The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a PIL seeking to restrict candidates from contesting elections for the same office simultaneously from more than one constituency, saying the issues pertain to the legislative domain.
"At a time, when J-K prepares for the upcoming elections under the new Constitution setup, we cannot afford to let terrorist activities go unquestioned. I also wish to alert the international community that the candidates in the upcoming elections are the next target of these terrorists," sa
The Central Election Committee (CEC) of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday released a list of candidates for the upcoming by-elections to be held in West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh.
The meeting will be chaired by party national president JP Nadda in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Eight Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors have expressed their objection over the candidate selected as the Leader of the Opposition in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation alleging that he has been "imposed" from Delhi, informed sources.
The Central Election Committe of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a press release on Sunday announced the name of Papiya Dutta as its candidate from Agartala for the upcoming Tripura elections.
While the Bharatiya Janata Party released two lists of 48 and six candidates, Congress declared 17 candidates. BJP and IPFT also announced that their alliance will continue