Thakur appointed as new J’khand Cong chief; choice of working presidents raises eyebrows
3 years, 3 months ago

Thakur appointed as new J’khand Cong chief; choice of working presidents raises eyebrows

Hindustan Times  

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday appointed Rajesh Thakur president of the party’s faction-ridden Jharkhand unit, besides appointing four new working presidents. Rajesh Thakur The party also appointed Member of Parliament Geeta Kora, legislator Bandhu Tirkey, Jaleshwar Mahto and Shahzada Anwar as working presidents of the state unit. Jharkhand Congress spokesperson Alok Dubey, who was close to the outgoing president Rameshwar Oraon, even questioned the choice of president Rajesh Thakur saying the party should have stuck with a tribal face. Thakur was one of the five working presidents of the party in Jharkhand, besides being the media in charge of the state unit since ahead of the 2019 assembly polls.

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Jharkhand Cabinet expansion today, 4 Congress MLAs among 10 to take oath
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Jharkhand Cabinet expansion today, 4 Congress MLAs among 10 to take oath

India Today  

Ten MLAs -- four Congress, five Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, one Rashtriya Janata Dal -- are likely to be inducted into Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's Cabinet today. The long-awaited Cabinet expansion comes a week after Soren took oath as the 14th Chief Minister of Jharkhand after the ruling JMM-led coalition won 56 out of 81 Assembly seats in the recently …

Hemant Soren's fourth stint as Jharkhand Chief Minister, to take oath today
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Hemant Soren's fourth stint as Jharkhand Chief Minister, to take oath today

India Today  

Hemant Soren will take oath as the 14th Chief Minister of Jharkhand today after his Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led coalition won the recently-concluded state elections by securing 56 out of the total 81 Assembly seats. As per a JMM leader, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, MP Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad …

Jharkhand: Who can become ministers in Hemant Soren Cabinet? Probable list
4 weeks ago

Jharkhand: Who can become ministers in Hemant Soren Cabinet? Probable list

India TV News  

After getting a dominating win the state assembly elections, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader and CM-elect Hemant Soren is all set to take oath on November 28. Here is the list of probable names which can be included in the Hemant Soren Cabinet. List of probable minsiters in Hemant Soren Cabinet Since the govt will be formed in coalition, members of …

Maharashtra government formation Highlights: Who will be Mahayuti’s CM pick? Aaditya Thackeray elected Shiv Sena (UBT) legislature party leader
4 weeks ago

Maharashtra government formation Highlights: Who will be Mahayuti’s CM pick? Aaditya Thackeray elected Shiv Sena (UBT) legislature party leader

The Hindu  

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP head Ajit Pawar on Monday said discussions were underway among the Mahayuti partners to finalise a formula for the new government formation in the State. Even as the Election Commission presented its notification and the government gazette with the names of elected candidates in the Assembly polls to the Governor of Maharashtra on Sunday, …

Hemant Soren to take oath as Jharkhand Chief Minister on November 26: Sources
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Hemant Soren to take oath as Jharkhand Chief Minister on November 26: Sources

India TV News  

Hemant Soren swearing-in: JMM leader Hemant Soren will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Jharkhand for the fourth time on November 26, said sources. Key leaders including Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, CPI …

Rahul Gandhi Says MVA To Analyse 'Strange' Maharashtra Results, Himanta Biswa Says Jharkhand Loss 'Painful'
1 month ago

Rahul Gandhi Says MVA To Analyse 'Strange' Maharashtra Results, Himanta Biswa Says Jharkhand Loss 'Painful'

ABP News  

Assembly Elections 2024: The results for both the Maharashtra and the Jharkhand Assembly elections were announced on Saturday. #WATCH | #MaharashtraElection2024 | Maharashtra Dy CM Ajit Pawar says, "Some of the schemes like Ladki Bahin yojana have played a major role in our victory.I want to thank my voters for once again giving me this responsibility.I will continue working for …

Congress's Rameshwar Oraon leads AJSU's Neru Shanti Bhagat from Lohardaga seat
1 month ago

