The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) has proved it's supremacy in the November 13 by - polls winning five of the seven Rajasthan assembly seats, leaving one each for the traditional rivals Congress and the emerging political force Bharatiya Aadiwasi Party (BAP).
Following the electoral debacle of Congress in Assembly elections BRS working president KT Rama Rao slammed the party for its inability to stand up against the BJP and claimed that the regional parties continue to be the future of India.
In a major setback to the ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh, party candidate and state Forest Minister Ramniwas Rawat lost to his Congress rival Mukesh Malhotra by more than 7,000 votes on Saturday in the Vijaypur bypoll.
Congress nominee Manoj Rawat, who had previously won the seat in 2017, managed only 18,192 votes (33.42 per cent). Independent candidate Tribhuvan Singh also played a significant role, securing 9,266 votes (17.1 per cent) and reportedly diverting a substantial portion of Congress' voter base.
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Sunil Soni triumphed in the Raipur South by-election with a commanding margin of 46,167 votes over Congress candidate Akash Sharma. The BJP candidate secured 89,220 votes, nearly doubling Sharma’s tally of 43,053, including a significant edge in postal ballots where the BJP received 161 votes against Congress' 76
Congress General Secretary and candidate for Wayanad Lok Sabha bypolls, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will commence her debut election campaign on Monday.
Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly VD Satheesan on Saturday slammed senior CPI-M leader and former MP NN Krishnadas for making derogatory remarks against media persons ."Krishnadas' remarks merely reflect the CPI-M's language. The media was only doing their job," he said in Malappuram on Saturday .
Questioning Congress candidate for Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's recently-filed election affidavit, the BJP on Saturday alleged that the filed affidavit of the grand old party leader doesn't disclose all the required information.
Congress alleged that 142 acres land of renowned tourist site George Everest in Mussoorie was handed out to a private firm registered as MSME hardly three years back.
The Congress on Saturday released its second list of 23 candidates for the forthcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra. According to a communiqué issued by the Congress general secretary in-charge of Organisation KC Venugopal, the party's Central Election Commission (CEC) has selected the candidates.
