Indian Parliamentary Election News 2018

Singhvi, Ketkar among 10 Congress candidates for Rajya Sabha polls

Posted On : Mar 12,2018

New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Congress on Sunday announced names of 10 candidates for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections in seven states, including Abhishek Manu Singhvi from West Bengal and senior journalist Kumar...

SC reserves verdict on plea to scrap former MPs' pension

Posted On : Mar 08,2018

New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a plea seeking to scrap the lifelong pension to former MPs, including the family pension, saying it cannot be described as "discrimina...

Sonia Gandhi to host dinner for opposition leaders on March 13

Posted On : Mar 08,2018

New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will host opposition leaders over dinner on March 13 amid suggestions to forge a common front against the BJP in the run-up to 2019 Lok Sabha elections, party s...

Stopping BJP in poll battle not enough to counter right-wing forces: CPI-M

Posted On : Mar 08,2018

Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Stating that only trying to counter the BJP in the electoral battle will not be enough to stop the resurgence of right-wing reactionary forces in the country, CPI-M politburo member Prakash K...

BJP announces candidates for RS polls, Jaitley shifted to UP from Gujarat

Posted On : Mar 08,2018

New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday renominated to Rajya Sabha all the eight union ministers including Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister ...

BJP makes light of KCR's 'third front' idea

Posted On : Mar 06,2018

New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The BJP on Monday played down the idea of a third front mooted by Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrashekhar Rao and said the Indian polity has changed much beyond "the murky wa...

Karnataka regional party MLA joins Congress

Posted On : Mar 06,2018

Bengaluru, March 6 (IANS) A legislator from Bidar in north Karnataka, Ashok Kheny, on Monday joined the Congress party, a senior party official said.

Grand Alliance will win bypolls in Bihar: Rabri Devi

Posted On : Mar 06,2018

Patna, March 6 (IANS) Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi on Monday claimed that her party RJD-led Grand Alliance will win by-elections to all the three seats, including one Lok Sabha seat, in the state even in t...

Kanam Rajendran re-elected CPI Kerala secretary

Posted On : Mar 05,2018

Malappuram (Kerala) March 4 (IANS) Kanam Rajendran was on Sunday unanimously elected for a second three-year term as the Kerala secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI).

BSP to support SP candidates in Phulpur, Gorakhpur

Posted On : Mar 05,2018

Lucknow, March 4 (IANS) In a significant move, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leaders on Sunday announced their support for the Samajwadi Party (SP) candidates in the March 11 bypolls to Phulpur and Gorakhpur Lok Sab...

Haryana assembly polls on time: Khattar

Posted On : Mar 05,2018

Chandigarh, March 4 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal KHattar on Sunday confirmed that the next state assembly elections would be held on time and not simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections.

Shivraj bats for simultaneous polls

Posted On : Mar 05,2018

Bhopal, March 4 (IANS) Batting for simultaneous elections, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday announced that his government will form a committee to discuss it.

BJP won't win 2019 LS elections, says Trinamool leader

Posted On : Mar 05,2018

Kolkata, March 4 (IANS) Not wanting to read too much into the BJP's triumph in Tripura, Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien on Sunday said it would not be possible for the ruling party at the Centre to w...

Conrad Sangma set to take the charge of Meghalaya

Posted On : Mar 05,2018

Shillong, March 4 (IANS) The NPP is all set to form a non-Congress government in Meghalaya with the support of three regional parties, the BJP and one Independent MLA. Conrad Sangma, the lone NPP Lok Sabha member fr...

Meghalaya elections end with hung Assembly

Posted On : Mar 04,2018

The Meghalaya elections has thrown a hung Assembly with the Congress winning  21 seats and National People’s Party bagging 19 seats. Although the NPP is...