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 in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, both states having a sizeable tribal population, has started tribal outreach programmes through ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Divas’ on Birsa Munda’s birth anniversary on November 15. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose two tribal dominated states — Jharkhand and MP — for the event and addressed the ethnic population on the rights issues. Birsa Munda lived for the society, sacrificed his life for his culture and the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday as he inaugurated a museum in Ranchi in memory of the revered tribal freedom fighter, popularly known as ‘Dharti Aaba’.

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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 …

Maha victory: On the Mahayuti and the Maharashtra election result
1 month, 3 weeks 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 …

A Precursory Look at Community-wise Voting in Maharashtra and Jharkhand
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

A Precursory Look at Community-wise Voting in Maharashtra and Jharkhand

The Quint  

In Maharashtra, caste is the very foundation of the political battleground. The OBCs, who constitute 38 percent of the state’s population, played a decisive role in this election, won by the Mahayuti alliance of the BJP, the Shiv Sena, and Ajit Pawar's NCP. Despite agitation over the reservation and dissatisfaction with unresolved demands, the BJP managed to retain a significant …

Election Wrap: Mahayuti’s Decisive Victory Is Big Story This Poll Season. Hemant Scripts I.N.D.I.A Comeback In Jharkhand
Top News
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Election Wrap: Mahayuti’s Decisive Victory Is Big Story This Poll Season. Hemant Scripts I.N.D.I.A Comeback In Jharkhand

ABP News  

Maharashtra Elections 2024: The Mahayuti’s massive win in Maharashtra was the big story from the latest election season, even as the Opposition managed to retain Jharkhand with a decisive majority. Led by the BJP’s 132 seats, the Mahayuti looked set to wrest 236 seats in the 288-seat Maharashtra assembly, reducing the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi to 48. Hail Jharkhand!” While …

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: Politicians react as Mahayuti wins big in Maharashtra, JMM in Jharkhand
Top News
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Election results: Politicians react as Mahayuti wins big in Maharashtra, JMM in Jharkhand

Live Mint  

The counting of votes for the Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections took place on Saturday — with the Mahayuti alliance and the JMM winning the polls. Here's what political parties say about the crucial elections On Maharashtra elections, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said on Friday, "The results will be out tomorrow. Exuding confidence, Jharkhand BJP leader Babulal Marandi said, …

Chhattisgarh Bypoll Results 2024 Live: Will Congress wrest Raipur City South seat from BJP?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh Bypoll Results 2024 Live: Will Congress wrest Raipur City South seat from BJP?

India TV News  

Chhattisgarh Bypoll Results 2024 Live: The Election Commission of India started vote counting for the byelection held in the Raipur City South assembly seat. 30 candidates were in the fray A total of 30 candidates were in the fray for the bypoll, but the main contest was between Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sunil Kumar Soni and Congress nominee Akash Sharma. …

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 …

Religion, caste in BJP bid to unite Hindu vote base
2 months ago

Religion, caste in BJP bid to unite Hindu vote base

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party and its ideological fount, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, have stepped up efforts to strengthen their campaign to coalesce Hindu voters and prevent a split on caste lines in poll-bound Jharkhand and Maharashtra, people aware of the details said. A senior BJP leader said the campaign, which has seen terse messaging from party leaders including Prime Minister Narendra …

Mahayuti and NCP Clash Over Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Seat
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mahayuti and NCP Clash Over Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Seat

Hindustan Times  

The Mahayuti alliance is locked in a fierce battle for the Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar assembly seat. The BJP has named Shiv Sena's Suresh Krishna Patil (Bullet Patil) as its official candidate, while the NCP has nominated Nawab Malik. The seat has been a source of tension, as the Muslim vote is a key factor in the constituency. The competition is …

Mayawati's BSP to Focus on Upper Caste Votes in Upcoming Bypolls
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mayawati's BSP to Focus on Upper Caste Votes in Upcoming Bypolls

The Hindu  

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is set to play spoilsport in the upcoming byelections, aiming to disrupt the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Indian National Congress (INC) dominance in Uttar Pradesh. The party has fielded four upper caste candidates in four seats, hoping to combine its core Scheduled Caste vote bank with that of the caste of the candidate to …

