Rajasthan Assembly Election: 'Jaipur ki Beti' Diya Kumari BJP's 'faceless' CM candidate?
At a time when the opposition BJP is going to polls without announcing a chief ministerial face, people in Jaipur see her as the front runner for the top job in Rajasthan.
Rajasthan Elections 2023: Will the focus on getting caste arithmetic right pay off?
Rajasthan Elections 2023: Both BJP and Congress have gone to great lengths to pander to caste sensitivities in ticket distribution. Quotas on the other hand is a tightrope walk as a sop to one group can alienate another. In the end, the party that weaves the widest caste coalition could pull ahead
Rajasthan Assembly polls 2023: Congress manifesto lists 7 vows, assures caste census
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced seven “guarantees”, or promises, to the people of Rajasthan if the Congress is re-elected.
Pre-election freebies can wreak systemic damage
The strain on the fiscal front is not worth the purported benefits that may accrue to political parties
Election Commission should ask parties to estimate cost of freebies: MPC's Ashima Goyal
According to Goyal, political parties should also be asked to declare how their election promises will be financed – which taxes will rise or what expenditure be cut
Rajasthan polls: Congress to release its manifesto on Tuesday
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has already announced seven “guarantees”, or promises, to the people of the state if the party is re-elected
Assembly Elections 2023 Highlights: Corruption, dynasty and appeasement stopping India from becoming a developed nation, says PM in Rajasthan
Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2023 Highlights: "Rajasthan ki yahi pukaar, aa rhi hai BJP sarkar' (Rajasthan is calling for BJP government). BJP has had a special relationship with the people of this region...Be it Congress ministers or MLAs, all are unruly," says PM.
Rajasthan polls: PM Modi holds road show in Bikaner
Modi, along with Union Minister and Bikaner MP Arjun Ram Meghwal, travelled in an open-jeep as people, assembled on either side of the road, greeted them.
Telangana Elections 2023: In Warangal region, ruling BRS faces anti-incumbency against sitting MLAs
As the political landscape undergoes seismic shifts, the BRS, in power since Telangana's inception in 2014, faces a resurgent Congress and an embattled BJP.
Telangana Elections 2023: Can BJP’s pivot to an OBC CM checkmate BRS and Congress?
Telangana Elections 2023: The realisation that Hindutva isn’t fetching BJP sufficient electoral rewards in the state has forced the party to promise an OBC CM. This put BRS and Congress, whose top echelons are dominated by upper caste Velamas and Reddys respectively, on the mat
Drugs, cash, liquor worth over Rs 1,760 crore seized in five poll-going states: EC
Voting will take place in Rajasthan and Telangana on November 25 and November 30 respectively.
Assembly Elections 2023 Highlights: Congress can only think of dynastic politics, corruption, says PM
Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2023 Highlights: Congress has made Rajasthan number one in crimes against women. The CM says that the complaints filed by the women are fake. Can it ever happen that a woman in our country files a fake case, says PM Modi.
Rajasthan Elections 2023: Will Pilot’s patient, low-profile strategy get him the CM chair?
Rajasthan Elections 2023: After his failed coup in 2020, Sachin Pilot had been on an on-again, off-again streak of rebellion against Ashok Gehlot. But since June this year Pilot has changed tack. He has refrained from potshots at Gehlot, suggesting Pilot is waiting patiently for the political winds to turn in his favour and trusting the Congress high command to reward him for loyalty
Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections: Re-polling ordered at a booth in Ater assembly seat on Nov 21
Voting will be held on November 21 at booth number 3 under polling centre number 71 at Kishupura between 7am and 6pm, the release said, adding that indelible ink will be applied on the middle finger of voters.
Assembly Elections 2023: The BJP’s messages in the current state polls
Assembly Elections 2023: The messaging has been tailored to various constituencies--national rejuvenation for some, Hindutva for core supporters, pointers to economic achievements for the elites, freebies to those left behind and also the caste card. But the prime minister being the face of the BJP in the state elections is expected to pay dividends in next year’s general election
Rajasthan Assembly Election: Bleeding Blue. World Cup stumps campaign plans
As Team India gets ready to take on Australia, screens are in short supply, so are party workers and supporters. Electioneering has been a sideshow ever since India qualified for the semifinals. It is after November 19 that campaigning is expected to pick up
Assembly Polls 2023: BJP has no policies, copied Congress' guarantees for agenda, says Kharge
"The BJP has neither the intentions, nor policies. The Congress has given concrete programmes for public welfare in the form of guarantees in Rajasthan and other states," Kharge said on microblogging site X.
Telangana Assembly polls: Kodangal constituency a litmus test for BRS, Congress amid agrarian dissent
Known to be a pro-farmer government, the BRS is facing agrarian dissent in the constituency. The two burning issues have provided enough fodder for Congress to raise the poll pitch in a two-way tight contest with disenchanted people keen to vote for a change to get water and jobs.
Telangana Assembly polls: Siblings stand as pillar of support for TPCC chief Revanth Reddy
Reddy is pitted against the might of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in Kamareddy. Kodangal is located in the southern part of the state bordering Karnataka, while Kamareddy in the northern part of Telangana.
Telangana Assembly elections: Amit Shah to release BJP manifesto for assembly polls
Telangana BJP chief G Kishan Reddy had earlier said the state unit had requested the party high command to ensure that Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed four rallies in the state in the run-up to the polls and is awaiting the response.
Nearly 76% turnout recorded in Madhya Pradesh elections
The voting figure surpassed the 75 per cent recorded in 2018 and could increase further.
MP polls: Cash, drugs, jewellery worth Rs 340 crore seized during model code of conduct period
Chief Electoral Officer Anupam Rajan said continuous action was taken by enforcement agencies across the state since the code of conduct came into force after the poll schedule was declared.
Assembly elections 2023: Chhattisgarh records 67.34% voter turnout, MP sees 71.11% voting
Bhind and Morena in Madhya Pradesh witnessed minor violence during voting and police had to be called to control teh situation. In another development, an ITBP jawan was killed in an IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Gariyaband district,
Telangana polls: Amit Shah to launch BJP manifesto, to address rallies on November 18
Amit Shah will also address poll rallies in Gadwal, Nalgonda and Warangal, they said. "Amit Shah will release the manifesto at 10 AM before leaving for the rallies," they said.
