Assembly polls 2023: Top guns go all out in last-mile campaigning in MP and Chhattisgarh
Assembly elections 2023: While PM Modi resumed his rallies in Betul and Shajapur, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will conduct a roadshow in Raipur. Union minister Smriti Irani and Assam Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will also hold rallies in Chhattisgarh.
Madhya Pradesh elections: Women prefer work to dole, youth want jobs
With more women voters on the electoral rolls, both the BJP and the Congress are reaching out to them with specific benefits.
Congress, BJP look for pole position in Chhindwara; will Kamal trump 'kamal' in his backyard?
The 76-year-old Congress veteran, the sitting MLA from Chhindwara who projects himself as an ardent 'Hanuman bhakt', is pitted against BJP candidate Vivek Bunty Sahu, a 'Shiv bhakt', in the November 17 assembly polls.
Congress looks for Rahul Gandhi footprint on MP assembly seats covered by his Bharat Jodo Yatra
In May this year, the Congress hailed the Bharat Jodo Yatra for the party's success in the Karnataka assembly polls, having won 15 of the 20 assembly constituencies in the state the Gandhi-led foot march passed through.
MP Elections 2023: Cautious Congress promoting non-dynasts for future leadership
Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023: The likes of Digvijaya Singh and Kamal Nath could fade away by the next assembly elections. A clutch of younger Congress leaders who cannot be called dynasts given their rootedness are being groomed by the central leadership to take the place of the veterans
Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls: Children of former CMs in fray
The BJP has been accusing former Congress chief ministers Kamal Nath and Digvijaya Singh of trying to establish the political career of their children to strengthen the party’s organisation in the state.
MP Elections 2023: Why rebels are giving BJP and Congress the jitters
Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023: Opinion polls have projected a close contest, which could even be a photo finish like 2018. There were 30 seats with a margin less than 3,000 in 2018 and so far BJP and Congress have expelled more than 30 leaders each for ticket-related rebellions
Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls: Migration for employment continues in Jhabua; BJP, Congress pass the blame
In the 2018 assembly elections, BJP’s Guman Singh Damor defeated Vikrant Bhuria by 10,437 votes. Damor, a retired state government officer, resigned from the assembly in 2019 after winning from the Jhabua-Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency.
Caste census revolutionary step, Congress will conduct it if voted to power: Rahul Gandhi
After coming to power in the state, the first thing to be done is conducting a caste census to know the exact number of OBCs in Madhya Pradesh. It is like an X-ray which will reveal all (number of other backward class) and accordingly policies will be framed for their welfare, he said.
Madhya Pradesh polls: For most, local issues trump national narratives
National issues, especially the demand for a caste census by the Congress and increasing OBC reservation, have not figured found a place in assembly elections, so far
Assembly Elections 2023 highlights: Dy CM TS Singh Deo discloses joint leadership plan, backs CM Bhupesh Baghel for top spot
Assembly Elections 2023 highlights: Chhattisgarh's TS Singh Deo said that the joint leadership would be spearheaded by the incumbent CM Bhupesh Baghel.
Assembly Elections 2023: Why unconditional cash transfers to women are here to stay
Assembly Elections 2023: There is justice in the poll promises that political parties are making to women voters, whose assertion at the polling booth in terms of turnout and independent choices is only too evident to these parties. Women are hindered in many ways in improving their economic condition – think of the abysmally low workforce participation rate and land ownership – and unconditional cash transfers provide a remedy through redistribution
My govt made 4 crore pucca houses for poor but I haven't made one for myself: PM Modi
Addressing a rally in Satna ahead of the November 17 assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Modi said his government has made four crore pucca houses for the poor, but he has "not made even one house for himself." Your one vote is going to help the BJP form government in MP again.
Assembly Elections 2023: BJP’s three-man army of PM Modi, HM Shah and CM Adityanath is working to a plan
Assembly Elections 2023: The three top leaders are executing specific roles: PM Modi has the responsibility of countering the Congress party’s overtures to voters, home minister Amit Shah is marshalling the frontlines with sharp talking points and the backroom through faction management, while Yogi Adityanath is projecting the hardline Hindutva stance
Madhya Pradesh elections: Voters say four terms too many for Chouhan; Congress makes a dent but support for Modi unflinching
MP Assembly Elections 2023: While the Congress is hopeful of benefitting from anti-incumbency in this high-stakes election, the BJP is looking to tide it over by banking on Modi’s popularity.
Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls 2023: Congress, BJP vie to woo women voters
Women constitute 47.8 percent of the total population in tthe state while men comprise 52.1 percent, Both BJPand Congress have made a slew of promises such as 35 percent reservation in government jobs and aid for startups.
Congress wants to complain to EC over free ration scheme extension, let them commit this 'sin': PM Modi
"Let them commit this sin, I will continue to do good work for the people, he said addressing a public meeting in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh town ahead of the November 17 state assembly polls. Eighty crore people will get free ration for the next five years, he added.
MP Elections 2023: How Shivraj Singh Chouhan got lucky again and won BJP high command backing
Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023: Though it looked initially that Shivraj Singh Chouhan was being sidelined, the chief minister has made a sharp comeback to the campaign trail. This time Lady Luck has come visiting him in the form of the Congress decision to focus on a caste census to woo OBCs
Will take India among top 3 economies of world in my third tenure: PM Modi
Addressing a public meeting in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh town ahead of the November 17 state assembly polls, Modi also said he will continue to fight against corruption.
Madhya Pradesh elections 2023: BJP banks on Modi magic, Chouhan's welfare plans
With the electoral theme “Modi Ke Mann Mein MP” (MP close to Modi’s heart) and the slogan “Phir Is Baar BJP Sarkar” (BJP government once more), the party is all set to ramp up its campaigning with Modi as the mascot.
Congress never forgets to abuse me, says PM Modi; accuses it of opposing President Droupadi Murmu's election
"Rs 13,000 crore are being spent on 'PM Vishwakarma' scheme for traditional artisans and craftspeople," he added.
MP elections: GST, demonetisation has caused severe problems to small traders and others, says Priyanka Gandhi
Addressing a rally in Kukshi town in tribal-dominated Dhar in Madhya Pradesh, where Assembly polls will be held on November 17, she slammed the Narenda Modi government for its economic policies, including privatisation of state-run units to benefit industrialists.
Madhya Pradesh assembly elections: INDIA alliance stuck in Congress quagmire, says Shivraj Chouhan
Chouhan's comments come against the backdrop of a spat between Congress leader Kamal Nath and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav over the failed electoral tie-up in Madhya Pradesh.
Majority of sitting MLAs in 5 poll-bound states are crorepatis, many face criminal cases, shows data
Telangana MLAs are the richest of the five, and the state also has the maximum share of MLAs with criminal cases registered against them. No state has done too well when it comes to female representation.
