After facing a defeat in the recent Parliament election, the NDA alliance in Tamil Nadu is keen to open their account in the state with the Vikravandi bypoll.
"The Congress President, Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, has approved the candidature of Smt. Surinder Kaur as Congress candidate for the ensuing bye-election to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab from 34- Jalandhar West - SC Constituency," the press release from the All India Congress Committee re
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister, DK Shivakumar, hinted on Wednesday that he may contest the Channapatna assembly bypoll, and said that he has a "debt" to repay to the people of the constituency.
On June 10, the Election Commission of India announced that by-elections to fill vacancies in 13 assembly constituencies of seven states will be held on July 10 and the counting of the votes will be done on July 13.
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and the leader of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Hemant Soren's wife, Kalpana Soren, filed her nomination papers for the Gandey Assembly by-poll in Giridih on Monday.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday announced the candidates for the by-election to be held in the Gandey Assembly seat of Jharkhand and Bagidora Assembly seat in Rajasthan.
Despite the Congress still licking its wounds from the exit of six dissenting MLAs to the BJP, state Education Minister Rohit Thakur claimed on Wednesday that the ruling party was poised to not just fare well in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections but also win all 6 Assembly seats that are going