Congress focusing on ST assembly constituencies
1 year, 1 month ago

Congress focusing on ST assembly constituencies

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: Putting its best foot forward in the Telangana Assembly polls this time, the Congress is especially focusing on winning the ST constituencies. Senior Congress leader Naresh Jadhav, who was made Adilabad Parliament in-charge for the elections and AICC secretary P.C. Priyanka Gandhi might also address public meetings in some other ST constituencies in Warangal and Khammam districts in the second phase of her tour. The Congress leaders say tribals are a traditional vote bank of the Congress as the Congress governments had introduced the MNREGS scheme and issued Records of Forest Rights pattas when Y.S.

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Congress Meet on Tribal Issues From Jan. 5 to 11
2 weeks ago

Congress Meet on Tribal Issues From Jan. 5 to 11

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The Congress will hold a first-of-its-kind session on tribal issues, focusing on their empowerment and protection of constitutional rights, at Nagarjunasagar from January 5 to 11. The Congress is emphasising tribal issues in response to the growing influence of the BJP, RSS, and their affiliated organisations, particularly in Telangana. The Congress high command has expressed concerns over the BJP …

Jharkhand's loud message to BJP: Symbolic overtures won't win tribal votes
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Jharkhand's loud message to BJP: Symbolic overtures won't win tribal votes

India Today  

Jharkhand’s Scheduled Tribe constituencies delivered a stunning verdict in the recent elections, handing the INDIA coalition an almost complete victory and marking one of the most decisive rejections of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in recent history. The BJP’s losses extended to the national level in the general elections this year, where it forfeited all three ST-reserved Lok Sabha seats …

Assembly Election Highlights: Eknath Shinde Elected As Shiv Sena Legislature Party Leader
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Assembly Election Highlights: Eknath Shinde Elected As Shiv Sena Legislature Party Leader

ABP News  

Assembly Election Results Highlights: Hello and welcome to ABP Live! Meanwhile, in Jharkhand, the JMM-Congress alliance contested the Assembly polls in coalition to retain power, while the NDA, fought hard to come to power by overthrowing CM Hemant Soren's government. Mahayuti has won 230 of the 288 seats in the Maharashtra Assembly election, with the saffron party emerging as the …

Assembly election results: Mahayuti registers historic win in Maharashtra, JMM-led INDIA victorious in Jharkhand
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Assembly election results: Mahayuti registers historic win in Maharashtra, JMM-led INDIA victorious in Jharkhand

Firstpost  

Maharashtra saw a historic victory for the Mahayuti alliance, which dominated the Assembly elections by winning 234 of the 288 seats. A historic win in Maharashtra Maharashtra witnessed a historic victory for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance, which dominated the Assembly elections by winning 234 of the 288 seats, leaving the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi trailing far behind. Eknath Shinde’s Shiv …

Maharashtra Assembly election 2024: BJP-led Mahayuti alliance secures landslide victory, as per early trends
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra Assembly election 2024: BJP-led Mahayuti alliance secures landslide victory, as per early trends

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance is set to return to power in Maharashtra with a significant mandate, as per the trends from the Assembly election results. Maharashtra election results 2024 LIVE updates As of 12.30 p.m., the BJP was leading in close to 125 seats, while the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena had secured leads in 55 constituencies. Expressing gratitude …

Election results today: Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and key bypolls in focus
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Election results today: Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and key bypolls in focus

India Today  

The results of the Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, along with bypolls held across 48 assembly constituencies and two parliamentary seats in 13 states, will be announced on Saturday. Saturday would also be the verdict day for Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is making her poll debut from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. As for the seats in focus, …

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: ‘Democracy can wait, but waist cannot,’ Billionaire slams elites who may not vote
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: ‘Democracy can wait, but waist cannot,’ Billionaire slams elites who may not vote

Live Mint  

A Mumbai billionaire has criticised the city's elites, accusing them of being reluctant to step out and vote as Maharashtra goes to the polls today. Voting for the single-phase Maharashtra Assembly elections began at 7 am on Wednesday and will conclude at 6 pm, with polling taking place across 288 assembly constituencies. After all, democracy can wait, but the waist …

Maharashtra elections: How to find your nearest polling booth
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra elections: How to find your nearest polling booth

