Anti-graft ‘iron lady’ challenges Rijiju, former CM Tuki in Arunachal
8 months, 1 week ago

Anti-graft ‘iron lady’ challenges Rijiju, former CM Tuki in Arunachal

The Hindu  

The battle in Arunachal West, one of India’s largest Lok Sabha constituencies by area, is expected to be between Union Minister Kiren Rijiju of the BJP and former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki of Congress. People know Arunachal Pradesh witnessed unprecedented development under Modiji’s leadership,” Mr. Rijiju, 52, eyeing his third term from the constituency, says. The allegedly Hindutva-driven divide between the followers of indigenous faiths and Christianity — both groups in almost equal numbers — is also said to be a factor with the Arunachal Christian Forum having issued a “vote for Congress” circular to show the “anti-Christian” BJP the door. Fellow party candidate from the Arunachal East seat, Bosiram Siram is also hopeful of an upset because of the “anti-incumbency” factor against the Tapir Gao, the BJP’s controversial representative.

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Congress's Edge Over BJP-JDS Alliance in Assembly Elections
2 months ago

Congress's Edge Over BJP-JDS Alliance in Assembly Elections

New Indian Express  

Congress holds an edge over the BJP-JDS alliance in the upcoming Assembly elections in Channapatna, Shiggaon and Sandur. However, the outcome will depend on the strategies adopted by both parties and the choice of candidates. Congress has improved its votebase by garnering over 85,000 votes against the BJP-JDS alliance's 1.25 lakh votes in the Lok Sabha elections. The ruling party …

Arunachal Pradesh Election Results 2024 Highlights: BJP wins both seats, Kiren Rijiju emerges victorious in Arunachal Pradesh West
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Arunachal Pradesh Election Results 2024 Highlights: BJP wins both seats, Kiren Rijiju emerges victorious in Arunachal Pradesh West

The Hindu  

Two days after it secured a continued another term in the Arunchal Pradesh Assembly election, the Bhartiya Janta Party has secured both seats in the State. Union Minister of the now erstwhile government Kiren Rijiju, who was seeking re-election in Arunachal Pradesh West seat, and Tapir Gao, who was representing the Arunachal Pradesh East seat, emerged victorious over their Congress …

All four women candidates of BJP win in Arunachal polls
6 months, 3 weeks ago

All four women candidates of BJP win in Arunachal polls

The Hindu  

All four women candidates fielded by the BJP in the Arunachal Pradesh assembly elections have registered victories. Former chief minister Kalikho Pul's widow Dasanglu Pul won the Hayuliang seat in Anjaw district unopposed. Nyabi Jini Dirchi, a greenhorn, has this time defeated sitting MLA Gokar Basar in Basar constituency by a margin of 1,791 votes. In 2019, three women had …

Arunachal Poll Result: BJP Wins 46 of 60 Seats, Congress Trails Behind NCP, Independents — Check Winners’ List
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Arunachal Poll Result: BJP Wins 46 of 60 Seats, Congress Trails Behind NCP, Independents — Check Winners’ List

ABP News  

Itanagar: The Bharatiya Janata Party achieved a significant victory in Arunachal Pradesh, winning 46 seats in the 60-member assembly, thus securing a clear majority for the third consecutive term. Of the 50 seats contested, the BJP clinched 36, with Chief Minister Pema Khandu being one of the 10 candidates who won unopposed. This continues the saffron party's stronghold in the …

Hattrick likely for BJP's Kiren Rijiju from Arunachal West seat: Exit poll
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hattrick likely for BJP's Kiren Rijiju from Arunachal West seat: Exit poll

India Today  

Union Minister and BJP leader Kiren Rijiju is likely to hold on to his Arunachal West Lok Sabha seat for a third consecutive time, according to India Today Axis My India exit poll. In 2019, Rijiju had earlier defeated Tuki from Arunachal West by a huge margin of over 1.74 lakh votes. Rijiju emerged victorious in the 2014 Lok Sabha …

Arunachal Pradesh Election: Over 68% Turnout Amid Clashes, EVM Snags. Know Seat-Wise Voting Percentage
8 months ago

