INDORE: With Congress candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdrawing his nomination, Indore is the second constituency in MP where BJP has got a near walkover after Khajuraho, where the SP candidate forgot to sign the nomination papers.Bam sprung the last-minute surprise on Congress after seeking votes for himself under the party banner on Monday morning —…
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BENGALURU: For yet another election, the turnout in the three segments in Bengaluru city in Friday’s Lok Sabha elections was poor at best — even if the final figures were around the same in previous elections. The low turnout is being attributed to a combination of factors that hampered the electoral process and discouraged citizens…
In an exclusive interview with Diwakar, Akhilesh Singh and Sidhartha, PM Narendra Modi took time off from his hyperkinetic electoral campaign to speak on a range of hot-button topics. Talking after the second round of polls, a confident PM said NDA was well on course to cross the 400+ target, with BJP reaching the 370…
MUMBAI: Union Minister and BJP candidate from the Mumbai-North parliamentary seat, Piyush Goyal, challenged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to contest the election against him or Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Goyal is BJP candidate from Mumbai-North and Congress yet to announce a candidate against him. While addressing a press conference in Dahisar on Saturday, Goyal said,…
NEW DELHI: Union minister and BJP candidate from Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency Piyush Goyal launched a scathing attack against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and challenged him to contest in the polls against him. Rahul is the Congress’ pick from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, which voted on Friday. Speculation is rife that he might…
NEW DELHI: Advocate Prashant Bhushan on Friday expressed support for inheritance tax asking Congress to be on the “front foot on Sam Pitroda’s remarks” on the same, adding that every rich country has this tax.He further said that the BJP government has been opposing this tax “because it is tied to Arabpatis like Adani/Ambani whose…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday said PM Modi and BJP chief JP Nadda were resorting to polarisation as they were fearful of losing Lok Sabha elections. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said Nadda presented former PM Manmohan Singh’s comments in a wrong context.“Nadda’s allegations are based on lies. It seems that he is following PM…
NEW DELHI: Setting a new trend to make party presidents accountable for alleged violation of the model code of conduct by their candidates and star campaigners, Election Commission on Thursday issued notices to the chiefs of BJP and Congress seeking their response to alleged violations made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her strong disapproval of the cancellation of over 25,000 school jobs, labeling it as ‘gross injustice.’ She alleged that it was a deliberate tactic by the BJP to prevent these job losers from being deployed in poll duty. During an election rally in the Medinipur Lok Sabha…
