People's Govt Possible Only With BJP: Etala to Voters
1 year, 1 month ago

People's Govt Possible Only With BJP: Etala to Voters

Deccan Chronicle  

WARANGAL: Everyone thought their lives would be changed after the separate Telangana state was formed. But, under the ruling of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, the people have been facing a lot of problems even after nine years of the state formation, alleged Huzurabad BJP MLA Etala Rajendar. After flying to Mahabubabad district by helicopter, Rajendar addressed two public meetings held in support of BJP candidates of Dornakal constituency Bhukya Sangeetha and Hussain Naik of Mahabubabad segment on Thursday. The BJP MLA said the country was leading towards enormous development under the regime of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, receiving appreciation from several countries in the world and the establishment of the people’s government was possible only with the BJP. He urged the people to think wisely and elect BJP candidates Sangeetha from Dornakal and Hussain Naik from Mahabubabad.

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Chhagan Bhujbal hits out at Ajit Pawar amid resentment in party: 'Am not toy in anyone’s hand'
1 week ago

Chhagan Bhujbal hits out at Ajit Pawar amid resentment in party: 'Am not toy in anyone’s hand'

India TV News  

Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal has expressed frustration with the conduct of the party leadership that precipitated his exclusion from the Maharashtra Cabinet and delay in political decisions. While acknowledging that Fadnavis had been keen on his inclusion, Bhujbal implied that his exclusion was a decision made at the top levels of NCP leadership, hinting at party chief …

In Kerala, the BJP has a cup of woes
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In Kerala, the BJP has a cup of woes

The Hindu  

The bye-elections to the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency and the Palakkad and Chelakkara Assembly constituencies last month in Kerala provided an opportunity for the Bharatiya Janata Party to gain some ground in the State. This was nearly 40,000 votes fewer than what the BJP State president, K. Surendran, had secured in the 2024 general elections. In Palakkad, despite the BJP’s …

Tamil Nadu: BJP targets actor Vijay, slams lottery politics
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Tamil Nadu: BJP targets actor Vijay, slams lottery politics

Deccan Chronicle  

Tamil Nadu BJP spokesperson ANS Prasad on Saturday criticized actor Vijay and the state’s political system, urging the public to reject "lottery politics" and corporate influence. Prasad called for a shift towards development-focused governance, accusing certain political and corporate entities of exploiting the poor.In an official statement, Prasad urged actor Vijay to distance himself from political schemes tied to lottery-funded …

Elections Round-up: BJP Dominant but Opposition Must Not Roll Over and Die
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Elections Round-up: BJP Dominant but Opposition Must Not Roll Over and Die

The Quint  

As for the Congress, the results present a mixed bag. Again, it showed that the BJP has failed to make much headway even against the Congress when faced with strong local leaders, like Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar, and in Kerala, where it is unable to cross the political firewall created by the United Democratic Front and Left Democratic …

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader
4 weeks, 1 day 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 weeks, 1 day 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 …

’Ek hain toh safe hain’: PM Modi hails Mahayuti’s victory in Maharashtra, says Congress has become ’parjeevi’
1 month ago

’Ek hain toh safe hain’: PM Modi hails Mahayuti’s victory in Maharashtra, says Congress has become ’parjeevi’

Live Mint  

Election Results 2024: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed party workers after the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance secured a landslide victory in Maharashtra assembly election and launched a scathing attack on Congress party. Stating that ‘lies and deceit’ suffered a crushing defeat, Modi said termed the poll results as a victory of ‘development, good governance and social justice’ while "This …

Mahayuti breaches majority mark in Maharashtra elections, netizens share funny memes: ‘Resort owners watching…’
1 month ago

Mahayuti breaches majority mark in Maharashtra elections, netizens share funny memes: ‘Resort owners watching…’

Live Mint  

In the Maharashtra assembly elections, the ruling Mahayuti alliance, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, is leading with 213 seats, while the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi is leading with 59 assembly seats. According to the Election Commission of India data at 2 pm, the BJP was leading in 123 seats in Maharashtra, while its ally, the Shiv Sena, was ahead …

‘Ek hai toh safe hai, Modi hai toh…’: Devendra Fadnavis’ first reaction as NDA takes commanding lead in Maharashtra
1 month ago

‘Ek hai toh safe hai, Modi hai toh…’: Devendra Fadnavis’ first reaction as NDA takes commanding lead in Maharashtra

