party as the BJP is all set to form the government. Assembly Election 2023 results: Follow LIVE updates Rajasthan assembly election 2023: winners list Rajasthan Result: Big winners Former CM and BJP candidate from Jhalrapatan, Vasundhara Raje …

BJP is scattered, PM Modi roaming in entire Rajasthan to find CM face, says Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
1 year, 4 months ago

BJP is scattered, PM Modi roaming in entire Rajasthan to find CM face, says Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

India TV News  

Rajasthan Election: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party saying they are scattered in Rajasthan adding it seems Prime Minister Narendra Modi is roaming every corner of the state to find a chief ministerial face for the party. Addressing a poll rally, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, "People across the country suffering from inflation. Watch | …

Rajasthan Assembly polls: Congress leader Pratap Singh Khachariyawas files nomination from civil lines | VIDEO
1 year, 4 months ago

Rajasthan Assembly polls: Congress leader Pratap Singh Khachariyawas files nomination from civil lines | VIDEO

India TV News  

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023: Rajasthan minister and Congress leader Pratap Singh Khachariyawas filed his nomination for the November 25 Assembly polls today. The Congress leader filed his nomination for the Civil Lines Assembly constituency, a seat from where the Bharatiya Janata Party is yet to announce its candidate. In the 2018 Assembly elections, Khachariyawas registered victory from the Civil Lines …

Caste Equations to Be Crucial in MP's Indore-1 Seat; Cong Candidate Shukla Reworks Poll Strategy After Vijayvargiya's Entry
1 year, 5 months ago

Caste Equations to Be Crucial in MP's Indore-1 Seat; Cong Candidate Shukla Reworks Poll Strategy After Vijayvargiya's Entry

News 18  

The BJP’s move to field its general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya from Indore-1 segment has promoted sitting MLA and Congress candidate Sanjay Shukla to rework his poll strategy to retain the seat, where caste equations are expected to play a key role in the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly elections. With the entry of BJP heavyweight Vijayvargiya into the poll battle, Shukla …

Rajasthan Polls: BJP releases first candidate list, 7 MPs fielded. Check list
1 year, 5 months ago

Rajasthan Polls: BJP releases first candidate list, 7 MPs fielded. Check list

Live Mint  

The Bhartiya Janata Party has released their first list of candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Rajasthan. Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari, and Jaipur Rural MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore are among the seven BJP parliamentarians who will contest the Rajasthan Assembly polls. According to the list, BJP leader Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore will be contesting from Jhotwara, Diya Kumari from Vidhyadhar …

BJP Seeking Votes in PM Modi's Name in Karnataka, Cong Going 'Vocal for Local': Jairam Ramesh
1 year, 10 months ago

BJP Seeking Votes in PM Modi's Name in Karnataka, Cong Going 'Vocal for Local': Jairam Ramesh

News 18  

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that while the BJP was seeking votes in the Karnataka Assembly polls in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress had adopted the PM’s “vocal for local” slogan and was raising issues of the people of the state. In an interview with PTI, Ramesh said Karnataka, after four years of …

Karnataka Assembly elections | In his fifth poll promise, Rahul Gandhi announces free travel for women in public transport buses
1 year, 10 months ago

Karnataka Assembly elections | In his fifth poll promise, Rahul Gandhi announces free travel for women in public transport buses

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on April 27, announced free travel for women in public transport buses across the State from the very first day of its government, as the fifth poll promise of the Party. Addressing a public meeting in Mangaluru, Mr. Gandhi said the Congress was committed to implementing its poll promises—Gruha Lakshmi, Gruha Jyothi, Anna Bhagya, Yuva Bhagya, …

Gujarat Assembly polls | Rahul Gandhi part of Congress’ list of 40 star campaigners
2 years, 4 months ago

Gujarat Assembly polls | Rahul Gandhi part of Congress’ list of 40 star campaigners

The Hindu  

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are among the 40 star campaigners the party announced on November 15, 2022 for the Gujarat assembly elections. Other key star campaigners include Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, his Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel, AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Keral Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, former Chief Ministers Digvijaya …

PM Modi, Amit Shah & Rajnath Singh among BJP's Himachal star campaigners. List here
2 years, 5 months ago

PM Modi, Amit Shah & Rajnath Singh among BJP's Himachal star campaigners. List here

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has named Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his Himachal Pradesh counterpart Jairam Thakur as prominent leaders who would campaign for the party in the hill state ahead of Assembly elections. BJP national president JP Nadda, defence minister Rajnath Singh, Madhya chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan …

PT Usha, composer Ilaiyaraaja, Vijayendra Prasad and Veerendra Heggade nominated to Rajya Sabha
2 years, 8 months ago

