New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has hit out at BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and alleged that he will ditch Uttar Pradesh after the polls. Senior party leader and spokesperson Ashustosh sent out a series of tweets on Monday morning speculating on the seats from where Modi will contest the Lok Sabha […]

Bangalore: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday claimed that there was no pressure on him over the April 17 Lok Sabha polls. He even expressed confidence that the Congress will win at least 18 to 20 seats. In an interview, Siddaramaiah told Express that the poll results will have no bearing on the state government. “When […]

Bangalore: Within hours of the announcement of the schedule for the Lok Sabha polls on Wednesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party top leaders had meetings and finalised the names of candidates for at least 21 constituencies. The names were discussed at a meeting of the party State election committee. A meeting of the party’s highest decision-making […]

New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Thursday opposed BJP’s proposed alliance or merger the BSR Congress in Karnataka. “I am opposed to the BSR alliance or merger with BJP in Karnataka,” Sushma tweeted this morning. Yesterday, in what was being seen as a boost to BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, BSR […]

New Delhi: The State Congress has welcomed the Election Commission’s decision to hold Lok Sabha polls in the State in a single phase on April 17. KPCC president G. Parameshwara told presspersons here on Wednesday that polling in two or more phases would have created hardship, not only to political leaders but also to the […]

New Delhi: Shortly after the Election Commission of India announced the schedule for Lok Sabha polls, Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that the upcoming polls are a historic opportunity to lay foundation of a developed India and urged the electorates to make the right choice. Reacting to EC’s decision […]

New Delhi: Days after its political rivals, BJP and AAP, released their candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the Congress too is likely to unveil on Wednesday its first list of candidates for the biggest electoral exercise scheduled to be held in few weeks from now. According to reports, Congress is likely to announce […]

New Delhi: Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was today summoned as an accused in a criminal defamation complaint filed against him by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari. Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati Manocha issued summon for April 7 against Kejriwal on the complaint in which Gadkari had alleged that he was defamed by the Aam Aadmi Party […]

New Delhi: Coming full circle, Ram Vilas Paswan’s LJP, which left NDA in 2002, is all set to align with BJP in Bihar for Lok Sabha polls, giving a jolt to Congress’ plans to have a “secular” alliance with LJP and RJD. The alliance between BJP and LJP is likely to be announced in a […]

Bangalore:  Sparks flew in the Legislative Council on Monday between Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party members and Minister for Social Welfare H. Anjaneya following the latter’s charge that some BJP leaders were getting false caste certificates to contest in the Lok Sabha polls from constituencies reserved for Dalits. The heated exchange took place when Mr. Anjaneya […]