Live Mint  

When your party is winning the elections, who cares about a controversy? Despite the row surrounding the “Ek hain toh safe hain” slogan by the Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis – the man of the moment – reiterated it as the National Democratic Alliance took a commanding lead in the Maharashtra Election Results 2024. In his …

Congress veteran Balasaheb Thorat trails in Sangamner as per early trends
1 month ago

Congress veteran Balasaheb Thorat trails in Sangamner as per early trends

Hindustan Times  

Congress veteran Balasaheb Thorat is trailing from Maharashtra's Sangamner seat as per ECI's official website. MLA & Congress senior leader Balasaheb Thorat faces competition from a newcomer for the Sangamner constituency Eight-time Congress MLA from the Sangamner assembly constituency, Balasaheb Thorat is going head-to-head with first-time candidate Amol Dhondiba Khatal from the Shiv Sena in the 2024 Maharashtra assembly elections. …

West Bengal Bypoll Results Live: Counting for six Assembly seats today, TMC confident of winning all seats
1 month ago

West Bengal Bypoll Results Live: Counting for six Assembly seats today, TMC confident of winning all seats

India TV News  

The counting of votes for the bypolls to six Assembly seats in West Bengal is scheduled to begin on November 23 at 8 am, following the elections held on November 13. Madarihat - In the Madarihat bypoll, Bikash Champromary of the Indian National Congress contested against Jayprakash Toppo of the All India Trinamool Congress and Rahul Lohar of the Bharatiya …

Batenge toh Katenge and so much more: How Mahayuti engineered a famous win in Maharashtra
1 month ago

Batenge toh Katenge and so much more: How Mahayuti engineered a famous win in Maharashtra

New Indian Express  

The manner in which the Mahayuti swept the polls just six months after the Maha Vikas Aghadi bested them in the Lok Sabha polls left many a seasoned observer fumbling for words. MVA's overconfidence and mismanagement After winning 31 out of 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra earlier this year, the MVA grew overconfident and seemingly assumed that voters will …

Batenge toh katenge: Yogi Adityanath's reminder as BJP dominates UP bypolls
1 month ago

Batenge toh katenge: Yogi Adityanath's reminder as BJP dominates UP bypolls

India Today  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday praised the BJP's dominant performance in the bypolls and said it was due to the good governance and welfare policies of the government. Reiterating his 'batenge toh katenge' slogan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'ek hain toh safe hain' slogan, Adityanath said the BJP's performance in the bypolls was a testament to …

Rajasthan by-polls: BJP wins five of seven seats, Congress loses ground with one seat
1 month ago

Rajasthan by-polls: BJP wins five of seven seats, Congress loses ground with one seat

New Indian Express  

JAIPUR: Assembly by-election results for seven constituencies in Rajasthan, announced on Saturday, marked a resounding victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party. Congress managed to secure one seat, Dausa, while the Bharatiya Adivasi Party clinched the Chaurasi seat. In Khinvsar, BJP’s Revantram Danga defeated Kanika Beniwal, wife of MP Hanuman Beniwal, by over 13,000 votes. In a closely contested Salumber seat, …

BJP sweeps UP bypolls, wins seven of nine seats; SP suffers setback in Dalit, Muslim-majority seats
1 month ago

BJP sweeps UP bypolls, wins seven of nine seats; SP suffers setback in Dalit, Muslim-majority seats

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: After facing a humiliating defeat in recent Lok Sabha polls, the ruling BJP managed to salvage its pride by sweeping the bypoll to nine assembly constituencies winning seven of them on Saturday. While Moradabad’s Kundarki, the stronghold of senior SP leader late Shafiqur Rehman Barq, is a Muslim-dominated seat, Katehri in Ambedkar Nagar has a substantial chunk of Dalit …

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, …

Will choose side that can form govt: VAB chief Prakash Ambedkar ahead of Maharashtra election results
1 month ago

Will choose side that can form govt: VAB chief Prakash Ambedkar ahead of Maharashtra election results

India TV News  

Maharashtra election results 2024: Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar said on Friday that if his party secures the required numbers in the Maharashtra assembly elections, it will support the side that can form the government. Exit poll on Maharashtra Most exit polls have projected that the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is likely to form government, while some predicted a close …

Campaign for Maharashtra assembly election ends with Rahul Gandhi's swipe against BJP
1 month ago