Arunachal Pradesh Election: Over 68% Turnout Amid Clashes, EVM Snags. Know Seat-Wise Voting Percentage

ABP News  

Arunachal Pradesh assembly election on Friday witnessed clashes between supporters of two candidates near a polling station in the Bameng constituency, East Kameng district. Arunachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2024: Seat-Wise Turnout The polling percentages varied across districts, with Kamle, Lower Subansiri, and Pakke Kessang recording high turnouts, while Siang and Papum Pare saw very low lower participation. Here is a …

Assembly Elections LIVE — 68% Voter Turnout In Sikkim, 67% In Arunachal Pradesh
8 months ago

Assembly Elections LIVE — 68% Voter Turnout In Sikkim, 67% In Arunachal Pradesh

ABP News  

Arunachal And Sikkim Elections LIVE: Please follow this space and refresh the page for all the latest updates pertaining to Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. In the Arunachal West Parliamentary seat, eight candidates are in the fray including Union Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju and state Congress president Nabam Tuki. In Sikkim, Chief Minister and SKM supremo Prem …

Mirdha vs Beniwal: Old rivals to fight it out in Jat stronghold
8 months ago

Mirdha vs Beniwal: Old rivals to fight it out in Jat stronghold

Hindustan Times  

The close fight between old rivals Rashtriya Loktantrik Party leader Hanuman Beniwal and BJP’s Jyoti Mirdha has turned the battle for Nagaur seat — considered a Jat stronghold— interesting.According to political experts, the contest revolves around two prominent figures from the same social stratum. She will be backed by strong booth management of the BJP and appeal of Modi’s face.” …

Jat stronghold of Nagaur witnesses close contest in Rajasthan
8 months, 1 week ago

Jat stronghold of Nagaur witnesses close contest in Rajasthan

The Hindu  

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party supremo Hanuman Beniwal’s first-ever alliance with Congress and his subsequent candidature from the Opposition INDIA bloc, has rendered the Lok Sabha contest in the Jat stronghold of Nagaur into a fight between old rivals. In a role reversal, Ms. Mirdha, 51, whose clan has produced Congress stalwarts such as Ram Niwas Mirdha and Nathu Ram Mirdha in …

Matrilineal Meghalaya bets on women frontrunners
8 months, 1 week ago

Matrilineal Meghalaya bets on women frontrunners

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI If the candidates of the ruling National People’s Party win, matrilineal Meghalaya would be India’s first State with more than one Lok Sabha seat to have all-women Members of Parliament. Months before the elections were announced, the NPP nominated Health Minister Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh and Agatha K. Sangma from the Shillong and Tura seats encompassing 36 and 24 Assembly …

Congress, BJP expect to reap political benefit by fielding turncoats in Rajasthan
8 months, 1 week ago

Congress, BJP expect to reap political benefit by fielding turncoats in Rajasthan

The Hindu  

Political leaders switching sides after deserting their original parties, turncoats being fielded as candidates, new alliances being formed and caste groups shifting their traditional loyalties present a volatile scenario ahead of the Lok Sabha election in Rajasthan. The Congress has given tickets to Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Churu and two-time former BJP MLA Prahlad Gunjal from Kota, after they …

Arunachal Pradesh struggles with low representation of women in polls
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Arunachal Pradesh struggles with low representation of women in polls

The Hindu  

Even after the passage of the Constitution Bill aimed at bolstering women's participation in electoral politics, the ground reality speaks of a different narrative in Arunachal Pradesh. Only one woman represented the state in the Rajya Sabha till date, 15 women were elected to the assembly since Arunachal Pradesh graduated to a full-fledged state in 1987 from North East Frontier …

Lok Sabha polls: Bigwigs in fray in first phase in Northeast
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls: Bigwigs in fray in first phase in Northeast

Hindustan Times  

Guwahati: With the last date of withdrawal of nominations for the first phase ending on Saturday, battlelines have been drawn for polling in most Lok Sabha seats in Northeast and assembly constituencies in Arunachal Pradesh. The last date of withdrawal of nominations for the first phase is ending Saturday Several bigwigs from the region, including Union ministers Sarbananda Sonowal and …

