Politics

The sitting MP from Mathura took to Twitter and shared the photographs holding hay bale and sickle, announcing the start of her campaign.

Senior party leaders had earlier said though a 'consensus has been reached' between the top leadership of both the parties, the two camps have so far been unable to finalise a seat-sharing arrangement.

To pick a candidate like Rahul Gandhi against the Left means that the Congress is going to target the Left in Kerala, Praksah Karat said.

A number of Trinamool leaders including sitting MPs Anupam Hazra and Soumitra Khan and MLA Arjun Singh had recently defected to the BJP and got its ticket to fight the Lok Sabha polls from the state.

Uddhav Thackeray accompanied Amit Shah as he filed papers for the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, and also shared the dais with him at a rally.

Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu said the BJP has weakened the base of Congress in the state.

The former BSF jawan is hopeful that by contesting the polls he would raise the issue of corruption in the armed forces.

Virbhadra Singh and Sukhram together form a winning combination in Himachal Pradesh, especially in Mandi, which has become the power centre for the BJP after Jairam Thakur was made the chief minister.

The EC had on Wednesday formed a panel led by a deputy election commission to examine the PM’s speech after complaints by opposition parties.

Priyanka Gandhi triggered wild speculation across political and media circles on Thursday during her jovial interaction with Congress workers in Rae Bareli.

Mamata Banerjee predicts that the 21 seats that the BJP won across five states in 2014 could drop down to 5-10 seats after the Karnataka alliance of Congress and JDS.

BSP chief Mayawati's remarks came after the ruling BJP described Congress' minimum income scheme 'NYAY' announced by party chief Rahul Gandhi for elimination of poverty a "bluff".

Arvind Pandey, who holds multiple portfolios in the Uttarakhand Cabinet, entered the station and allegedly threatened a cop for taking action against vehicles reportedly involved in transporting sand.

Confusion over Sumitra Mahajan's candidature turned murkier as reports suggested that during a meeting of BJP leaders, the Lok Sabha Speaker made it clear that either she or Prime Minister Narendra Modi would contest from Indore.

Earlier, Priyanka had taken a steamer ride on river Ganga from Prayagraj to Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of PM Narendra Modi.

Known for his stinging attacks on the Congress, Vijayvargiya added that Chief Minister Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia will face a tough challenge in the state capital as, according to him, Bhopal is the strongest BJP seat in Madhya Pradesh.