Taking a dig at the BJP over its delay in naming its Lok Sabha candidates in the state, Samajwadi Party chief and former chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav, on Sunday claimed nobody wants to fight a losing battle by accepting a ruling party ticket.
Ahead of the February 8 general elections to be held in Pakistan, the Peshawar police has decided not to provide security to electoral candidates, Pakistan-based ARY News reported.
Notably, earlier on Tuesday, the Akhilesh Yadav-led party on Tuesday announced candidates for 16 Lok Sabha seats, days after announcing that it had allotted 11 seats in Uttar Pradesh to the Congress for the Lok Sabha elections.
The DMK Election Coordination Committee held a discussion with the office-bearers of its Ramanathapuram and Cuddalore districts. The committee has been holding discussions with the leaders of its district units, mainly to select candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said INDIA bloc will be able to make common candidates in most of the states and the discussions are in the final stages.
She emphasised that there are enough Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Economically Weaker Section (EWS) candidates for reserved faculty positions in universities.
The SP has fielded Dimple Yadav, wife of former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav from Mainpuri and Shafiqur Rahman Barq from Sambhal and Ravidas Mehrotra from Lucknow.
Speaking to reporters on the controversy around Hanuma Dwaja, D K Shivakumar said, "BJP leaders are trying to disturb peace in Mandya for political gains. BJP candidates lost deposit in many of the constituencies in Mandya and hence they are trying to find a political base by joining hands w
Assam Minister of Skill, Employment, and Entrepreneurship, Jayanta Mallabaruah engaged in a cordial discussion with the female candidates who were recently selected in the Tata Recruitment Campaign conducted in a state workshop 'Shakti Vandhan', aimed to empower and develop Women's Self-H
The Central Bureau of India (CBI) has registered a case in connection with the issuance of false certificates of reserved category candidates and the use of these fake certificates for admission in medical colleges in West Bengal for the last three years.
CM Yadav distributed the appointment letters in a program organised at Ravindra Bhawan in the state capital Bhopal and also wished the candidates a bright future ahead.