Hindustan Times  

Maharashtra and Jharkhand are set to cast their votes for the state assembly elections on Wednesday, November 20. The counting of votes for both Maharashtra and Jharkhand will take place on November 23. The Mahayuti alliance, comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, and Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party is one key contender. Meanwhile, Jharkhand has already voted …

Maharashtra Elections: Disputed Villages Push for Land Rights
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Maharashtra Elections: Disputed Villages Push for Land Rights

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: Voters from 14 disputed villages along the Telangana-Maharashtra border are set to participate in the Rajura Assembly Constituency elections in Maharashtra on November 20. On the final day of campaigning, rural development minister Seethakka and Backward Classes Minister Ponnam Prabhakar actively campaigned in Ghadchandur in Rajura and Ballarpur Assembly Constituencies on November 18, supporting their party’s candidates. Senior Congress …

A freebie race in Maharashtra election as Mahayuti and MVA rival for power
2 months ago

A freebie race in Maharashtra election as Mahayuti and MVA rival for power

Firstpost  

A high-stakes battle of freebies has begun, with the BJP and Congress-led alliances vying to win over crucial voting blocs, particularly women, farmers and youth. Among the six main parties in the race, four — Shiv Sena, Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray, Nationalist Congress Party, and Nationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar — claim to be the original factions. Freebies and …

Telangana: Congress increased its vote share in minority areas of three assembly segments
7 months, 1 week ago

Telangana: Congress increased its vote share in minority areas of three assembly segments

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: Congress party’s assembly constituency in-charges are busy "analyzing" the voting trends in their respective areas even as the party candidate Atram Suguna was defeated in the polls for the Adilabad LS seat. Congress candidate Atram Suguna got 77056 votes, BJP candidate 82394 votes and Atram Sakku 16265 votes in Adilabad assembly constituency. The Congress got 64033 votes, BJP candidate …

Srungavarapukota Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin
7 months, 1 week ago

Srungavarapukota Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin

News 18  

Follow the live updating tables on this page for the 2024 Srungavarapukota election result and real-time updates and status of candidates in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election. Poll Dates Srungavarapukota Assembly constituency went to the polls in Phase 1 of the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections on Monday, May 13, 2024. Past Results In the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Assembly …

Himachal Assembly bye-election: BJP fields all six former Congress MLAs who cross-voted in its favour in RS poll
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Himachal Assembly bye-election: BJP fields all six former Congress MLAs who cross-voted in its favour in RS poll

The Hindu  

Even as the Congress is yet to decide on its candidates for the parliamentary polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party has taken the lead in announcing its candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election as well as the bye-elections for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly. All the six former Congress legislators, who cross-voted in favour of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha …

Telangana: Congress govt brings resolution in Assembly to conduct caste census
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Telangana: Congress govt brings resolution in Assembly to conduct caste census

India TV News  

The Congress government in Telangana on Friday introduced a resolution in the Assembly to conduct a caste census in the state, a promise made by the party in the run-up to the Assembly polls last year. The resolution was brought by Backward Class Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar in the Assembly for the conduct of the census aimed at gathering caste …

Congress sweeps reserved SC/ST seats in Telangana
1 year, 1 month ago

Congress sweeps reserved SC/ST seats in Telangana

The Hindu  

The Congress party has put up a stellar performance in Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe reserved constituencies in Assembly elections in Telangana winning as many as 23 out of 31 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party drew a blank despite fielding candidates in all the 31 reserved constituencies. Seasoned SC leaders in the party like CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, former …

Telangana Assembly elections: Narrow 2% swing in votes helps Congress win, BRS’ vote share drops 10%
1 year, 1 month ago

Telangana Assembly elections: Narrow 2% swing in votes helps Congress win, BRS’ vote share drops 10%

Live Mint  

A narrow 2% shift in votes toward the Congress led to the Bharat Rashtra Samithi losing the assembly elections in Telangana. According to the Election Commission's data, the Congress won 64 assembly seats in the 119-member assembly, attaining a 39.40% vote share, while the BRS bagged 39 seats with a 37.35% vote share. The K Chandrasekhar Rao-led BRS witnessed a …

