Big blow to Congress in Rajasthan, four-time MLA Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya joins BJP
10 months ago

Big blow to Congress in Rajasthan, four-time MLA Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya joins BJP

India TV News  

Jaipur: In a setback to the grand old party ahead of Lok Sabha elections, four-time Congress MLA and former Rajasthan minister Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya joined the Bhartiya Janata Party on Monday in Jaipur. Malviya was welcomed to the BJP by the party's Rajasthan in-charge Arun Singh, state unit chief CP Joshi and other leaders. As a tribal leader from southern Rajasthan, where the BJP holds a stronger position compared to the Congress, his inclusion could be significant ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the state. In the 2023 Assembly elections, Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya secured a win against BADVP's Jaikrishn Patel from the Bagidora Assembly constituency.

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BJP govt in Rajasthan marks one year in office with key achievements and challenges
1 week, 1 day ago

BJP govt in Rajasthan marks one year in office with key achievements and challenges

India TV News  

The BJP Government of Rajasthan, with Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma in charge, celebrated its first year in office on December 15, with several significant milestones achieved. The government would provide over 1.24 lakh jobs, provoke a paper leak mafia, and sign one of the largest Memoranda of Understanding in the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project. One of the crowning glories …

Ex-BJP MP Sujeet Kumar files nomination papers for Rajya Sabha seat on BJP ticket
2 weeks ago

Ex-BJP MP Sujeet Kumar files nomination papers for Rajya Sabha seat on BJP ticket

Hindustan Times  

BHUBANESWAR: Former Biju Janata Dal leader Sujeet Kumar, who resigned from the party and his Rabha Sabha seat in September, on Monday filed his nomination for the by-election to the Upper House on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. Sujeet Kumar filed his nomination papers in the state assembly in the presence of chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi, BJP state unit …

‘Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Vadra should resign’: BJP's dare to Congress on EVM row
3 weeks, 2 days ago

‘Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Vadra should resign’: BJP's dare to Congress on EVM row

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party took a dig at Congress for questioning EVM's integrity, saying all the chief ministers and other elected representatives from the grand old party like Rahul Gandhi should first resign and declare that they will contest only after the ballot papers are brought back. New Delhi: Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva and BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia …

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 …

Maha victory: On the Mahayuti and the Maharashtra election result
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Maha victory: On the Mahayuti and the Maharashtra election result

The Hindu  

The alliance of the BJP, the NCP Ajit Pawar faction and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction — the Mahayuti — has scored a comprehensive victory in the Maharashtra Assembly election. While the Mahayuti increased its vote share across all regions, the Maha Vikas Aghadi — an alliance of the Congress, the Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray faction and Sharad …

Raju Thodasam Proves Third Time Lucky, Wins on BJP Ticket From Arni
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Raju Thodasam Proves Third Time Lucky, Wins on BJP Ticket From Arni

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: Former Adivasi MLA Raju Thodasam, who initially joined the BRS and later switched to the BJP just before the Assembly elections, has won from the Arni Assembly seat in Maharashtra. Returning to the BJP before the Assembly elections, Thodasam contested from the Arni seat and defeated Congress candidate Jithendra Shivaji Moge. Several leaders who had joined the BRS in …

Prithviraj Chavan To Amit Thackeray: Major Upsets In Maharashtra Elections
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Prithviraj Chavan To Amit Thackeray: Major Upsets In Maharashtra Elections

ABP News  

The Maharashtra polls threw surprises that even the winning Mahayuti alliance did not expect but also delivered some major upsets. Former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, former cabinet minister Rajesh Tope, and Congress veteran Balasaheb Thorat were some of the bigwigs who had to wrest power after a long spell in power. Among debutant contestants, Raj Thackeray's son and MNS leader …

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 …

BJP’s Swarupji Thakor wins from Vav in razor-tight contest against Congress
1 month ago

BJP’s Swarupji Thakor wins from Vav in razor-tight contest against Congress

Hindustan Times  

AHMEDABAD: Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Swarupji Thakor on Saturday won the Vav assembly seat in Gujarat, defeating Gulabsinh Rajput of the Congress in a razor-tight contest by a lead of just about 2,442 votes. Swarupji Thakor secured 92,129 votes after 24 rounds of counting against Gulabsinh Rajput of the Congress who had 89,734 votes. The BJP’s campaign was led by …

’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 …

Assembly Election Results: PM Modi gives congratulations on the historic victory in Maharashtra | ABP
1 month ago

