NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took a dig at Rahul Gandhi for abandoning his family seat in Uttar Pradesh and making his new base in Kerala. “A big leader of Congress has found it difficult to save the respect of his family seat in Uttar Pradesh and has made his new base…
NEW DELHI: While silent on legal guarantee to procurement of crops at minimum support price (MSP), BJP‘s manifesto on Sunday talked of the party’s promise of continuing to increase MSP from “time to time”.The party promised to “further incentivise” crop diversification to make agriculture “sustainable and remunerative” – a pitch it had made to protesting…
The latest data released by the election commission shows that the 14 constituencies that go to poll on April 26 have 30,372 “VIP” electors, bringing attention to a small fraction of the total over 5.4 crore people registered to cast votes in the Lok Sabha elections.But the granting of this “VIP” status — part of…
NEW DELHI: Congress, on Saturday, announced the names of 16 more candidates for the Lok Sabha elections and fielded former Union minister Manish Tewari and Himachal Pradesh minister Vikramaditya Singh for the Chandigarh and Mandi parliamentary seats respectively. Son of the Congress’ Himachal Pradesh unit chief Pratibha Singh, Vikramaditya, has been pitted against BJP candidate…
After leading Congress to a thumping victory in last year’s assembly elections, KPCC president, DK Shivakumar, now deputy chief minister, is confident of replicating this success in these Lok Sabha elections. His optimism stems from Congress’ five guarantees and anti-incumbency against the Narendra Modi administration. In an interview with TOI, he dismissed the notion of…
NEW DELHI: Will Rahul Gandhi contest Lok Sabha elections from Amethi? Will Priyanka Gandhi be fielded from the Raebareli seat vacated by Sonia Gandhi? Well, the Congress is yet to open its cards on the two prestigious seats of Uttar Pradesh, which have been represented by the Gandhi family several times. However, on Thursday the…
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday targeted the BJP and claimed that quest for dominance of ‘Hindi, Hindutva, Hindustan’ is the most dangerous threat to foundations of our plural consciousness. The former Union minister also dismissed saffron party’s claim of strong performance in south India in Lok Sabha polls and called it…
NEW DELHI: Former Congress spokesperson Rohan Gupta on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.Gupta had resigned from Congress on March 22 claiming “character assassination” and “humiliation” by a senior leader of the party’s communications department was the reason for his decision to leave the party.“The person who…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Wednesday released another campaign song ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party shared a video on its social media platforms, describing the song as a reflection of national sentiments. In a diverse showcase of unity, the song is sung in 12 languages, symbolizing people from all walks of…
Campaigning for Lok Sabha elections has pitchforked Bhupender Yadav, Union environment minister, BJP’s key organisation man and backroom strategist, to the frontlines in Rajasthan’s Alwar constituency, known as much for lakes, Neemrana and Sariska’s tigers as it is for factories turning out cars, tractors and liquor. Less than 10 days from the first phase of…
