candidate selection

Chennai, April 1 – The resignation of senior Congress leader and Virudhunagar MP Manickam Tagore as chairman of the party’s Election Management and Coordination Committee has brought internal divisions within the Tamil Nadu unit to the forefront, just weeks ahead of the April 23 Assembly...

Kolkata, April 1 – Clashes erupted at the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters, 'Bidhan Bhavan', on Wednesday, as party workers clashed over the nomination of Rohan Mitra, the son of former state Congress president Somen Mitra. The situation quickly became chaotic within the...

Kolkata, April 1 Violence erupted at the West Bengal Pradesh Congress headquarters here on Wednesday during protests over candidate selection for the Assembly elections, leaving at least one party worker injured, police said.The situation began after agitated party workers staged a...

In Siliguri and Dabgram-Fulbari, two constituencies in northern Bengal, the upcoming assembly elections have become fiercely contested battlegrounds. The campaigns are focused on development, identity, and law and order, with narratives clashing head-on.As the assembly elections on April 23...

Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, March 30 – A political exchange has emerged ahead of the Umreth Assembly by-election in Gujarat, with the Congress questioning the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its candidate selection and raising the issue of dynastic politics.On Monday, the BJP selected Harshad...

Anand, March 30 – Preparations for the Umreth Assembly by-election in Gujarat have gained momentum, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announcing Harshad Parmar as its candidate for the vacant seat and stepping up organizational arrangements ahead of the poll.The by-election was...

Kozhikode (Kerala), March 30 President of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, Sayyid Muhammad Jifri Muthukoya Thangal, has urged leaders to avoid making unnecessary statements that could bring the organization into political controversies.His remarks came after Samastha leader Mukkam Umar Faizi...

Kozhikode (Kerala), March 29 Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama president Sayyid Muhammad Jifri Muthukoya Thangal on Sunday urged leaders to avoid making unnecessary statements that could drag the organization into political controversies.His remarks came after Samastha leader Mukkam Umar Faizi...

Gandhinagar/Anand, March 29: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed former Gujarat minister Pradipsinh Jadeja as the in-charge for the upcoming by-election to the Umreth Assembly constituency in Anand district, as political activity intensifies ahead of the polling scheduled next month...

Chennai, March 29 In his first electoral campaign, TVK chief Vijay announced on Sunday that he would contest from two constituencies for the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.He said he would be contesting from Perambur in Chennai and Tiruchirappalli East.Addressing a meeting of party...

New Delhi, March 28 Top Congress leaders held detailed discussions on the party's candidates for the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections during a meeting of the Central Election Committee (CEC) here on Saturday.A senior Congress leader said after the meeting that the party will contest all...

Chennai, March 28 Congress MP from the Karur constituency, S Jothimani, has alleged a complete lack of transparency in the party's constituency selection process as part of the DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu for the April 23 Assembly election, claiming that the party's interests have been...

Chennai, March 28 – The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) is facing increasing scrutiny over its delay in announcing candidates for key Assembly constituencies in Chennai, raising questions about its preparedness in the run-up to the Tamil Nadu elections.The prolonged...

Chennai, March 28 Congress MP from the Karur constituency, S Jothimani, has alleged a complete lack of transparency in the party's constituency selection process as part of the DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu for the April 23 Assembly election, claiming that the interests of the party have been...

Guwahati, March 26 – Amid growing discontent within the BJP over the denial of tickets to several sitting legislators ahead of the Assam Assembly elections, veteran leader Bijoya Chakravarty asserted on Thursday that the party must remain above individual aspirations, urging leaders and workers...

Gangtok, March 24 Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang met with SKM candidates for the local elections on Tuesday, urging them to work together with humility and integrity.During a meeting at Samman Bhavan, the SKM leader said the party would provide full support to the candidates...

Kolkata, March 23 Rinku Majumdar, the wife of former West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh, publicly expressed her displeasure on Friday after being denied a party ticket for the upcoming assembly elections, claiming that the party leadership’s argument that multiple members from the same family...

Bhopal, March 23 – Chief Minister Mohan Yadav stated on Monday that the increasing presence of Madhya Pradesh candidates in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination reflects the changing face of the state.The Chief Minister made the remarks while addressing a felicitation...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 23 – With Rajeev Chandrasekhar leading as the BJP’s Kerala unit president, all eyes are on how the party will reshape its strategy ahead of the April 9 Assembly elections.Despite his roots in Kerala, Chandrasekhar was long seen as an outsider to the state's complex...

Davangere (Karnataka), March 23 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday asserted that he was 100 per cent confident that the Congress would win the by-elections to two Assembly constituencies in the state, claiming that the BJP would face defeat, similar to what they experienced in...