Assembly Election Results: PM Modi gives congratulations on the historic victory in Maharashtra | ABP

ABP News  

BJP's victory in Maharashtra is unique, extraordinary, unforgettable. The Bharatiya Janata Party, which fought elections with Balasaheb Thackeray's Shiv Sena in 1990 and played the role of younger brother, has not only become the largest party in Maharashtra today, but has also created a story of massive victory. And along with Mahayuti, he was successful in conveying his every message …

Rahul Gandhi says Maharashtra Election Results ‘unexpected’, thanks people for ‘huge mandate’ in Jharkhand
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1 month ago

Rahul Gandhi says Maharashtra Election Results ‘unexpected’, thanks people for ‘huge mandate’ in Jharkhand

Live Mint  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi called the Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024 “unexpected”. Meanwhile, Gandhi lauded the Jharkhand Assembly Election Results, where the Congress and JMM-led INDIA bloc won the polls. Gandhi said the INDIA bloc's victory in Jharkhand is a “victory of the protection of jal, jangal, zameen along with the Constitution.” The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha …

Election Results 2024: Two backroom boys steered BJP to victory in Maharashtra — Who are they?
1 month ago

Election Results 2024: Two backroom boys steered BJP to victory in Maharashtra — Who are they?

Live Mint  

The Bharatiya Janata Party -led alliance, Mahayuti, cruised its way to a massive victory in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024. According to reports, when Union Home Minister Amit Shah released the BJP manifesto in Mumbai on November 10, the two senior leaders sat in the audience. The challenge In the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections held in June this year, the …

Karnataka Assembly bypolls victory: Shivakumar gives credit to CM Siddaramaiah's leadership
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1 month ago

Karnataka Assembly bypolls victory: Shivakumar gives credit to CM Siddaramaiah's leadership

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru:Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday gave credit to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's leadership as well as the five guarantees for the Congress party's success in the assembly bypolls. The ruling Congress on Saturday retained its strong hold of Sandur, with its candidate E Annapoorna, winning the seat by defeating BJP's ST Morcha president Bangaru Hanumanthu. In the …

Gujarat: BJP’s Swarupji Thakor wins Vav bypoll in close contest
1 month ago

Gujarat: BJP’s Swarupji Thakor wins Vav bypoll in close contest

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Swarupji Thakor on Saturday won the Vav assembly by-election in Gujarat by defeating Congress candidate Gulabsinh Rajput by a slender margin of 2,353 votes. The by-election, which recorded a 70.55% voter turnout on November 13, was necessitated after sitting Congress MLA Geniben Thakor was elected to Lok Sabha earlier this year from Banaskantha constituency. The electoral …

Maharashtra election results 2024: BJP likely to hold legislative party meet on Nov 25
1 month ago

Maharashtra election results 2024: BJP likely to hold legislative party meet on Nov 25

Live Mint  

The Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to hold the Maharashtra Legislative Party meeting on November 25 and the oath-taking ceremony on November 26, ANI reported on Saturday citing sources. As per the initial results, the Mahayuti alliance is leading in 220 seats, with the Bharatiya Janata Party leading in 128 seats, driving the charge in Maharashtra. The Nationalist Congress Party, …

Rajasthan Bypoll Election Results 2024 LIVE: List of leading BJP, Congress, BAP candidates in 7 seats
1 month ago

Rajasthan Bypoll Election Results 2024 LIVE: List of leading BJP, Congress, BAP candidates in 7 seats

India TV News  

Rajasthan Bypoll Results 2024 LIVE: The counting for votes is still underway for the seven constituency seats of Rajasthan, check out the list of all the leading and trailing candidates from these seats. Seat Name Leading candidate Trailing candidate Dausa Deen Dayal Jag Mohan Chorasi Anil Kumar Katara Karilal Salumber Jitesh Kumar Katara Shanti Amrit Lal Meena Deoli-Uniara Rajendra Gurjar …

Gujarat Bypoll Results 2024 Live: Will Congress retain Vav seat in three-way contest?
1 month ago

Gujarat Bypoll Results 2024 Live: Will Congress retain Vav seat in three-way contest?

