Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday visited Baraulia village in Amethi constituency in Uttar Pradesh to pay condolences to the family of a BJP party worker who was shot dead in May, soon after the Lok Sabha polls. Criticising the visit, the Congress in Goa accused Sawant of running away from pressing issues […]
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Modi won Lok Sabha polls by lying: Rahul Gandhi
Kalpetta (Kerala): Congress President Rahul Gandhi said here on Saturday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the Lok Sabha elections by telling lies. “Modi won the election by telling lies and spreading hatred. But we will deal with him with truth, love and affection,” Gandhi said while addressing a rally here in his parliamentary constituency […]
Mamata Banerjee terms LS polls scandalous, demands fact finding committee
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday claimed that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in the recently-held Lok Sabha elections were “programmed” and urged the opposition parties to start a movement demanding a fact finding committee to probe the issue. Terming the Lok Sabha polls, which were swept by the Bharatiya Janata […]
Millions vote in second round of Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi: Millions voted across 95 Lok Sabha seats in 12 states and the Union Territory of Puducherry on Thursday in the second phase of the staggered battle for a new Parliament, marred by stray violence in West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir and EVM glitches in seven states. An electorate of 15.7 crore voted […]
Snapchat launches tools for voters ahead of Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi: Aiming to encourage people ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, photo-messaging app Snapchat on Wednesday announced the launch of tools and polling information for Indian voters. Educating its users about the resources provided by the Election Commission, the company said in a statement: “On April 10, a ‘Team Snapchat’ Snap will also […]
SP names 5 more candidates for Lok Sabha polls
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Thursday named five more Lok Sabha candidates in Uttar Pradesh. Nasir Qureshi will contest from Moradabad, Bhagwat Sharan Gangwar from Bareilly, Puja Pal from Unnao, Shyam Sundar Singh Yadav from Jhansi and Nathuni Prasad Kushwaha from Kushinagar parliamentary seat, a senior party leader said. So far the party has […]
Prominent BJP leaders not contesting Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi: For the last few decades, they were the BJP’s prominent faces and voices in the Lower House of Parliament but now their voices would not be heard in the 17th Lok Sabha which is to be constituted after the May 23 results. L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Kalraj Mishra, Ramesh Bais, B.C. Khanduri, […]
NDA plays subtle caste card in naming Bihar candidates
Patna: Bihar’s ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has played a calculated caste card in selecting candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, which was reflected on Saturday when it announced the list of candidates for 39 out of the 40 seats in the state. The lone seat for which a candidate was not announced was Khagaria. […]
‘Yeddy Diaries’: Congress demands Lokpal probe
New Delhi: Days ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, a political controversy erupted on Friday after a media report titled ‘The Yeddy Diaries’ published by news magazine ‘The Caravan’ alleged that former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa paid Rs 1,800 crore to some top BJP leaders with the Congress daring the government to order an […]
BJP replaces 6 MPs, including minister, in UP
Lucknow: The BJP on Thursday announced the list of 28 of its candidates for Uttar Pradesh’s 80 Lok Sabha seats, dropping six of its sitting members including a Union Minister, for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The list was announced by senior BJP leader J.P. Nadda at the party headquarters in New Delhi. Union Minister […]