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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…

Is Mamata Banerjee next ?

March 23, 2024 Arijit Bose

Kolkata: After the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi Excise Policy corruption case, now BJP has started turning its gaze towards West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as well. State BJP President Sukant Majumdar has said that soon Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s turn will also come. Sukant Majumdar has written a dialogue in Bengali, the Hindi translation of which is – No matter how much you cry and wash, after the muffler it is now the turn of slippers. Muffler is used symbolically for Kejriwal while…

SP names three persons for by – elections

March 23, 2024August 2, 2026 Arijit Bose

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) on Friday announced three candidates for the by-elections to be held on four assembly seats of UP along with the Lok Sabha elections. Samajwadi Party has fielded Awadhesh Kumar Verma from Dadaul, Vijay Gond from Duddhi and Rakesh Yadav from Gasdi. Duddhi assembly seat of Sonbhadra district was won by BJP candidate Ram Dular Gond in the 2022 assembly elections. However, Ram Dular Gond’s membership was terminated after he was sentenced to 20 years in a rape case. In this case the court sentenced him to…

Asansol promises to be a combo of unique choices

March 21, 2024 Arijit Bose

Asansol: The issue now is who would succeed Bhojpuri actor Pawan Singh, who was compelled to withdraw his nomination for the Lok Sabha election from West Bengal’s Asansol owing to his body of work, which caused a great deal of hostility from both the BJP cadre and the TMC leadership. Three names have been proposed by the state unit, according to sources close to the Bengal BJP, including a doctor who turned politician, a TMC turncoat who speaks Hindi well, and a current MLA who was a fashion designer.…

Turncoats shift sides before India’s battle Royale

March 21, 2024August 2, 2026 Arijit Bose

Lucknow: Mayawati has declared Amla Municipal Council Chairman Syed Abid Ali, who left the Samajwadi Party and joined the Bahujan Samaj Party before the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, as the Amla Lok Sabha candidate. Abid Ali’s name was approved in the program organized by BSP. This made it clear that BSP will contest the Lok Sabha elections apart from the INDIA alliance. Hundreds of supporters announced to leave SP and join BSP In fact, Syed Abid Ali, who won the election of Municipality President in Amla on Samajwadi Party ticket,…

Bhagwant Mann unravels AAP strategy for LS polls 2024

March 21, 2024 Arijit Bose

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has disclosed that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will soon unveil the names of candidates for the five remaining Lok Sabha seats in the state, ahead of the upcoming general elections. “In the next five days, the candidates for the remaining five Lok Sabha tickets will be announced by the Aam Aadmi Party,” stated the Chief Minister. Discussing the strategy for the Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency, Mann revealed that a crucial meeting was conducted with MLAs and party office bearers in Bathinda. “During the meeting,…

Congress fields 12 names in Maharashtra

March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 Arijit Bose

Mumbai: Congress has locked in 12 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, with further discussions planned with key leaders. Nana Patole, the President of the Maharashtra unit, confirmed the development after a meeting of the Congress’ Central Election Committee on Wednesday. He stated that the remaining seats will be finalized after a meeting with Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar scheduled for today. “We’ve finalized candidates for 12 seats out of the 18-19 seats discussed. Tomorrow, we meet with Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray to finalize all seats,”…