Congress's Rameshwar Oraon leads AJSU's Neru Shanti Bhagat from Lohardaga seat

Hindustan Times  

Congress's Rameshwar Oraon is leading by over 16,000 votes in the Lohardaga seat. The political fate of key political leaders in Jharkhand including Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Rameshwar Oraon and BJP President Babulal Marandi will be decided on Saturday as the election results will be announced today. About Rameshwar Oraon Veteran leader of the Indian National Congress, Rameshwar Oraon is …

Jharkhand Election Results: Babulal Marandi leads by 1,840 votes over CPIML’s Rajkumar Yadav
1 month ago

Jharkhand Election Results: Babulal Marandi leads by 1,840 votes over CPIML’s Rajkumar Yadav

Live Mint  

The Bharatiya Janata Party's Jharkhand unit chief, Babulal Marandi, was leading by 1,840 votes over CPIML's Rajkumar Yadav in the Dhanwar assembly seat after the first round of vote counting, according to the Election Commission of India. Marandi won the Dhanwar seat in the 2019 assembly polls as a Jharkhand Vikas Morcha candidate by defeating the BJP's Lakshman Prasad Singh …

Jharkhand Assembly Election Results LIVE 2024: List of constituency-wise leading candidates and parties
1 month ago

Jharkhand Assembly Election Results LIVE 2024: List of constituency-wise leading candidates and parties

India TV News  

Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 Full List of Leading Candidates: The counting of votes for all 81 Assembly constituencies in Jharkhand along with 288 seats in Maharashtra is presently underway. Key candidates in Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren from Barhait, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi from Dhanwar, former Chief Minister Champai Soren from Seraikella, Geeta Koda from Jaganathpur, Saryu …

Assembly Election Results LIVE: Hatia, Kanke, Khijri, Mandar, Ranchi, Silli and Tamar, Jharkhand
1 month ago

Assembly Election Results LIVE: Hatia, Kanke, Khijri, Mandar, Ranchi, Silli and Tamar, Jharkhand

Live Mint  

The Election Commission is announcing results for Hatia, Kanke, Khijri, Mandar, Ranchi, Silli and Tamar seats in Ranchi district of Jharkhand today. Voting for the Jharkhand assembly elections was held on 13 November and 20 November in two phases. After the assembly election results were announced in 2019, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal formed the state …

Maharashtra Results: Amit Shah congratulates Devendra Fadnavis, Shinde and Ajit Pawar on phone call
1 month ago

Maharashtra Results: Amit Shah congratulates Devendra Fadnavis, Shinde and Ajit Pawar on phone call

India TV News  

Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2024: Union Home Minister Amit Shah today spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Ministers Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis to congratulate them as the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is on course to retain power in Maharashtra. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were leading in their …

Jharkhand election result live updates: Election Commission to count votes today. Can Hemant Soren govt retain power?
1 month ago

Jharkhand election result live updates: Election Commission to count votes today. Can Hemant Soren govt retain power?

Hindustan Times  

Jharkhand election result live: Security personnel stands guard near strong room on the eve of the counting of votes for the Jharkhand Assembly elections in Ranchi. Jharkhand election result live updates: The Election Commission of India is all set to begin the counting of votes for Jharkhand assembly polls on November 23. - The BJP contested 68 seats in the …

Parties Brace for Results in Jharkhand
1 month ago

Parties Brace for Results in Jharkhand

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: There is guarded optimism in the BJP-led NDA and the I.N.D.I.A. While the NDA parties are hoping that the exit polls predicting their win come true, the Opposition camp is also confident. Chief Minister Hemant Soren contested from Barhait, his wife Kalpana from Gandey, while the Leader of Opposition Amar Kumar Bauri contested from Chandankiyari. Here the BJP …

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

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

Hindustan Times  

The counting of votes for the high stake by-polls to three Assembly segments in Karnataka, which witnessed a fierce fight between the ruling Congress and a combative BJP-JD alliance, will take place on Saturday. The by-polls to Sandur, Shiggaon and Channapatna were necessitated as the seats fell vacant following the election of their respective representatives -- E Tukaram of Congress, …

