India - Parliamentary Elections

The Indian opposition criticized the government as top election officials resigned before the vote.

Indias main opposition party has accused the government of "systematically dismantling independent institutions" after the election commissions second-most senior official resigned days before the date for the general election was announced.

Arun Goyals resignation as Election Commissioner on Saturday leaves the Election Commission of India (ECI) with only one of its three top officials in charge of the worlds biggest election with more than 960 million registered voters. Ordered to be held.
The Ministry of Law and Justice said in a statement published in the official gazette that President Draupadi Murmu has accepted Goyals resignation, without giving any reason for his departure.

Goyal, who took over as Election Commissioner in November 2022, is yet to make a public statement on his resignation. The Election Commission spokesperson said that they do not know why Goyal resigned.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a rare third consecutive term in the general elections due by May. - Posted on : 11-March-2024

Lok Sabha Poll 2019: Schedule

Lok Sabha elections will begin on April 11 and continue for over a month till May 19 across seven phases, followed by counting of votes on May 23.
The polling will be held on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19 for 543 Lok Sabha seats across the country. - Posted on : 18-March-2019

BJP announces 54 names for Arunachal Pradesh

The state will hold simultaneous elections to the 60-member assembly and for two parliamentary seats. Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein will contest from Chowkham.
The ruling BJP in Arunachal Pradesh has released a list of 54 candidates who will be contesting for the assembly elections on April 11. Chief Minister Pema Khandu will contest from his home constituency Mukto while the wife of former chief minister Kalikho Pul, Dasanglu Pul, will be fielded from Hayuliang assembly constituency. Dasanglu had won the seat in the 2016 by-election. - Posted on : 18-March-2019

Priyanka Gandhi kicks off 2019 Lok Sabha campaign from Prayagraj

With less than a month to go for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Congress General Secretary and eastern Uttar Pradesh in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday kicked off her political campaign from here.
Priyanka Gandhi left Swaraj Bhawan, her ancestral home, and arrived at the Bade Hanuman Mandir, popular as Lete huye Hanuman Mandir near Prayagraj Sangam.
She offered prayers at the temple, as well as to the river Ganga. - Posted on : 18-March-2019

Owaisi files nomination papers from Hyderabad LS seat

AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi Monday filed his nomination papers to contest in Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency which goes to the polls on April 11.
"Hyderabad Parliamentary Constituency has been the voice of Indias impoverished, oppressed & weak. Ishallah, it will continue to be so", he said on Twitter.
Owaisi has won the Hyderabad seat three times in a row, from 2004. - Posted on : 18-March-2019

Congress free to field its candidates in LS seats of UP

BSP chief Mayawati Monday advised the Congress to refrain from spreading confusion by leaving seven Lok Sabha seats for the SP-BSP-RLD alliance in Uttar Pradesh.
In a series of tweets, she said the Congress is free to field its candidates in all the 80 parliamentary constituencies of the state.
Mayawati made it amply clear that her party will not enter into any alliance with the Congress.
She also said that the SP-BSP-RLD alliance is capable enough of defeating the BJ .. - Posted on : 18-March-2019

Mamata for ouster of Narendra Modi

alling for the ouster of the Narendra Modi government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday accused it of stealing the countrys reserves and wondered how would it ensure the security of the nation when it could not protect the Rafale files.

Stating that there had been a 260 per cent rise in terror incidents in Kashmir during the present regime, Banerjee said the BJP-led NDA government could not restore peace in the valley as it had crossed the "expiry date".

"After the elections, the new government at the Centre will bring peace and stability in Kashmir," she said.

Banerjee was addressing a rally on the occasion of International Womens Day here during which she kicked off her partys campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha election. - Posted on : 09-March-2019

BJP Parliamentary Board Meeting

The BJP parliamentary body, the partys top decision making body, is expected to meet today to take stock of its Lok Sabha election preparedness and campaign, a party leader said.
The meeting, which will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah, comes at a time when the ruling BJP and opposition parties, including the Congress, have been engaged in a heated debate over the Balakot air strike.

Both have accused each other of politicising the Indian Air Force strike at terror camps in Pakistan with the BJP attacking the Congress over the issue of nationalism.

A BJP leader said the party top brass will discuss a range of issues as its campaign picks up pace and strategise over its agenda in the days ahead.

The Election Commission is likely to announce the election dates in the next few days. - Posted on : 08-March-2019