Former state minister and assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal’s son D. Lokesh Thamizh Selvan is contesting for the AIADMK in three-cornered fight in reserved (SC) constituency.
Congress is hoping that the abiding goodwill for his father, and Gaurav Gogoi's own performance as an MP, will lead him to victory, despite BJP’s stronghold in Assam.
Azad is his party's lone candidate this election, contesting from reserved seat Nagina. He's a hit among constituency's youth, but analysts say he needs to do more to have pan-UP presence.
Masood last won an election in 2007. Despite his successive poll losses, local BJP leaders concede he has strong base in Saharanpur, but target him saying he switched 3 parties in year.
Rahul Kaswan won Churu for BJP in 2014, 2019 but joined Congress after he was denied ticket this time. He says Rajasthan BJP leaders who 'abused' his parents were given party posts.
With RLD joining BJP-led NDA, cohesion between Jats and Muslims is eroding in communally sensitive Kairana, where SP’s Iqra Hasan will go against BJP’s Pradeep Chaudhary on 19 April.
Even as BJP aims to pull off a repeat of its 2019 sweep of North Bengal, TMC is on an offensive to claim Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Raiganj, Balurghat, and Darjeeling seats.
After coming to power in 2021, DMK tried to tap into women's vote bank by introducing a slew of schemes. They are a hit for some, but others still reminisce about the AIADMK days.
Baramati, bastion of NCP & Pawar family, is seeing a first-of-its-kind clash that has thrown a spanner in the works within party cadre and divided voters as well as members of the family.
JP Nadda recently appointed in-charges and co-in-charges in 23 states. The problem is that he made these appointments five days after his term as party president was supposedly over.
It is learnt the last time this particular area saw such terrorist activity was in 2001. The area is Hindu-dominated, and closer to Himachal Pradesh than Jammu.
Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.
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