Congress appoints veteran leaders as AICC observers for Maharashtra, Jharkhand post-election scenarios
1 month ago

Congress appoints veteran leaders as AICC observers for Maharashtra, Jharkhand post-election scenarios

India TV News  

Gearing up for the counting of votes in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed senior leaders as All India Congress Committee observers in the two states. Observers for Maharashtra, Jharkhand The Congress has appointed former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, and senior leader G. Parameshwar as observers for Maharashtra. Maharashtra election …

Assembly Election Results 2024 Date: Poll outcome for Maharashtra, Jharkhand to be declared today
1 month ago

Assembly Election Results 2024 Date: Poll outcome for Maharashtra, Jharkhand to be declared today

India TV News  

Assembly Election Result 2024: The Assembly Elections 2024 in Maharashtra and Jharkhand ended on November 20. Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray became the Chief Minister with the backing of Congress and Sharad Pawar's NCP in 2019 and remained the CM till 2022 before Eknath Shinde engineered defection in the Shiv Sena and joined hands with the BJP. Chief Minister Eknath …

Watch: Salman Khan arrives to vote in Maharashtra elections amid heavy security
1 month ago

Watch: Salman Khan arrives to vote in Maharashtra elections amid heavy security

India Today  

Salman Khan arrived at the Mount Mary School polling booth in Mumbai to cast his vote in the ongoing Maharashtra Elections. Watch the video here: Other than Salman, several stars from the industry, including Ranbir Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and others cast their votes on Wednesday, November 20. Voting in Maharashtra is …

Big names face the test as Jharkhand votes in Phase I; Priyanka makes electoral debut in Wayanad
1 month, 1 week ago

Big names face the test as Jharkhand votes in Phase I; Priyanka makes electoral debut in Wayanad

The Hindu  

Voters are set to go to the polls in 43 of Jharkhand’s 81 Assembly constituencies on Wednesday, as well as for bypolls in 31 Assembly seats scattered across the country, and in the high-profile Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala where Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is making her electoral debut. Key contests in the first phase of polling …

Jharkhand Polls: 1.37 Crore Electors Set To Vote In Phase 1; Champai Soren, 6 Ministers Among Candidates
1 month, 1 week ago

Jharkhand Polls: 1.37 Crore Electors Set To Vote In Phase 1; Champai Soren, 6 Ministers Among Candidates

ABP News  

Jharkhand Election 2024: The first phase of voting for 43 Assembly seats in Jharkhand is set to take place on Wednesday, November 13, with a fierce contest between the National Democratic Alliance and the INDIA Bloc. Among them is former Chief Minister Champai Soren, who, after joining the BJP just a month after being ousted from the Chief Minister’s office, …

Amit Shah says Hemant Soren's govt ‘laid out red carpet for Bangladeshi infiltrators’
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Amit Shah says Hemant Soren's govt ‘laid out red carpet for Bangladeshi infiltrators’

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday hit out at the Hemant Soren-led coalition government in Jharkhand, accusing it of laying out “red carpet for Bangladeshi infiltrators”. Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses the joint 'Vijay Sankalp Sabha' of Hazaribagh, Ramgarh and Mandu Assembly Constituencies ahead of the Jharkhand Assembly polls, in Hazaribagh. “The JMM-led coalition has laid out red …

Dynastic politics in focus with kin of MPs in fray in Assam bypolls
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Dynastic politics in focus with kin of MPs in fray in Assam bypolls

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: The issue of 'dynastic politics' has taken the centre-stage in Assam by-elections with both the ruling alliance and the main opposition party fielding candidates from political families, and the parties engaging in a sparring match targeting each other over it. If it is Barpeta MP Phani Bhusan Choudhury's wife Diptimayee contesting as ruling alliance candidate on an Asom Gana …