India TV News  

Gujarat Bypoll Results 2024 Live: The Election Commission of India on Saturday started vote counting for Gujarat's Vav seat. Congress candidate and former MLA Gulabsinh Rajput took on Bharatiya Janata Party 's Swaroopji Thakor in the bypoll, but the presence of BJP rebel Mavji Patel made it an interesting fight. 68.01 per cent voter turnout in bypoll The Vav assembly …

Bypoll Election Results 2024 Highlights: AAP calls Punjab bypoll wins ‘semi-final’ before Delhi Assembly polls
1 month ago

Bypoll Election Results 2024 Highlights: AAP calls Punjab bypoll wins ‘semi-final’ before Delhi Assembly polls

The Hindu  

The counting for the by-polls to 15 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala, and Uttarakhand and for the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat began amid tight security on On Saturday. The ruling Congress in Karnataka won Legislative Assembly bypolls in all three constituencies of Channapatna, Shiggaon and Sandur Congress-led UDF candidate Priyanka Gandhi Vadra led by over 3,19,00 votes over …

PM Modi set to address BJP workers at party headquarters today after Maharashtra poll victory
1 month ago

PM Modi set to address BJP workers at party headquarters today after Maharashtra poll victory

India TV News  

As the Bharatiya Janata Party is all set to return to power in Maharashtra following today's poll results, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address a gathering of the party workers at the BJP's headquarters on Saturday evening. The ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance appeared set to retain power in Maharashtra and was leading in 215 of the 288 assembly …

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, …

Gujarat bypolls: BJP snatches Vav seat from Congress, big jolt to MP Geniben
1 month ago

Gujarat bypolls: BJP snatches Vav seat from Congress, big jolt to MP Geniben

New Indian Express  

AHMEDABAD: BJP candidate Swaroopji Thakor has the last laugh in by-polls in Vav assembly constituency in North Gujarat. On one hand, Congress MP Banaskantha Geniben Thakor's political image was at stake as she had previously been elected twice from Vav constituency; she vacated the seat after getting elected to the Lok Sabha. Sources from the party said Geniben underestimated the …

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 …

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 …

Maharashtra polls: We forgave Bhujbal for ‘mistakes’ but he betrayed us, says Sharad Pawar
1 month, 1 week ago

Maharashtra polls: We forgave Bhujbal for ‘mistakes’ but he betrayed us, says Sharad Pawar

Hindustan Times  

Yevla: Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday came down heavily on his former colleague and cabinet minister Chhagan Bhujbal for betraying his ideology and his party, while urging people to teach him a lesson in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. Addressing thousands of people who had gathered for the NCP rally in support of its candidate, Manikrao Shinde, …

Another setback to AAP as ex-councillor Ram Narayan Bhardwaj joins BJP
1 month, 1 week ago

Another setback to AAP as ex-councillor Ram Narayan Bhardwaj joins BJP

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In yet another setback for the Aam Aadmi Party, the party’s former councillor from North West Delhi’s Bankner, Ram Narayan Bhardwaj, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday. This comes just a day after senior West Delhi politician Harsharan Singh Balli defected to the BJP alongside his son Gurmeet Singh ‘Rikku’ Balli. Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva formally …

Congress suspends 22 rebel candidates in Maharashtra for anti-party activities
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1 month, 1 week ago

Congress suspends 22 rebel candidates in Maharashtra for anti-party activities

India Today  

Maharashtra Congress on Monday announced the suspension of 22 rebel candidates from the upcoming Assembly elections for six years due to their involvement in "anti-party" activities, according to a party statement. Prominent leaders facing disciplinary action include former minister Rajendra Mulak, contesting from Ramtek, Yagnyavalk Jichkar from Katol, Kamal Vyawhare from Kasba, Manoj Shinde and Suresh Patil from Kopri Pachpakhadi, …

BJP and NCP Clash Over Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Seat
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

BJP and NCP Clash Over Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Seat

Deccan Chronicle  

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are locked in a fierce battle for the Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Assembly seat. The BJP has announced Shiv Sena's Suresh Krishna Patil, known as Bullet Patil, as its official candidate, while the NCP has nominated Nawab Malik, a former two-time MLA from Anushakti Nagar. Both parties have expressed their …

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 Fetches Gulabsinh Rajput as Candidate for Vav Assembly By-Election
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Congress Fetches Gulabsinh Rajput as Candidate for Vav Assembly By-Election

Hindustan Times  

Congress fielded Gulabsinh Rajput from Vav against BJP's Swarupji Thakor in the upcoming Vav assembly by-election in Gujarat. Rajput, who previously represented the Tharad Assembly seat in Banaskantha district, will contest as the INDIA bloc candidate, while the BJP has named Swarupji Thakor, a long-time party member from Banaskantha.

