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MV Shreyams Kumar files nomination paper as LDF candidate for RS bypoll in
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) state president MV Shreyams Kumar filed his nomination paper on Thursday to contest the Rajya Sabha poll from Kerala as the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate.
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Deve Gowda to contest Rajya Sabha elections from Karnataka
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 8 (ANI): The Janata Dal (Secular) on Monday announced that former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda has decided to contest the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
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Will definitely contest 2022 Assembly elections, says Captain Amarinder Si
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 5 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday shared his resolve to contest the next Assembly elections in the state but said the decision on leading the party rests with the Congress president.
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Delhi HC dismisses ex-Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda's plea seeking stay on convi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda seeking a stay on his conviction order in a coal block allocation case, so that he can contest elections.
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RS Deputy Chair praises Nitish Kumar for working on development agenda, en
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 19 (ANI): Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha Harivansh on Thursday praised Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for working on the development agenda, changing caste-based politics and forcing political parties to contest polls for the welfare of people.
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Durai Murugan to contest for DMK General Secretary
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 16 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) treasurer Durai Murugan will contest for the post of the party's General Secretary. The election is being held following the death of former General Secretary K Anbazhagan.
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Journalist Ajit Bhuyan to contest RS polls from Assam as independent candi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Senior journalist and activist Ajit Bhuyan will be an independent candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Assam.
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TDP to enter RS poll to expose YSRCP's double standards: Naidu
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Mar 10 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said that his party has decided to contest the Rajya Sabha election in the state to expose the ruling party's "double standards".
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CPI (M) with support of congress nominates former Kolkata Mayor for Rajya
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 10 (ANI): The CPI-M, with the support of Congress on Tuesday nominated former Kolkata Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya to contest in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
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Sri Lanka's opposition leader Sajith Premadasa to contest parliamentary po
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Feb 28 (ANI): Sri Lanka's opposition leader Sajith Premadasa has decided to contest the upcoming general elections in the country.
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Fadnavis challenges Shiv Sena to contest polls again, says will defeat rul
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 16 (ANI): Former Maharashtra chief minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday challenged the Shiv Sena to contest polls again and claimed that his party will defeat the ruling alliance of Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena.
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Plan to contest every local poll, establish party in Maharashtra, says AAP
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai: (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 12 (ANI): With Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) securing a third term in a row winning 62 seats out of 70 in Delhi assembly polls, party's National Executive Member Preeti Sharma Menon on Wednesday said that they will be contesting every local poll i
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