133 candidates in fray for 50 assembly constituencies in Arunachal
8 months, 3 weeks ago

133 candidates in fray for 50 assembly constituencies in Arunachal

Hindustan Times  

Itanagar, A total of 133 candidates are in the fray for the 50 assembly constituencies in Arunachal Pradesh, which will go to the polls on April 19, officials said on Sunday. The BJP has fielded candidates in all the 50 seats that are going to the polls, while the opposition Congress is fighting in only 19 seats. The Meghalaya-based NPP …

‘Investment risk’ behind uncontested wins in Arunachal Pradesh
8 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Investment risk’ behind uncontested wins in Arunachal Pradesh

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The fear of not recovering the “investment” for a berth in the 60-member Assembly is believed to be the primary reason behind candidates winning uncontested in Arunachal Pradesh. Five Bharatiya Janata Party candidates, including Chief Minister Pema Khandu, are expected to win unopposed as they were the sole candidates in their respective constituencies after March 27, the last date …

Kiren Rijuju, Nabam Tuki file nomination papers for Arunachal West constituency
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Kiren Rijuju, Nabam Tuki file nomination papers for Arunachal West constituency

Deccan Chronicle  

Itanagar, Mar 26 Union minister Kiren Rijiju and state Congress president Nabam Tuki on Tuesday filed their nomination papers for the Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency. Rijiju, the Union Minister of Earth Sciences and Food Processing Industries, was accompanied by Chief Minister Pema Khandu and BJP MLAs Kento Jini and Nyamar Karbak. Apart from them, the others who filed the …

Rijiju files nomination from Arunachal West LS seat
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Rijiju files nomination from Arunachal West LS seat

Deccan Chronicle  

Itanagar, Mar 26 Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday filed his nomination as the BJP candidate for the Arunachal West parliamentary constituency. The Union Minister of Earth Sciences and Food Processing Industries was accompanied by Chief Minister Pema Khandu and MLAs Kento Jini and Nyamar Karbak. Arunachal Pradesh will have simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls in the first phase …

Digvijaya Singh, Karti Chidambaram In Congress' 4th List of Candidates
9 months ago

Digvijaya Singh, Karti Chidambaram In Congress' 4th List of Candidates

Deccan Chronicle  

The Congress on Saturday released its fourth list of 45 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, fielding its Uttar Pradesh unit chief Ajay Rai from Varanasi to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.While the Congress fielded veteran leader Digvijaya Singh from Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh, it nominated newly-inducted leader Lal Singh from Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur to take on Union …

NPP Releases List 29 Candidates Arunachal Pradesh Assembly Elections 2024 Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma
9 months ago

NPP Releases List 29 Candidates Arunachal Pradesh Assembly Elections 2024 Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Nationalist People's Party on Saturday announced its first list of 29 candidates for the upcoming Arunachal Pradesh assembly elections, set to take place on April 19. The decision by the Nationalist People's Party, under the leadership of Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, to refrain from fielding candidates for the two Lok Sabha seats in the northeastern state …

Lok Sabha elections 2024 | After protests, BJP candidates from Vadodara and Sabarkantha announce they would not contest the elections
9 months ago

Lok Sabha elections 2024 | After protests, BJP candidates from Vadodara and Sabarkantha announce they would not contest the elections

The Hindu  

After protests from local cadres, two candidates of BJP in Gujarat, Ranjanben Bhatt, the sitting MP from Vadodara, and Bhikhaji Thakor, the party’s candidate for Sabarkantha, have announced that they are unwilling to contest the Lok Sabha elections from their respective constituencies. Leaders, partyworkers upset Ms. Bhatt announced on social media that she will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha …

Congress declares 45 candidates, fields Ajay Rai against PM Modi in Varanasi
9 months ago

Congress declares 45 candidates, fields Ajay Rai against PM Modi in Varanasi

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress on Saturday released its fourth list of 45 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. The party has named Congress leader Digvijaya Singh from Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat, UP Congress president Ajay Rai from Varanasi against PM Modi, Imran Masood from Saharanpur, Virender Rawat from Haridwar, Danish Ali from Amroha, Alok Mishra from Kanpur among …

