The parents of slain Punjabi rapper Sidhu Moose Wala, Balkaur Singh, on Monday, urged people not to vote for Aam Aadmi Party in Jalandhar bypolls and asked them to put 'justice for Moose Wala' pictures as their profile picture on social media.
Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday announced the names of candidates for the upcoming Parliamentary and Assembly bypolls in Punjab and Odisha respectively.
Hours after being expelled from the Congress, Sushil Rinku on Wednesday joined Aam Aadmi Party in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday said that the court has given 30-days time to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for judicial remedy after he was convicted in a criminal defamation case, and said that the commission will wait before announcing bypolls in the Wayanad parliam
"Democracy was murdered in Erode bypolls. Voters were threatened during bypolls. They were locked like cows and goats. All were made to vote. It was against democracy," an AIAMDK MLA said.
Congress party has announced Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary, wife of former Jalandhar MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary, who collapsed during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, as party candidate for the upcoming bypolls in the Lok Sabha seat.
The political battle for attaining power in Chhattisgarh is not going to be a cakewalk for the ruling Congress and the main-opposition BJP this time as Sarva Adivasi Samaj (SAS) will play a major role in deciding the equations for the upcoming elections.
Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam (AMMK) General Secretary TTV Dhinakaran has blamed All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) interim General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami for the party's continuous defeat.