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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
TopicAssembly bypolls

Topic: Assembly bypolls

Day after Haryana debacle, ally SP blindsides Congress by declaring picks for 6 UP assembly bypolls

Was expecting to field candidates on 5 of 10 seats, says UP Congress chief. SP insiders say party willing to part with 1 or 2 seats if INDIA bloc ally Congress ‘asks politely’.

How BJP leaders, voters and cadres are all sending SOS messages in their own ways

The BJP leadership would have us believe that the 2024 Lok Sabha election outcome has given them no reason to change their ways and all is well. But results of 13 Assembly bypolls spread over seven states say otherwise.

With loss of assembly bypolls to TMC, BJP’s electoral fortunes in Bengal continue to dwindle

TMC wrested Raiganj, Bagda and Ranaghat Dakshin seats from BJP, while retaining Maniktala in assembly bypolls held on 10 July. Mamata Banerjee hailed it as ‘victory of the people’.

What DMK’s resounding Vikravandi bypoll win means for AIADMK, BJP and its allies

AIADMK’s call to boycott Vikravandi bypoll was seen as bid to relay message to BJP-ally PMK with eye on 2026 assembly polls. But bypoll result has shown opposition to DMK is weak.

INDIA bloc 10, BJP 2: Assembly bypolls across seven states perk up Oppn camp further

Congress and TMC won 4 seats each, while DMK and AAP each bagged 1 seat. Independent won in Bihar’s Rupauli, handing outgoing MLA Bima Bharti 2nd electoral defeat in 2 months.

Assembly bypolls: Voting underway in 13 seats across 7 states

Assembly by-polls are being held in four constituencies in West Bengal, 3 in Himachal Pradesh, 2 in Uttarakhand and one each in Punjab, Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh.

Why Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann is camping in Jalandhar for an assembly bypoll

Family in tow, Mann has moved to a rented accommodation in upscale Royal Estate in Jalandhar, where he is holding roadshows and meetings daily, while his doctor wife goes door-to-door.

BJP fields six disqualified ex-Congress MLAs in Himachal Pradesh, four in Gujarat bypolls

In Gujarat, the BJP’s candidates for bypolls to five seats, four from the Congress, include Arjun Modhvadiya, Chatursinh Chavda and Arvind Ladani.

Corruption, infighting, indiscipline—why BJP, not Congress, is bigger headache for Modi now

The drifting party organisation won’t really help PM Modi's cause. Too many skeletons are coming out of the BJP’s cupboards in one state after another.

BJP faces bypoll upset in UP’s Ghosi, Bengal’s Dhupguri, gets its first ever Muslim MLA in Tripura

BJP held 3 of the 7 seats where bypolls were held on 5 September, lost Ghosi despite fielding former SP leader Dara Singh Chauhan, who had won by margin of over 22,000 votes in 2022.

On Camera

Swachh Bharat Mission’s next chapter must be about unlocking the economic value of sanitation

The journey from ODF to ODF Plus Model has not been about ticking boxes, but about ensuring that households, schools, and anganwadi centres reflect the success of the rural water and sanitation missions.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Maharashtra Police places order for US-made sniper rifles even as MHA recommends ‘Make in India’

New Delhi: The Maharashtra Police placed an order last week for 15 US-made Barrett Multi-role Adaptive Design (MRAD) sniper rifles and related accessories worth...

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.