AAP to fight LS poll from UP, Bihar, Odisha and Andamans also

The Aam Aadmi Party, on Sunday, announced to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha election in Andaman and Nicobar, Bihar, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh. Read More
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Bihar mahagathban reaches deal, RJD to contest 19 seats, Congress 9

Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress announced its seat sharing pact for the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar. RJD will fight for 19 seats while the Congress will contest nine seats. Read More
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BJP’s first list of LS picks out, Shah replaces Advani in Gandhinagar

The Bhartiya Janta Party announced its first candidate list for the 2019 Lok Sabha poll. Read More
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In Chhattisgarh, BJP to field new candidates for LS election

Alarmed by the stunning defeat in the 2018 assembly election in Chhattisgarh, the Bharatiya Janata Party has announced that it has decided to replace all its 10 existing members of Parliament in the state with fresh candidates for the Lok Sabha election. Read More
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Left releases list of 38 Bengal picks, waiting for Cong response

The Left Front, on Tuesday, announced its list of candidates for 38 seats in West Bengal, leaving the four seats – Berhampore, Jangipur, Malda Uttar and Malda Dakshin, which were won by Congress in 2014, once again keeping the door open for seat sharing with the party. Read More
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LS election: 1.2 lakh ‘doubtful’ Assam voters won’t be able to vote

An Election Commission official, on Monday, has declared that around 1.2 lakh voters in Assam will not be able to cast their votes in the Lok Sabha election as they have been identified as “D” (doubtful) voters. Read More
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Lawyers group urges ban on Priyanka’s entry in Kashi temple

A group of lawyers from Uttar Pradesh has requested the Varanasi district magistrate that Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra should not be allowed to enter the Kashi Vishwanath temple because she is a “Christian”. Read More
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In Rajasthan, bookies predict NDA to retain power after LS poll

Prior to the Balakot air strike carried out by the Indian Air Force, the betting market had predicted 280 seats for NDA. Now, according to the bookies, the surgical strike will work in favour of the BJP as the “mood of the nation has changed”. Read More
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In Bihar, RJD urges Congress to scale down to 8 seats from 11

The start of the seat-sharing negotiations among the allies didn’t began well as it snowballed into a war of words between the two parties. RJD chief Lalu Prasad asked the Congress to either scale down its demand of 11 seats to 8, or contest on all 40 seats alone. Read More
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In Bihar, BJP clubs LS seat-sharing deal with JD(U) and LJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party along with Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) and Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party – the other two partners in the Bihar National Democratic Alliance – named the Lok Sabha constituencies in the state from which they will contest. Read More
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