Tribal vote trends reshape Lok Sabha election results
5 months ago

Tribal vote trends reshape Lok Sabha election results

The Hindu  

Priyanka Jarkiholi, a tribal woman, made history in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Several prominent tribal leaders were elected to the 18th Lok Sabha, including Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor from Dahod in Gujarat, Parbhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava, from Bardoli Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat, Faggan Singh Kulaste from Mandla Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh, Jual Oram from Sundargarh Lok Sabha seat …

In poll-bound Haryana, BJP to base campaign on drive against graft
5 months, 4 weeks ago

In poll-bound Haryana, BJP to base campaign on drive against graft

Hindustan Times  

In poll-bound Haryana the Bharatiya Janata Party, in power in the state since 2014, will make the state government’s crackdown against crime and its drive against corruption the mainstay of the election campaign, borrowing a leaf from the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh. The campaign will also draw a comparison between the BJP’s decade-long performance of “good governance” and …

Ravneet Bittu's Rise, Kangana 'Slap' Row: What Lies Ahead for BJP in Punjab?
7 months ago

Ravneet Bittu's Rise, Kangana 'Slap' Row: What Lies Ahead for BJP in Punjab?

The Quint  

The results of the 2024 elections reveal both the success and the limitations of the BJP's strategy. First, no single Lok Sabha seat in Punjab can be won purely by consolidating urban Hindu votes as every seat has sizable rural segments. The BJP led in five urban Hindu majority segments in Ludhiana but performed terribly in three rural/semi-rural segments and …

BJP leader's advice to Uddhav Thackeray after Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Lok Sabha election performance
7 months ago

BJP leader's advice to Uddhav Thackeray after Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Lok Sabha election performance

Hindustan Times  

Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil on Tuesday took a jibe at Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, saying that the latter's allies Congress and Nationalist Congress Party benefitted more. The Shiv Sena contested 21 out of 48 seats in Maharashtra in an alliance with Congress and NCP, winning nine seats. Continuing his jibe at the Shiv Sena chief, Patil said,"Thackeray also earned …

BJP received support of Dalit, Sikh voters, says Delhi chief Sachdeva
7 months, 1 week ago

BJP received support of Dalit, Sikh voters, says Delhi chief Sachdeva

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi unit of the BJP on Thursday said the “myth” propagated by opposition parties and media that the BJP can only win triangular contests was shattered by the defeat of the AAP-Congress alliance in the bipolar fight in all the seven seats of the national capital. Claiming that the saffron party received support from all sections of …

BAP’s victory set to change political landscape in tribal region of southern Rajasthan
7 months, 1 week 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 …

BJP Faces Erosion in Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan as Cultural Nationalism Loses Steam
7 months, 1 week ago

BJP Faces Erosion in Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan as Cultural Nationalism Loses Steam

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 06, 2024 18:28 IST - 4 MINS READ While Uttar Pradesh has been the standout State in the 2024 election, indicating the waning of the Modi ‘magic’ in the Hindi heartland, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan have also reflected the same trend in varying degrees. The BJP has achieved a clean sweep of the State’s four Lok Sabha …

Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha Election Results: BJP sweeps MP, Shivraj win with record votes
7 months, 1 week ago

Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha Election Results: BJP sweeps MP, Shivraj win with record votes

India TV News  

Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Live: The trend of vote counting for the Lok Sabha elections showed that Bharatiya Janata Party took a huge lead over Congress in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The dominating BJP is leading in all 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh. BJP candidiate Vivek Bunty Sahu took a lead of over Congress …

Underlying threads behind BJP’s 2019, 2024 election results
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Underlying threads behind BJP’s 2019, 2024 election results

Hindustan Times  

Most exit polls have predicted a third term for the Bharatiya Janata Party -led National Democratic Alliance. The BJP surged ahead of the Congress in terms of vote share among upper castes in the 1996 elections. In 1996, the BJP’s vote share among OBC, SC and ST groups was 54%, 40% and 60% of its support among non SC-ST-OBC voters. …

Voting underway in 58 LS constituencies, 25.76% voter turnout recorded till 11 am
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Voting underway in 58 LS constituencies, 25.76% voter turnout recorded till 11 am

Deccan Chronicle  

A voter turnout of 25.76 per cent was recorded till 11 am on Saturday in 58 constituencies in six states and two Union territories where polling is underway in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections.West Bengal recorded the highest voter turnout in the first four hours of polling at 36.88 per cent while Odisha recorded the lowest at …