BJP sweeps tribal seats across M.P., Chhattisgarh; BAP opens account
1 year, 1 month ago

BJP sweeps tribal seats across M.P., Chhattisgarh; BAP opens account

The Hindu  

Across Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, which account for 31% of the country’s tribal population, the Bharatiya Janata Party swept seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes in the Assembly elections. In Rajasthan, the BJP managed to add four more ST seats to its tally compared to 2018, even as new entrant Bharat Adivasi Party capitalised on changing ideas of tribal identity …

Caste to welfare, all cards fall flat for Congress in heartland
1 year, 1 month ago

Caste to welfare, all cards fall flat for Congress in heartland

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Sunil Singh is jubilant. It wasn’t just Chhattisgarh -- the Congress’s Kamal Nath tried to leverage soft Hindutva for electoral gains in Madhya Pradesh, where the party was routed — and it wasn’t just Hindutva. And at still another, the Congress’s inability to effect a generational change in leadership in two of the three states, contrasted poorly with …

Telangana Assembly Election Results 2023: See LIVE Constituency-Wise Results Map
1 year, 1 month ago

Telangana Assembly Election Results 2023: See LIVE Constituency-Wise Results Map

The Quint  

In the 2023 state Assembly elections, Telangana is witnessing an interesting contest. The second Assembly polls in Telangana were scheduled for 2019 but K Chandrashekhar Rao-led TRS dissolved the house nine months early and Telangana went for an early elections which were held in 2018. After continuously ruling the state for nine years, the BRS is facing anti-incumbency in 2023 …

Telangana Assembly Elections 2023 | Survey predicts win for Congress, BRS to be main opposition
1 year, 1 month ago

Telangana Assembly Elections 2023 | Survey predicts win for Congress, BRS to be main opposition

The Hindu  

A pre-poll survey by Aaraa Poll Strategies Private Limited says the Congress is set to emerge as the single largest party with its least predicted number of seats very close to the magic figure. According to the survey, Congress is set to win in 58 to 67 constituencies, pushing the ruling BRS party to the second position with 41-49 seats. …

Polls will change political landscape in Telangana, says Uttam
1 year, 1 month ago

Polls will change political landscape in Telangana, says Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Congress MP and Huzurnagar candidate N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Monday said that the Assembly elections will completely change the political landscape of Telangana, and the Congress would get a clear victory with over 80 seats. They would be replaced with Congress leaders who have a strong desire to develop Telangana.” He said Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao himself …

Rajasthan polls: Two sons of Gujarat’s tribal leader up against each other
1 year, 1 month ago

Rajasthan polls: Two sons of Gujarat’s tribal leader up against each other

Hindustan Times  

Gujarati tribal leader Chhotubhai Vasava’s two sons are pitted against each other in Rajasthan’s tribal area for the upcoming assembly elections. His elder son, Mahesh, is leading the Bharatiya Tribal Party, which won two seats in the 2018 Rajasthan state polls while the younger one, Dilip, is supporting newly-formed Bharatiya Adivasi Party, on whose ticket, the two BTP MLAs are …

Telangana Assembly polls: Know the numbers from previous elections
1 year, 2 months ago

Telangana Assembly polls: Know the numbers from previous elections

The Hindu  

Telangana, the youngest state of India, will have single-phase polling for 119 seats on November 30 with the counting of votes set for December 3 along with other poll-bound states. Telangana has a total of 3,17,32,727 voters including 3,17,17,389 general voters, 15,338 service voters, 5,32,990 young voters, 5,06,493 PwD voters and 4,43,943 senior citizens aged over 80. Telangana Assembly has …

Assembly Election Opinion Polls 2023 Live Updates MP CG Rajasthan Telangana Mizoram ABP Cvoter Survey Seats Vote Share Results
1 year, 2 months ago

Assembly Election Opinion Polls 2023 Live Updates MP CG Rajasthan Telangana Mizoram ABP Cvoter Survey Seats Vote Share Results

ABP News  

The latest figures of the ABP-CVoter opinion polls, reflecting the mood of the five poll-bound states — Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Mizoram — are out and the results are surprising. The projected vote share for Congress is 44.8% and the party is likely to win 45 to 51 seats. However, Bhupesh Baghel can't afford to be complacent as …