Jharkhand elections | People want Hemant Soren to return to power: Kalpana Soren
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Jharkhand elections | People want Hemant Soren to return to power: Kalpana Soren

The Hindu  

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Kalpana Soren and wife of Chief Minister Hemant Soren is one of the party’s star campaigners and is not leaving a single stone unturned to ensure the victory of INDIA bloc candidates. The people earlier gave 20 years to the BJP to govern the State but this is for the first time in Jharkhand that the …

Rahul Gandhi to address Congress leaders on November 5
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi to address Congress leaders on November 5

The Hindu  

Congress leader and also leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi will address the Congress workers on Tuesday in the city as the Telangana government starts his idea of a caste census through a caste survey to determine the number people belonging to the Backward Classes. Mr. Gandhi is likely to give a direction to the party leaders and …

BJP's Working President Claims He Was Handpicked for State Assembly Race
1 month, 3 weeks ago

BJP's Working President Claims He Was Handpicked for State Assembly Race

Hindustan Times  

Former Jharkhand minister Ravindra Kumar Ray, appointed as the working president of the Bharatiya Janata Party's Jharkhand unit, has denied speculation that his appointment is linked to rumours of rebellion. He expressed confidence in the BJP's ability to form the government in the state, highlighting the party's history of development and welfare schemes.

Congress Announces 39 Candidates in Mumbai, Including 5 for the City
1 month, 3 weeks 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 …

Congress Announces Second List of 23 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Elections
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Congress Announces Second List of 23 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Elections

ABP News  

The Congress party has released its third list of 16 candidates for Maharashtra Assembly elections. The list features Sachin Sawant and Manikrao Thakare, who will represent the Andheri and Digras constituencies respectively. The party has also nominated Asif Zakaria, the wife of disqualified party leader Sunil Kedar, for the Saoner seat in Nagpur district.

Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray's Second List of Candidates in Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray's Second List of Candidates in Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024

ABP News  

The second list of candidates for the Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 has been released, with 15 names. Among them, former Mayor of Mumbai Shraddha Jadhav will contest the Wadala Assembly constituency against eight-time MLA Kalidas Kolambkar of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Another fight to watch out for is the Kalyan East assembly seat contest, where former Deputy Mayor at Ulhasnagar …

BJP Announces Candidate List for Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan Bypolls
1 month, 4 weeks ago

BJP Announces Candidate List for Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan Bypolls

Deccan Chronicle  

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its candidate list for the upcoming by-elections in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. The list includes candidates for all seven assembly seats in Rajasthan, with key contenders including Ramvir Singh Thakur (Kundarki) and Sanjeev Sharma (Ghaziabad). In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has fielded candidates for Kundarki, Ghaziabad, Khair, Karhal, Phulpur, Katehari, and Majhawan.

Congress Releases First List of 21 Candidates for Jharkhand Assembly Polls
2 months ago

Congress Releases First List of 21 Candidates for Jharkhand Assembly Polls

Live Mint  

Congress releases its first list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly polls. The party has fielded Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon from the Lohardaga seat, Tirkey to contest from Mandar, Shipli Neha Tirkey from the Mandar (ST) constituency, and several senior leaders, including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

BJP Announces First List of 99 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Election
2 months ago

BJP Announces First List of 99 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Election

New Indian Express  

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its first list of 99 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. The list includes 71 sitting MLAs, 13 women candidates, and the kin of some regional satraps including Congress-turned-BJP politician Ashok Chavan's daughter. The saffron party has retained 71 MLAs and dropped three.

BJP's Nikhil Kumaraswamy Focuses on Coordination in Shiggaon and Sandur
2 months ago

BJP's Nikhil Kumaraswamy Focuses on Coordination in Shiggaon and Sandur

The Hindu  

BJP leader Nikhil Kumaraswamy visited Shiggaon and Sandur constituencies to address party workers and facilitate coordination with their alliance partner. He spoke to presspersons in Hubballi and clarified that he was just discharging the responsibility given to him on strengthening the party. He said the decision by JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda to align with BJP in the Parliamentary election …

BJP Announces 66 Candidates for Jharkhand Assembly Elections
2 months ago

BJP Announces 66 Candidates for Jharkhand Assembly Elections

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced 66 candidates for the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly elections. The party has fielded state chief Babulal Marandi from Dhanwar, Lobin Hembrom from Borio, Sita Soren from Jamtara, former Jharkhand CM Champai Soren from Saraikella, Geeta Balmuchu from Chaibasa, Geeta Koda from Jaganathpur, Meera Munda from Potka among others.

