NEW DELHI: The affidavit of comedian Shyam Rangeela, who filed his nomination from Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi, against Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been rejected by the Election Commission.According to the poll body website, out of 55 candidates, forms of 36 candidates were rejected while affidavits of 15 candidates, including PM Modi and Congress’s Ajay Rai … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Campaigning for the fourth Phase of Lok Sabha elections scheduled for May 13 came to an end on Saturday evening followed by the commencement of a 48-hour silence period. 1717 candidates are in the fray for the lower house of the parliament from 96 constituency across 10 states and Union territories.During the … Read more
NEW DELHI: The electrifying election campaign for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections ended at 5 pm on Wednesday, with top leaders of the BJP-led NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc using all their might to woo voters to their fold.The end of the campaign also marks the commencement of a 48-hour silence period, … Read more
NEW DELHI: Industrialist and former Congress MP Naveen Jindal on Sunday joined BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. “I represented the Congress Party in Parliament as MP from Kurukshetra for 10 years. I thank the Congress leadership and the then Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh Ji. Today I am resigning from the primary membership … Read more
NEW DELHI: By-elections are set to take place in 26 assembly seats across 13 states, including six constituencies in Himachal Pradesh where Congress MLAs were disqualified for rebellion. The Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar, announced that these by-elections will coincide with the Lok Sabha elections starting on April 19. The states where the by-elections are … Read more
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday expressed her strong disagreement with the proposal of “one nation-one election” and questioned the concept of “one-nation” in the given context. Mamata alleged that the letter sent by the high-level committee, headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind, to the states … Read more