Telangana Jana Samiti to support Congress in next month Assembly elections
1 year, 2 months ago

Telangana Jana Samiti to support Congress in next month Assembly elections

India TV News  

Telangana Assembly Elections: Ahead of the Assembly elections, Telangana Jana Samiti has announced its support to the Congress party in next month's poll, which is scheduled to be held on November 30. Telangana Jana Samiti to support Congress Kodandaram has made an announcement that his party will not field candidates in the upcoming elections but will provide their support to …

BJP woos tribals with hope to win high-stakes Chhattisgarh assembly polls
1 year, 2 months ago

BJP woos tribals with hope to win high-stakes Chhattisgarh assembly polls

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: As Chhattisgarh gears up for the assembly elections next month, the opposition BJP in the state faces an uphill task to win the support of tribal population, that is said to have significantly influenced the poll outcome in the past. The ruling Congress, which won 25 out of 29 ST-reserved seats in the 2018 assembly polls, is hopeful of …

BJP woos tribals with hope to win high-stakes Chhattisgarh Assembly polls
1 year, 2 months ago

BJP woos tribals with hope to win high-stakes Chhattisgarh Assembly polls

The Hindu  

As Chhattisgarh gears up for the Assembly elections next month, the opposition BJP in the state faces an uphill task to win the support of tribal population, that is said to have significantly influenced the poll outcome in the past. The ruling Congress, which won 25 out of 29 ST-reserved seats in the 2018 Assembly polls, is hopeful of bagging …

Telangana Assembly polls: CM KCR promises LPG cylinders at Rs 400, Rs 15 lakh health insurance in manifesto
1 year, 3 months ago

Telangana Assembly polls: CM KCR promises LPG cylinders at Rs 400, Rs 15 lakh health insurance in manifesto

India TV News  

Telangana Assembly Elections: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday released the Bharatiya Rashtra Samithi's manifesto for the upcoming assembly elections. Releasing the party manifesto for the November 30 elections, BRS chief and Chief Minister KCR promised to provide life insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh to all 93 lakh families living below the poverty line in the state. …

Assembly Election Opinion Polls 2023 Madhya Pradesh Chattisgarh Rajasthan Telangana Mizoram ABP Cvoter Survey Seats Vote Share Results Congress BJP TRS
1 year, 3 months ago

Assembly Election Opinion Polls 2023 Madhya Pradesh Chattisgarh Rajasthan Telangana Mizoram ABP Cvoter Survey Seats Vote Share Results Congress BJP TRS

ABP News  

The Election Commission of India on Monday announced the schedule for assembly polls in five states — Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Mizoram. In contrast, the Congress is projected to win between 59 to 69 seats, holding a vote share of 42 per cent. The Congress is projected to secure a 44.6 per cent vote share, while the BJP …

Can Congress use SC/ST seats to its advantage in Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls?
1 year, 3 months ago

Can Congress use SC/ST seats to its advantage in Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls?

India Today  

While caste has always been an important equation in electoral math, it’s likely to play a very big role in the next few Assembly elections and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. In 2009, Congress led in 19 out of 35 SC-reserved seats with 41 per cent votes, and in 2018, it won 17 Assembly seats and received 42 per cent …

BJP streamlining existing organisational setup to face polls in Telangana
1 year, 3 months ago

BJP streamlining existing organisational setup to face polls in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The BJP is making efforts to streamline the party’s existing organisational setup by changing leadership at booth, mandal, and district levels and also its frontal organisations to face the approaching elections in Telangana state. Observers appointed for sets of three each parliament constituencies started conducting meetings with BJP leaders and the respective district president to ascertain the party’s present …

Assembly elections: Left parties in talks with Congress for pre-poll alliance in Telangana – India TV
1 year, 4 months ago

Assembly elections: Left parties in talks with Congress for pre-poll alliance in Telangana – India TV

India TV News  

Telangana Assembly elections: After a gap of 20 years, the two Left parties – the Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India have begun talks with the Congress for a pre-poll alliance in the upcoming assembly elections in Telangana. CPM Telangana secretary Tammineni Veerabhadram said that the party has received a call from Congress Telangana in-charge Manikrao …

