The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday announced its candidates for 125 assembly seats of Maharashtra. Its ally, the Shiv Sena, too released list of 68 candidates. The two parties announced on Monday that they will remain together in this month’s election, unlike the previous poll when they parted ways after […]
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Poll pact sealed with BJP, Shiv Sena announces first list
On the heels of the BJP announcing its first list of 125 candidates, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday released its first list of 70 candidates it will field in the Maharashtra Assembly elections on October 21. The Sena has retained most of its sitting MLAs, while it has also given tickets […]
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Denied ticket, 2 BJP members to contest as independents
Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Himachal Pradesh faced rebellion in Pachhad Vidhan Sabha seat where two of it’s members jumped into poll fray after being denied ticket from the segment, even as greenhorn Reena Kashyap filed nomination in presence of chief minister Jai Ram Thakur on Monday. Defying party’s decision […]
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Gowtham Kumar wins Bengaluru mayoral elections for BJP
The BJP corporator M Gowtham Kumar was elected as Bengaluru Mayor on Tuesday defeating Congress nominee RS Sathyanarayana. Kumar, who represents Jogupalya ward, secured 129 votes as against Sathyanarayana (Dattatreya Temple ward) who got 112 in a 249-vote electoral college, which comprise city corporators, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha members, MLAs […]
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BJP announces first list of candidates for Maharashtra polls, CM Devendra Fadnavis to contest from Nagpur
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday announced its first list of candidates for 125 assembly constituencies, fielding chief minister Devendra Fadnavis from Nagpur South West assembly constituency. Maharashtra assembly has 288 seats, and the BJP will fight this month’s election in alliance with the Shiv Sena. BJP’s Maharashtra chief Chandrakant […]
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To reconnect with masses, Congress needs to revive decades-old programmes
Former union minister and Congress leader Jitin Prasada’s support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to control population was basically an articulation of his own party’s policies that were framed decades ago but never implemented. Jitin Prasada quoted a party declaration adopted during a three-day conclave at Madhya Pradesh’s Pachmarhi in […]
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Amit Shah’s Durga Puja pandal push in Kolkata intensifies race with Trinamool Congress
A virtual race has begun between the leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Trinamool Congress (TMC) over inauguration of community. The BJP is making its presence felt in Bengal’s biggest annual festival for the first time. Starting with Union home minister and BJP national president Amit Shah inaugurating a community Durga […]
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Opposition leaders make a beeline for BJP in poll-bound Jharkhand
A slew of leaders from opposition parties in Jharkhand are switching sides to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state, where elections are scheduled in November-December this year. Leaders from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) have either joined the BJP […]
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Yediyurappa is ‘weakest chief minister’, says Siddaramaiah
Calling B S Yediyurappa the ‘weakest chief minister’, senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Monday said that unlike him, he has never indulged in the politics of hatred. Speaking to reporters here, Siddaramaiah said, “I suggest Yediyurappa should resign and go back. He is the weakest chief minister. I never acted […]
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BJP picks Bagha, Mahajan for Phagwara, Mukerian bypolls
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced former Punjab Scheduled Caste Commission chairman Rajesh Bagha and Jangi Lal Mahajan, a businessman, as its candidates for the Phagwara (reserved) and Mukerian seats for assembly bypolls to be held on October 21. The Phagwara seat, which fell vacant after Som Parkash […]
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Azam Khan’s wife is SP candidate for Rampur assembly byelection
Samajwadi Party (SP) on Sunday declared candidates for bypolls to six UP Assembly constituencies. With this, it has declared candidates on ten of the eleven seats that are going to polls on October 21. Akhilesh Yadav said the party will not field anyone from Iglas (Hathras) and support Rashtriya Lok […]
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In Uttarakhand, BJP strips 40 office bearers of posts for anti-party activities
The BJP on Sunday stripped 40 of its office bearers of their organisational posts for indulging in anti-party activities and filing nominations for the forthcoming Panchayat elections in Uttarakhand against candidates supported by the party. The action was taken by state BJP president Ajay Bhatt on the basis of reports […]
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Sikkim CM gets major relief as EC allows him to contest polls; opposition targets BJP
Sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Tamang, more popularly known as P S Golay, got a major relief on Sunday as the Election Commission of India (ECI) allowed him to contest the coming state polls a day before the deadline for filing nomination. Tamang, who was sworn-in on May 28, needs […]
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After PM Modi’s call, plastic water bottles replaced with glass jars at BJP headquarters
In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call to shun single-use plastic, his party BJP has replaced plastic water bottles with glass jars at party headquarters here. When the Prime Minister and other top BJP functionaries met for a Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting on Sunday, they were served […]
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BJP announces first list of candidates for assembly bypolls in 9 states
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s Central Election Committee met on Sunday in the capital and announced the first list of candidates for by-elections to assembly constituencies in nine states. The by-polls will be held in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, […]