The Election Commission of India (ECI) has accepted the nomination of Pro-Khalistani separatist and Waris Punjab De Chief Amritpal Singh to contest from Punjab's Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha constituency as Independent.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh on Saturday claimed that Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart LK Advani was not allowed to contest elections due to the "retirement at 75 years of age" formula that had been formulated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications, Jairam Ramesh on Friday asserted that contesting elections on multiple seats is common in politics and challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contest elections from one of the seats of South.
Koda's plea states, "The elections in Jharkhand are expected to be conducted in November 2024, and the applicant, previously being the Chief Minister and returned MP, MLA on multiple occasions, would be deprived of the opportunity to contest these elections if the order of his conviction is
The Raipur constituency is set to witness a contest between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Brijmohan Agarwal, an eight-time MLA (1993-2023) and Congress leader Vikas Upadhyay.
Hitting out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his candidature from Raebareli for the Lok Sabha elections, BJP MLA Balmukundacharya on Saturday said the former would be better suited to contest from his "maternal home" in Italy.
"He has contested from South (referring to Rahul Gandhi contesting from Wayanad in Kerala). Now he is contesting from North (Rahul Gandhi is also in the race from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh). He undertook a Bharat Yatra and therefore have the right to contest from any part of the Country,"
The series of attacks by BJP and Congress has still not stopped after Congress fielded KL Sharma from Amethi. The BJP candidate from Raebareli, Dinesh Pratap Singh, took a dig at Rahul Gandhi and said that the Congress leader has sent his peon to contes6t from Amethi against BJP's Smriti Ira
Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi said on Friday that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who himself went from Ghaziabad to Lucknow to contest polls is now questioning Rahul Gandhi for contesting from Raebareli.