New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Major (retd.) Surendra Poonia, who recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, expressed his willingness to take on UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi from her home turf Rae Bareli in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday appointed former civil servants Gopal Mukherjee and DD Goel as Special Expenditure Observers for the Lok Sabha elections.
Muzaffarpur (Bihar), March 26 (ANI): Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on Tuesday that BJP leader Giriraj Singh will contest the Lok Sabha election from Begusarai seat only.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Republican Party of India (RPI) leader Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday expressed hope that the NDA could win 70 plus seats in Uttar Pradesh in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Former BJP leaders Ghanshyam Tiwari and Surendra Goyal on Tuesday joined the Congress party ahead of the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Congress leader Jitin Prasada will contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha election from Lucknow seat against Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, a source close to Prasada said.
Gautam Buddh Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): A total of 13 candidates are now in the fray for the Gautam Buddh Nagar parliamentary constituency after nomination papers of eight leaders aspiring to contest Lok Sabha elections were cancelled on Tuesday.
New Delhi (India), Mar 26 (ANI): BJP on Tuesday announced to field Satyadev Pachauri from Kanpur Lok Sabha seat, currently held by the party veteran and former Union Human Resource Development Minister Prof Murli Manohar Joshi.
New Delhi, [India] Mar 26: The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has registered 437 FIRs and arrested 436 people under the Excise Act in the national capital till now from the date of announcement of Lok Sabha election schedule.
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India] Mar 26 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Tuesday announced that Imtiaz Jaleel, a sitting MLA, will contest the ensuing Lok Sabha polls from Aurangabad seat in alliance with the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA).
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): As many as 14 candidates representing various political parties and as Independents on Monday filed their nomination papers for the Inner Manipur and Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituencies.
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): The Congress party on Tuesday announced the names of campaigners for Assam and Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.