AAP, BJP, Congress, JJP announce candidates as Hry polls campaign intensifies
3 months, 2 weeks ago

AAP, BJP, Congress, JJP announce candidates as Hry polls campaign intensifies

Hindustan Times  

With the deadline for filing nominations approaching on September 12, political parties have started announcing their candidates for key constituencies in South Haryana, including Gurugram and Badshahpur. The top leadership had initially taken a wait-and-watch approach, but as the campaign intensifies, candidates are now reaching out to their strongholds and party workers, seeking to unite dissatisfied members, say political observers. …

New president faces big challenge in appointing TPCC office-bearers
3 months, 2 weeks ago

New president faces big challenge in appointing TPCC office-bearers

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Even as the ruling Congress has successfully completed the process of appointing the new Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president after lengthy deliberations, a major challenge lies before it in the form of appointments of state office-bearers as well as Cabinet expansion. Recently, the All India Congress Committee picked loyal party worker Bomma Mahesh Kumar Goud as the new TPCC …

Jharkhand Police deny spying on Champai Soren
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Jharkhand Police deny spying on Champai Soren

The Hindu  

Former Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Champai Soren on Thursday resigned as an MLA and a Minister in the Jharkhand Cabinet. Champai Soren says he will join BJP on August 30.mp4 Jharkhand Governor Santosh Gangwar accepted his resignation following which Chief Minister Hemant Soren recommended Ghatshila JMM MLA Ramdas Soren to be inducted into the Cabinet. Editorial |Soren vs Soren: On …

NDA fields Upendra Kushwaha and Manan Kumar Mishra for Rajya Sabha bypolls
4 months ago

NDA fields Upendra Kushwaha and Manan Kumar Mishra for Rajya Sabha bypolls

The Hindu  

Rashtriya Lok Morcha national president Upendra Kushwaha and BJP leader Manan Kumar Mishra on Wednesday filed the nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha byelections as the candidates of the National Democratic Alliance. Mr. Kushwaha, a former Union Minister, had contested the 2024 Lok Sabha election but faced defeat whereas Mr. Mishra is senior advocate in the Supreme Court and chairman …

Cong may focus on youth and loyalists for tickets in assembly polls
4 months ago

Cong may focus on youth and loyalists for tickets in assembly polls

Hindustan Times  

The Congress might give preference to young leaders, fresh faces and loyalists in the ticket selection for the upcoming assembly polls, senior leaders told HT after the party brass met the screening committees of the four poll-bound states on Monday. Cong may focus on youth and loyalists for tickets in assembly polls According to three leaders who were present in …

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

Uddhav, Sharad Pawar To Join Rahul Gandhi For Congress Rally In Mumbai On Aug 20 As MVA Mulls CM Face
4 months ago

Uddhav, Sharad Pawar To Join Rahul Gandhi For Congress Rally In Mumbai On Aug 20 As MVA Mulls CM Face

ABP News  

Congress is all set to celebrate the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on August 20 in Mumbai. On the day, the Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar will be sharing the stage with Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi as the alliance will likely sound the poll bugle on the day. Besides …

Former Bihar Congress president Ram Jatan Sinha re-joins the party
4 months, 1 week ago

Former Bihar Congress president Ram Jatan Sinha re-joins the party

The Hindu  

Former Bihar Congress president Ram Jatan Sinha on Wednesday rejoined the party in Delhi in the presence of State party chief Akhilesh Prasad Singh, senior party leader Pawan Khera, and others. Mr. Sinha was Bihar Congress president from 2003-2005 but quit the party in 2012. “Ram Jatan Sinha went away from us due to some reasons in 2012, but could …