Congress announces first list of 34 candidates for Arunachal assembly polls
9 months ago

Congress announces first list of 34 candidates for Arunachal assembly polls

The Hindu  

The Congress on Thursday announced the first list of 34 candidates for the upcoming assembly polls in Arunachal Pradesh, scheduled for April 19. Notably, the names of Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee president and former chief minister Nabam Tuki and APCC vice-president Bosiram Siram were absent from the list. Some of the other first-timers are Sanhey Phutsok from Mukto constituency represented …

My Congress Opponent is a Non-Entity: Aruna
9 months ago

My Congress Opponent is a Non-Entity: Aruna

Deccan Chronicle  

Aruna, the party nominee from the Mahbubnagar Lok Sabha seat, said that those who don’t have political identity and whom the people hardly recognise are contesting the ensuing elections. In a reference to Congress candidate Challa Vamsichand Reddy, Aruna claimed that she had introduced him to politics. He has no political future without me,” she said Addressing a small gathering …

Arunachal Pradesh Congress Announces First List of Candidates
9 months ago

Arunachal Pradesh Congress Announces First List of Candidates

The Hindu  

The Congress party on March 21 announced the first list of 34 candidates for the Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh on April 19. Two prominent names missing from the first list are State Congress president and former Chief Minister Nabam Tuki and vice-president Bosiram Siram, a former Minister. While Mr. Tuki, an MLA from the Sagalee seat, is being considered …

Rijiju confident of winning fourth term from Arunachal West Lok Sabha seat
9 months ago

Rijiju confident of winning fourth term from Arunachal West Lok Sabha seat

Hindustan Times  

Itanagar, Union Minister and senior BJP leader Kiren Rijiju dismissed notions of an anti-incumbency wave against him in the Arunachal West Parliamentary seat and exuded confidence in securing a fourth term. Real voters are the ones who shape electoral outcomes, not a handful of political activists, Rijiju claimed, underlining his track record of tangible development initiatives across Arunachal Pradesh. Nobody …

Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections 2024 | BJP names candidates for all 60 seats; three Ministers not on list
9 months, 1 week ago

Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections 2024 | BJP names candidates for all 60 seats; three Ministers not on list

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday left out three Ministers and an MLA accused of rape from the list of candidates for the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly polls. Chief Minister Pema Khandu will contest again from the Mukto seat, Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein from his Chowkham seat, and Assembly Speaker Pasang Dorjee Sona from his Mechukha seat. They are Home …

In quest for 25/25, whiff of discontent in Rajasthan as BJP's first list of candidates out
9 months, 3 weeks ago

In quest for 25/25, whiff of discontent in Rajasthan as BJP's first list of candidates out

New Indian Express  

JAIPUR: The dropping of five sitting MPs in the BJP’s first list of 15 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan has brought to the fore rift within the party, sources said. Kaswan, representing the populous Jat community and winning Lok Sabha elections twice, wields substantial influence due to his political lineage. Similarly, the Nagaur seat garners attention …

Banking on discontent within the ruling Congress, BJP fields a Rajya Sabha candidate from Himachal Pradesh
10 months, 1 week ago

Banking on discontent within the ruling Congress, BJP fields a Rajya Sabha candidate from Himachal Pradesh

The Hindu  

In a surprise move, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday fielded Harsh Mahajan against Congress candidate Abhishek Singhvi for the lone Rajya Sabha berth from Himachal Pradesh, despite not having enough MLAs to win the seat. However, the BJP is banking on discontent among a section of Congress MLAs against their party high command for fielding Mr. Singhvi, an “outsider” …

Odisha: Political circles abuzz about BJD probable picks for 3 RS seats
10 months, 1 week ago

Odisha: Political circles abuzz about BJD probable picks for 3 RS seats

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Guessing games and speculations ran high in Odisha’s political circles as to who will be picked by the state’s ruling Biju Janata Dal as its nominees for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls. As it requires at least 38 votes to send a member to Rajya Sabha, the BJD with an effective strength of 111 members in the State Assembly, …