BJP to lay special focus on SC, ST seats in Telangana
1 year, 5 months ago

BJP to lay special focus on SC, ST seats in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The BJP on Friday set itself a goal of winning all SC and ST reserved Assembly seats in Telangana, which are spread over 21 of the 33 districts of the state. Senior party strategist and BJP national general secretary Sunil Bansal, also the state election in-charge, on Friday met with party leaders to discuss the way forward on these …

Differences crop up among senior Congress leaders in Adilabad district
1 year, 10 months ago

Differences crop up among senior Congress leaders in Adilabad district

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: Differences cropped up among senior Congress leaders aspiring for party tickets in the next assembly polls in the erstwhile Adilabad district. He said some leaders who recently joined the Congress from other parties were trying for tickets that would harm the senior leaders who toiled for the party for long years. Many Congress leaders from different groups within the …

How voters from different castes, communities voted in Himachal Pradesh?
2 years, 1 month ago

How voters from different castes, communities voted in Himachal Pradesh?

The Hindu  

The shift in support base of the BJP among voters belonging to different caste/communities has resulted in a decline in the BJP’s vote share. Evidence from Lokniti-CSDS post-poll survey suggests the BJP continued to enjoy an advantage over the Congress among these two communities, as larger numbers of Rajputs and Brahmins voted in its favour. Fifty-three per cent of Dalits …

Himachal Assembly polls | BJP holds ‘ballot voting’ to select candidates
2 years, 2 months ago

Himachal Assembly polls | BJP holds ‘ballot voting’ to select candidates

The Hindu  

As Himachal Pradesh is set to face Assembly election on November 12, the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party has decided to select its candidates through ‘ballot voting’ by party workers in the State. BJP State president Suresh Kashyap on Sunday said that in order to select the candidates for the upcoming poll, the party is in the process of collecting opinions …

BJP Chief JP Nadda to Meet Top Tribal Leaders of Party in Biggest ST Outreach on May 27
2 years, 7 months ago

BJP Chief JP Nadda to Meet Top Tribal Leaders of Party in Biggest ST Outreach on May 27

News 18  

In its biggest ever tribal outreach, Bharatiya Janata Party chief JP Nadda is set to address a meeting of its scheduled tribe leaders across the country on May 27. All BJP MPs from the ST community, including Union ministers, morcha members, senior leaders from ideologically affiliated tribal groups, will also be present at the meet. The exercise holds significance in …

BJP and Congress to hold events during the week to woo tribal voters in MP
3 years, 1 month ago

BJP and Congress to hold events during the week to woo tribal voters in MP

Hindustan Times  

The ruling BJP and the Congress in Madhya Pradesh will be holding outreach programmes for the tribals of the state during the week, with chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan addressing an event in Mandla on Monday and the opposition party convening a meet of its tribal legislators on Wednesday. In Monday's event, Chouhan will inaugurate the work of installing statues …

BJP Eyes Tribal Vote Bank as It Sets Out Mega Outreach Programmes Ahead of Polls
3 years, 1 month ago

BJP Eyes Tribal Vote Bank as It Sets Out Mega Outreach Programmes Ahead of Polls

News 18  

From inaugurating a museum on freedom fighter Birsa Munda’s birth anniversary in Ranchi to unveiling Habibganj railway station, which has been renamed after first Gond queen of Bhopal Rani Kamlapati, BJP is taking mega initiatives to woo the tribal community ahead of the upcoming assembly elections and 2024 Lok Sabha polls. BJP, which had lost out to Congress in 2018 …

UP Next: BJP Emerges as Powerful Alternative Among Tribals Where Congress, SP, BSP are Struggling
3 years, 4 months ago

UP Next: BJP Emerges as Powerful Alternative Among Tribals Where Congress, SP, BSP are Struggling

News 18  

Whenever we talk about Uttar Pradesh politics, we rarely discuss about tribals and their presence in it. If we map the political history of these social groups, we will find that after Independence, the tribes of Uttar Pradesh mostly appeared as a base vote for the Congress. But in 1980s and 1990s, the Congress hegemony among tribal communities of UP …

Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Leaflet seeks answers from BJP in Assam tea gardens
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Leaflet seeks answers from BJP in Assam tea gardens