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 …

Mahendragarh Assembly Election 2024: Constituency profile, past winners, margin and party-wise candidates
3 months, 1 week ago

Mahendragarh Assembly Election 2024: Constituency profile, past winners, margin and party-wise candidates

India TV News  

Mahendragarh Assembly Election 2024: The Mahendragarh Assembly constituency is one of the constituencies of Haryana. Mahendragarh Constituency Assembly Election 2024 Candidates Bharatiya Janata Party's Kanwar Singh, Congress party's Rao Dan Singh, Indian National Lok Dal's Surender Kaushik, Aam Aadmi Party's Dr Manish Yadav and Azad Samaj Party's Shashi Kumar are the main candidates in the Mahendragarh Legislative Assembly constituency of …

Ballabgarh Assembly Election 2024: Constituency profile, past winners, margin and party-wise candidates
3 months, 1 week ago

Ballabgarh Assembly Election 2024: Constituency profile, past winners, margin and party-wise candidates

India TV News  

The Ballabgarh Assembly constituency is one of the constituencies of Haryana. Ballabgarh Assembly Election 2024 Candidates Bharatiya Janata Party's Mool Chand Sharma, Congress party's Parag Sharma and Aam Aadmi Party's Ravindra Faujdar are the main candidates in the Ballabgarh Legislative Assembly constituency of Haryana. Ballabgarh Constituency 2014 and 2019 Winners In the 2014 Ballabgarh Assembly elections, the seat was won …

Rajya Sabha bypolls: Union minister Ravneet Bittu, Congress's Abhishek Singhvi elected unopposed
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rajya Sabha bypolls: Union minister Ravneet Bittu, Congress's Abhishek Singhvi elected unopposed

Hindustan Times  

Former union minister Upendra Kushwaha, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Congress turncoats Union minister Ravneet singh Bittu and Kiran Choudhry were among members elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed on Tuesday. Senior advocate and Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi List of new entrants to Rajya Sabha • Upendra Kushwaha and Manan Kumar Mishra were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from …

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 …

Royal rift: Sambhajiraje to go solo with Swarajya Sangathana
4 months, 1 week ago

Royal rift: Sambhajiraje to go solo with Swarajya Sangathana

Hindustan Times  

Political ambitions are known to create rifts in families, and the latest family where cracks have emerged for similar aspirations is in the influential royal household of Kolhapur. Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj, the descendant of Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was elected the Congress MP from Kolhapur after the Lok Sabha elections this year. The 53-year-old had formed the political outfit …

Bypoll Election Results Highlights: BJP Says INDIA Bloc ‘Desperate To Feel Good’, Calls Bengal Victory 'Rigged'
5 months, 1 week ago

Bypoll Election Results Highlights: BJP Says INDIA Bloc ‘Desperate To Feel Good’, Calls Bengal Victory 'Rigged'

News 18  

Parties of the INDIA bloc have secured ten wins in assembly seats and the BJP has clinched two and an Independent has emerged victorious in one seat as vote counting ended on Saturday for the by-elections held earlier this week, as per trends on the election commission website. The Trinamool Congress on Saturday wrested Raiganj, Bagda, Maniktala and Ranaghat Dakshin …

Congress sees 'trend' for BJP in assembly bypoll results as INDIA bloc takes big lead: ‘Began for us in 2014’
5 months, 1 week ago

Congress sees 'trend' for BJP in assembly bypoll results as INDIA bloc takes big lead: ‘Began for us in 2014’

Hindustan Times  

As INDIA bloc parties were on course to win big in the assembly bypolls, Congress leader Pawan Khera on Saturday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party was entering a phase of electoral decline similar to what the grand old party experienced after 2014. He added, “This trend began for us in 2014 after which we lost many elections and now …

Ahead of Assembly election, schisms between alliance cadres roil ruling Mahayuti coalition
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Ahead of Assembly election, schisms between alliance cadres roil ruling Mahayuti coalition

The Hindu  

For all its professions of unity, deep rifts within the ruling Mahayuti coalition comprising the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party are coming to the fore at the cadre level following the alliance’s rout in the Lok Sabha election. A viral audio clip in which the Beed district chief of Maharashtra …

BJP leader Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar says 'Jai Hindu Rashtra’ during oath-taking ceremony as MP | WATCH
5 months, 4 weeks ago

BJP leader Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar says 'Jai Hindu Rashtra’ during oath-taking ceremony as MP | WATCH

