Union minister and BJP candidate Dharmendra Pradhan won the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat by defeating his nearest BJD rival Pranab Prakash Das by 1,19, 836 votes, according to the Election Commission of India. Mr Pradhan secured 5,92,162 votes while Mr Das got 4,72,326 votes. Congress candidate Nagendra Kumar Pradhan came third with 89,113 votes. Get … Read more
On Wednesday, Union Minister Piyush Goyal predicted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will become the dominant political force in West Bengal and Odisha. According to him, the BJP is predicted to win 18 of the 21 seats in Odisha and 30 to 35 of the 40 seats in West Bengal. 18 seats in Bengal … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is certain that the BJP would emerge as the greatest gainer in West Bengal, with only a few days remaining until the Lok Sabha election process concludes. He said that Trinamool Congress officials are “frustrated” and that the state’s Lok Sabha poll “is one-sided”. PM Modi discussed his party’s performance in … Read more
President Droupadi Murmu, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir, Sonia Gandhi, and Rahul Gandhi were among those who exercised their voting rights on Saturday, as voting in the penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha elections began in six states and two Union Territories. 25.76 percent of voters cast ballots till 11 a.m., with … Read more
The BJP will win 305 (+/- 10) seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, American political scientist and global political risk consultant Ian Bremmer told NDTV. Mr Bremmer, the founder of the Eurasia Group, a risk and research consulting firm, also said the Indian general election, from a global political perspective, is “the only thing … Read more
Polling in the fifth phase of General Elections 2024 which commenced at 7 am today simultaneously across 49 PCs recorded an approximate voter turnout of 57.47% as of 7:45 pm. Voters came out in large numbers braving hot weather in many parts of the states that went for polls yesterday. Polling was closed at 6 … Read more
Kangana Ranaut, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Mandi, expressed her pleasure at winning the Lok Sabha elections. She also praised the BJP for following tight rules and keeping pledges, while slamming other parties for not doing so. Kangana Ranaut, who is running for a first term in the Lok Sabha from her hometown of … Read more
On Friday, arrested BJP leader G Devaraje Gowda said that Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar promised him 100 crore to target former Chief Minister and JDS state President HD Kumaraswamy and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking to reporters from the police vehicle after being sent to judicial custody on Friday, Devaraje Gowda claimed that … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday claimed the Samajwadi Party and the Congress will run a bulldozer over the Ram temple in Ayodhya if they come to power. In a sharp jibe at the INDIA bloc allies, he further said that the former must take tuition from Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath to learn … Read more
Home Minister Amit Shah today took a swipe at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal suggesting that people will only be reminded of the ‘liquor scam’ when they see him campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections. “As a voter, I believe wherever he will go for the poll campaign, the people will remember the liquor scam, … Read more
Kompella Madhavi Latha, BJP’s firebrand candidate from Hyderabad, faces a police case after a video showed her asking burqa-clad Muslim women at a polling booth to reveal their faces so that she can match them with the photographs on their voter ID cards. The case has been registered under relavant sections of the Indian Penal … Read more
As polls for the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections opened on Monday morning, Union Home Minister Amit Shah urged voters, especially those in Jammu and Kashmir, to turn out in record numbers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed hope that a large turnout of voters would strengthen democracy. Taking to X, PM Modi said, … Read more
The updated approximate voter turnout figures for polling in third phase of General Elections stands at 65.68% at 10 pm on 08.05.2024. The same shall continue to be updated by the field level officers and will be available PC wise (along with respective AC segments) live at VTR App. The state wise approximate voter turnout … Read more
On Tuesday, May 7, many Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporters were held by Delhi Police for reportedly raising chants against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s detention during an IPL match between the Delhi Capitals and the Rajasthan Royals at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. AAP supporters were detained for causing a “public nuisance” in one of the … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah took aim at the opposition party in India on Wednesday, stating that if it wins the current Lok Sabha elections, it would install a “Babri” lock at the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Speaking at a rally in favour of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra, the ruling Bharatiya … Read more