The Congress’s Central Election Committee (CEC) on Wednesday cleared names of 10 Lok Sabha candidates, including former Union minister Sushil Kumar Shinde’s daughter Praniti Shinde, for Maharashtra; and seven each for Gujarat and Rajasthan, leaders aware of developments said. In the four meetings, the party’s top poll body has so far finalised 82 candidates across … Read more
The Chief Election Commissioner today announced dates for the Lok Sabha elections 2024. The elections across all states and union territories will be held in seven phases, starting from April 19. While a total of 22 states and UTs will undergo voting in just one poll day, three states will conduct voting in all seven … Read more
The BJP’s two lists of candidates for the Lok Sabha election send a clear signal – anti-incumbency is high on the leadership’s mind as it finalizes poll picks. The party may be dismissive of the Opposition’s challenge in public, but the 267 nominees finalized so far suggest that it is brainstorming over every seat. And … Read more
The BJP released its second list of candidates this evening for the Lok Sabha polls, after a last-minute hiccup over one seat each in Bihar. The list of 72 names includes a number of old hands including Union ministers including Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal and Anurag Singh Thakur. The fresh face is Manohar … Read more
On Wednesday, the Congress unveiled five of its electoral promises, or ‘guarantees’ for women, including a Rs 100,000 annual cash benefit transfer to one woman from each of the country’s poorest households and a 50% quota in all new central government job recruitments. The Congress has named the cash transfer scheme for women ‘Mahalakshmi’. Sources … Read more
On Friday, the Congress unveiled its initial list of 39 candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha election, drawn from eight states and one union territory. The names of candidates for Lok Sabha seats have been revealed in Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Telangana, and Tripura. Here are the key takeaways from Congress’ first … Read more
On Thursday, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu met with Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda, reigniting speculation about a possible coalition between the two parties for the forthcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh. This is the second meeting between Mr Naidu and Mr Shah in as … Read more
Union minister Pralhad Joshi stated on Tuesday that Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar might run in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar are two of the most articulate ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet. They are members of the Rajya Sabha, or Upper House of Parliament. S Jaishankar is the … Read more
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) and the Department of Posts to enhance voter outreach and awareness ahead of the upcoming General Elections to Lok Sabha 2024. This move follows ECI’s efforts to enhance electoral awareness in the country. The MoU was … Read more
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress have agreed to form a coalition against the BJP in Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Goa, and Chandigarh. The Congress and the AAP are part of the INDIA bloc, which was created by opposition parties to compete against the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections. Following the news, BJP … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed well-wishes for India’s upcoming Lok Sabha elections, emphasizing the enduring “traditional conventional friendly ties” between Moscow and New Delhi regardless of political changes. Putin made these remarks during a meeting with External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, extending an invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Russia. Putin, … Read more
Navneet Rana, Maharashtra’s sole independent MP, is expected to run as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Rana, a vociferous supporter of the BJP’s Hindutva platform in Maharashtra, is assisting the party in containing its arch-enemy, Uddhav Thackeray. The BJP’s offer to Rana has faced with criticism from within the … Read more
Recently, the majority of the opposition leaders have begun to arrive in Bengaluru for the second major meeting to plan a campaign for the Lok Sabha election of 2024. Bengaluru streets were covered in posters with the slogan “United We Stand” and images of opposition leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi of the … Read more