Hyderabad, known most popularly for the iconic Charminar, is bracing itself for the big showdown between Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Madhavi Latha and sitting All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MP Asaduddin Owaisi for the Lok Sabha election.
In this election, Jyotiraditya Scindia is contesting his first Lok Sabha election with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and hopes to reclaim his family's lost bastion of Guna after more than four years since he made the switch from the Congress.
Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency the erstwhile seat of late Mulayam Singh Yadav is going to polls in the third phase in Uttar Pradesh and has become a prestige electoral battle for the Samajwadi Party (SP) as the party has to maintain the legacy of Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Amethi and Rae Bareli -- two constituencies considered old turfs of the Gandhi family has again become the point of focus as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has entered the fray in Rae Bareli and family's close aide Kishori Lal Sharma has been fielded against Smriti Irani in Amethi.
Stressing his track record of fulfilling aspirations and meeting public expectations in his previous terms as a member of the Lok Sabha, Union Minister and the BJP's Guna candidate Jyotiraditya Scindia pointed to the ongoing implementation of public infrastructure projects in his constitu
"...Both Amethi and Raebareli are family bastions. Since Sonia Gandhi is in Rajya Sabha this time, someone has to take charge of Raebareli seat this time. This decision must have been taken with due deliberation - that is why Rahul Gandhi had to choose Raebareli and not Amethi this time," Pa
The Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, one of the 26 Lok Sabha seats and one of the prominent BJP bastions, will go to the polls on May 7 in the third phase of the elections. The seat will witness the contest between Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress' Sonal Patel.
Mentionable, for the first time, the BJP held an election rally in Birsingh, a minority-dominated area that lies at the Indo-Bangladesh border. Assam Cabinet Minister Ranjit Kumar Dass campaigned for Jabed Islam, the NDA candidate from Asom Gano Parishad (AGP).
BJP candidate from Rajnandgaon constituency Santosh Pandey exuded confidence in winning the Lok Sabha seat, a Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) bastion for over three decades, despite Congress fielding senior leader and former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel on Monday.
Facing a formidable challenger in his bid to secure a fifth term in the Lok Sabha in the form of firebrand BJP leader Madhavi Latha, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday filed his nomination from the prestigious Hyderabad constituency, which is considered a bastion of the Owaisi family.