Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee media in-charge Mukesh Nayak on Thursday raised doubts on the increase in final voting percentage of the first two phases of Lok Sabha polls saying there was a difference of six percentage between the provisional figures and exact figures given by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Nayak said that it never […]
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Smriti Irani files nomination papers from Amethi, hopes people will bless BJP in Lok Sabha polls
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani filed her nomination papers for Amethi Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh on Monday and expressed confidence that people will bless the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the elections. Smriti Irani, who is re-contesting from Amethi, was accompanied by […]
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Lok Sabha polls: Rajnath Singh files nomination from Lucknow constituency
Defence Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate from the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat, Rajnath Singh on Monday filed his nomination papers for the Lok Sabha elections on Monday. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami were also present on the occasion. Before filing the […]
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Lok Sabha polls: Rajnath Singh holds roadshow in Lucknow ahead of filing nomination
Defence Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate from the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat, Rajnath Singh on Monday held a roadshow in Lucknow before filing his nomination papers. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami also accompanied Rajnath Singh in the roadshow. Lucknow will vote […]
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Lok Sabha polls: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav files nomination from Kannauj seat
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday filed his nomination from Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj Lok Sabha seat. Samajwadi Party MP Ramgopal Yadav accompanied Akhilesh while filing his nomination. Akhilesh Yadav served as Lok Sabha MP from 2000-2012. He resigned from the Kannauj parliamentary seat in 2012 after he became the […]
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Lok Sabha polls: Om Birla eyes hattrick of wins in Kota, to face Congress’ Prahlad Gunjal
Kota, one of the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in Rajasthan will go to polls on Friday in the second phase of General elections. Bharatiya Janata Party for the third time in a row has fielded Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla from Kota, who had previously registered victories in 2019 and […]
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Lok Sabha polls: Election Commission holds meeting to discuss measures to mitigate risks due to heatwave
Following forecast of above-normal temperatures and heat waves in parts of the country, the Election Commission held a meeting on Monday with different stakeholders, including officials of the Met department. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu chaired the meeting. The meeting […]
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Lok Sabha polls: YS Sharmila files nomination from Kadapa seat in Andhra Pradesh
YS Sharmila, Andhra Pradesh Congress chief and party’s candidate, filed her nomination from the Kadapa seat on Saturday. Earlier this year, Sharmila joined Congress and merged her party, the YSR Telangana Party, into Congress. She also held a roadshow in the constituency before filing her nomination papers. The Kadapa Constituency […]
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BJP won’t get more than 150 seats in Lok Sabha polls: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed on Saturday that the BJP would not win more than 150 seats. “These BJP people have kept saying that they will secure this many or that many seats, let me make it clear, they (BJP) won’t get more than 150 seats. Not even a single seat more than 150,” he said while […]
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From newly-wed couples to three-generation of a family cast their votes in 1st phase of Lok Sabha polls
As the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections began today across 102 parliamentary constituencies spread over 21 states and Union Territories, there’s a lot of excitement among the people throughout the country. In Uttarakhand, a newly married couple exercised their voting rights at a polling booth in Pauri Garhwal. In another instance, three […]
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Lok Sabha polls: BJP fields Narayan Rane from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency
Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday announced that Union Minister Narayan Rane will contest the Lok Sabha polls from the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency in Maharashtra. Rane will face the Sena (UBT) leader and incumbent MP Vinayak Raut from this seat. Narayan Rane had repeatedly claimed before that the Sindhudurg-Ratnagiri constituency will have a BJP candidate […]
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Lok Sabha polls: Supriya Sule files nomination from Baramati seat
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) candidate and sitting MP from Baramati seat, Supriya Sule, filed her nomination papers on Thursday. Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat accompanied Sule while filing the nomination. Earlier today, Supriya Sule paid tribute to Dr. BR Ambedkar in Pune. Baramati seat has been considered the bastion of the Pawar family, with Supriya Sule winning the […]
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Madhya Pradesh: Security personnel hold flag march ahead of Lok Sabha Polls in Sidhi
Security personnle held a flag march on Wednesday morning in Sidhi, which is set to undergo polling in the first phase of Lok Sabha election 2024 scheduled to be held on April 19. The flag march covered a distance of around a kilometre starting from Samrat crossing in the district. Superintendent of Police (SP, Sidhi) Ravindra Verma told […]
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Lok Sabha polls: BJP fields Abhijit Das against Abhishek Banerjee in Diamond Harbour; releases 12th list
The BJP released its 12th list of seven candidates for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday. The list comprises BJP candidates for seven Lok Sabha constituencies across Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. The party has fielded Abhijit Das (Bobby) against Trinamool Congress general secretary and Mamata Banerjee’s […]
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BJP MP from Bangalore Central PC Mohan eyes 4th straight win in Lok Sabha polls
BJP leader and three-time MP from the Bangalore Central constituency, PC Mohan on Thursday expressed confidence in winning the Lok Sabha polls for the fourth term from the constituency. The BJP leader held a roadshow and a door-to-door campaign in the constituency to drum up support for the party just […]