Lok Sabha polls: 111 distressed Tamil Nadu farmers to contest against PM Narendra Modi in Varanasi
5 years, 9 months ago

Lok Sabha polls: 111 distressed Tamil Nadu farmers to contest against PM Narendra Modi in Varanasi

India Today  

After taking their protests to the National capital to highlight their demands, Tamil Nadu farmers are gearing up for an electoral battle and will file 111 nominations from the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is contesting. Tamil Nadu farmers leader P Ayyakannu said Saturday that 111 farmers from the State will contest against PM Narendra Modi from Varanasi. Ayyakannu, who is also president of the National South Indian Rivers Inter-Linking Farmers Association, said the decision to contest the polls from Uttar Pradesh was to urge the BJP to include in their manifesto that their demands, including "profitable prices for farm produce," would be fulfilled. "At the least, let the lone BJP MP from Tamil Nadu Pon Radhakrishnan commit that our promises will be honoured in the manifesto, we may think about reconsidering our decision," he said.

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Uttam campaigns for Maha polls, appeals voters to bring MVA into power
2 months ago

Uttam campaigns for Maha polls, appeals voters to bring MVA into power

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:Irrigation and civil supplies minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy appealed to Maharashtra voters to reject what he termed as the BJP’s divisive politics and support the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition in the ongoing Assembly elections. Uttam underscored that Congress aimed to restore the state’s “dignity and rightful place” in the national economy, promising to counter the BJP’s policies if the …

Reach Out to Farmers and Win Their Support, Santosh Urges Telangana State BJP
5 months, 1 week ago

Reach Out to Farmers and Win Their Support, Santosh Urges Telangana State BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Buoyed by the big success during the recent Lok Sabha elections where it won eight seats in Telangana, the party’s central leadership has decided to sustain the momentum by aggressively taking up farmers' issues and corner the state government on its failed promises. Given the inordinate delay in implementing the farm loan waiver scheme, the state BJP leaders have …

Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Results 2024 highlights: DMK alliance makes a clean sweep of 39/39
7 months, 1 week ago

Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Results 2024 highlights: DMK alliance makes a clean sweep of 39/39

The Hindu  

Polling in Tamil Nadu took place in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election, scheduled on April 19, when all 39 of the State’s constituencies voted. Competition in the State is between the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leading the bloc in Tamil Nadu, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam -led alliance and the …

BJP, INDIA alliance go all out in Purvanchal, including key seat of Varanasi
7 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP, INDIA alliance go all out in Purvanchal, including key seat of Varanasi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Varanasi seat is among the thirteen Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh going to the polls in the seventh and final phase of the election. In the prestigious Gorakhpur seat, once synonymous with Mr. Adityanath, the sitting BJP MP Ravi Kishan is taking on SP candidate Kajal Nishad. ‘Growth engine of India’ In his campaign, Mr. …

PM Modi to file nomination from Varanasi on May 14, to hold roadshow on May 13
8 months, 1 week ago

PM Modi to file nomination from Varanasi on May 14, to hold roadshow on May 13

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to file his nomination papers from the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency on May 14, ahead of the upcoming general elections. Seeking third term PM Modi is seeking a third term from the Varanasi constituency, having secured landslide victories in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Election details Varanasi will vote in the seventh …

Revanth vows ₹2 lakh farm loan waiver by August 15
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Revanth vows ₹2 lakh farm loan waiver by August 15

The Hindu  

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy vowed on Durga Mata of Edupayala temple in Medak district that ₹2 lakh farm loan waiver would be implemented in the State by August 15. Speaking at an election rally in Medak town in support of Congress candidate Neelam Madhu on Saturday, he assured farmers that the loan waiver process would be completed by Independence …

Will Waive Rs 2 Lakh Farm Loans by August 15: Revanth Reddy
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Will Waive Rs 2 Lakh Farm Loans by August 15: Revanth Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Warangal: The Congress government would waive farm loans of upto Rs 2 lakh taken by farmers, by August 15, and give Rs 500 as bonus per quintal of paddy procured from the next season. Revanth Reddy who came down heavily against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao and alleged that “both Delhi Modi and farm house …

Varanasi Lok Sabha Election 2024: Congress' UP chief Ajay Rai to take on PM Narendra Modi
9 months, 1 week ago

