Rahul Gandhi to relinquish Wayanad seat? Kerala Congress chief says, ‘can't expect him to…’
, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief K Sudhakaran hinted on Wednesday.
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Today in Politics: Odisha to get new CM as BJP Legislature Party meets
The BJP Legislature Party in Odisha will meet on Tuesday to elect its leader and the state’s new Chief Minister. The new government will take oath the following day, according to a senior party leader. The BJP on June 4 secured a majority by winning 78 seats in the 147-member Odisha Assembly. It also bagged 20 of 21 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Sweetest wins for Congress: Wrests Amethi back from Smriti, Rahul crosses Sonia’s margins in Rae Bareli
In a major setback for the BJP, Union minister Smriti Irani looked set for a huge loss to the Congress’s K L Sharma, who had pulled ahead by 1.66 lakh votes in Amethi as per leads till 6 pm. In neighbouring Rae Bareli, a Congress party bastion for decades, senior leader Rahul Gandhi is leading by 3.90 lakh votes — a number that surpasses his mother Sonia Gandhi’s previous margins from the seat.
In Amethi, Gandhi family loyalist on the verge of defeating Smriti Irani: Who is K L Sharma?
Chosen by the Gandhi family to carry forward the baton in Amethi, and contesting his first election, Kishorilal Sharma is leading Union minister Smriti Irani by more than 71,000 votes in Amethi.
Will Congress finally turn a corner? Five things the Opposition is looking at
Not only will the results of the mammoth, seven-phase 2024 Lok Sabha polls determine the direction the Indian republic will take in the next five years (or more), they could also potentially decide the contours of electoral politics in the world’s largest democracy, and the future of many political parties in the fray.
Decode Politics: Why Anand Sharma request to vote via postal ballot was denied
With Himachal Pradesh’s four Lok Sabha seats voting in the last phase on June 1, Anand Sharma, the Congress candidate from Kangra, had written to the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) asking for permission to vote via postal ballot from Dharamshala, instead of Shimla, where he is enrolled as an elector.
‘If BJP cadres not as enthused, it is due to lack of strong Opposition. Whom should they fight’: UP Dy CM
As the Lok Sabha elections move into the final two laps, all activity in Uttar Pradesh has shifted to the eastern parts of the state. Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya is camping in Prayagraj to oversee the BJP campaigning for east UP. In an interview to The Indian Express at his residence before the start of another hectic day of campaigning, Maurya speaks about the BJP’s expectations from the Lok Sabha results in UP, says they are cracking down on paper leaks, and rules out any review of Agnipath scheme. Excerpts:
UP poll battle enters crucial phase: Amethi, Rae Bareli, Lucknow to vote tomorrow
With 49 Lok Sabha seats across six states and two Union Territories set to vote in the fifth phase on Monday, the focus is on the 14 constituencies in the crucial battleground of Uttar Pradesh.