Jharkhand Assembly election will not be a cakewalk for any party: Saryu Roy
4 months, 1 week ago

Jharkhand Assembly election will not be a cakewalk for any party: Saryu Roy

The Hindu  

Days after joining the Janata Dal, veteran Jharkhand leader and independent MLA Saryu Roy said that the upcoming Assembly election would not be a cakewalk for any political party. Slamming the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand Mukti Morcha government, Mr. Roy alleged that Mr. Soren had no control over corruption and government. He can once again play a crucial role in Jharkhand …

Maharashtra polls: MVA's seat-sharing talks have started, says Congress leader
4 months, 1 week ago

Maharashtra polls: MVA's seat-sharing talks have started, says Congress leader

Hindustan Times  

The three chief constituents of the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance have started preliminary seat-sharing talks for the Maharashtra assembly polls, senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said on Saturday. AICC General Secretary in charge of Maharashtra Ramesh Chennithala with Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole during party workers meeting, in Mumbai, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. The Congress, Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress …

‘Elections not won on strength of govt’: Keshav Maurya's fresh remark amid UP BJP rift buzz
4 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Elections not won on strength of govt’: Keshav Maurya's fresh remark amid UP BJP rift buzz

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Monday made another cryptic remark on ‘party vs government’ amid reports of infighting within the state Bharatiya Janata Party unit. “BJP is the present and the future.This time we might have missed but next time we will come back stronger.The hard work we should have done, we missed because we got …

Akhilesh adds ‘B’ to his PDA formula, names Mata Prasad Pandey as LoP
4 months, 3 weeks ago

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

Hindustan Times  

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

If RJD comes to power in Bihar, they will divert all reservations to Muslims: Vinod Tawde
5 months ago

If RJD comes to power in Bihar, they will divert all reservations to Muslims: Vinod Tawde

The Hindu  

BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde on Thursday, July 18, alleged that if the RJD is voted back to power in Bihar, they might “redirect” the reservations meant for backward classes to members of the Muslim community. ‘Global campaign’ He further added that people must also be informed of the “false campaign” during the recently-concluded Lok Sabha polls which spread …

High voter turnout in Amarwara bypoll as BJP, Congress face-off
5 months, 1 week ago

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

The Hindu  

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

BJP President JP Nadda appoints MLA Mohan Lal Badoli as the new president of party’s Haryana unit
5 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP President JP Nadda appoints MLA Mohan Lal Badoli as the new president of party’s Haryana unit

Live Mint  

BJP President JP Nadda appointed Haryana BJP MLA Mohan Lal Badoli on Tuesday as the party's state president. Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and other senior BJP leaders from the state have claimed that the ruling party will form its government for the third time in a row in Haryana. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on June 29 said the …

"Congress to form shadow cabinet in Rajasthan," says LoP Tika Ram Jully – India TV
5 months, 2 weeks ago

"Congress to form shadow cabinet in Rajasthan," says LoP Tika Ram Jully – India TV

India TV News  

The Leader of the Opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly, Tikaram Jully, on Monday announced that the Congress party will soon form a "shadow cabinet," assigning young MLAs to oversee various government departments. Jully emphasized that the young MLAs will be tasked with keeping a vigilant eye on the operations of different government departments. "We will give the responsibility of monitoring …

Anil Antony appointed BJP in-charge of Nagaland, Meghalaya
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Anil Antony appointed BJP in-charge of Nagaland, Meghalaya

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: In recognition of the party’s exceptional performance in Kerala in the Lok Sabha election, the BJP leadership has accorded key national-level responsibilities to V Muraleedharan and Anil Antony, who put up a valiant fight in their constituencies, even as it reposed trust in Prakash Javadekar, retaining him as the Kerala prabhari. BJP president J P Nadda on Friday appointed …

12 candidates in fray for 11 seats in Maharashtra Legislative Council election
5 months, 2 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 …

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