Dimple Yadav, a candidate for the Samajwadi Party, defeated BJP challenger Raghuraj Singh Shakya on Thursday to win the prestigious Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat by more than two lakh votes. After Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Samajwadi Party’s founder, passed away on October 10, the Mainpuri Lok Continue Reading
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Despite the fact that the BJP did not nominate a single Muslim candidate, Muslim-majority districts in Gujarat contributed to the party’s historic triumph today. In a number of Gujarati seats with a large Muslim population, the ruling party appeared to be outperforming the Congress. Having a rise of six seats, the BJP held the majority […]Continue Reading
The AAP won a prestige victory in an election that turned out to be closer than anticipated, and the BJP did not lose as much as was anticipated. The Congress barely succeeded in maintaining any relevance. The Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP has defeated the firmly established BJP in the prestige contest for the Municipal Corporation of […]Continue Reading
After casting his ballot in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hurried back to Delhi to convene a two-day strategy meeting for the upcoming election. Before the big show — the national elections in 2024 — in which the BJP will run for a third consecutive term in power at the Center, a number of state […]Continue Reading
In Ahmedabad today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi voted in the second round of the elections for the Gujarat Assembly. A multitude of people cheered as the PM made his way to the polling place at Nishan Public School. He said hello to those he passed while standing in line to cast his ballot. He then […]Continue Reading
Rivaba Jadeja, a candidate for the Gujarat BJP from the North Jamnagar seat, said today that she saw “no difficulty” in her family’s differing ideologies after her husband’s family supported her Congress opponent. Rivaba Jadeja is the wife of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja. “There is no difficulty. There can be people of different ideologies in the Continue Reading
The losing candidate in the Congress presidential election, Shashi Tharoor, complimented the victor, Mallikarjun Kharge, and declared that he believed the party’s resurgence “had genuinely begun tonight.” He described the incoming party leader as a senior colleague who “brings ample leadership and expertise to the table” and expressed Continue Reading
In a lengthy report that criticises at least one senior government official and VK Sasikala, the close assistant of the politician who lived with her, a retired judge ruled that J Jayalalithaa’s death in 2016 after being admitted to a prestigious Chennai hospital warranted investigation. When Ms. Jayalalithaa’s party, the AIADMK, ruled Tamil Nadu in […]Continue Reading
The candidate for Congress president, Shashi Tharoor, has clarified recent remarks in which he claimed that some party members believed there to be an official candidate. It was perceived as making reference to Mallikarjun Kharge, the second contender in the race for president of the Congress, which is being eagerly watched by both party insiders […]Continue Reading
Manisha Kayande, a spokeswoman for the Shiv Sena, attacked the Shinde group on Friday and said Chandrakant Patil, the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), had abused her family. “During a rally in Pune, Chandrakanth Patil said, “Abuse my parents, but don’t abuse Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. Tell me, should it be appropriate […]Continue Reading