Tag: Lok Sabha Polls
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Mamata Banerjee terms LS polls scandalous, demands fact finding committee
Terming the Lok Sabha polls, which were swept by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as "scandalous", Banerjee said that if needed, the opposition parties should hold demonstrations outside the Election Commission's (EC) office in New Delhi.
June 7, 2019 -
Scholarship scam set to rock Himachal Pradesh politics after LS polls
Officials scanned records and gathered evidence from 22 private educational institutes in Chandigarh, Mohali, Nawanshahr, Ambala, Gurdaspur, Karnal, Una, Shimla, Solan, Sirmaur, Bilaspur, Chamba and Kangra on 14 May.
May 21, 2019 -
Petrol, diesel prices rise day after end of Lok Sabha polls
According to reports, petrol in New Delhi will cost Rs 71.12 per litre while diesel will cost Rs 66.11 per litre.
May 20, 2019 -
Lok Sabha polls: 25 seats have shown particular trend, most of the times
The oldest among these bellwethers seats is Valsad in Gujarat. It has been following the trend since its formation in 1957.
May 13, 2019 -
SC asks EC to examine Tej Bahadur Yadav’s plea against rejection by tomorrow
Tej Bahadur had approached the Supreme Court on Monday, May 1 to contest the rejection of his nomination from the Varanasi Lok Sabha Constituency. He is being represented by advocate Prashant Bhushan.
May 8, 2019 -
Tej Bahadur Yadav moves Supreme Court against EC’s rejection of his nomination
Tej Bahadur had, in March, announced that he will take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the Varanasi seat as an Independent candidate in the Lok Sabha elections.
May 6, 2019 -
Opposition lagging behind NDA
To his advantage, the United Nations has also put terrorist Masood Azhar in the global terrorist list this week, something New Delhi had been stressing for long.
May 5, 2019 -
Lok Sabha polls: 64% voting in Phase 4 marred by violence in Bengal, Odisha
Monday's round marked the start of polling in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, even as the general elections came to an end in Maharashtra and Odisha
April 30, 2019 -
Why poll reforms are essential
Current Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora has also expressed his intention to curb the use of black money during the elections.
April 21, 2019 -
Congress yet to name candidates from high-profile Varanasi, Lucknow seats
Even as the UP party leaders preferred to remain non-committal on the subject of Priyanka contesting from Varanasi, the shifting of former Congress MP Rajesh Mishra to Salempur has set the rumour mills churning.
April 14, 2019 -
Stakes high for BJP MP Anurag Thakur in 2019 poll
BJP’s Chief Whip in Lok Sabha, Anurag Thakur, 44, had fought his first election when his father, Dhumal, had vacated Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat in 2008 after becoming CM of Himachal second time.
April 14, 2019 -
Himachal sets special polling booths for differently abled
Chief Electoral Officer Devesh Kumar said special arrangements have been made by setting up 10 special polling stations for them in the state.
April 14, 2019 -
DMK-led coalition has the edge
Going by present indications, it is advantage DMK coalition.
April 14, 2019 -
Where is the double engine of the BJP: Naveen
Seeking votes in the name of Modi alone will not help as Modi cannot be the PM as well as the CM.
April 13, 2019 -
Azad accuses Modi of creating war hysteria after having failed to implement last election’s promises
Azad said that all those promises and commitments which were made by Modi and BJP during the last elections have proved to be hollow and “jumlas” and after five years Modi government and BJP do not talk of their report card on all those promises but creating fear psychosis, mistrust and war hysteria.
April 13, 2019 -
BJP tells Anil Sharma to quit from assembly too on moral grounds
The BJP leaders said Sharma was indulging in indiscipline as he was canvassing for his son, Ashray Sharma, a Congress candidate from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat secretly.
April 13, 2019 -
Poll boycott call of separatists might help BJP, fear Kashmir mainstream parties
As a strategy to prevent the division of their votes, the NC and PDP have not fielded their candidates against the Congress on both Lok Sabha seats of the Jammu division.
April 13, 2019