As the first phase of Lok Sabha elections kicks off on Friday, Karti P Chidambaram, Congress leader and candidate from Sivaganga constituency, arrived to cast his vote and said that the people of the state are unhappy with the central government and will overwhelmingly vote for the INDIA all
The electoral battle in Maharashtra's Baramati Lok Sabha seat is going to be a closely watched contest between NCP candidates Sunetra Pawar and Supriya Sule, who are vying for victory in the Pawar family's stronghold.
Voting will notably take place in the north-eastern state to elect two Lok Sabha MPs and 50 MLAs. There are 133 candidates in the fray for the assembly constituencies and 14 for Lok Sabha seats.
One of the star candidates of the BJP, Nisith Pramanik, who holds the portfolio of the Union Minister of State for Home, is the most prominent candidate from West Bengal in the first phase.
Amid the row over Hyderabad BJP candidate Madhavi Latha allegedly pretending to shoot an arrow at the mosque in Hyderabad during Ram Navami yatra, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that they will not accept the BJP-RSS' vulgar and provocative actions.
"This is to bring to your attention that we have received credible information that Shri Nishith Pramanik is using his office, as the Minister of State (Ministry of Home Affairs), to control the CRPF personnel deployed in Coochbehar Parliamentary Constituency and using them for his illegal b
As the nation gears up for the elections to the 18th Lok Sabha, a total of 16.63 crore voters will be voting in the first phase on April 19, deciding the fate of 1625 candidates.
"It's the BJP's decision who they want to appoint as their candidate. I have no right to speak about that. But, I would say that there is committed leadership that is in touch with their people and then there are those who are like tourists...The way tourists wear regional clothes, get a pic
Speaking at the women's convention organised by BJP Mahila Morcha in Akki Alur in Hangal taluk on Thursday the BJP's Gadag-Haveri Lok Sabha constituency candidate lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that the PM has given permanent guarantee schemes to make women self-reliant.
The nomination rally of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Raghunandan Rao, contesting for the Medak Lok Sabha constituency, garnered significant attention as it unfolded in Medak on Thursday.
Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi, former MP and the Lok Sabha candidate for the ruling YSRCP from Vishakhapatnam, urged the striking Gangavaram port workers and unions to allow the movement or passage of nearly 2 lakh tonnes of imported coking coal from the port to the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.