Exclusive: When PM Modi asked BJP not to wait for announcement of candidates

Exclusive: When PM Modi asked BJP not to wait for announcement of candidates

In the biggest interview of the election season on India Today TV, Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about the mantra he shared with BJP leaders to prepare for the Lok Sabha elections. PM Modi said that he had asked the party leadership and workers to begin work for the Lok Sabha elections a year ago … Read more

BJP seeks ‘clean up’ of voter lists

BJP seeks ‘clean up’ of voter lists

Telangana BJP president and Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy, on Monday, called for steps to take up total verification of voter lists in urban areas by the Election Commission without giving any scope for complaints and linking it to Aadhaar. Talking to mediapersons at the party office after polling concluded, he said the names of … Read more

BJD trying to strike an emotional chord with voters to counter aggressive BJP in Odisha

BJD trying to strike an emotional chord with voters to counter aggressive BJP in Odisha

Voters before casting a vote for the Odisha Assembly Election 2024, at Gopalpur in Ganjam district on May 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI Amidst the acrimonious exchange of words between Bharatiya Janata Party and Biju Janata Dal in the ongoing simultaneous elections in Odisha, the regional party is raking up the issue of personal … Read more

Congress MLA, BJP leader booked for taking kin inside polling booths on voting day in M.P.

Congress MLA, BJP leader booked for taking kin inside polling booths on voting day in M.P.

Congress MLA from Bhopal Central Arif Masood and former State Minister and BJP leader Kamal Patel have been booked for allegedly taking their relatives inside polling booths while casting votes on May 7, the police said on Sunday. The action came after complaints were lodged with the Election Commission. The two leaders or their kin … Read more

Sack Brij Bhushan, withdraw his son’s Lok Sabha ticket: Jairam Ramesh to BJP

Sack Brij Bhushan, withdraw his son’s Lok Sabha ticket: Jairam Ramesh to BJP

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Congress on May 10 demanded the BJP sack former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh after a Delhi court ordered framing of sexual harassment and other charges against him. It also demanded the Lok Sabha ticket given to his son be withdrawn. … Read more

Arunachal BJP expels 28 for contesting against official candidates

Arunachal BJP expels 28 for contesting against official candidates

GUWAHATI The Arunachal Pradesh unit of the BJP on Tuesday expelled 28 members for six years for contesting against its official candidates in the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections on April 19. The State has two parliamentary constituencies and 60 Assembly seats, 10 of which the BJP won uncontested. “The following list of persons … Read more

‘These are not the real issues’: Digvijaya Singh slams the BJP discussing mangalsutra, machhli, and Muslims 

‘These are not the real issues’: Digvijaya Singh slams the BJP  discussing mangalsutra, machhli, and Muslims 

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh is in the election fray from the Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituency, his home turf, after over 30 years.  Mr. Singh has been a vocal critic of conducting elections using electronic voting machines (EVMs) and has raised several questions about the process. He … Read more

The Hindu Morning Digest – May 4, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest – May 4, 2024

The Supreme Court forewarned the ED that it may “consider” granting interim bail to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case due to the ongoing Lok Sabha election. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing | Canadian Police arrest members of ‘hit squad’ The Canadian police on May 3 arrested three … Read more

Congress will become extinct like dinosaurs: Rajnath Singh

Congress will become extinct like dinosaurs: Rajnath Singh

The Congress will “become extinct like the dinosaurs” in the coming years, Union Defence Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh said. File photo | Photo Credit: – The Congress will “become extinct like the dinosaurs” in the coming years, Union Defence Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh said in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. … Read more

‘Job-eater BJP’, says Mamata after court scraps recruitment

‘Job-eater BJP’, says Mamata after court scraps recruitment

West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress supremo, Mamata Banerjee at a rally in support of party candidate Dev for Ghatal Lok Sabha seat in Paschim Medinipur district on Friday. | Photo Credit: PTI Taking a dig at the BJP, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, April 27, 2024, dubbed it a “job-eater” and said the … Read more