NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday took a dig at PM Modi as the BJP fell short of majority in Lok Sabha elections. “PM Modi ‘broke’ many parties, people broke his morale,” Mamata said after her party made impressive gains in West Bengal and stopped the BJP’s juggernaut in the state….
NEW DELHI: Ongoing Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday expressed disbelief at the YSR Congress party‘s defeat in the assembly elections, despite the implementation of numerous welfare programs “without any trace of corruption.” Jagan, who secured victory in the Pulivendula assembly segment with a majority of over 61,000 votes, affirmed the…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the NDA‘s third consecutive win in the Lok Sabha elections expressed his gratitude to the ‘janata janardan’ (public) for thier affection.“People have placed their faith in NDA, for a third consecutive time! This is a historical feat in India’s history,” PM Modi said in a post on X…
NEW DELHI: In 2014, Smriti Irani was the giant killer of Lok Sabha elections and made national headlines after defeating Rahul Gandhi in the Congress bastion of Amethi. Five years later, the constituency has a new giant killer – Kishori Lal Sharma, a Congressman who has worked closely with the Gandhi family for decades. K…
NEW DELHI: The 2024 Lok Sabha elections have been marked by several surprising upsets, with some prominent political figures facing unexpected defeats in their strongholds. Among the biggest upsets, Union minister Smriti Irani appears to be on the verge of losing the Amethi seat to Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma, despite her previous victory against…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won the Varanasi seat for a third consecutive time as results for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections were released by the Election Commission on Tuesday. PM Modi was up against Congress’s Ajay Rai. The PM won the seat with 6,12,970 votes (54.24%) while Rai got 4,60,457 votes (40.74%).While…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday accused the candidates of several Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh of pressurising district officials to ensure victory in their respective constituencies.Taking to X, Ramesh said,” District officials in Maharajganj, Bansi, Meerut, and Muzaffarnagar of Uttar Pradesh are being pressured over the phone to ensure victory in…
One of the fundamental rules of quantum mechanics states that reality doesn’t exist in a definitive state independent of observation. This doesn’t claim that reality happens because of mere observation, it just means that observation reveals a version of reality that is unique to the observer. It’s a lesson that pollsters, politicians, journalists, and anyone…
One of the fundamental rules of quantum mechanics states that reality doesn’t exist in a definitive state independent of observation. This doesn’t claim that reality happens because of mere observation, it just means that observation reveals a version of reality that is unique to the observer. It’s a lesson that pollsters, politicians, journalists, and anyone…
NEW DELHI: Early trends in the 2024 Lok Sabha election results threw up a major surprise with the NDA leading on just around 300 seats and the INDIA opposition bloc making major gains and leading on 230 seats.Here are 10 key takeaways from the results so far:This time NDA sarkarAs per the trends on the…
