Hours after the Election Commission of India announced the poll schedule for the assembly elections and the bypolls, the Congress on Tuesday named Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as its candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat bypoll. The bypoll is slated to be held next month on November 13. With this announcement, the AICC general secretary,…
The Election Commission of India on Tuesday announced that the Assembly elections in Maharashtra will take place in a single phase on November 20, while Jharkhand will conduct its polls in two phases on November 13 and November 20. The counting of votes for both states is scheduled for November 23. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to campaign for Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, who is set to make her debut in the electoral politics from Wayanad, NDTV reported, citing sources. Gandhi will be contesting from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat when the bypolls will take place there. This comes after his brother and…
New Delhi: A decade after making her formal entry into politics, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has now decided to fight an election, eyeing to enter Parliament. The party has chosen a safe seat for her — Wayanad, the Congress stronghold in Kerala that her brother Rahul Gandhi won twice as a rank outsider in…