This came a week after the BJP won the Surat seat unopposed as the polling officer disqualified the Congress candidate and others withdrew their nominations.
Former Indian Police Service officer Debasish Dhar’s candidature was revoked as he had not produced a requisite “no dues” certificate from the state government.
Sucharita Mohanty alleged that the BJP-led central government has “put all kinds of curbs and restrictions” on her party’s accounts.
The rejection of Nilesh Kumbhani’s nomination paved the way for the BJP’s Mukesh Dalal to win the seat unopposed on April 22.
On April 22, Mukesh Dalal was declared the winner after the Congress’ candidate was disqualified and others withdrew their nominations.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has nominated Tashi Gyalson, the chief executive councillor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council in Leh, from the seat.
They claim that local BJP politicians, and, in some cases, the Gujarat Police pushed them to exit the contest. One remains in the fray.
Sitting Lok Sabha member from Mandya A Sumalatha said on Friday that she had sacrificed the seat to the JD(S) to extend her support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reports DHNS from Mandya.
.Speaking to reporters after casting her vote at Doddarasinakere village in Maddur taluk on Friday, Sumalatha said that at a time when several leaders in Karnataka were not ready to spare their constituencies for other candidates despite being defeated there, she parted with Mandya seat, which she...
The BJP will scrap reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes by 2025 if re-elected, Congress’ Revanth Reddy claimed.
Out of the total 1,352 candidates, 392 have declared assets worth over Rs 1 crore, according to a report by the NGO Association for Democratic Reforms.
As soon as our government is formed, the first thing that would be done is caste census, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said.
Lovely said he was unhappy with the party’s decision to ally with the Aam Aadmi Party and fielding of Kanhaiya Kumar and Udit Raj from the national capital.