Campaign for Maharashtra assembly election ends with Rahul Gandhi's swipe against BJP

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The high-voltage campaign for the Maharashtra assembly election ended on Monday, pitting the two major political alliances against each other in a bitter battle for the 288 seats up for grabs in the state. Turning the BJP’s ‘Ek Hai Toh Safe Hai’ slogan against the ruling Mahayuti alliance who had coined it, Gandhi said it referred to Adani and …

Ghaziabad by-poll: All parties focus on caste-based equations in last leg of campaigning
1 month, 1 week ago

Ghaziabad by-poll: All parties focus on caste-based equations in last leg of campaigning

Hindustan Times  

Hardly a week left for voting in the Ghaziabad assembly by-polls, different political parties have intensified their campaigning while also micromanaging caste-based equations. Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Brijesh Pathak will hold a public rally in Behrampur on November 14 and this will be followed by a major roadshow in Vijay Nagar by chief minister Yogi Adityanath,” said Ashu Verma, …

Reputations of political heavyweights including CM Bhajanlal Sharma on the line as voting ends in Rajasthan bypolls
1 month, 1 week ago

Reputations of political heavyweights including CM Bhajanlal Sharma on the line as voting ends in Rajasthan bypolls

New Indian Express  

JAIPUR: Voting for the bypolls across seven assembly seats in Rajasthan concluded on Wednesday, with 69 candidates in the race. The results on November 23 will significantly impact the political influence of Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Congress State President Govind Singh Dotasara, Sachin Pilot, Agriculture Minister Dr. Kirori Lal Meena, RLP Chief Hanuman Beniwal, and BAP leader Rajkumar Roat. Under …

Khunti Assembly Election 2024: Can BJP's Nilkanth Singh Munda beat JMM's Ram Surya Munda?
1 month, 1 week ago

Khunti Assembly Election 2024: Can BJP's Nilkanth Singh Munda beat JMM's Ram Surya Munda?

India TV News  

Khunti Assembly Election 2024: With the Jharkhand Assembly elections around the corner, all eyes are on the high-stakes Khunti seat. In 2014, Munda got 59,198 votes by a huge margin, Sushil Pahan of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha got 32,871 votes and Dayamani Barla of JVM got 20,726 votes. Key candidates In a fresh challenge, the JMM has fielded Ram Surya Munda …

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 …

Channapatna contest hogs limelight as stage set for by-polls in 3 Assembly segments in Karnataka
1 month, 1 week ago

Channapatna contest hogs limelight as stage set for by-polls in 3 Assembly segments in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru, The stage is set for voting in three Assembly segments of Karnataka, which will go for by-polls on Wednesday, with spotlight on Channapatna, where Union Minister and JD leader H D Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil has crossed swords with Congress heavyweight C P Yogeeshwara in a prestigious battle. Among the three segments, Channapatna is considered to be a "high profile", …

Maharashtra election: Working on mission to make 3 crore 'Lakhpati Didi', says PM Modi in Solapur
1 month, 1 week ago

Maharashtra election: Working on mission to make 3 crore 'Lakhpati Didi', says PM Modi in Solapur

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an election rally in Maharashtra's Solapur on Tuesday and said the Centre is working on the mission to make three crore women 'Lakhpati didi'. He said that the Mahayuti government is working day, night to empower women and everyone is talking about Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana as it is an example of the government's commitment …

HDK Raises Money in PM’s Name to Fund Elections?
1 month, 1 week ago

HDK Raises Money in PM’s Name to Fund Elections?

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister for Agriculture Chaluvarayaswamy on Sunday alleged Union Minister for Large Scale Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy collected money to a tune of Rs 1,000 crore from various steel manufacturing units to raise funds for nominees of Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance contesting in Assembly elections in Maharashtra, Jharkhand and by-elections in 3 Assembly segments of …

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 …

Maharashtra Assembly elections: Congress suspends all rebel candidates for 6 years, says no friendly fights in MVA
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra Assembly elections: Congress suspends all rebel candidates for 6 years, says no friendly fights in MVA

The Hindu  

Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday said all the party rebels contesting against the official candidates of the Maha Vikas Aghadi have been suspended for six years. Maharashtra ‘Poll Arena’ | Coverage of The Hindu’s election conclave Addressing a press conference, Mr. Chennithala said the district units have been asked to prepare a list of rebels still in the fray …

Prashant Kishor Warns Against Caste and Ration in Bihar By-Elections
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Prashant Kishor Warns Against Caste and Ration in Bihar By-Elections

New Indian Express  

Political strategist Prashant Kishor urges Bihar voters not to vote based on caste or ration. He argues that the central government's neglect of the state's interests has led to a chronic trend of voting along these lines. Kishor urges voters to choose candidates who would work towards a better future for Bihar's youth.

