rajya sabha elections

Chandigarh, March 17 The Haryana Assembly witnessed chaotic scenes on Tuesday after the main opposition party, the Congress, attempted to raise the issue regarding the Rajya Sabha elections, alleging the "murder of democracy."During the uproar, the House saw frequent disruptions, a brief...

Patna, March 17 – Veteran leader K.C. Tyagi indicated on Tuesday that he would soon decide on his next political move after he did not renew his membership of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U).In a press statement, Tyagi said that a meeting of like-minded individuals has been convened on March 22...

Bhubaneswar, March 17 The opposition Congress in Odisha suspended three of its MLAs on Tuesday for voting in favor of the BJP-backed Independent candidate, Dilip Ray, which helped him win the Rajya Sabha elections, according to a party statement.These MLAs are Ramesh Chandra Jena of...

Bhubaneswar, March 17 – The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in Odisha submitted a petition to the Speaker of the State Assembly, Surama Padhy, on Tuesday, seeking to disqualify three of the party’s legislators under the Anti-Defection Law for allegedly cross-voting during the Rajya Sabha polls...

Patna, March 17 – Following its defeat in the Rajya Sabha elections in Bihar, internal discord has emerged within the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance).Independent MP from Purnea, Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, launched a sharp attack on Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday...

Bhubaneswar, March 17 The opposition Congress in Odisha suspended three of its MLAs on Tuesday for voting in favor of the BJP-backed independent candidate, Dilip Ray, who secured victory in the Rajya Sabha elections, according to a party statement.The suspended MLAs are Ramesh Chandra Jena of...

Chandigarh, March 17 – Sanjay Bhatia of the BJP and Karamvir Singh Boudh of the Congress were elected to the Rajya Sabha from Haryana after the counting of votes for the two key seats went past midnight, following allegations of violations of vote secrecy by both sides, officials said on...

Chandigarh, March 17 Leaders of both parties have claimed that BJP's Sanjay Bhatia and Congress's Karamvir Singh Boudh have been declared elected to two Rajya Sabha seats.Congress MLA and former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that his party nominee Boudh has won."It is our...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday responded to his predecessor and BJD president Naveen Patnaik over the latter's remarks on cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha elections, saying that his comments describing some MLAs as having a "criminal past" were an affront...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan accused the Congress of acting as the "B-team" of the BJP on Monday, citing developments in the Rajya Sabha elections in Odisha and Bihar."The results of today's Rajya Sabha elections once again confirm the reality that the...

New Delhi, March 16 Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to the Election Commission on Monday about the Rajya Sabha elections in Haryana, alleging that there was a clear attempt to interfere with the integrity of the election, which must be addressed.Along with his letter, Kharge...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 – Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said on Monday that the victory of BJP and BJP-backed candidates in the Rajya Sabha biennial elections reflects the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while criticizing remarks made by Leader of the Opposition Naveen...

March 16, New Delhi – Polling for the election to 37 Rajya Sabha seats (the upper house of parliament) across 10 states was held on Monday. Twenty-six candidates from seven states have already been elected unopposed. The remaining 11 seats are contested in three states: Bihar, Odisha, and...

Patna, March 16 BJP president Nitin Nabin, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and three other NDA candidates won the Rajya Sabha elections in the state on Monday, an official said.Union Minister Ram Nath Thakur of the JD(U), BJP leader Shivesh Kumar, and Rashtriya Lok Morcha president Upendra...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi congratulated the BJP's Rajya Sabha election candidates and the independent candidate supported by the party on Monday, even though the official announcement has not yet been made.Manmohan Samal, the president of the BJP's Odisha...

Patna, March 16 – Union Minister Chirag Paswan hosted an Iftar gathering in Patna on Monday, attended by Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar.The event was organized at the state headquarters of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas).Several prominent leaders attended the gathering...

Patna, March 16 BJP national president Nitin Nabin said on Monday that this year's Ram Navami celebrations in Patna will be as grand as West Bengal's Durga Puja and Maharashtra's Ganesh Chaturthi.Nabin, who has been organizing Ram Navami processions in the city for years as a Bihar MLA, said...

Patna, March 16 – Amidst the voting for five Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar, political circles were abuzz on Monday after two members of Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's family were seen exiting the chamber of the Leader of the Opposition, Tejashwi Yadav, inside the state Assembly.The development...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 Voting for the four Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha ended at 6 pm on Monday, as at least five MLAs from the opposition BJD and Congress reportedly voted in favour of the BJP-backed Independent candidate, Dilip Ray.The polling for the Rajya Sabha elections was held in the...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 Voting for the four Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha was halted for about half an hour on Monday due to a dispute over the issuance of a second ballot paper to a BJP MLA.The BJD agent, representing the opposition, objected to the issuance of a second ballot paper to BJP MLA...