BJP uses tribals as vote bank, then ignores them: TMC
7 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP uses tribals as vote bank, then ignores them: TMC

The Hindu  

Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee accused the BJP on Sunday of using tribal communities as a vote bank while neglecting their interests. Addressing a meeting to rally support for the TMC candidate in West Bengal's Jhargram Lok Sabha constituency, Mr. Banerjee claimed that in the past five years, the BJP government in Delhi had prevented their own party …

CPI(M), Congress used tribals as vote bank, says Tripura BJP chief
7 months, 3 weeks ago

CPI(M), Congress used tribals as vote bank, says Tripura BJP chief

Hindustan Times  

The CPI and Congress utilised the tribals as their vote bank and deprived them of development during their respective regimes in Tripura, said Bharatiya Janata Party state president Rajib Bhattacharjee on Saturday. Tripura BJP chief Rajib Bhattacharjee “Our government is working to render services including drinking water, power, setting up of Eklavya schools for development of the tribals. Highlighting different …

BJP-led NDA Will Not Get Even 150 Seats in Lok Sabha Polls: Rahul Gandhi
8 months, 1 week ago

BJP-led NDA Will Not Get Even 150 Seats in Lok Sabha Polls: Rahul Gandhi

Deccan Chronicle  

Alirajpur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday claimed the BJP-led NDA will not even get 150 seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls and that these elections were aimed at saving the Constitution which the saffron party and RSS want to change. Addressing an election rally at Jobat town in Alirajpur district under the Ratlam-Jhabua Lok Sabha seat in Madhya …

BJP-led NDA won't even get 150 seats in LS polls: Rahul Gandhi
8 months, 1 week ago

BJP-led NDA won't even get 150 seats in LS polls: Rahul Gandhi

New Indian Express  

ALIRAJPUR: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday claimed the BJP-led NDA will not even get 150 seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls and that these elections were aimed at saving the Constitution which the saffron party and RSS want to change. Addressing an election rally at Jobat town in Alirajpur district under the Ratlam-Jhabua Lok Sabha seat in Madhya …

Local dynamics play a major part in Chhattisgarh election
8 months, 1 week ago

Local dynamics play a major part in Chhattisgarh election

The Hindu  

Chhattisgarh will see its seven remaining seats out of a total 11 go to the polls in the third phase of the Lok Sabha election on May 7. While the BJP has tried to focus on topics like the Ram Temple, abrogation of Article 370 and India’s “relative rise” globally with hyper-local issues like corruption allegations against the previous Congress …

Election In Pincodes: Amid welfare push, the shifting sands of Dalit politics in Agra
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Election In Pincodes: Amid welfare push, the shifting sands of Dalit politics in Agra

Hindustan Times  

Clumps of darkness are descending on a young man as he rappels down the remnants of a 60-foot stage, its skeleton stripped of its cloth finery but still held up by gaunt poles of bamboo-throwing menacing shadows. “It is what makes Agra India’s Dalit capital.” This year, the stage was designed in the likeness of the London School of Economics, …

Days after defecting to BJP, Chhindwara mayor asks people to vote for Congress
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Days after defecting to BJP, Chhindwara mayor asks people to vote for Congress

Hindustan Times  

Vikram Ahake, the mayor of Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh who defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party this month, asked voters to vote to re-elect Congress member of Parliament Nakul Nath in the video ahead of the polling on Friday in the region in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls. I felt.I was wrong.wronging the person who developed Chhindwara, and …

Parties Focusing on Non Tribal Voters in Adilabad Lok Sabha Campaign
9 months ago

Parties Focusing on Non Tribal Voters in Adilabad Lok Sabha Campaign

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The major parties -- Congress, BRS and BJP – are focusing attention on non-tribal voters during the campaign in the Adilabad parliament constituency. The candidates are focusing on non-tribal votes even in the reserved Boath, Khanapur and Asifabad areas out of the seven assembly segments under this LS constituency. Among the four lakh tribal population, 2.5 lakh are Adivasis …

Chhattisgarh: Barring Bastar in ’19, 5 reserved seats have always stood by BJP
9 months, 1 week ago