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 …

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 …

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 …

BJP Announces 99 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Elections
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2 months ago

BJP Announces 99 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Elections

Hindustan Times  

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 and 10 ministers, including Devendra Fadnavis, the deputy chief minister. Other prominent names in the list include state BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule, former CM Ashok Chavan's daughter Shreejaya Chavan, and former MP Haribhau Jawale's son …

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.

NDA's Move in Phulpur Bypoll: Will It Favor Akhilesh Yadav?
2 months ago

NDA's Move in Phulpur Bypoll: Will It Favor Akhilesh Yadav?

News 18  

The upcoming by-election in Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh, is poised to be a thrilling contest between the ruling NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc. The NDA, focusing on development initiatives, aims to counter the opposition's focus on perceived failures of the central and state governments. The SP, leveraging public discontent, plans to leverage Muslim vote consolidation. The constituency's diverse electorate presents …

Surge in Congress Ticket Seekers in Pune City Assembly Elections
2 months, 1 week ago

Surge in Congress Ticket Seekers in Pune City Assembly Elections

Hindustan Times  

A surge in Congress ticket aspirants has been observed in Pune city, with the Shivajinagar, Pune Cantonment, and Kasba Peth assembly constituencies seeing a high number of contenders vying for the seats. Notably, the Shivajinagar constituency has attracted as many as 12 candidates, including a BJP member, highlighting the intense competition for the ticket.

Haryana polls: In Tohana cliffhanger, candidates ride high on combine harvesters
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Haryana polls: In Tohana cliffhanger, candidates ride high on combine harvesters

Hindustan Times  

The battle for votes has moved beyond speeches in this Punjab-bordering, predominantly rural assembly constituency of Tohana in Haryana’s Fatehabad district. BJP’s turncoat candidate Devender Singh Babli, 54, who in 2019 won as the Jannayak Janta Party candidate and joined the saffron party after the Congress refused him a ticket, driving a combine harvester while campaigning in Tohana on Thursday. …

Hot seat: Karnal: In Khattar’s bastion, Congress, BJP locked in head-to-head contest
3 months ago

Hot seat: Karnal: In Khattar’s bastion, Congress, BJP locked in head-to-head contest

Hindustan Times  

This year, the electioneering in Karnal is seemingly low-key and more of a bipolar contest between the Congress, which has fielded former two-time MLA from the seat, Sumita Singh, and the Bharatiya Janata Party from which Manohar Lal Khattar’s former media coordinator Jagmohan Anand is in the fray. In the last 10 years, Karnal elected two BJP MLAs as chief …

Another Ambedkar kin hopes to revive RPI in Maharashtra, salvage political career
3 months, 1 week ago

Another Ambedkar kin hopes to revive RPI in Maharashtra, salvage political career

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Keen to resurrect his lacklusture political career, 42-year-old Rajratna Ashok Ambedkar, the great grandson of BR Ambedkar’s elder brother Anandrao Ambedkar, has staked claim to reviving the Republican Party of India as envisioned by his illustrious ancestor before his death on December 6, 1956. Rajratna Ashok Ambedkar Rajratna has approached the election commission with an application to register a …

BJP Releases List Of 67 Candidates For Haryana Elections, CM Nayab Saini To Contest From Ladwa
3 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP Releases List Of 67 Candidates For Haryana Elections, CM Nayab Saini To Contest From Ladwa

ABP News  

Haryana BJP List: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday released a list of 67 candidates for the upcoming elections to the 90-member assembly. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini is set to contest from Ladwa, while Gian Chand Gupta is set to contest from Panchkula. Former Haryana BJP chief Om Prakash Dhankar has been pitched from Badli, while veteran party …

Tripura BJP chief Rajib Bhattacharjee elected to Rajya Sabha
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Tripura BJP chief Rajib Bhattacharjee elected to Rajya Sabha

