Prakash Ambdekar of Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi announced on Wednesday the names of eight candidates for the upcoming elections, thus indicating that it would severe its ties with Maha Vikas Aghadi, or MVA, in Maharashtra.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president and Coimbatore Lok Sabha candidate K. Annamalai filed his nomination from the Coimbatore parliamentary constituency on Wednesday.
The 33-year-old is pitted against two-time Congress MP Manickam Tagore and the BJP's Radikaa Sarathkumar, the wife of actor turned politician R Sarathkumar.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami held a public meeting in support of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Anil Baluni from Garhwal Lok Sabha seat at Ramlila Maidan in Pauri Garhwal. He also appealed to people to vote for BJP candidate Anil Baluni.
Speaking to ANI about her candidature from Raigarh Lok Sabha constituency, Menaka Devi Singh said, "I feel very good that our party trusted me, gave me the ticket and entrusted me with the responsibility to win this seat."
Sandeshkhali survivor Rekha Patra on Tuesday asserted to fulfil the responsibility given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) named her as the candidate from Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency.
BJP leader Prakash Reddy strongly condemned the statement made by Congress leader Supriya Shrinate against Lok Sabha candidate Kangana Ranaut, stating that such statements are objectionable
Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitu Patwari said that all the candidates for the remaining seats in Madhya Pradesh will be declared on March 27 for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) candidate Ghulam Mohammed Saroori filed his nomination papers for the Udhampur parliamentary constituency in the office of Returning Officer Dr Rakesh Minhas on Tuesday.