Karnataka Leader of Opposition R Ashok has defended the NDA's decision to field Nikhil Kumaraswamy as the candidate for the Channapatna Assembly bypoll, stating that Congress workers are upset since I.N.D.I.A candidate from Channapatna CP Yogeshwara, is not a 'Congressman'.
The Gidderbaha seat, previously won by Amarinder Warring in 2012, 2017 and 2022, fell vacant after the former won the Lok Sabha elections 2024 from Ludhiana this year.
All three parties had already released their initial lists of candidates, but 106 seats remained unannounced. Among these, 20 to 25 seats were contentious, with claims from all three parties. This meeting aimed to address these disputes.
According to an official statement, candidates and parties can now apply for campaign-related permissions also in the new and upgraded Suvidha 2.0 mobile application for greater convenience. Earlier, candidates and parties could only track the status and download approvals on the mobile app
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 Nationalist Congress party (Sharad Pawar faction) on Thursday announced a list of 45 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra scheduled for November 20.
After the announcement of the first list of NCP candidates, Maharashtra State President of the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar faction) leader Jayant Patil on Thursday exuded confidence in the victory of Ajit Pawar's nephew Yugendra Pawar against him in the Baramati constituency.
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.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday approved the candidature of Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan as the Congress candidate from the Shiggaon Constituency for the upcoming Legislative Assembly bypolls in Karnataka.