Union Home Minister Amit Shah Guna: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the BJP-led government at the Centre will implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the country as it is a guarantee of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and accused the Congress of advocating personal laws. Shah was addressing a rally in Piprai … Read more
Manish Kashyap, a Bihar-based YouTuber previously arrested for sharing fake videos of migrants facing harassment in Tamil Nadu, has officially joined the BJP. Out on bail currently, Kashyap joined Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday in the presence of key BJP figures like Anil Baluni, the national media department head, co-in-charge Sanjay Mayukh, and Manoj Tiwari, … Read more
RAIPUR:Rajnandgaon is superheated these days, and it’s not just because of the sweltering 40-degree summer heat. LS polls have rarely been this exciting here in the past 25 years.Since 1999, when Raman Singh — who would become CM for three terms — won this seat, the saffron flag has flown high and largely unchallenged in … Read more
Pathanamthitta, home to Sabarimala, has several grand churches lining its highways. This Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala is seeing an exciting election battle between three known Christian candidates, the dominant social group here.The BJP heavily invested in this traditionally Congress constituency in 2019 by capitalising on the Sabarimala temple issue. The Left, which never won … Read more
Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde. (File image: PTI) The plan was to arrest top state BJP leaders like Devendra Fadnavis, Girish Mahajan, Prasad Lad, and Pravin Darekar, said the Maharashtra chief minister in the exclusive conversation with News18 Lokmat a day ahead of the second round of the Lok Sabha polls The erstwhile Uddhav Thackeray-led … Read more
Darjeeling has a unique political culture with many hill-based parties that switch their support between the Trinamool and the BJP. As Darjeeling prepares for the second round of Lok Sabha elections on April 26, Gorkhaland’s statehood and tea garden workers’ minimum wage issues remain the key concerns. Manipur-born BJP candidate Raju Bista is contesting again. … Read more
Will the BJP’s drought in Kerala finally end and whether a spike in political temperature following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sharp attack on the Congress boost the turnout after a relatively muted enthusiasm among voters in the first phase are questions weighing on people’s minds as 89 Lok Sabha seats go to the polls on … Read more
NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Modi and top BJP leaders of lying to people and attempting to mislead and scare them. “From the behaviour of top BJP leaders, it appears that the elections are not going as per their expectations. They are raking up irrelevant issues instead of … Read more
Attingal is one of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala. (Shutterstock) The constituency will vote in the second phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on April 26 and results of the polls will be declared on June 4 Attingal is one of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala that comprises seven assembly … Read more
Assam’s Nagaon is seeing a three-pronged contest, with the Congress, the BJP and the All-India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) vying for the trust of voters in this Muslim-dominated constituency. Voting here is scheduled for April 26.In the 2019 general election, the AIUDF had supported the Congress and helped it win this seat after a gap … Read more
