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Guwahati: With an eye on consolidating the NDA in Assam before the April 9 polls, the BJP on Tuesday brought back Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) into its fold after five years and firmed up seat-sharing with AGP, even as its current partner in govt, Bodoland-based United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL), left the NDA earlier in…
Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, with Karamvir Singh Boudh, who was elected as Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP of attempting “vote chori” and “murdering democracy” in the Haryana Rajya Sabha elections, even as the party asserted that it would take the “strictest possible action”…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday released its first list of candidates for 144 seats in the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, fielding several key leaders, including Suvendu Adhikari and Dilip Ghosh.While Dilip Ghosh has been fielded from Kharagpur Sadar, Suvendu Adhikari will contest the elections from two seats — Bhabanipur and…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released its first list of 47 candidates for the upcoming Kerala assembly elections, fielding several key leaders, including former Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar and former state chief K Surendran.Among the prominent names, Rajeev Chandrasekhar has been fielded from the Nemom constituency, while K Surendran will contest…
NEW DELHI: If assembly polls since the Lok Sabha elections in 2024 reiterated BJP’s dominance and deflated hopes of its rivals emboldened by their LS poll bump, the fresh round of electoral battle will test the party’s mettle and determine if it can build on its momentum to make new strides in regions considered most…
Kendrapada: Thepolitical flutter ahead of Rajya Sabha polls on Monday has shifted from state capital Bhubaneswar to Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district after the BJP transported all its MLAs as well as the three independents, who support the ruling party, to a luxury hotel, owned by independent candidate Dilip Ray, in the port town on Saturday…
NEW DELHI: Political parties on Sunday welcomed the Election Commission’s poll dates announcement for 4 states and one Union Territory. West Bengal will vote in two phases starting April 23, while Kerala, Assam and Puducherry will go to the polls on April 9, and Tamil Nadu on April 23; results for all will be declared…
KOLKATA: BJP supporters on the way to PM Narendra Modi’s Brigade rally attacked state minister Shashi Panja’s Girish Park home on Saturday as political street-fighting returned to the North Kolkata zone after a gap of more than a decade. Stones pelted at Panja’s home left the 63-year-old minister with injuries to her right shoulder, abdomen…
The home minister indicated that the party would go alone in 2027 polls KILLI CHAHAL (MOGA): Union home minister Amit Shah sounded the bugle for the 2027 Punjab assembly election with a ‘badlav rally’ in Moga, urging people to give BJP “ik mauka” (one chance), and promising that the party’s first legislation would be an…
NEW DELHI: Virtually ending speculation over any revival of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal, Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday declared that the BJP will contest the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections on its own and seek to form its own government in the state.Addressing the party’s “Badlav” rally at…