The Hindu  

Has the BJP given you Scheduled Tribe status? The only reason that the questions are aimed at the BJP is that the party has been in power for five years along with its associates and the tea workers largely voted for them for the promised ‘parivartan’ and ‘achche din’,” AAASA president Stephen Lakra told The Hindu on Wednesday. “The idea …

BJP bets on Telangana, other parties claim not yet
5 years, 4 months ago

BJP bets on Telangana, other parties claim not yet

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The BJP’s determination to create a stronghold in the state is worrying the TRS, but the Congress says it is confident that the BJP will not succeed in emerging as the main Opposition party as it does not have a rural vote bank. The state Congress leadership says it has an organisational structure in every nook and corner of …

BJP set to launch election campaign for state polls
5 years, 5 months ago

BJP set to launch election campaign for state polls

Live Mint  

Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in four states, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is all set to start its election campaign for the upcoming state polls. Members of the BJP have indicated that the party is planning to organise its first national executive meeting after the victory in 2019 general elections, in Jharkhand which is likely to go to …

Post-poll survey: BJP attracts traditional Congress, TRS votes in Telangana
5 years, 7 months ago

Post-poll survey: BJP attracts traditional Congress, TRS votes in Telangana

The Hindu  

The result in Telangana is a bolt from the blue for the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti, which had registered a spectacular victory in the Assembly elections a few months ago and was hoping to play a greater role in national politics. Table 1: Vote preference by caste and community In the constituencies where the BJP won, it seems that much …

Analysis: How the BJP won the 2019 General elections
5 years, 7 months ago

Analysis: How the BJP won the 2019 General elections

The Hindu  

The ruling BJP-led NDA alliance has won another term at the Centre. The BJP-led coalition, the Shiromani Akali Dal, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam among others) won a cumulative vote share of nearly 45%, which is higher than what the NDA got in 2014 — 38%. The BJP, which had sensed a “golden opportunity” in the Sabarimala issue …

Assembly Election Results 2018: Congress ahead in 3 BJP-ruled states, TRS in Telangana
6 years, 1 month ago

Assembly Election Results 2018: Congress ahead in 3 BJP-ruled states, TRS in Telangana

ABP News  

Congress candidates on Tuesday took significant leads in BJP-ruled Rajasthan and was inching ahead of the BJP in both Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in Assembly elections held in five states. Early trends from counting centres also showed that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi appeared set to retain power in Telangana while the ruling Congress was lagging behind the Mizo National Front …

Telangana Assembly Election Quiz: How much do you know about India's youngest state and its political history
6 years, 1 month ago

Telangana Assembly Election Quiz: How much do you know about India's youngest state and its political history

Firstpost  

After a high-voltage campaign that saw war of words among contending parties, Telangana is set for Assembly polls on Friday After a high-voltage campaign that saw war of words among contending parties, Telangana is set for Assembly polls on Friday with the Congress-led alliance challenging the ruling TRS, and the BJP seeking to make it a triangular contest. More than …

Telangana Assembly polls: Vote-day today; 2.8 crore voters hold the key
6 years, 1 month ago

Telangana Assembly polls: Vote-day today; 2.8 crore voters hold the key

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Some 2.80 crore voters will decide who among the two main contenders — the Telangana Rashtra Samiti, or the Congress-led People’s Front — will form the next government in Telangana state. Some 1,821 candidates are contesting 119 Assembly constituencies. Among the alliance parties, the Congress is contesting 99 seats, the Telugu Desam, 13, the Telangana Jana Samiti, eight, and …

Telangana Assembly Elections 2018: Rahul Gandhi campaigns jointly with Chandrababu Naidu, says 'People's Front' coming to power
6 years, 1 month ago

Telangana Assembly Elections 2018: Rahul Gandhi campaigns jointly with Chandrababu Naidu, says 'People's Front' coming to power

India TV News  

In an interesting development, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday jointly campaigned with foe-turned-friend TDP leader and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in Telangana. Calling the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi the "B-team" of Prime Minister Modi, Rahul Gandhi flayed the K. Chandrashekar Rao -led government for farmers' distress and rising unemployment in Telangana. "First the Grand Alliance will …

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