Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti appealed to the Election Commission to ‘prevent repetition of 1987 election rigging’ in Srinagar.
Photos circulating on social media purportedly show at least one of the attackers sharing a stage with BJP leader Manoj Tiwari.
On Monday, comedian Shyam Rangeela, who is contesting as an independent candidate, claimed he was unable to file his nomination papers from the constituency.
A total of 476 of the 1,710 candidates have declared assets worth over Rs 1 crore, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms.
NEW DELHI: Darbhanga is one of the 40 parliamentary constituencies of Bihar. The Election Commission of India announced the date of Lok Sabha elections on March 16. Bihar will go to polls in 7 phases.CandidatesIn the 2024 candidates list for the Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency include Gopal Jee Thakur of BJP and Lalit Kumar Yadav of RJD among others.Main partiesMain parties contesting in Bihar include the NDA alliance, with BJP and JD(U) re-uniting and the Mahagathbandhan alliance which...
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav and Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra are among the prominent candidates in the fray.
Darbhanga: In the land of Mithila in Bihar, Ram is echoing in the election campaign. On May 4, Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his public address at Darbhanga with the ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogan and described Mithila region the land of ‘King Janak and Goddess Sita’ (mythological characters) with the hope that the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya would get the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) electoral dividends.Less than 10 km from Darbhanga, Gulab Yadav, a 72-year-old from Yadav-dominated Bijli...
BJP’s Amit Shah, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Congress leader Digvijaya Singh are prominent candidates in fray.
Murshidabad: There is something unique about a majority of villages in Murshidabad constituency. They are ghost villages with hardly any youth left to even bury the dead. 80-90% of the men from Raninagar, Jalangi and Domkal assembly segments under Murshidabad constituency are in Kerala, Karnataka, Hyderabad and Maharasthra where they work as migrant workers. Lack of employment opportunities have forced most of the young to middle-aged men to head South for better wages.Hasibul Rehman from...
On May 10, Singh, who is in Assam’s Dibrugarh jail, filed his nomination as an independent candidate from Punjab’s Khadoor Sahib seat.
Total 39% of the candidates contesting the polls on May 25 have declared assets worth more than Rs 1 crore, the Association for Democratic Reforms said.
Total 33% candidates contesting the polls on May 20 have declared assets worth more than Rs 1 crore, the Association for Democratic Reforms said.