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party Tripura unit chief Rajib Bhattacharjee was elected to the Rajya Sabha after bagging 47 out of total 60 votes in the state Assembly on Monday. In 2023 Assembly polls, Bhattacharjee contested from Banamalipur seat, erstwhile home-turf of former chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb, but was defeated. The state’s lone Rajya Sabha seat became vacant after Biplab won …

Rahul Gandhi to launch Cong’s J&K campaign with two rallies tomorrow
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi to launch Cong’s J&K campaign with two rallies tomorrow

Hindustan Times  

Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will address two rallies in Ramban and Anantnag districts on Wednesday, kickstarting the Congress’ campaign for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections being held after 10 years. He will address two rallies in Ramban and Anantnag districts in support of Congress candidates on Wednesday,” Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee chief …

Former minister Babli, two others join BJP
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Former minister Babli, two others join BJP

Hindustan Times  

Former Haryana development and panchayat minister Devender Singh Babli, who resigned from all posts of the Jannayak Janta Party recently, his former colleague Sanjay Kablana and former Bhondsi jail superintendent Suneel Sangwan, joined BJP in New Delhi on Monday. Former JJP leaders Devender Singh Babli, Sunil Sangwan and Sanjay Kablana join the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of BJP …

Political parties in Gurugram to prioritise merit for Haryana polls candidates
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Political parties in Gurugram to prioritise merit for Haryana polls candidates

Hindustan Times  

Political parties in Haryana are planning a shift in their candidate selection strategies ahead of the state assembly polls, as evidenced by the Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress focusing on merit and community connection over political legacy. “The BJP’s ticket distribution strategy will prioritise individuals who not only have solid grassroots support and organisational skills but also possess …

BJP bats for former MLA Yogeshwar as candidate for Channapatna bypoll
3 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP bats for former MLA Yogeshwar as candidate for Channapatna bypoll

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party leaders have asked Union minister HD Kumaraswamy to announce his stand on the proposal to nominate former MLA CP Yogeshwar as the party’s candidate for the Channapatna assembly bypoll, people familiar with the matter said. The proposal for Yogeshwar’s name for Channapatna bypoll was put forward at the residence of Union minister of consumer affairs …

Gurugram, Badshahpur see intense campaigning ahead of Haryana polls
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Gurugram, Badshahpur see intense campaigning ahead of Haryana polls

Hindustan Times  

Political aspirants across Badshahpur and Gurugram constituencies have ramped up their campaigns in the lead-up to the Haryana assembly elections set to be held on October 1. On Sunday, Kumudini Rakesh Daultabad, an independent candidate and the wife of the late independent Badshahpur MLA Rakesh Daultabad, held a public meeting at Anaj Mandi in Farrukhnagar. Rakesh Daultabad had previously won …

Rajya Sabha bypoll: With no opposition, it’ll be a cakewalk for Kiran
4 months ago

Rajya Sabha bypoll: With no opposition, it’ll be a cakewalk for Kiran

Hindustan Times  

Former Congress leader Kiran Choudhry, the daughter-in-law of former chief minister Bansi Lal, is set to get elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Haryana as nominee of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party after no other candidate entered the fray on Wednesday, the last day for filing the nomination. On Wednesday, flanked by chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, state BJP …

Haryana: BJP’s Kiran Choudhry set to enter Rajya Sabha unopposed
4 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 …

Will leave BJP if not fielded from Rania, says Haryana power minister
4 months ago

Will leave BJP if not fielded from Rania, says Haryana power minister

Hindustan Times  

Haryana power minister Ranjit Singh Chautala on Tuesday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party to field him from the Rania assembly seat in Sirsa for the assembly polls, warning that he will part ways with the saffron party otherwise. Ranjit Singh Chautala Former deputy prime minister Devi Lal’s son, Ranjit Chautala, who won the 2019 assembly polls as an independent from …

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 …

BJP-JDS trying to topple Congress government in Karnataka, they’re greedy for power: DK Shivakumar
4 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP-JDS trying to topple Congress government in Karnataka, they’re greedy for power: DK Shivakumar

New Indian Express  

MYSURU: Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, who is also the president of the state Congress, has hit out at the BJP and JDS, saying that the two parties were trying to topple the Karnataka government for “greed for power”. Shivakumar claimed that the padayatra was not aimed at addressing issues against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah or himself but was an attempt …

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