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Pawan Bansal was recently appointed the chairman of the Congress Lok Sabha campaign committee for Chandigarh. He had started campaigning even though there was no official word on his candidature.

Union Minister of State for Steel Vishnudeo Sai, who had won four times (1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014) from Raigarh seat, has been denied ticket.

Former CM Vasundhara Raje's son Dushyant Singh is looking for a third term as an MP from Jhalawar-Baran constituency and PP Chaudhary, union minister of state for the law and justice and the ministry of corporate affairs, is contesting from Pali seat agai...

In Tripura, BJP state vice president Subal Bhowmik was among the three BJP leaders to join the Congress on March 19. The other two are former leaders Prakash Das and Debashish Sen.

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Both parties will contest against each other in the two seats of the south and north Kashmir but will support each other in the other three seats of the state.

RLD chief Ajit Singh Singh also took a dig at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and said farmers blamed him for the stray cattle menace in the state.

The state elections may be held any time after the Parliamentary polls, the officials said.

Kapil Sibal further said that the prime minister should introspect and instead of talking about dynastic politics, should focus on issues confronting people.

The Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath also proclaimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party is certain to secure 74 seats of the state's 80 seats.

Priyanka Gandhi started her river journey with a visit to the Sangam and performing puja along with party leaders at the Bade Hanuman Mandir, popular as 'Letee Hanuman Ji' near Prayagraj Sangam.

The AICC had issued the coordination committee list on Friday, but withdrawn it within minutes, leading to speculations that factionalism had yet again consumed the high command’s efforts towards unity.

Kavlekar, who is Leader of the Opposition in Goa Assembly, led all his party MLAs to Raj Bhawan here uninvited to meet Governor Mridula Sinha to stake claim to form the government following the demise of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.

Leaders in the state Congress believe that a 'strong and senior' leader like Singh could have an impact on weak seats where the party has been on a losing spree.

Mandya Lok Sabha seat has gone to the JD(S) as per the seat sharing agreement between the coalition partners Congress and the JD(S).

BSP senior leader and Rajya Sabha member Veer Singh came to Vijayawada on Sunday to formalise the alliance. Accordingly, the BSP has been allotted SC-reserved Lok Sabha seats Chittoor, Tirupati and Bapatla.