JIND: International wrestler Vinesh Phogat has changed her avatar to that of a “rustic bahu” while seeking votes as the Congress candidate from Haryana’s Julana assembly seat. To appeal to the traditional sensibilities of rural voters, the wrestler-turned-politician can be seen seeking votes with her head covered with a ‘chunni’, as is the norm in…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the two rallies he addressed in poll-bound Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana on Saturday, launched a blistering attack on Congress as he referred to recent incidents, including the alleged assault of an Indian journalist by a member of Rahul Gandhi‘s team during his US visit. He also slammed…
CHANDIGARH: Congress waited until midnight Wednesday to declare a list of 40 candidates for the Haryana polls, seemingly to minimise the chances of those who missed the bus filing nominations on their own before the Thursday deadline. The party, too, has only hours to decide who to give the remaining 9 seats to.Congress issued its…
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) late Tuesday announced its third list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Haryana assembly elections, following the release of its second list of nine candidates earlier in the day. In the third list, the AAP has fielded Pravin Guskhani against Congress veteran and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday released its second list of 21 candidates for the Haryana assembly elections. The saffron party has fielded Captain Yogesh Bairagi against Congress‘s Vinesh Phogat in Julana and Pradeep Sangwan.Manish Grover will contest from Rohtak, Sanjay Singh from Nuh and Pradeep Sangwan from Baroda for the upcoming polls. BJP had released…
NEW DELHI: Haryana BJP president Mohan Lal Badoli, in response to the decision of wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia to join the Congress party, said on Saturday that athletes are the pride of the nation and that the BJP does not politicise them.“Khiladi humaare desh ki shaan hain aur khiladiyon pe hum rajneeti nahi…
NEW DELHI: Talks between Congress and AAP over an alliance in Haryana have hit a deadlock on the number and nature of constituencies to be ceded to Arvind Kejriwal’s outfit, with insiders dubbing prospects of a tie-up as unlikely.Sources in AAP, which always looked keener for the unexpected partnership and had remained hopeful of swinging…
NEW DELHI: Former BJP MLA Shashi Ranjan Parmar broke down during an interview on Friday after being denied a ticket to contest in the upcoming Haryana assembly elections.The video shows Parmar being questioned about his exclusion from the candidate list, as he was hoping to secure a BJP candidature from Bhiwani and Tosham constituencies in…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Saturday rescheduled the polling date in Haryana to Oct 5 to secure the voting rights of the state’s sizable Bishnoi community, and accordingly revised the counting date for Haryana and J& K to Oct 8.The decision followed representations a week ago from parties like BJP and INLD, as well as…
NEW DELHI: Haryana chief electoral officer (CEO) on Wednesday issued show cause notice to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Mohan Lal Badoli after the Election Commission of India (ECI) over usage of a child in campaign video. The video was shared on social media platform X by BJP Haryana handle. Using children in election-related…
