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Pugilist Vijender Singh to fight on Congress ticket from Mathura

March 30, 2024 Arijit Bose

Mathura: Mathura Lok Sabha elections have been dominated by the BJP, except in the 2004 and 2009 elections, when Congress’s Manvendra Singh and RLD’s Jayant Chaudhary won the seat. Hema Malini has now won the seat twice in a row and is hoping to make a hat-trick in 2024. The Congress, which last won the Mathura Lok Sabha seat in 2004, is hoping to regain the constituency by pitting its celebrity against BJP’s Hema Malini. If sources are to be believed, Congress is preparing to field boxer Vijender Singh from…

Uttarakhand’s Chhota Packet Bada Dhamaka approach

March 28, 2024 Arijit Bose

Dehradun: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is pulling all stops so that his team at Devbhoomi can give an edge to the election campaign in Uttarakhand to realize the target of 400 plus with good contribution from Uttarakhand. The Modi-Dhami duo will write a new story of victory in Devbhoomi this time too as per political watchers. Under this campaign, Dhami is leaving no stone unturned in boosting the enthusiasm of the workers by attending public meetings one after the other. Uttarakhand may play a minor role in the political…

Dr. Dinesh Sharma appointed election – in – charge of Maharashtra

March 28, 2024 Arijit Bose

Lucknow: Former Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Dinesh Sharma has been appointed election in-charge of Maharashtra by BJP. Dr. Sharma is known for his election management, organizational ability, dedication to the party and political foresight. 48 MPs are to be elected from Maharashtra and BJP’s target is also to cross 400 at the national level. Dr. Sharma is also currently the national coordinator of Bharatiya Janata Party’s Vistarak Yojana and is playing his role in fulfilling PM Modi’s target of crossing 400. Dr. Dinesh…

BSP opens its cards for Uttarakhand

March 28, 2024 Arijit Bose

Lucknow: Regarding the Lok Sabha elections, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has declared candidates for five seats in Uttarakhand. According to the list released by BSP, Neem Chandra Chhuriyal from Tehri-Garhwal, Dhir Singh Bisht from Pauri-Garhwal and Narayan Ram from Almora have been made candidates. Similarly, Akhtar Ali Mahigir from Nainital Udham Singh Nagar and Jamil Ahmed from Haridwar have been made candidates. Earlier, BSP had declared its candidates for about two dozen seats in Uttar Pradesh. BSP has announced its candidates for seven Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh. The…

Rampur’s storm in a teacup moment

March 27, 2024 Arijit Bose

Lucknow: Azam Khan may be in jail, but his presence dominates the Samajwadi Party so much that it has not been able to even decide the candidate for Rampur without his consent. While senior SP leader Shivpal Yadav went to Sitapur jail to meet Khan, state party president Naresh Uttam reached Rampur on Wednesday morning. Earlier, SP President Akhilesh Yadav had met him. A chartered plane was sent to bring Maulana Mohibullah Nadvi from Delhi to file his nomination. This is not what Khan wanted. He had requested SP President…

Prabuddh Sammelans to fuel BJP’s campaign for Lok Sabha

March 27, 2024 Arijit Bose

Lucknow: After the announcement of Lok Sabha general elections, now Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be seen in full action. Before the election rallies, CM Yogi will interact with intelligent people in different districts through enlightened conferences within the state and will present a complete account of the work done by the government. The enlightened conferences of the Chief Minister (CM Yogi) are going to start from Western Uttar Pradesh, where elections are also going to be held in the first few phases. Through these conferences scheduled till March 31,…

BSP before 2024 poll shows all inclusive side

March 26, 2024 Arijit Bose

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has announced its candidates for 16 out of 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Of these candidates announced by BSP chief Mayawati, 7 are from the Muslim community. According to the first list of candidates announced by the party, Majid Ali from Saharanpur and Shripal Singh from Kairana have been made candidates. The party has announced candidates for Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina (SC), Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat and other seats. Dara Singh Prajapati from Muzaffarnagar, Vijender Singh…

Himachal bypoll battle to decide Sukhu government fate

March 26, 2024 Arijit Bose

Mandi: The bugle of assembly by-election has been sounded in Himachal Pradesh. The ruling Congress and the opposition BJP are eyeing the by-elections on nine seats. Voting on six of these seats is to be held on June 1. These seats have become vacant due to the disqualification of six Congress MLAs. These by-elections will decide whether Congress’ Sukhu government will remain in power in the state or BJP will form the government. If we look at the assembly by-elections held in Himachal Pradesh in the last four decades, Congress…

Beyond Box Office, Bong stars clash in Political Ring in Hooghly

March 23, 2024 Arijit Bose

Kolkata: After the announcement of Lok Sabha election dates, heavy politicking continues. The fight in West Bengal is interesting because despite being part of the Indi alliance of opposition parties, Mamata Banerjee has fielded her candidates on all 42 seats. Hooghly Lok Sabha seat is very special among these. This time an interesting contest can be seen here. There is a contest on this seat between two actress-turned-politician women candidates, one of whom is a sitting MP and has been active in politics for a decade and the other is…

Congress keeps Gandhi cards close to its chest

March 23, 2024 Arijit Bose

Lucknow: The nomination process for the first phase of Lok Sabha has started. Election activity is also intense, but doubts remain about the Gandhi family contesting elections in Uttar Pradesh. On becoming a Rajya Sabha member, Sonia Gandhi has already announced that she will not contest elections from Rae Bareli. Neither Priyanka Gandhi nor Rahul Gandhi has announced to contest elections from Amethi or Rae Bareli. On the other hand, BJP has not yet announced candidates for Maneka Gandhi and Varun Gandhi to contest elections in Pilibhit and Sultanpur. No…