The rejection of Nilesh Kumbhani’s nomination paved the way for the BJP’s Mukesh Dalal to win the seat unopposed on April 22.
SHIMLA: Congress seems to have further gambled its future in Himachal Pradesh by fielding two of its 34 MLAs in the Lok Sabha elections despite being already one short of a majority in the assembly. The equation has been dicey for Congress ever since the disqualification of six legislators who cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha polls last Feb.PWD minister and Shimla (rural) MLA Vikramaditya Singh has been nominated to contest the Mandi seat, while Kasauli legislator Vinod Sultanpuri is the candidate...
The Congress questioned the polling officer’s decision to reject its candidate’s nomination and accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of ‘match fixing’.
The nomination papers of Nilesh Kumbhani, Congress' candidate for the Surat Lok Sabha seat, were rejected on Sunday after his three proposers claimed that the signatures on them were forged. Likewise, the nomination form of Suresh Padsala, Congress' alternate candidate from Surat, was also invalidated, effectively eliminating the main opposition party from the city's electoral contest.Returning officer (RO) Sourabh Pardhi said the three nomination forms submitted by Kumbhani and Padsala were...
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar are among the prominent candidates in the fray.
At 9 am, Uttar Pradesh registered a turnout of 12.66% while Maharashtra recorded 7.28% voting.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has made a strong pitch over quotas for Muslim women, flagging the alarmingly low representation, in Parliament, of females belonging to the minority community, reported news agency PTI. The Hyderabad MP made the comment during an election rally at Bihars Kishanganj, the lone Muslim majority Lok Sabha seat in the state, where the AIMIMs provincial unit chief and MLA Akhtarul Iman is in the fray. The BJP-RSS falsely accuse the AIMIM of being against womens...
Could a third term under Narendra Modi see the formalising of second-class status for minorities and the destruction of the country’s ancient composite culture?
The BJP will scrap reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes by 2025 if re-elected, Congress’ Revanth Reddy claimed.
Media reports have cited hot and humid weather as a possible reason for the dip in the polling percentage in the first phase.
Lok Janshakti Party MP Mehboob Ali Kaiser joined the Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Millions of Indians are queuing up to cast their ballot in the first of the seven-phase election.