Engineer Abdul Rashid. File. | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD Incarcerated Abdul Rashid Sheikh, head of the Awami-e-Ittihad Party (AIP), on April 29 filed nomination papers through his representative from the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat. “Upon completion of all necessary legal and administrative formalities, the nomination was filed before Returning Officer Minga Sherpa at Baramulla,” AIP spokesperson Firdous … Read more
Nine special polling stations have been set up for internally displaced people in the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha seat that will head to the polls on Friday. Polling in 13 assembly segments of Outer Manipur seat, a seat reserved for the scheduled tribes, will be held in eight districts – Ukhrul, Kamjong, Tamenglong, Noney, Senapati, … Read more
A BJP candidate has won his Lok Sabha seat even before actual polling was even held. However, Mukesh Dalal’s victory from Surat unopposed might be rare, but it isn’t a first. While the nomination form of Congress candidate Nilesh Kumbhani was rejected by the returning officer, the other eight candidates from Surat withdrew their nominations. … Read more
J&K Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD J&K Peoples Conference (JKPC) president Sajad Lone, who is contesting from the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, on Saturday sought the support of J&K Apni Party (JKAP) president Altaf Bukhari “to prevent fragmentation that has historically favoured the National Conference (NC)“. “It’s high time … Read more
TDP-BJP-JSP alliance’s Payakaraopeta Assembly segment candidate Vangalapudi Anitha recently campaigning in Odisha to woo migrant voters, who settle there for their livelihood.. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The YSR Congress Party(YSRCP) and the Telugu Desam Party(TDP) have been striving for the victory of their candidates in the Scheduled Caste reserved Payakaraopeta Assembly Constituency (PAC) in … Read more
Rohini Acharya on the first day of her election campaign in Saran Lok Sabha constituency. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya kicked off her election campaign on Tuesday with a road show. Though no official announcement has been made as yet, it is understood that … Read more
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. File | Photo Credit: PTI Even as Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Friday tried to dissuade Vijay Shivtare, a senior leader of his Sena faction, from contesting the Baramati Lok Sabha seat, Mr. Shivtare remained firm on entering the poll fray as an Independent. A … Read more
Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone adresses a press conference in Srinagar. | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD Sajad Lone, 57, president of the Jammu Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC), was nominated on Monday as the party’s candidate for the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat in north Kashmir. “For the Baramulla Parliamentary seat, the leadership and the rank and file … Read more
The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president, K.S. Alagiri, on January 30, said some of the Lok Sabha seat aspirants in his party were urging the leadership to ask for seats that Dravidian parties generally do not allot to allies. Referring to DMK Minister R.S. Rajakannappan’s recent comments that the Congress existed only to get … Read more
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan during a roadshow in support of BJP candidate Sitasharan Sharma ahead of the State Assembly elections, in Narmadapuram, on October 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI For the BJP and the Congress, the keen contest in Madhya Pradesh is perhaps best exemplified by the face off between the Sharma … Read more