In a setback for the Congress party ahead of the upcoming general elections in the country, Ramtek Lok Sabha Constituency Returning Officer on Thursday declared the nomination of the Congress candidate Rashmi Barve as invalid.
"I am not contesting the elections, the Congress party is contesting the elections... Why did I get the ticket? I had not asked for it...I had insisted on giving the ticket to my son. I had asked for a bride for my son but they gave me a bride," Kawasi Lakhma said in his campaign speech in B
After BJP leader Ram Tahal Choudhary joined the Congress, Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam said that the former BJP leader was "impressed" by Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Speaking about the MLC polls, Manne Jeevan Reddy said, "Mahbubnagar local body MLC election polling is ongoing today. More or less 40 to 50 per cent polling has been done. Personally I have inspected three polling stations. It has been very enthusiastic for the voters to vote for the Congres
Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, the Congress released its eighth list on Wednesday, consisting of candidates for Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Jharkhand.
The United People's Party Liberal (UPPL) and Chief Executive Member of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), Pramod Boro, has filed a complaint with the Election Commission against the Congress party.
Taking a swipe at the Congress over the delay in naming its candidate from Amethi, its former stronghold in Uttar Pradesh, Union Minister Smriti Irani said the only reason why there was so much 'chintan' (deliberations) around the subject in the rival camp was because there is 'chinta' (w
After filing the nomination papers, Ganesh Godiyal, the Congress candidate from the Garhwal Lok Sabha seat, addressed a huge crowd gathered during the public meeting held at Ramlila Ground in Pauri on Wednesday.
Despite the Congress still licking its wounds from the exit of six dissenting MLAs to the BJP, state Education Minister Rohit Thakur claimed on Wednesday that the ruling party was poised to not just fare well in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections but also win all 6 Assembly seats that are going
"Congress government has many contradictions within it. The rivalry between Karnatka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivkumar groups is less with the BJP and more within their party. The Congress government will itself fall after elections."