Cong will win 40 seats, SP will get four: HM Shah

Sant Kabir Nagar (UP), May 23 (IANS) Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, on Thursday said that the Congress would not win more than 40 seats while the SP will have difficulty in winning even four seats. Addressing a poll rally in Sant Kabir Nagar he said, “They are aware that in the five phases of […]
‘Shehzade’ have already booked tickets for vacation abroad after June 4: HM Amit Shah

Domariyaganj (UP), May 23 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that the two “Shehzade” (Princes) — Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav — have already booked tickets for their “vacation” abroad as they want to escape the heat here. “They (Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav) are aware that in the five phases of […]
Gurugram: Campaign for sixth phase of LS polls to end today, 23 candidates in fray

Gurugram, May 23 (IANS) Campaign for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections will end on Thursday by 6.00 pm in Gurugram. Among the 10 parliamentary constituencies of Haryana going to the polls in the sixth phase, Gurugram has garnered a fair share of the limelight as it is among the biggest economic centres of […]
Centre initiating action: Joshi on Siddaramaiah’s calls for cancellation of Diplomatic Passport of fugitive MP Prajwal

Kalaburagi (Karnataka), May 23 (IANS) Taking objection to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah writing repeatedly to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding the cancellation of the Diplomatic Passport of the prime accused in the sex videos case and absconding JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi stated that there are established procedures for the cancellation of passports. […]
Cong wave in Haryana, says Priyanka Gandhi at roadshow in Sirsa

Sirsa (Haryana), May 23 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday claimed that there was a Congress wave in Haryana. She said this during a roadshow in Haryana’s Sirsa in support of the party’s Lok Sabha candidate Kumari Selja. Accompanying Kumari Selja and the party’s legislator Kiran Choudhary, Priyanka Gandhi travelled in an […]
LS polls: BJP wants to improve tally, SP & BSP keen to retain hold in UP

Lucknow, May 23 (IANS) With the sixth phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh scheduled to take place on May 26, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) face the onerous task of retaining their seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections in the state. BJP won nine seats in 2019 including Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, […]
Priyanka Gandhi, Dimple Yadav to hold roadshow in Varanasi on May 25

Varanasi (UP), May 23 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi and Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav will hold a joint roadshow in support of the INDIA bloc candidate Ajay Rai in Varanasi on May 25. UP Congress President and INDIA bloc candidate Ajay Rai said, “Priyanka and Dimple will address a public rally in Kashi […]
Bihar: Campaign for sixth phase of LS polls to end today

Patna, May 23 (IANS) The campaign for the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha election will end on Thursday at 5 pm in Bihar. The polling for the sixth phase will be held in eight Lok Sabha constituencies — Siwan, Sheohar, Vaishali, Maharajganj, Purvi Champaran, Paschim Champaran, Gopalganj (SC Reserved) and Valmiki Nagar on May […]
Anupriya Patel, Raja Bhaiya locked in a battle of egos

Lucknow, May 23 (IANS) An unusual battle of egos between two big leaders from eastern Uttar Pradesh has taken everyone by surprise. Apna Dal (S) leader and Union Minister Anupriya Patel and Kunda MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh a.k.a Raja Bhaiya have been issuing statements against each other which have shaken the political alignments in the […]
How Muslims got prominence and Hindus ignored in Mamata Banerjee’s reservation scheme

Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) As the Calcutta High Court’s cancellation of over 5,00,000 OBC certificates granted in West Bengal after 2010 created a political tsunami in the state, observers pointed out that early indications of the imminent complications started surfacing last year. In October last year, the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) sought the […]