Tag: presidential polls
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Mallikarjun Kharge can’t bring about the change in party: Shashi Tharoor
Tharoor said that the Congress President's polls are not a war, but only "he" can bring the required changes in the party.
October 2, 2022 -
Rajasthan crisis: Sachin Pilot denies reports of bringing Congress MLAs together
Congress leader Sachin Pilot has denied media reports stating that he told the party high command that Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
September 27, 2022 -
Bengal BJP houses all its MLAs in hotel on eve of Presidential polls
According to Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, all the MLAs will be briefed about the voting process in Presidential polls on Sunday evening.
July 17, 2022 -
SAD for Draupadi Murmu’s Presidential candidature
“The party will never swerve from its core pro-Punjab, pro-minority, pro farmer and pro poor agenda. But in the Presidential polls, the options before the party are limited," said Sukhbir Singh Badal, SAD Chief.
July 1, 2022 -
Yashwant Sinha files nomination Oppn presidential candidate
After the nomination, the veteran leader said this is not a fight between two people, but two ideologies. Only the person who can fulfill the responsibility of this post should go to Rashtrapati Bhavan. There is no point in having a puppet president, otherwise, there will be no use for this post.
June 27, 2022 -
Mamata might skip Pawar’s meeting on Prez polls, depute Abhishek
In the invitation to opposition parties to attend the meeting convened by Pawar, there is absolutely no reference to the previous meeting on June 15.
June 19, 2022 -
15 nominations filed for Presidential Election so far
There were 11 nominations on June 15, three on June 16 and one on Friday, filed by Sanjay Savji Deshpande, a resident of Mumbai’s Amar Nagar.
June 17, 2022 -
Presidential polls: Mamata Banerjee mentions Farooq Abdullah, Gopalkrishna Gandhi
After attending the meeting called by Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Jharkhand Lok Sabha MP Vijay Hansdak on Wednesday confirmed that Banerjee mentioned two more names besides Sharad Pawar for the presidential elections.
June 16, 2022 -
Mamata meets Pawar ahead of Opposition meet on Presidential poll
The Opposition is trying to build a consensus around Pawar for the July 18 election though the former Union minister and former Maharashtra chief minister does not seem to be keen on contesting the election.
June 14, 2022 -
Not in race: Nitish sets at rest speculations over Presidential polls
“Please spare me. Neither I hold any such ambition (for the President’s office) nor am I interested in getting involved in such talks,” the Chief Minister told the media.
June 13, 2022 -
A day after proposing Nitish as Prez, JD-U takes a U-turn
At least three ministers, Sanjay Kumar Jha, Ashok Chaudhary, and Shrawan Kumar, came before the media to clarify that Kumar is not very much “eager” to be projected as the Presidential candidate, although he happens to be the “most-suited” candidate for this post and aptly deserves it.
June 10, 2022 -
Sri Lankan presidential polls to be held between November 15 and December 7
Sirisena backed by the then main Opposition United National Party (UNP) became the common Opposition candidate against his former boss Rajapaksa.
June 2, 2019 -
Boycott call for Venezuelan presidential polls
The opposition coalition, Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) also called for more protests against the government of President Nicolas Maduro on the day of the vote.
May 4, 2018 -
Egyptians vote on second day of presidential polls
Voting in Egypt’s presidential elections, in which incumbent President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is widely expected to win a second term, got underway for the second day on Tuesday. The country’s nearly 60 million eligible voters have the chance to choose between Al-Sisi and Chairman of the liberal Ghad Party Moussa Mostafa Moussa, Efe news agency...
March 27, 2018 -
Russian hackers attempted to access California election system
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) believes that Russian hackers tried to access California’s election website before last year’s presidential polls, a top official said. California Secretary of State Alex Padilla said he was informed “for the first time” by the DHS on Friday of last year’s attempt, in which Russian hackers “scanned” the...
September 23, 2017 -
Heated exchanges between TMC, GJM, BJP MLAs during polling
Some heated moments were witnessed in the West Bengal Assembly during the Presidential polls on Monday after a ruling Trinamool Congress legislator lashed out at the GJM counterparts for setting Darjeeling "ablaze" and attacked state BJP president Dlip Ghosh for "escorting" them to the house. Spotting the three Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) legislators in the...
July 17, 2017 -
MPs, MLAs vote to elect 14th President of India
Parliamentarians and legislators across India began voting on Monday to elect the country's 14th President in what is a direct contest between ruling NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind and opposition-backed Meira Kumar. Polling to choose the successor of incumbent Pranab Mukherjee, who demits office on July 25, started simultaneously in the national and state capitals...
July 17, 2017