political nomination

Mumbai, April 9 – Maharashtra Congress Legislature Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar said on Thursday that the party candidate, Akash More, is expected to withdraw his nomination from the Baramati by-election.He told reporters, "Following discussions between the state president and key leaders...

Pune, Apr 6 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar on Monday vowed to carry forward her late husband Ajit Pawar's legacy of development as she filed nomination papers for the April 23 bypoll to the Baramati assembly seat in Pune district.She submitted the papers in...

New Delhi, April 6 – Nationalist Congress Party-SP president Sharad Pawar said on Monday that the Pawar family had decided not to contest the Baramati by-election out of grief over the untimely death of Ajit Pawar, but refrained from criticizing the Congress for choosing to contest the...

Mumbai, April 6 NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar said on Monday that the Congress has every right to contest the Baramati assembly by-election, questioning the "political maturity" of his grandnephew Parth Pawar, who criticised the Congress for fielding a candidate against his mother and Deputy CM...

Trichy, April 2 TVK chief Vijay filed his nomination for the Trichy East constituency for the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections on Thursday.The actor arrived at the Ariyamangalam Zonal Office in the Palakkarai area around 12:30 pm and submitted his papers to the Assistant Returning...

Kolkata, April 2 BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari filed his nomination for the Bhabanipur assembly constituency in West Bengal on Thursday, in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.Accompanied by Shah and other senior BJP leaders, Adhikari reached the Survey Building office after a roadshow...

Chennai, March 30 Over 500 candidates, including many from political parties, filed their nomination papers on Monday for the April 23 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu.According to a source in the election commission, 573 candidates, including prominent figures such as Chief Minister M K Stalin...

March 30, New Delhi – Myanmar's military chief, Min Aung Hlaing, has been nominated in the presidential selection process. This move suggests a potential political role for the junta leader.Min Aung Hlaing was named as one of two vice-presidential candidates by lawmakers, with another nominee...

New Delhi, March 24 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was unopposed elected as the president of JD (U) on Tuesday, with no other candidate filing nomination for the party's top post.Kumar, 75, had been serving as the party's president since Lalan Singh resigned from the post ahead of the Lok...

Jorhat (Assam), March 23 Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi filed his nomination papers from the Jorhat assembly seat on Monday, making his debut electoral foray in the state elections.The deputy leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha visited religious places of all communities before...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 21 The filing of nomination papers at the District Collectorate here on Saturday witnessed a tense situation as BJP and CPI candidates argued over who should be allowed to file their papers first, sources said.While CPI leaders argued that their candidate, Alankode...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 Ministers from the Kerala state, top leaders from the Congress and BJP, filed their nomination papers on Saturday for the upcoming Assembly elections.Several state ministers, including P. Rajeev, V. Sivankutty, R. Bindu, and P. A. Mohamed Riyas, as well as CPI(M)...

Dibrugarh, March 20 The president of the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), Lurinjyoti Gogoi, filed his nomination for the Khowang constituency in Dibrugarh district on Friday.Gogoi had unsuccessfully contested the 2021 assembly elections and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, with the AJP yet to gain a...

Guwahati, March 20 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma filed his nomination papers as a BJP candidate for the Jalukbari constituency on Friday.He was accompanied by his wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, his son, Nandil Biswa Sarma, and Bijuli Kalita Medhi, the BJP's Lok Sabha MP for Gauhati...

Guwahati, March 20 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and several prominent candidates from both the ruling BJP and opposition parties, including the Congress, will file their nomination papers on Friday for the assembly elections.Sarma, contesting from Jalukbari, will file his...

Patna, March 19 – Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar filed his nomination on Thursday for the post of National President of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U).The nomination papers were submitted at the party’s New Delhi office by JD(U) National Working President Sanjay Kumar Jha on behalf of Nitish...

Guwahati, March 19 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said he will file his nomination papers for the assembly elections on Friday.He will file his nomination papers for the Jalukbari seat at the Kamrup District Election Office."Tomorrow, with the blessings of the people of Jalukbari...

Kannur (Kerala), March 19 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan filed his nomination from the Dharmadom Assembly constituency here on Thursday.Vijayan submitted his nomination papers at the Thalassery Sub Registrar Office around 11 am, which were received by Kannur registrar A B Sathyan.The...

Agartala, March 17 BJP MLA Ram Pada Jamatia submitted his nomination papers for the post of Speaker of the Tripura Assembly on Tuesday, a senior party leader said.Earlier, the BJP legislature party had cleared the name of Ram Pada Jamatia, an MLA of the Bagma Assembly constituency in Gomati...

Patna, March 9 – Political activity in Bihar has intensified amid speculation that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may be moving to the Rajya Sabha. In this context, posters demanding that Chirag Paswan be made the next Chief Minister have appeared on the streets of Patna.The posters were put up...