Maharashtra Assembly Elections: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena on Tuesday released its second list of 45 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections. As per the list, Raj Thackeray’s son Amit Thackeray will contest from Mahim assembly seat Mumbai. MNS spokesperson and former corporator Sandeep Deshpande will contest from Worli. Pramod (Raju) Ratan Patil has been fielded…
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik has become a sore point for the already rickety Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra ahead of the assembly elections. While the BJP has repeatedly opposed his inclusion in the Mahayuti, Ajit Pawar has been adamant to back him up. Now, as the Maharashtra Assembly election date of November 20…
The BJP’s first list of candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections has caused quite a stir in the party. Several sitting MLAs and ticket aspirants found their names missing from the first list and made a beeline for Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis’s home in Mumbai. The BJP released its first list of 99 candidates…
A day after the BJP-led NDA announced its seat-sharing agreement with allies, the Opposition INDIA bloc revealed its own seat-sharing strategy for the Jharkhand Assembly elections. Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that out of Jharkhand’s 81 assembly seats, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Congress will contest 70 seats. The remaining seats will be contested…
The Bharatiya Janata Party has reached a seat-sharing agreement with its National Democratic Alliance partners for the Jharkhand Assembly elections. In a press conference on Friday, the BJP said that it will contest 68 of the 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand. Its ally, the All Jharkhand Students’ Union, will fight in 10 constituencies, said Union…
Ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections next month, Samajwadi Party’s state president Abu Azmi has warned the Maha Vikas Aghadi to not consider it as a “small party” and take SP into confidence while holding poll-related meetings. He also stressed that the SP needs 12 seats in Maharashtra and if the MVA does not agree…
National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah took oath as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Image: PTI J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha administered the oath of office to Omar Abdullah. The government is returning to Jammu and Kashmir for first time after the abrogation of Article 370. Image: PTI Surinder Kumar Choudhary…
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday said that her party will contest on its own in the upcoming state elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand as well as byelections in nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. In a series of posts on X in Hindi, Mayawati welcomed the announcement of the poll schedule and said…
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi to prepare for the the upcoming Assembly elections in the state, which the JMM-Congress have decided to contest in an alliance. The meeting was held at Congress president Kharge’s residence. Soren’s wife Kalpana Soren and…
Haryana Election Results: After the unexpected setback in the Haryana Assembly elections, Congress is still not ready to accept its defeat in the state, where it was confident of attaining majority. The party has also alleged that it was “made to lose” and that the outcomes did not align with what the ground reality was….