Congress candidates for the posts of Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation have moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the notification for election for February 27, stating that the entire process should start "afresh".
Trinamool Congress candidates Matua leader Mamata Bala Thakur and author Sagarika Ghose on Wednesday filed their nominations for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar claimed on Saturday that the Congress candidates in Telangana informed the party about them being approached by Bharat Rashtra Samithi chief and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in an attempt to form the government in the state.
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief, Asaduddin Owaisi, on Tuesday, took a swipe at the Congress and the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) over its candidates for the upcoming Telangana Assembly elections.
During this, the CM said, "I got to know that congress candidates are threatening the people for the votes. I am clearly saying if you raise your finger and eye on people so mama's bulldozer is ready. We will not tolerate hooliganism and we will destroy you."
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Senior Vice President G Niranjan and AICC Kisan Congress Vice Chairman M Kodanda Reddy, in their letter claimed that there is 'dissatisfaction' among senior leaders in the party due to the first and second list of candidates.
The Congress on Wednesday announced the second list of 53 candidates for the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections that are due to be held in November in two phases.
"The Congress President, Mallikarjun Kharge, has approved the proposal for the candidature of the following persons as Congress candidates to contest the bye-elections to the Legislative Council of Karnataka to be elected by the MLAs: Jagadish Shettar, Tippannappa Kamaknoor and NS Boseraju,"
With eyes on the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls slated later this year, a veteran Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh is administering oaths to candidates fearing internal conflict over tickets to contest election and warning them not to contest against th