Mumbai: It is not just the Congress and Sena (UBT) which are bickering over the seat-sharing formula for the Lok Sabha elections, but also the opposite grouping comprising the BJP, Shiv Sena (Shinde) and the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit). The only difference with the BJP grouping is that the tussle is happening behind closed doors. … Read more
Jan 3 (Thomson Foundation) – Divyendra Singh Jadoun was busy making artificial intelligence-based visual effects and voice clones for film and television in India, when he began getting calls from politicians: could he create AI videos, or deepfakes, for their election campaign? With a hotly-contested local election in his home state of Rajasthan last November, … Read more
New Delhi: The BJP has formed committees for handling various aspects of next Lok Sabha elections. Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Bhupender Yadav and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma are on those panels, sources said. BJP president JP Nadda held meeting with party leaders and Union ministers at the extension building of the party headquarters … Read more
The BJP has generally had more good years than bad since 2014 but few have still ended on a happier note for the party than 2023, as it steps into the new year of national elections, full of hope of retaining power at the Centre under Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a third straight term. … Read more
In the run-up to the 2024 finale, the year 2023 witnessed several key political events that could play a pivotal role in next year’s Lok Sabha elections. The year saw the Congress gaining ground in the South with a victory in Karnataka, while in the North, the political landscape was ceded to the BJP, who … Read more
Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge. (File photo/PTI) This was part of a series of meetings organised by the party to strengthen the organisation in every state and prepare itself for the general elections next year The top leadership of the Congress Saturday discussed the party’s preparations in Gujarat for next year’s Lok Sabha elections, with party … Read more
Last Updated: December 17, 2023, 12:00 IST PM Narendra Modi elaborated on the work done by the BJP government in terms of constructing four crore houses for poor in the last nine years, free ration scheme, transformation of Railways, and party’s leadership at local body and Panchayat levels. (PTI Photo) On the ‘united opposition’ formed … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will take legal opinion on the Enforcement Directorate‘s fresh summons to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after he returns from his Vipassana, senior party leader Gopal Rai said on Saturday. After Kejriwal skipped the second summons on Thursday, the ED on Friday again issued a notice to Kejriwal for … Read more
In what could be a major political realignment in Bihar ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha elections, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Saturday claimed that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his party JD(U) will soon merge with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). Speaking to on Saturday, the CM made the sensational claim, saying, “There will … Read more