Chhattisgarh: Barring Bastar in ’19, 5 reserved seats have always stood by BJP

New Indian Express  

RAIPUR: In the Lok Sabha elections held in Chhattisgarh so far, the BJP held the sway over the five reserved constituencies, the Election Commission data shows. Of the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, four are reserved for the scheduled tribes and one for the scheduled caste. Barring the victory by Congress candidate Deepak Baij from Bastar ST-reserved seat …

BJP to record 29-0 score in MP, Nakul Nath may lose Chhindwara, says India TV-CNX opinion poll
9 months, 1 week ago

BJP to record 29-0 score in MP, Nakul Nath may lose Chhindwara, says India TV-CNX opinion poll

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections Opinion Poll 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to win all the 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, according to India TV-CNX opinion poll. According to the survey, the Congress which managed to win just a single seat Chhindwara in 2019 general elections in the state, may not able …

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Congress likely to join hands with Hanuman Beniwal's RLP, BAP and CPM in Rajasthan
10 months ago

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Congress likely to join hands with Hanuman Beniwal's RLP, BAP and CPM in Rajasthan

India TV News  

Aiming to strengthen I.N.D.I.A bloc in Rajasthan, Congress may give three seats to regional parties, said the sources on Monday. Dungarpur-Banswara seat will be given to the Bharatiya Tribal Party, the Nagaur seat will be given to Hanuman Beniwal's Rashtriya Loktantrik Party and the Sikar seat will go to CPM, the sources said. Two former Congress ministers, other leaders join …

Fight for the Dalit vote hots up in Uttar Pradesh
10 months, 1 week ago

Fight for the Dalit vote hots up in Uttar Pradesh

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s latest bid to reach out to Dalits in Uttar Pradesh comes at a time when the State is simmering with Dalit anger over the death of a Jatav teenager in police firing in Milak area of Rampur district. On Thursday, as the State reeled under the news of the father of one of the victims of …

Keeping up with UP | After Ram temple, BJP gets down to correcting its caste calculus
10 months, 1 week ago

Keeping up with UP | After Ram temple, BJP gets down to correcting its caste calculus

Hindustan Times  

Despite Modi’s guarantee and the Ram temple hype, the Bharatiya Janata Party is busy setting its caste calculus right in Uttar Pradesh where it is aiming for a 100% result for the National Democratic Alliance in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. The BJP and its ally had won 64 seats in Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 Lok Sabha election despite …

Chhattisgarh BJP MLAs to meet in Raipur; suspense over CM could end
1 year, 1 month ago

Chhattisgarh BJP MLAs to meet in Raipur; suspense over CM could end

The Hindu  

A key meeting of the BJP’s newly-elected 54 MLAs in Chhattisgarh to pick the legislative party leader will be held here on Sunday which is likely to end the suspense over who will be the next Chief Minister. The party’s three observers – Union ministers Arjun Munda and Sarbananda Sonowal, and party general secretary Dushyant Kumar Gautam – will be …

In Chhattisgarh, lack of jobs, price rise, and corruption bring down Congress government
1 year, 1 month ago

In Chhattisgarh, lack of jobs, price rise, and corruption bring down Congress government

The Hindu  

The scale of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s victory in Chhattisgarh caught many observers by surprise, especially since many exit polls had projected either a tough fight or a Congress victory. While the BJP registered a four-fold increase in the number of seats won since the last election, the Congress’s tally reduced by nearly half. Unemployment, price rise, and corruption went …

Big BJP bounce in Hindi heartland, Congress gets consolation prize
1 year, 1 month ago

Big BJP bounce in Hindi heartland, Congress gets consolation prize

New Indian Express  

In Madhya Pradesh, the BJP managed to hold on to power. Yet, the party didn't project Shivraj Singh Chouhan as its face, seeking votes in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi instead. Of course, the BJP electoral machine's booth management skills, astute ticket distribution and the over confidence of the Congress swung the popular mood in its favour in …

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 …

Chhattisgarh Election Result 2023 Congress Raipur West Candidate Vikas Upadhyay Recites Hanuman Chalisa
1 year, 1 month ago

Chhattisgarh Election Result 2023 Congress Raipur West Candidate Vikas Upadhyay Recites Hanuman Chalisa

ABP News  

Chhattisgarh Elections: Ahead of the counting of votes in the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, Congress candidate from Raipur West Vikas Upadhyay, was seen reciting Hanuman Chalisa. The Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government in the state is seeking to retain the state but is expected to receive tough competition from the Bharatiya Janata Party, which has left no stone unturned to topple the …

