The counting of votes for byelections has started. 48 assembly seats in 14 states—Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal—were up for by-election in recent weeks. Two Lok Sabha seats, Wayanad in Kerala and Nanded in Maharashtra, were also up for election. In Wayanad, … Read more
The Communist Party of India (CPI) announced on Thursday that senior leader Sathyan Mokeri will be the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate in the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll, where he will fight Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi. The constituency will go to the elections on November 13, after the necessity for a by-election after Congress leader … Read more
Today, monsoon rain created landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad, killing at least 21 people. Hundreds more were believed to be trapped with government agencies, including the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and local residents participating in the rescue mission. Shocking Video: Wayanad Landslides Leave Several Houses Damaged #WayanadLandslide #Wayanad pic.twitter.com/Bq8AERPwX8 — FELA NEWS (Write for Right) … Read more
Rahul Gandhi, the Congress leader, will visit Wayanad on August 12-13, his first trip to his constituency after being reinstated as a member of Parliament, said party general secretary KC Venugopal on Tuesday. The Lok Sabha secretariat reinstated Gandhi as an MP on Monday, just days after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in a … Read more