After the Congress' Central Election Committee met on Wednesday to finalise candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, Maharashtra unit party President Nana Patole said that candidates have been finalised for 12 seats.
Referring to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the country, he said that the world will witness the "largest festival of democracy" and people will affirm their faith in democracy once again.
In a boost for Congress ahead of Lok Sabha polls, a sitting MP, two former MPs and a sitting MLA today joined the party at the party headquarters on Wednesday
Announcing the electoral pacts at the party headquarters, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said the DMDK would contest from Tiruvallur (SC), Central Chennai, Cuddalore, Thanjavur, and Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituencies.
Sibin C, Punjab's chief electoral officer (CEO), on Wednesday informed that with the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) coming into effect after the notification of the dates for the Lok Sabha elections, all officers and personnel of the police department--from the rank of Director General of Polic
Amid rising political temperatures in the state following the announcement of the dates for the Lok Sabha elections, TMC leader Ritabrata Banerjee on Wednesday took a swipe at the BJP for delaying the publication of Lok Sabha candidates for 23 remaining Lok Sabha seats in the state.
"I think nearly 15,000-20,000 votes will be increased for BJP in Karimganj after this joining and BJP candidate Kripanath Mallah will win in this election. More than 1500 people have joined BJP today. The Memon community people have declared that they will cast their votes for BJP," added th
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, while speaking to the reporters here said that the DMDK would contest from Tiruvallur (SC), Central Chennai, Cuddalore, Thanjavur and Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituencies, as per the agreement reached by the parties.
Signalling a rift in the INDIA bloc ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, both the Samajwadi Party and Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) fielded candidatures for Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur Lok Sabha seat.
After Jan Adhikar Party chief Pappu Yadav merged his party with Congress on Wednesday, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary said that no matter who joins which party, the BJP is going to win all 40 seats in the state.
According to a press release, this initiative aims to curb the influence of black money in elections and monitor suspicious movements of cash, bullion, and other valuables within the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi during the Model Code of Conduct period.