India TV News  

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar on Tuesday took oath as the Member of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly. Notably, the BJP leader's statement came after AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi raised pro-Palestine slogans during his oath-taking ceremony in the Lok Sabha. Besides Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav, Mahua Moitra, Supriya Sule and Kanimozhi are some of the key leaders of …

Arjun Modhwadia, four other newly elected BJP legislators take oath in Gujarat
6 months, 1 week ago

Arjun Modhwadia, four other newly elected BJP legislators take oath in Gujarat

Hindustan Times  

Ahmedabad: Five Bharatiya Janata Party lawmakers in Gujarat including four Congress turncoats were administered the oath of office by assembly speaker Shankar Chaudhary on Tuesday, raising the BJP’s strength in the 182-member house to 161. Bypolls were held in Porbandar, Manavadar, Khambhat, Vaghodiya and Vijapur seats, necessitated due to sitting MLAs joining the BJP The most prominent of the five …

Fact Check: Fake Social Media Post Claims BJP Won 100+ LS Seats With Margin Of 'Less Than 1000 Votes'
6 months, 1 week ago

Fact Check: Fake Social Media Post Claims BJP Won 100+ LS Seats With Margin Of 'Less Than 1000 Votes'

ABP News  

The Verdict False The narrowest margin of victory for a BJP candidate in Lok Sabha polls was 1,587 votes, well above the '500' or '1000' margin claimed on social media. After the Lok Sabha election results were announced, social media users claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party "won 30 seats with a margin of less than 500 votes" and "more …

Assembly byelections in Himachal’s Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh on July 10
6 months, 1 week ago

Assembly byelections in Himachal’s Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh on July 10

Hindustan Times  

The Election Commission on Monday announced byelections in the three assembly constituencies of Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh on July 10, the result of which will be out on July 13. The byelections were necessitated following the resignation of the three Independent MLAs, Hoshiyar Singh, Ashish Sharma and KL Thakur. Though the three MLAs resigned from the assembly on March 22, …

Rajnath Singh, Bhupendra Yadav to oversee selection of Odisha Chief Minister
6 months, 1 week ago

Rajnath Singh, Bhupendra Yadav to oversee selection of Odisha Chief Minister

Hindustan Times  

The BJP has appointed Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Bhupendra Yadav to oversee selection of the new chief minister of Odisha, a senior leader said on Monday. “Experienced leaders led by newly-appointed observers Rajnath Singh and Bhupender Yadav will hold a discussion with the legislators,” MLA-elect Suresh Pujari, told reporters on his return from New Delhi on Monday. While the …

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: In Rajasthan, Congress had a strategic approach while BJP was complacent
6 months, 2 weeks ago

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: In Rajasthan, Congress had a strategic approach while BJP was complacent

The Hindu  

The Congress’ performance in Rajasthan appears all the more dramatic in the backdrop of the clean sweep by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the last two parliamentary elections. Post-poll data show that the BJP once again drew substantial support from the urban, more educated, economically better-off, upper caste sections of the electorate in the State. That the party still won …

View: Why PM Modi's third term is historic, and why Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar won't dump BJP?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

View: Why PM Modi's third term is historic, and why Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar won't dump BJP?

Hindustan Times  

A day after an underwhelming electoral result for the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his cabinet colleagues at Lok Kalyan Marg office and delivered the bottom line that the NDA was going to form the government at the Centre for the third time. Narendra Modi being felicitated by party leaders JP Nadda and Amit Shah, TDP chief N Chandrababu …

BAP’s victory set to change political landscape in tribal region of southern Rajasthan
6 months, 2 weeks ago

BAP’s victory set to change political landscape in tribal region of southern Rajasthan

The Hindu  

The victory of Bharat Adivasi Party in Banswara in the 2024 Lok Sabha election is set to change political landscape in the tribal-dominated region of southern Rajasthan, as the tribal identity, formation of a ‘Bhil Pradesh’ and an increase in reservation for Scheduled Tribes have come to the centre stage. Mr. Roat, a two-time MLA from Chorasi, was instrumental in …

India election: Why did Modi’s BJP lose in Uttar Pradesh, its fortress?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

India election: Why did Modi’s BJP lose in Uttar Pradesh, its fortress?

Al Jazeera  

Anger over jobs and the fears of Dalits and Muslims worked against the BJP, five months after the Ram temple launch that the party hoped would help it win big. A clever strategy by the opposition INDIA alliance turned a BJP campaign slogan seeking 400 seats in parliament into a narrative against the governing party: The opposition claimed that the …

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