Baghel, Gehlot appointed AICC senior observers for Raebareli, Amethi constituencies

Baghel, Gehlot appointed AICC senior observers for Raebareli, Amethi constituencies

Tuesday, 07 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi/Raebareli

Congress on Monday appointed former Chief Ministers Bhupesh Baghel and Ashok Gehlot as AICC senior observers for Rae Bareli and Amethi Parliamentary constituencies, respectively. Party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reached Uttar Pradesh to spearhead the campaign in Rae Bareli and Amethi, and camp in these Parliamentary constituencies from Monday to...

Congress leader Arif back as star campaigner in Maharashtra

Monday, 06 May 2024 | TN RAGHUNATHA | Mumbai

Reneging on his earlier decision to quit the party’s campaigning committee, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC)  Working President Arif Naseem Khan has come around to be a Star Campaigner for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections in the State, following an intervention by party leader Rahul Gandhi and AICC...

BJP faked torture on women at Sandeshkhali: Mamata

Monday, 06 May 2024 | Saugar Sengupta | Kharagpur

Hours after a video went viral alleging that mass rape of women of Sandeshkhali was a fake drama hatched by the BJP, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday lambasted the saffron outfit for stooping to any level and using even the women to win votes. Asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Congress complains to EC against BJP adverts

Monday, 06 May 2024 | T N RAGHUNATHA | Mumbai

The Opposition Congress on Sunday lodged a complaint with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Maharashtra, against the ruling BJP-led MahaYuti for putting out “inflammatory” advertisements linking the ongoing Lok Sabha elections to Pakistan that carries such content “aimed at sowing seeds of division among communities”. In a complaint submitted to the...

One more opportunity for Andhra staff on poll duty who missed voting: CEO

Monday, 06 May 2024 | PTI | Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh)

Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Kumar Meena on Sunday said that the Election Commission will facilitate another opportunity to vote for employees on election duty who missed exercising their franchise. During a visit to Vizianagaram to check voting facilities, the CEO noted that such employees will be given the opportunity...

Congress to approach courts for disqualification of MLAs involved in anti-party activities

Monday, 06 May 2024 | PTI | Guwahati

Congress general secretary in-charge of Assam Jitendra Singh on Sunday said the party will approach the courts for disqualification of its MLAs who are involved in “anti-party” activities after the Assembly Speaker “failed” to act on its petitions to cancel their membership of the House. “We have already written to the...

Congress has no support left, not even in its bastions: Dhami

Monday, 06 May 2024 | PTI | Budaun (UP)

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday said that Congress has no support left in its once-considered bastions. Attacking Rahul Gandhi for not contesting from the Amethi Lok Sabha seat this time, Dhami said, “No ground has left for Congress anywhere in the country on seats once considered their traditional...

Tents, fans, ambulances set up at booths to help voters beat heat

Monday, 06 May 2024 | PTI | Bengaluru

With just two days left for the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka, the Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements to increase voter turnout amid the soaring temperatures in the 14 constituencies that go to the polls on May 7. The first phase of the general elections in...

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