National Conference leader Omar Abdullah hit out at the BJP and asked that if the situation in Kashmir has improved as claimed by the central government then why Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) is not being revoked from Jammu and Kashmir.
Sitting MP and Indian Union Muslim League candidate for Ramanathapuram constituency, Navas Kani MP, lauched his campaign for the Lok Sabha elections by offering prayers at Rameswaram Ramanathaswamy Temple in Rameswaram on Wednesday.
In a setback to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, its Member of Parliament from Jalandhar, Sushil Kumar Rinku and Jalandhar West MLA Sheetal Angural joined the BJP on Wednesday.
Ranjit Dutta, the BJP candidate for the Sonitpur parliamentary constituency, filed his nomination papers on Wednesday with the returning officer at Tezpur in Assam's Sonitpur district.
The suspense on the Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency ended on Wednesday after sitting MP ST Hasan's nomination was cancelled and Ruchi Vira filed her nomination.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday issued a show cause notice to Congress leader Supriya Shrinate for her derogatory remarks against Kangana Ranaut who is contesting from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi Lok Sabha seat on Bharatiya Janata Party ticket.
"I am 101 per cent sure of my victory. This time I will win the election with a very good margin. Given the support of the public, their enthusiasm, the hard work of the party workers, I will try my best to win with a margin of more than 5 lakhs," Gadkari said speaking to ANI on Wednesday.
A massive political drama erupted over the Kolar Lok Sabha ticket in Congress, wherein at least 5 MLAs, including a sitting minister, and 2 MLCs (Members of Legislative Council) threatened to resign from the party over the distribution of the Kolar ticket to Food and Civil Supplies Minist
In the star campaigners list, the party also named Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Irani, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath.
"We have three demands. First, the CO should give a show cause notice to him. Second, his explanation behind saying this should not be considered. The only point to consider is whether he has said it or not. And he said it. Thirdly, we demand that he be suspended within seven days and his ca
"Sena should not have announced the candidates for Mumbai South Central and Sangli. These were still under discussion," Thorat said speaking to ANI on Friday.