Varanasi Lok Sabha Election 2024: Congress' UP chief Ajay Rai to take on PM Narendra Modi

India TV News  

With the Lok Sabha elections looming, the Congress party has featured Ajai Rai as their contender from Varanasi for the third time. Electoral history Rai contested against PM Narendra Modi in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, securing the third position on both occasions. PM Modi to contest from Varanasi In a parallel development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is …

BJP announces 9 Lok Sabha candidates for Tamil Nadu, Annamalai to contest from Coimbatore
9 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP announces 9 Lok Sabha candidates for Tamil Nadu, Annamalai to contest from Coimbatore

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday announced nine Lok Sabha candidates for Tamil Nadu. The BJP also decided to give tickets to AC Shanmugam, the Puthiya Needhi Katchi chief, from Vellore and also the sitting MP TR Paarivendhar from the Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu on its symbol. Paarivendhar contested on MK Stalin-led Dravida …

BJP Releases 1st List Of 195 Candidates For LS Polls; PM Modi To Contest From Varanasi, Amit Shah from Gandhinagar
10 months, 1 week ago

BJP Releases 1st List Of 195 Candidates For LS Polls; PM Modi To Contest From Varanasi, Amit Shah from Gandhinagar

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi for a third time, the Bharatiya Janata Party announced on Saturday, releasing a list of 195 candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. CANDIDATES CONSTITUENCY 1 Narendra Modi Varanasi 2 Rajnath Singh Lucknow 3 Smriti Irani Amethi 4 Hema Malini Mathura 5 Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Fatehpur 6 Neelam Sonkar Lalganj …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Here is complete first list of BJP's 195 candidates for upcoming polls
10 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Here is complete first list of BJP's 195 candidates for upcoming polls

India TV News  

BJP first list: The Bharatiya Janata Party today released its first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls 2024. While announcing the first list, BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde said, "PM Modi to contest Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi, Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiran Rijiju to contest from Arunachal West, BJP MP Bishnu Pada …

Congress or BJP: who gained from farmers’ vote in Chhattisgarh
1 year, 1 month ago

Congress or BJP: who gained from farmers’ vote in Chhattisgarh

The Hindu  

In Chhattisgarh, primarily an agrarian State, the recent election revolved around farmer-centric promises, with fierce competition between the Congress and the BJP over issues like loan waivers and price of paddy. Dissatisfaction among paddy farmers coupled with anti-incumbency sentiments played a significant role in ending the BJP’s 15-year rule in the State in the 2018 election. In the case of …

As paddy crops fail, Congress’ poll promise of a loan waiver is pushing BJP candidates into a corner in Chhattisgarh
1 year, 2 months ago

As paddy crops fail, Congress’ poll promise of a loan waiver is pushing BJP candidates into a corner in Chhattisgarh

The Hindu  

With the Congress riding high on its pre-poll promise to waive farm loans in Chhattisgarh in a year of insufficient rainfall, some BJP candidates in the State have been pushed off-script and are promising loan waivers as well, even without official backing from their party. I certainly don’t think so.” Aslo Read | Experts weigh in on Chhattisgarh Congress promise …

KCR and Modi govts taking farmers for a ride: Uttam
1 year, 9 months ago

KCR and Modi govts taking farmers for a ride: Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Expressing grave concern at the unfulfilled promises made by the state and Union government for Telangana farmers, Nalgonda Lok Sabha member N. Uttam Kumar Reddy lambasted them for neglecting over one lakh farmers, who were severely hit by the recent unseasonal rains. Taking a dig at both governments for failing to deliver on one lakh loan waiver and crop …

Dynasts look out for their 'political interests' when nation faces a challenge: PM Modi in Varanasi
2 years, 10 months ago

Dynasts look out for their 'political interests' when nation faces a challenge: PM Modi in Varanasi

India Today  

Dynasts look out for their "political interests" each time a challenge crops up before the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a poll rally in Varanasi, referring to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Speaking at a rally in Varanasi's Khajuri village on Sunday, PM Modi said, "When some challenges crop up before the nation, these dynasts look for their …

Will waive farm loans if Opposition alliance comes to power in Jharkhand: Rahul Gandhi
5 years, 1 month ago

Will waive farm loans if Opposition alliance comes to power in Jharkhand: Rahul Gandhi