Jyoti Mirdha’s shift to BJP will not make any impact in Nagaur, says Hanuman Beniwal
1 year, 3 months ago

Jyoti Mirdha’s shift to BJP will not make any impact in Nagaur, says Hanuman Beniwal

The Hindu  

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party supremo and Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal on Tuesday said the former MP Jyoti Mirdha, who had joined the BJP, had “no political existence” and her shift from Congress to BJP would not make any impact in the Nagaur Lok Sabha constituency. Ms. Mirdha, who was the Nagaur MP during 2009-2014, is the grand-daughter of veteran Congress leader, …

DC Edit | It’ll take more than Cong to form a front against BJP
1 year, 10 months ago

DC Edit | It’ll take more than Cong to form a front against BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

It is not only perfectly legitimate for the Opposition to claim that it will replace those in power in the next election; it is their job to present themselves as a viable alternative before the electorate so that they have an option to choose from. From that point, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge was right when he said the people will …

Top BJP leaders to campaign in poll-bound Nagaland today
1 year, 10 months ago

Top BJP leaders to campaign in poll-bound Nagaland today

India Today  

Top BJP leaders, including Union ministers Kiren Rijiju and Sarbananda Sonowal, and the party's BJP national general secretary BL Santhosh, will campaign for the February 27 elections in Nagaland on Friday. Law Minister Rijiju will address a rally at Longwa public ground, and later attend meetings in Phomching and Tizit constituencies in the Mon district, state BJP media cell convenor …

Who will lead Opposition race in 2024?
2 years, 9 months ago

Who will lead Opposition race in 2024?

The Hindu  

Aam Admi Party’s landslide win in Punjab and the BJP’s emphatic wins in four other States will impact who get to occupy the leadership position among Opposition parties in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. An alternative political narrative is emerging, with the AAP and the TMC as its principal engines, with a ragtag Congress desperately pretending to …

BJP Names 85 More UP Candidates; Aditi Singh from Rae Bareli, Ex-IPS Officer Arun from Kannauj
2 years, 11 months ago

BJP Names 85 More UP Candidates; Aditi Singh from Rae Bareli, Ex-IPS Officer Arun from Kannauj

News 18  

The BJP on Friday fielded Aditi Singh, who left the Congress to join it, and Asim Arun, who recently quit the IPS, in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls as it released a list of 85 more candidates. The list also includes incumbent MLA Hariom Yadav, a distant relative of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav. The BJP has named both …

Massive Jolt For Congress In Meghalaya As Ex-CM Mukul Sangma, 11 MLAs Join TMC
3 years ago

Massive Jolt For Congress In Meghalaya As Ex-CM Mukul Sangma, 11 MLAs Join TMC

ABP News  

Shillong: In yet another massive setback for the Congress, this time in Meghalaya, 12 out of party's 18 MLAs joined Trinamool Congress on Wednesday, sources told ABP News. According to reports, the 12 MLAs who left the party also include former Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma. Several reports suggested that Sangma felt cornered at the party, a concern which has been …

BJP, allies confident of by-poll win in northeastern States
3 years, 2 months ago

BJP, allies confident of by-poll win in northeastern States

The Hindu  

The BJP and its strategic regional allies in the Northeast are confident of winning most of the 10 Assembly seats, where by-elections have been scheduled on October 30. BJP’s Assam unit president Bhabesh Kalita is upbeat about the party and one of its regional allies sweeping the five seats. The BJP would contest the Bhabanipur, Gossaigaon, Mariani and Thowrah seats, …

BJP performs well in Arunachal local bodies polls
3 years, 11 months ago

BJP performs well in Arunachal local bodies polls

India TV News  

The BJP on Saturday wrested Pasighat Municipal Council from the Congress by winning six of the eight seats of the civic body in Arunachal Pradesh. Among the 10 seats won by the BJP in the Itanagar civic body polls, five candidates were elected unopposed, State Election Commission Secretary Nyali Ete told reporters here. Among the prominent candidates in the IMC …

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