PT Usha, composer Ilaiyaraaja, Vijayendra Prasad and Veerendra Heggade nominated to Rajya Sabha

Firstpost  

‘Will certainly enrich Parliamentary proceedings’, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he took to Twitter on Wednesday to congratulate all the four presidential nominees Keeping with its ethos of inclusivity, the NDA government has nominated four legendary personalities — a woman, a Dalit, and a member of a religious minority — to the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday Former Olympic track …

Anita Katyal | Uddhav should’ve kept home to self; some in Opp. for Sinha grandstand
2 years, 9 months ago

Anita Katyal | Uddhav should’ve kept home to self; some in Opp. for Sinha grandstand

Deccan Chronicle  

Embattled Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray must be ruing the day he agreed to gift the home ministry to the Nationalist Congress party two years ago during their negotiations on distribution of portfolios. * When Charanjit Singh Channi was appointed Punjab chief minister, Nehru-Gandhi scion Rahul Gandhi had announced with grand flourish that he was the state’s first dalit chief …

After RS win, BJP eyes fifth Council seat in Maharashtra
2 years, 9 months ago

After RS win, BJP eyes fifth Council seat in Maharashtra

The Hindu  

Riding high on successful Rajya Sabha election from Maharashtra, Bharatiya Janata Party has set its eyes on June 20 state council polls for 10 vacant seats, elcetions for which will be through secret ballot. The ruling MVA had proposed that in return to making Rajya Sabha election unopposed, it will ensure victory of fifth BJP candidate, which the BJP declined. …

Rajya Sabha poll | BJP trumps MVA, secures victory of three candidates
2 years, 9 months ago

Rajya Sabha poll | BJP trumps MVA, secures victory of three candidates

The Hindu  

In what turned out to be a day of twists and turns, Bharatiya Janata Party trumped over Maha Vikas Aghadi by winning three out six seats in a fiercely contested battle for Rajya Sabha which witnessed a delay of over nine hours to start counting as a result of demands to cancel votes, appeal for the same to the central …

RS Polls: Cong Rides Out Rajasthan Storm But Maken's Loss, Hoodas' Clout May Trigger Haryana Hurricane
2 years, 9 months ago

RS Polls: Cong Rides Out Rajasthan Storm But Maken's Loss, Hoodas' Clout May Trigger Haryana Hurricane

News 18  

A desert storm may have been averted in Rajasthan with all three wins by the Ashok Gehlot government in Friday’s Rajya Sabha elections but in Haryana, the storm may just be whipping up. Bhupinder Hooda is CLP leader, while his protégé Udai Bhan was made state Congress chief. Kumari Selja, who had to give up her post to accommodate Bhupinder …

Rajya Sabha Elections 2022: Full list of winners
2 years, 9 months ago

Rajya Sabha Elections 2022: Full list of winners

Live Mint  

The counting of votes for the Rajya Sabha elections was held across four states. Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal, Randeep Surjewala and Jairam Ramesh of the Congress and Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut were among the 16 candidates elected to the Rajya Sabha from four states where polling was held on Friday. Maharashtra's ruling Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance suffered a …

All Cong RS nominees win from Rajasthan, Subhash Chandra fails to make the cut
2 years, 9 months ago

All Cong RS nominees win from Rajasthan, Subhash Chandra fails to make the cut

Hindustan Times  

Congress leaders Mukul Wasnik, Randeep Surjewala and Pramod Tiwari, and BJP's Ghanshyam Tiwari are set to join their colleagues in the Rajya Sabha as the party's faces from Rajasthan. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot with the Congress candidates and others flashes the victory sign during the Rajya Sabha election in Jaipur, on Friday. I congratulate all the three newly elected …

In high-octane Rajya Sabha contest, 2 union ministers among 10 key candidates
2 years, 9 months ago

In high-octane Rajya Sabha contest, 2 union ministers among 10 key candidates

Hindustan Times  

The voting for Rajya Sabha elections to 16 seats across four states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Haryana are underway. The Rajya Sabha polls feature prominent figures vying for a seat in the upper house across four states. Praful Patel : Former union minister and NCP leader Praful Patel is also in contention for a berth in the Rajya Sabha. …

Voting for closely-watched Rajya Sabha polls for 16 seats in 4 states: In pics
2 years, 9 months ago

Voting for closely-watched Rajya Sabha polls for 16 seats in 4 states: In pics

Hindustan Times  

Voting for closely-watched Rajya Sabha polls for 16 seats in 4 states: In pics Voting is being held for 16 Rajya Sabha seats across four states -- Rajasthan, Haryana, Maharashtra, and Karnataka. The counting of votes will take place at 5pm.. 1 / 7 View Photos in a new improved layout Polling to elect members of the Upper House of …

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