Politics

Stalin had proposed Gandhi as the Prime Ministerial candidate of the opposition alliance at a function in Chennai in December last year where Karunanidhi's statue was unveiled.

The alliances have been finalised under the North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's political coalition with the regional parties of the region.

While the death of 'Boromaa' has skewed political calculations in West Bengal, the internal factions within the Trinamool Congress has made Ranaghat seat even more crucial.

Banerjee’s penchant for star power from her state’s very own Tinseltown was yet again apparent in her choice of silver screen divas and political green horns, Nusrat Jahan and Mimi Chakraborty.

In the recent Assembly polls in Gujarat , Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, NOTA seemed to be a popular option among many voters.

Sources said the CWC is likely to authorise the party president to finalise alliances in key states with other like-minded parties in order to defeat the BJP 'unitedly'.

Kummanam Rajashekaran further requested the chief electoral officer to reconsider his decision, adding that lakhs of people came forward to express their dissent over the Sabarimala verdict and the “issue cannot be ignored”.

Congress is looking to contest in 17 seats while CPI (M) wants to field candidates in 25 seats. The two parties, however, have been at loggerheads over a few seats including Purulia, Bashirhat and Jalpaiguri.

Gowda's ministry of statistics and programme implementation recently drew flak when two members of the National Statistical Commission resigned over delay in release of data suggesting a 45-year low in employment opportunities.

DMR Shekhar, a retired official of ONGC will contest from Amalapuram constituency and Akula Satyanarayana, a formerly BJP MLA, will contest from Rajahmundry constituency.

Amid confusion about the seat he would be contesting from, former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda clarified that he has not yet reached any final decision on it.

KCR is scheduled to address a number of public meetings and has asked the MLAs to mobilise at least two lakh people for each public rally

Nara Lokesh, the son of Andhra Pradesh chief minister and TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu, said it was no coincidence that his party workers were getting phone calls now, something which has never happened before.

From the camp of cabinet minister in Yogi Government, Om Prakash Rajbhar six names have been adjusted, while many names from Anupriya Patel camp have also been adjusted in the list.

Anup Chetia organised a meeting along the Assam-Meghalaya border on behalf of the North East Indigenous People’s Forum wherein villagers from both the states promised to maintain law and order in the region.

The general elections will be held in seven phases across India and the final counting of votes will take place on May 23.