Lok Sabha Election

"Congress In Dire Need Of Introspection," Jyotiraditya Scindia Warns

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday October 10, 2019

After Congress leader Salman Khurshid's comments on Rahul Gandhi "walking away" from the post of party president at a time there should have been a post-mortem of the national election defeat, another leader, Jyotiraditya Scindia, on Wednesday called for urgent introspection.

Ahead Of Polls, Congress Faces Revolt In Maharashtra, Haryana: 10 Points

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday October 3, 2019

The Congress is facing revolt from two key members in Maharashtra and Haryana - states that are having assembly elections in less than three weeks. In both states, the party was voted out in 2014 and failed to register its presence in the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year. The factionalism, which was one of the causes of the defeat, did not aba...

Prakash Ambedkar's Party Announces Maharashtra Assembly Poll Candidates

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 1, 2019

The Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), a much-discussed political outfit after its showing in the Lok Sabha elections, on Monday announced its candidates for 142 assembly seats in Maharashtra.

Sikkim Democratic Front Announces Candidates For October 21 Sikkim Bypolls

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 29, 2019

The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) has announced its candidates for the October 21 by-elections to three assembly seats.

"Has Come From Jungle": Trinamool Hits Back At BJP's JP Nadda

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Sunday September 29, 2019

Hours after BJP working president JP Nadda accused the Mamata Banerjee government of imposing "jungle raj" on West Bengal, a senior Trinamool Congress leader on Saturday shot back by saying that the politician wouldn't know what development looks like because he comes from a jungle himself.

BJP Needs Introspection If It Can't Honour Its Word: Sena's Sanjay Raut

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 24, 2019

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut today said the BJP needs to introspect if it cannot honour its commitment, and asserted that the seat-sharing formula with the BJP for Maharashtra Assembly polls was decided before the Lok Sabha elections held earlier this year.

People Were Disappointed With Previous Governments Before PM Modi Came To Power: Amit Shah

India News | ANI | Wednesday September 18, 2019

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, whose party secured a thumping majority in this year's Lok Sabha election, stirred controversy today, remarking that 70 years after Independence, multi-party democracy has "failed". The makers of the constitution, he said, had envisaged an "equal, prosperous India". They had adopted the multi-party democratic system ...

Mamata Banerjee To Meet PM Modi, State Issues On Agenda, Say Sources

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday September 16, 2019

Banegal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is coming to Delhi tomorrow to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Wednesday's meeting between the two leaders -- their first since the Lok Sabha elections -- would be on issues facing the state, sources said.

Ram Vilas Paswan Goes Off Script On Nitish Kumar's Role In Bihar Polls

India News | Written by Manish Kumar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday September 16, 2019

Assembly elections in Bihar more than a year away, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is facing pressure from allies like Lok Janashakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan. The moves give an appearance of a proxy war between Mr Kumar and the BJP - a recurrence of a rift that had appeared ahead of the recent Lok Sabha election as well.

Tear Gas, Water Cannons On Kolkata Streets As BJP Workers Clash With Cops

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Wednesday September 11, 2019

Clashes erupted in Kolkata today as hundreds of BJP youth activists took out a march in the city's Central Avenue area to protest against a hike in electricity rates, sparking police retaliation. The incident occurred at a time when the BJP is flexing its muscles against the ruling Trinamool Congress following unprecedented gains in the Lok Sabha e...

Urmila Matondkar Quits Congress, Blames "Petty In-House Politics"

India News | Reported by Purva Chitnis, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday September 10, 2019

Actor Urmila Matondkar, who joined the Congress barely five months ago ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, quit today with a barbed statement that left the party red-faced ahead of the coming assembly elections in Maharashtra.

Trinamool, NCP Defend National Party Status Before Election Commission

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 9, 2019

The CPI, TMC and the NCP on Monday urged the Election Commission not to take away their national party status, saying they should be given a fresh opportunity to improve their electoral performance.

Over 3 Lakh Votes I Got In 2014 Told Me Amethi Needed Help: Smriti Irani

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 1, 2019

Union minister Smriti Irani, who defeated former Congress president and three-term Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi in the last Lok Sabha elections, said she saw there "some people picking up grain from mud to eat" in 2014.

Amethi Votes For Me In 2014 Sign People Needed Help There: Smriti Irani

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 1, 2019

Union minister Smriti Irani, who defeated former Congress president and three-term Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year, on Saturday said she saw there "some people picking up grain from mud to eat" in 2014.

Bihar Mahagathbandhan Leaders Hold First Meeting Since Lok Sabha Poll

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 28, 2019

Leaders of the opposition ''Mahagathbandhan'' in Bihar, the multi-party formation which suffered virtual obliteration in the Lok Sabha election, on Tuesday held a meeting here in an apparent bid to pick up the threads in the state where assembly polls are due next year.