The Congress party on Saturday announced its fourth list of 46 Lok Sabha candidates, including party stalwart Digvijaya Singh and leaders Ajay Rai and Karti P Chidambaram. Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh has been fielded from the Rajgarh constituency, while Ajay Rai will be contesting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi. Expelled …
BJP leader and former Chief Minister of Karnataka, D V Sadananda Gowda, on March 21, expressed disappointment over being denied a ticket to contest from Bangalore North Lok Sabha seat. However, he asserted that he would not join the Congress party despite being invited to do so, as per ANI. Addressing a press conference in …
Congress leader Anand Sharma said caste census cannot be a panacea nor a solution to unemployment and inequalities in society. File | Photo Credit: PTI Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Anand Sharma, in a letter to party president Mallikarjun Kharge, has questioned the party’s poll promise to hold a nationwide caste census, and said it …
Income tax raids on Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd (MEIL Group) in 2019 revealed documents of huge amounts of cash delivered by the company and its subsidiary to the Congress, the I-T department has revealed before the Delhi High Court. A 45-page HC judgement on Friday listed these purported payments delivered at “Akbar Road”. MEIL …
Delhi Liquor Policy Scam Case Live Updates: The ED has arrested the Delhi Chief Minister yesterday New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal Arrest LIVE Updates: Additional Solicitor General SV Raju told the Rouse Avenue Court that Arvind Kejriwal is the main conspirator in the Delhi liquor policy and he was directly involved in the implementation of the …
Uncertainty continues over the candidature of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of parliament (MP) Varun Gandhi from the Pilibhit seat in Uttar Pradesh, which he represents. Pilibhit, along with seven other seats in Uttar Pradesh, will go to the polls on April 19 in the first phase of the Lok Sabha 2024 elections, for which …
Amid firm indications that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is unlikely to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the party on Thursday fielded his son-in-law, Radhakrishna Doddamani, from his home turf of Gulbarga. Mallikarjun Kharge (HT File) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The octogenarian won the Lok Sabha polls from the Gulbarga (Kalaburagi) segment in 2009 and …
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The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to reschedule the polling in the southern state as it currently falls on a Friday, considered the most significant day of the week in Islam. In a joint letter to the poll panel, KPCC acting president M M Hassan and leader …
One of the first lessons given in political discourse is to mind what you say. And if there are elections around the corner, the need for checks is even greater. This is exactly why many are left wondering why Rahul Gandhi’s words are making things difficult for him and his party. The latest gaffe came …