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Winning Muslim voters’ trust biggest challenge for BJP in second phase of UP polls
Lucknow: The ruling BJP might face a tougher battle on the 55 seats that will go to polls in the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election compared to the first…
- India
New entrant Amit Palekar AAP’s CM face for Goa polls
Panaji: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday announced lawyer-turned-politician Amit Palekar as its chief ministerial face for the next month’s assembly elections in Goa. The 46-year-old lawyer had recently joined AAP…
- India
Mamata Banerjee to campaign for Samajwadi Party in UP poll : Nanda
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will campaign for Samajwadi Party in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly poll and her party – the Trinamool Congress will not contest the election in…
- India
Christians in Manipur urge EC not to hold polling on Sunday as it their prayer day
Imphal: The All Manipur Christian Organisation (AMCO) on Tuesday urged the Election Commission to reschedule the first phase of Assembly polls on February 27 as the day being a Sunday is the…
- India
Bhagwant Mann to be AAP’s CM candidate for Punjab Assembly polls
Mohali (Punjab): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Bhagwant Mann has been named as the party’s chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Punjab Assembly polls, said party’s National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday.…
- Hyderabad
UP Assembly polls: AIMIM releases second list of candidates
Hyderabad: AIMIM released the second list of candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls on Monday.The second list includes the names of eight candidates. Earlier AIMIM released the first list of…
- India
JD(U) to fight UP polls independently after no response from BJP on alliance
New Delhi: The JD(U) will fight the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on its own after the BJP, its ally in Bihar, did not reciprocate its offer of a tie-up, party spokesperson K…
- India
Shiv Sena, NCP to contest Goa assembly elections together in alliance
Mumbai: Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have decided to contest the upcoming Goa Assembly elections together in alliance, Shiv Sena leader and MP Sanjay Raut said on Sunday. Speaking…
- India
Battle for UP: Ayodhya, Kashi, Mathura in BJP’s campaign
New Delhi: With an aim to form a government for the second time in a row in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP is focussing on its Hindutva agenda and has started campaigning with…
- India
Post-poll alliance with non BJP party possible in Goa if AAP doesn’t get majority : Kejriwal
Panaji: If the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) fails to secure a majority in the upcoming Goa polls, the party would think of forming a post-poll coalition with a non-BJP party, Delhi Chief…
- India
Battle for UP: AIMIM announces 9 candidates
Lucknow: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has announced candidates for nine Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. The seats on which AIMIM has fielded candidates are Loni (Ghaziabad), Garh Mukteshwar and Dhaulana…
- India
UP polls: BJP’s candidate list aims to counter rivals’ OBC pitch
New Delhi: With the Samajwadi Party accusing the BJP of being anti-backward castes, the ruling party has deployed its own brand of ‘mandal’ politics to counter the narrative by giving the group…
- India
Congress releases 1st list of 86 candidates for Punjab polls
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday released its first list of 86 candidates for the February 14 assembly elections in Punjab, fielding Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi from Chamkaur Sahib and PCC…
- India
BSP releases first list of 53 candidates for UP Assembly polls
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has released the first list of candidates on 53 assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming polls. “We have finalized candidates on 53 seats in the…
- India
EC holds meeting with election observers of 5 poll-bound states
New Delhi: With an aim to conduct free, fair and safe Assembly elections in five states, Election Commission of India is holding a meeting with the poll observers here on Friday. According…
