Omar Abdullah (File photo) NEW DELHI: National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah, who is contesting the J&K election from Ganderbal and Budgam assembly seats, gave a stern message to ally Congress over campaigning as he said the party “hasn’t done as much in Jammu“.Omar Abdullah, who is also Farooq Abdullah’s son, said on Wednesday he…
TRICHY: In a likely mistaken identity over similar poll symbols, a 34-year-old employee of a private finance firm secured 14,796 votes as an independent candidate in Trichy Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu even without campaigning.“After filing nomination papers, I informed only my relatives and friends in the constituency. I expected to secure just a…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has issued a show cause notice to former Union minister Jayant Sinha for his conspicuous absence in campaigning following the declaration of Manish Jaiswal as the candidate from the Hazaribag Lok Sabha seat. The notice alleges that Sinha’s inaction has tarnished the party’s image.Sinha, the sitting MP of…
NEW DELHI: Campaigning for the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections ended on Sunday evening and seems set to be the most crucial test for the BJP. A total of 92 seats across 11 states and Union Territories will be going to the polls on May 7.This phase will see all seats in Gujarat,…
NEW DELHI: The electrifying election campaign for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections ended at 5 pm on Wednesday, with top leaders of the BJP-led NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc using all their might to woo voters to their fold.The end of the campaign also marks the commencement of a 48-hour silence period,…
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‘A test for all of us’ is how Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru described the first general elections in India, in his radio broadcast on Nov 22, 1951, 8.30pm. “This is our first election on an adult franchise. The standard we set now will act as a precedent and govern future elections.”In Madras, the elections were…
