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BY NOMINATING Chandrakant Handore as its candidate from Maharashtra for the Rajya Sabha elections, the Congress is not only attempting to reach out to the Dalit community, but also trying to make amends for June 2022 Legislative Council election fiasco, when Handore had lost despite requisite numbers on the Congress’s side.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday announced the names of four candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections from West Bengal on February 27. While the party nominated party leaders Sushmita Dev, Md Nadimul Haque and Mamata Bala Thakur, it sprang a surprise by announcing well-known journalist Sagarika Ghose as its nominee.
The alliance with the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) is “almost final”, sources in the BJP said, with the Jayant Chaudhary-led party agreeing on two Lok Sabha constituencies and a Rajya Sabha seat as part of the arrangement with the NDA.
Saying it is “tired of talking” about seat-sharing with alliance partners, the Aam Aadmi Party’s central leadership on Thursday announced candidates for three out of Assam’s 14 Lok Sabha seats. At the same time, the party insisted that it is “strongly” with the Opposition INDIA bloc.
The BJP has released a short film highlighting guarantees fulfilled during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tenure ahead of Lok Sabha polls. The development came mere hours after the senior politician assured Parliament that the NDA bloc would win 400 seats this time. The newly released videos — in a multitude of Indian languages — highlight several initiatives under the ‘Sapne Nahi Haqeeqat Bunte, Tabhi Toh Sab Modi Ko Chunte Hai’ campaign.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has chosen the wrong time to start the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, cited ace political strategist-turned-activist and further critised his advisors saying, ‘it was the worst time to leave the Delhi headquarters’.
Several reports claim that former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan could be a Congress or Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra. The MVA is a coalition of the Congress, the NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) and the Shiv Sena (UBT).
The Aam Aadmi Party has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking fresh polls for the Chandigarh mayor post under the supervision of a retired judge. The BJP secured 16 votes to win the election son Tuesday afternoon amid amid outrage in the Opposition ranks. Eight out of 36 votes were declared invalid prompting accusations of forgery and manipulation.