The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan on Tuesday announced that his party will contest 50 seats in the Jharkhand assembly elections, scheduled to be held in five phases between November 30 and December 20. “The Lok Janshakti Party Jharkhand state unit has decided that the party will contest […]
Snubbed by BJP, LJP says it will contest 50 seats in Jharkhand polls
The National Democratic Alliance broke up in Jharkhand before the assembly polls as the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) decided to walk separately and contest the assembly polls independently, after a cold response from the BJP leaderships over their request to grant six seats to the Chirag Paswan-led party. The state […]
Jharkhand NDA in turmoil as allies AJSU, BJP announce candidates for same seats
The National Democratic Alliance in Jharkhand seemed headed for a split as the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) Party on Monday released its first list of 11 candidates, which includes names for three constituencies for which its senior ally BJP has already announced candidates. The development comes in the backdrop […]
Maharashtra may be moving towards President’s rule: Experts
Constitutional experts feel Maharashtra is moving towards President’s rule after two parties, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena, have failed to prove their ability to form the next government. While BJP, which is the single-largest party with 105 seats, did not stake claim to form the government on Sunday, […]
Congress, NCP go into huddle over support for Shiv Sena in Maharashtra
The top leadership of the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are holding separate meetings on Monday to discuss the political situation in Maharashtra. The Congress has called a meeting at party president Sonia Gandhi’s residence in Delhi to discuss the way forward for the party in Maharashtra , news agency ANI […]
Shiv Sena’s Arvind Sawant exits NDA govt as ties with BJP worsen
Shiv Sena’s lone minister at the Centre quit the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government on Monday a day after the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) said that it was open to supporting his party to form the government in Maharashtra if it quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition. Arvind Sawant, […]
BJP may be forced to sit in Opposition in Maharashtra
As Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) turned down the Governor’s invite to form the government in Maharashtra on Sunday, an old video clip of its senior leader, the late Gopinath Munde, started doing the rounds. In this clip, recorded ahead of the 2014 state Assembly elections, Munde, then a Union minister, […]
Cong, JMM, RJD release first lists of candidates for Jharkhand polls
Amidst the pull and push over Bishrampur and Ghatshila assembly seats, the Congress, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) came out with their first lists of candidates for the Jharkhand assembly polls on Sunday. While the Congress cleared the name of Chandrashekhar Dubey from Bishrampur, the RJD […]
‘It will not be right’: Raut warns against a caretaker govt in Maharashtra
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Friday warned that any attempt by the Fadnavis government to retain power under the garb of a caretaker government in Maharashtra will not be right. The statement came amid reports that the Bharatiya Janata Party was exploring the possibility of the governor asking Devendra Fadnavis to […]
Shiv Sena accuses BJP of creating ‘instability’ as Maharashtra deadline looms
The Shiv Sena once again used its mouthpiece Saamana to launch a tirade against ally Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday accusing it of creating ‘instability’ in Maharashtra, which remains without a government even after 15 days of the assembly results being announced as the two allies continue to spar. The two […]
Jharkhand Assembly Election 2019:JMM to fight at least 42 seats
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) working president on Wednesday announced that the party will contest at least 42 assembly seats in the upcoming assembly elections. It can also go up, said Hemant, adding, the final contour of the alliance will be clear on Thursday, at least for those seats that would […]
Amit Shah meets BJP leaders in Jharkhand to finalise candidates for assembly election
BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday met the party’s core committee members at his residence to finalise the list of candidates for forthcoming Assembly elections in Jharkhand. The meeting, which concluded at 10 pm, was attended by Chief Minister Raghbar das, Union Minister Arjun Munda, Assembly polls in-charge Om Mathur, […]
Women voters hold key on 10 of 28 tribal seats in Jharkhand
Political parties are eying on women voters in tribal constituencies where their numbers are more than male voters in the state electoral roll or their participation was higher than their counterparts at polling stations during the parliamentary polls held in summer. Women voters may call the shots in deciding fate […]
No nominations filed for Jharkhand assembly polls on day one
No nomination was filed on the very first day of the nomination process for the first phase of assembly polls on 13 seats, which will go to polls on November 30, officials said. “No nomination was filed, as per the information we received till evening. However, few aspiring candidates have […]
Join govt now, will discuss CM post later: BJP to Sena in back-channel talks
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made its first concrete move on Wednesday to end the deadlock with ally Shiv Sena over government formation, with the tenure of the outgoing Maharashtra government ending on Saturday. BJP announced that its leaders would meet Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Thursday. The party is hoping […]