The bypolls in these three seats are taking place following the resignation of HD Kumaraswamy from Channapatna, Basavaraj Bommai from Shiggaon, and Tukaram from Sandur after they won in the Lok Sabha polls in 2024.
Two assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh, Vijaypur assembly seat in Sheopur district and Budhni seat in Sehore district will undergo a by-poll next month on November 13.
The Bengaluru JD (S) women's wing is preparing on a large scale to campaign in favour of Nikhil Kumaraswamy, the JD(S)-BJP alliance candidate for the Channapatna by-election.
After the Congress party announced on Thursday that it will not field candidates in the nine Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, UP party President Ajay Rai emphasized that the INDIA alliance is united and will contest the elections with strength, alongside the Samajwadi Party (SP).
Following the nominations filed by Congress candidate CP Yogeshwara for the Channapatna by-poll in Karnataka on Thursday afternoon, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar stated that there was no dissatisfaction among the party leaders or workers regarding the Congress candidate.
Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who is also the JD(S) State Youth Unit President, will be competing against CP Yogeshwara, who joined the Congress on Wednesday after resigning as BJP MLC on Monday. Notably, HD Kumaraswamy (HDK) defeated Yogeeshwara in the 2018 and 2023 assembly polls from the seat. T
The by-poll was necessitated in the Karhal constituency following Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's resignation after being elected from Kannauj as MP.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak expressed confidence in his party's ability to win the state by-polls, saying the BJP will win all 9 seats.
Taking a dig at Congress party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for contesting Wayanad Lok Sabha by-elections, JD(U) leader Neeraj Kumar on Thursday said that the Gandhi family is a synonym of the Congress party. He added that they (Gandhis) have the leadership so they assume that they must secu
Reacting to Bharatiya Janata Party's allegations that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge was kept outside while Congress candidate from Wayanad, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was filing her nominations in the presence of other party leaders, BJP National Spokesperson CR Kesavan on Thursday said t