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on December 12 promised to waive farm loan up to ₹2 lakh in Jharkhand, if the opposition alliance is voted to power. Addressing a poll meeting Rajmahal, in support of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate Ketubbudin Sheikh, Mr. Gandhi said farmers would receive a minimum support price of ₹2,500 for every quintal of paddy, if the Cong-JMM-RJD …

Maharashtra Assembly elections: BJP banks on Modi's appeal, but faces challenge of farm distress, quota demands
5 years, 3 months ago

Maharashtra Assembly elections: BJP banks on Modi's appeal, but faces challenge of farm distress, quota demands

Firstpost  

The Maharashtra Assembly election will test whether the BJP still retains the momentum that it had during the Lok Sabha battle The Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, scheduled to be held on 21 October, are particularly important as they will be the first ones to be held after the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Across several districts of Maharashtra, supporters …

Varanasi Election Result Live Updates, Varanasi Election Latest News, Varanasi Final Result Live
5 years, 7 months ago

Varanasi Election Result Live Updates, Varanasi Election Latest News, Varanasi Final Result Live

ABP News  

BJP SP Varanasi: In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, PM Narendra Modi from Bharatiya Janta Party won the elections by a margin of 371784 votes. The major contest is between Bharatiya Janata Party#s PM Narendra Modi and Samajwadi Party#s Shalini Yadav In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Bharatiya Janata Party won 71 out of the 80 parliamentary seat with 42.3 …

Lok Sabha elections: No contest in PM Modi’s Varanasi
5 years, 7 months ago

Lok Sabha elections: No contest in PM Modi’s Varanasi

Deccan Chronicle  

Varanasi: Although Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s victory is certain in Varanasi, speculation is rife on the possible vote mathematics of the SP-BSP alliance. The Aam Admi Party candidate Arvind Kejriwal got 20.30 per cent of the vote with nearly 2.09 lakh votes. The total vote share of the SP-BSP alliance and of the Congress is likely to be 17.61 per …

It was collective decision not to contest from Varanasi: Priyanka
5 years, 8 months ago

It was collective decision not to contest from Varanasi: Priyanka

The Quint  

Amethi, April 30 Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday said the decision not to contest from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat against Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a collective party decision taken after ascertaining the opinion of all top party leaders. Speaking to media here, the Congress leader, who is also the in-charge for the eastern Uttar Pradesh said, …

15 farmers file nomination in Uttar Pradesh
5 years, 8 months ago

15 farmers file nomination in Uttar Pradesh

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Out of 45 turmeric farmers who set out from Nizamabad district, only 15 could file their nomination papers for the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is contesting The farmers alleged that local police and Election Commission officials did not allow all of them to file their nomination and staged …

Lok Sabha election: For BJP and Modi, ignored farmers, unemployment, drought in Maharashtra threaten to hurt party's hopes for majority
5 years, 8 months ago

Lok Sabha election: For BJP and Modi, ignored farmers, unemployment, drought in Maharashtra threaten to hurt party's hopes for majority

Firstpost  

That coupled with possible losses in Maharashtra, home to India’s financial capital, Mumbai, and the second most seats in parliament after Uttar Pradesh, would make it harder for the BJP-led coalition to win a governing majority, say political strategists. Nashik: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party and its ally, Shiv Sena, face a big electoral challenge in critical Maharashtra where …

Congress fields Ajai Rai to take on Narendra Modi from Varanasi again; ends debate on Priyanka Gandhi contesting Lok Sabha election
5 years, 8 months ago

Congress fields Ajai Rai to take on Narendra Modi from Varanasi again; ends debate on Priyanka Gandhi contesting Lok Sabha election

Firstpost  

The Congress has fielded five-time MLA Ajay Rai, not Priyanka Gandhi, from Varanasi to contest the Lok Sabha election against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Congress has fielded five-time MLA Ajai Rai from Varanasi to contest the Lok Sabha election against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The news comes amid speculation that the party would field Priyanka Gandhi, Congress general secretary …

Ex-judge, ex-jawan, priest, 111 Tamil Nadu farmers to fight PM Modi in Varanasi
5 years, 9 months ago

Ex-judge, ex-jawan, priest, 111 Tamil Nadu farmers to fight PM Modi in Varanasi

India Today  

As of now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears all set to contest against an interesting array of candidates from Varanasi, when his parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh goes to polls in the last phase on May 19. A sacked Border Security Force constable Tej Bahadur Yadav who uploaded a video on the social media showing the sub-standard food being served …

