Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Election Commission over SIR in Bengal and said that the BJP was defeated in the assembly and Lok Sabha polls in the state and the same result will be repeated in 2026 assembly polls.
Union Minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) custodian Jitan Ram Manjhi reiterated his party's demand for a Rajya Sabha seat, recalling assurances made during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as part of the NDA alliance in Bihar.
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Tuesday took responsibility for his party's dismal performance in the Bihar Lok Sabha polls, saying he will work twice as hard as he had worked in the past three years and there's "no turning back" until he fulfils his resolve "to make Bihar better."<
Sharma had asked Abdullah to swear on the Holy Quran that he did not seek an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls for statehood.
Singh's response comes after Kharge, during an election rally on Monday, criticised PM Modi for being always on the move for elections, from panchayat to Lok Sabha polls, as if it were his son's wedding.
In a memorandum to the Election Commission, Shyam Lal Pal, president of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, said that the directive has not only been issued for the Bihar elections but will also be implemented in future assembly and Lok Sabha polls.
Speaking to ANI, Bharti, who last contested a successful election in the 2014 Lok Sabha Polls, expressed her desire to contest the polls, stressing that she has not yet crossed 65 years of age.
Amid Leader of Opposition Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's claim of voter list manipulation in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Karnataka Opposition Leader R Ashoka countered the Congress leader and said that when Congress was in power at the Centre, bogus voting was common.
BJP leaders have launched a counterattack on Rahul Gandhi after he accused the Election Commission of manipulating the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in BJP's favour. BJP MPs Ravi Kishan and Rajiv Pratap Rudy, along with Shiv Sena's Naresh Mhaske, dismissed Gandhi's claims of "vote theft" in Karnat
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for alleging that elections in India were rigged. He said that the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha does not have any proof to substantiate his claim.
"I've been speaking recently about the election system. I had always suspected something was wrong, starting from 2014. I had a suspicion in the Gujarat Assembly elections already. This ability to win sweeping victories. The Congress Party didn't get a single seat in Rajasthan, Madhya Prades
Prasad said that Akhilesh Yadav reiterated the demand in the 2022 UP Legislative Assembly elections and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. He stated that caste census was included as one of the key promises in the manifesto of the party.