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…
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BSP opens its cards for Uttarakhand
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…
Read MoreRampur’s storm in a teacup moment
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…
Read MorePrabuddh Sammelans to fuel BJP’s campaign for Lok Sabha
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,…
Read MoreBSP before 2024 poll shows all inclusive side
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…
Read MoreHimachal bypoll battle to decide Sukhu government fate
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…
Read MoreBeyond Box Office, Bong stars clash in Political Ring in Hooghly
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…
Read MoreCongress keeps Gandhi cards close to its chest
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…
Read MoreIs Mamata Banerjee next ?
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…
Read MoreSP names three persons for by – elections
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…
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