legislative elections

Patna, March 4 Bihar minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary confirmed on Wednesday that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was considering contesting the Rajya Sabha elections, a move that could effectively end the tenure of the state's longest-serving chief minister.Chaudhary, the state parliamentary...

Mumbai, March 4 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar is set to get a fresh term in the Rajya Sabha after the Congress on Wednesday declared support to him as the opposition bloc's candidate from Maharashtra for the lone seat it can win in the March 16 polls to the Upper House of...

Mumbai, March 4 The BJP announced four candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra on Wednesday, nominating Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and former State Minister Vinod Tawde, among others, for the Upper House.Besides Athawale and Tawde, the party has also fielded Maya...

Mumbai, March 3 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) working president Supriya Sule and senior leader Jayant Patil met Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai on Tuesday and discussed the contentious issue of the single Rajya Sabha seat that the opposition alliance is assured of winning in...

Mumbai, March 3 Shiv Sena leader and former minister Aaditya Thackeray said on Tuesday that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has not yet decided on the Rajya Sabha seat, adding that a decision will be made soon.He confirmed that NCP SP leaders Supriya Sule and Jayant Patil met with Shiv Sena UBT...

In Bhubaneswar, on March 3, the BJP announced that Manmohan Samal, its Odisha unit president, and Sujeet Kumar, an MP, would be its candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections on March 16. They also announced their support for Dilip Ray, a former Union minister and party leader, who will contest as...

Chennai, March 3 Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK allocated one seat in the Rajya Sabha to its ally, DMDK, and announced that the number of Assembly seats to be allocated to it would be made public later after further discussions.DMDK general secretary Premalatha Vijayakanth will announce the candidate...

Guwahati, March 3 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma congratulated BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Tuesday for being nominated as the party's candidate from Bihar for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections."Heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to the honorable national president...

Bhopal/New Delhi, March 3 – Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav extended his best wishes to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, including the party's President Nitin Nabin, from Bihar, on Tuesday.In response to the party's decision to appoint...

Bhubaneswar, March 3 – BJP MLA Prakash Chandra Sethi expressed confidence on Tuesday that the BJP would secure the maximum number of seats in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Odisha.Sethi asserted that several MLAs from both the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Indian National Congress...

Mumbai, March 2 Shiv Sena(UBT) legislator and former Minister Aaditya Thackeray stated on Monday that there is no impasse in discussions regarding the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled for March 16. He said that all parties involved in the Maha Vikas Aghadi are in dialogue with one another and...

Bhubaneswar, March 1 The ruling BJP in Odisha claimed on Sunday that the understanding between the opposition BJD and Congress for the Rajya Sabha elections would ultimately benefit it.Speaking to reporters, state BJP president Manmohan Samal said that the BJD and the Congress had previously...

Patna, March 1 Amid speculation that RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav may contest the Rajya Sabha elections in Bihar, party supremo Lalu Prasad convened a meeting of its parliamentary board here on Sunday.The meeting is scheduled to take place four days before the deadline for filing nominations in...

Ranchi, February 28 Union minister Chirag Paswan said his party, LJP (Ram Vilas), is preparing to contest the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal and Assam.Speaking to reporters at Ranchi airport, Paswan said the party is expanding its base in many states, and it already has MLAs in...

New Delhi, February 28 – The All India Trinamool Congress announced four candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, triggering a wave of reactions across the political spectrum.The party announced the nominations of Babul Supriyo, Rajeev Kumar, Menaka Guruswamy, and Koel Mallick in a...

Mumbai, February 27 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut met NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar at a hospital here on Friday, amidst the infighting within the opposition's Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance over its candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections.Pawar has been admitted to Breach Candy Hospital...

Mumbai, February 27 – Amid rising tensions within the Maha Vikas Aghadi over claims to Rajya Sabha nominations, Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Varun Sardesai clarified the party’s position on Friday, stating that the seat rightfully belongs to the Uddhav Thackeray-led group.“We will not relinquish our...

Mumbai, February 26 – The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-Ajit Pawar faction), with Praful Patel as its working president, announced on Thursday that Parth Ajit Pawar, the elder son of former national president and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, will be the party's candidate for the upcoming...

Bhubaneswar, February 26 BJD MP Sasmit Patra collected six nomination forms for the elections to the four Rajya Sabha seats from the Odisha assembly as soon as the notification was issued, sparking speculation about the opposition party's strategy for the polls.According to the count in the...

Guwahati, February 26 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated on Thursday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), along with its allies, are in a strong position to win at least 103 Assembly seats that will go to the polls in the next few months.Speaking to reporters here, Chief...