Basna Election Result 2023 Live Updates: BJP Won In This Seat Of Chhattisgarh
1 year, 1 month ago

Basna Election Result 2023 Live Updates: BJP Won In This Seat Of Chhattisgarh

The Quint  

Chhattisgarh witnesses a bipolar electoral battle. The main fight in Chhattisgarh Assembly election 2023 is between the incumbent Congress, led by chief minister Bhupesh Baghel and the opposition Bhartiya Janata Party. Smaller parties like Janta Congress Chhattisgarh, Bahujan Samaj Party, Gondwana Ganatantra Party, and Aam Aadmi Party also have some presence in a few seats. The BJP's 15-year rule finally …

Chhattisgarh Exit Poll 2023: Congress likely to retain power with 46-56 seats, predicts India TV-CNX
1 year, 1 month ago

Chhattisgarh Exit Poll 2023: Congress likely to retain power with 46-56 seats, predicts India TV-CNX

India TV News  

Chhattisgarh Exit Poll 2023: The Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to make a comeback by registering winning 8 seats in North Chhattisgarh region. In a neck-a-neck competition, the BJP is likely to win 30-40 seats and the Congress is expected to retain power with 46-56 seats, claims India TV-CNX Exit Poll. Key candidates in Chhattisgarh The main candidates in the …

KCR is against to dalit community-BSP Chief Mayavati
1 year, 1 month ago

KCR is against to dalit community-BSP Chief Mayavati

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao was against the Dalit people and was treating the community as a vote bank while trying to suppress them politically, alleged Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati. Speaking at an election campaign meeting in support of BSP candidate Dasari Usha from Peddapalli, Mayawati said that it was because of the Indian Constitution written by Dr …

Vying for the tribal vote in Rajasthan amid a changing idea of tribal identity
1 year, 1 month ago

Vying for the tribal vote in Rajasthan amid a changing idea of tribal identity

The Hindu  

Like all the other residents of Kharni Tokri, a small village deep inside the Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Kishanlal Bhil has lived in the forest all his life. Changing identity Tribal identity in Rajasthan is increasingly detaching itself from the last decade’s focus on forest rights. Instead, both the Congress and the BJP are hoping to court the State’s tribal youth …

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 …

MP Election: CM Chouhan, Congress leader Kamal Nath, Union Minister Scindia cast their votes | WATCH
1 year, 1 month ago

MP Election: CM Chouhan, Congress leader Kamal Nath, Union Minister Scindia cast their votes | WATCH

India TV News  

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2023: Amid the ongoing Assembly elections in the state, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and state Congress president Kamal Nath voted in their respective constituencies after polling began on Friday morning. Chouhan urges people to vote for development Speaking to the media, after casting the vote, the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister also urged the …

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 …

The high-pitched campaign for tribal votes in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan
1 year, 2 months ago

The high-pitched campaign for tribal votes in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 14, 2023 08:58 IST - 11 MINS READ Amid the election season in the Hindi belt States of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh, the air is thick with talk of “Adivasi bhakti” and the various hues of tribal identity/pride as political parties vie with each other for the votes of a community that is otherwise kept at …

Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2023: First phase voting for 20 seats today | Know key players, poll issues
1 year, 2 months ago

Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2023: First phase voting for 20 seats today | Know key players, poll issues

India TV News  

The first phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections for 20 seats, including several in the Naxal-affected Bastar division, will be held on Tuesday. Key seats and candidates in the first phase of the Chhattisgarh elections include: Rajnandgaon: Former Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh is contesting from this seat, with Congress' Giris Devangan as his rival. In the 2018 Assembly polls, the Congress …

Chhattisgarh Assembly election | Amid hostile topography and extremism, a battle of ballot in Bastar region
1 year, 2 months ago

Chhattisgarh Assembly election | Amid hostile topography and extremism, a battle of ballot in Bastar region

The Hindu  

A drive through the villages scattered around the newly completed Palli-Barsur Marg, part of an arterial State Highway in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, exposes the accessibility and security challenges of people in this Naxal heartland. Of the 12 Assembly constituencies in the Bastar region, all of which are going to polls in the first phase on Tuesday, four each have been …

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