BJP releases first list, PM Modi to contest from Varanasi, Amit Shah from LK Advani’s Gandhinagar
5 years, 9 months ago

BJP releases first list, PM Modi to contest from Varanasi, Amit Shah from LK Advani’s Gandhinagar

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi, the Bhartiya Janata Party announced on Thursday. Here is the list of BJP candidates for Lok Sabha Election 2019: Uttar Pradesh Varanasi - Narendra Modi Saharanpur - Raghav Lakhanpal Muzaffarnagar - Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Bijnor Kunwar - Bharatendra Singh Moradabad - Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Sambhal - Parmeshwar Lal Saini Amroha - …

Modi govt using J&K situation to hide their failures: Mayawati
5 years, 10 months ago

Modi govt using J&K situation to hide their failures: Mayawati

Deccan Chronicle  

Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP of trying to cover up their failures by using the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir. It is not hidden from the people how BJP and especially PM Modi are trying to hide their failures in the garb of what is happening there,” she said while addressing …

Will waive farmers’ loans if voted to power: Rahul Gandhi
5 years, 11 months ago

Will waive farmers’ loans if voted to power: Rahul Gandhi

Live Mint  

Congress president Rahul Gandhi Sunday said his party would waive farm loans and give a big push to the food processing industry if voted to power in the Lok Sabha elections Alleging that the Centre's crop insurance scheme is "aimed at taking away the hard-earned money of farmers to fill up the pockets of big businessmen", he promised that the …

Congress uses farm loan waivers to win elections: PM Modi
5 years, 11 months ago

Congress uses farm loan waivers to win elections: PM Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

Jammu: Attacking the Congress over its promise of farm loan waiver, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the party uses the measure only to win elections. Ridiculing the loan waivers given by the Congress in Madhya Pradesh, the prime minister said some beneficiaries have been given cheques of Rs 13 only. They try to act as 'messiah' of …

'Distressed farmers showed PM Modi their strength in recent polls': Rahul
6 years ago

'Distressed farmers showed PM Modi their strength in recent polls': Rahul

Deccan Chronicle  

Jaipur: Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday that farmers, troubled by the agriculture distress, showed Prime Minister Narendra Modi their strength in the recent assembly elections in three Hindi heartland states, including Rajasthan, in which the BJP lost power to the Congress. The Congress president, however, said waiving farm loans is a small step towards addressing the agriculture distress and "a …

Govt mulling big financial package to woo farmers ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls: Sources
6 years ago

Govt mulling big financial package to woo farmers ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls: Sources

India TV News  

The government is contemplating a big financial package and several incentives to woo farmers ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election, sources told PTI. The Agriculture Ministry has prepared a road map and made a presentation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggesting both short and long term "sustainable" solutions to various issues that are impacting farmers and causing agricultural distress …

Winning 24: BJP plans big for LS poll
6 years ago

Winning 24: BJP plans big for LS poll

Deccan Chronicle  

Belagavi: With BJP president Amit Shah scheduled to visit Karnataka next month, party legislators will meet here tomorrow to discuss preparations for next year's Lok Sabha polls and draw up a strategy to meet the target set by central leaders: victory in 24 of the 28 Lok Sabha seats. In addition to preparations for Lok Sabha polls, legislators would also …

Farmers' crisis, agriculture will be focus of 2019 polls and not Ram Mandir, says All India Kisan Sabha leader Hannan Mollah
6 years, 1 month ago

Farmers' crisis, agriculture will be focus of 2019 polls and not Ram Mandir, says All India Kisan Sabha leader Hannan Mollah

Firstpost  

AIKS general secretary and eight-time MP from West Bengal, Hannan Mollah said agriculture would be a significant issue ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, not the Ram Mandir controversy, because the Narendra Modi government has failed on its promises to implement the recommendations of the Swaminathan Committee in letter and spirit and waive farm loans. Speaking to Firstpost, AIKS …

Loan waiver: Upset farmers plan stir
6 years, 6 months ago

Loan waiver: Upset farmers plan stir

Deccan Chronicle  

Raichur: To exert pressure on Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to review the farmer loan waiver scheme announced recently, the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene will stage a protest by blocking the national highway near Hosapete on July 21. The state honorary president of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene, Chamarasa Patil told mediapersons here that about …

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