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Friday, April 26, 2024
TopicBypolls

Topic: Bypolls

In Gujarat bypolls, BJP ahead in 7 seats, Congress in one

According to EC data, the gap between the margin of votes secured by Congress and BJP candidates is significant in at least five constituencies — Limbdi, Abdasa, Kaprada, Dang and Karjan.

BJP leads in Dumka, Congress in Bermo in Jharkhand bypolls

Trends at noon showed BJP's Lois Marandi leading by over 4,749 votes, while Congress nominee Anup Singh was ahead in Bermo by 7,212 votes.

BJP leads in 11 seats, Congress in 3 in Madhya Pradesh bypolls

As per the early trends of counting, BJP's Tulsiram Silawat is leading from Sanver, while Rajvardhan Singh Dattigaon is ahead in Badnawar.

68% turnout recorded in Baroda bypoll in Haryana

The Baroda assembly constituency in Haryana has a total of 1,80,529 registered voters, including service voters, with 99,726 men, 80,801 women and two transgenders, the officials said.

Scindia royalty vs farmer’s son — the contrasting campaign styles of Jyotiraditya & Shivraj

For the crucial MP bypolls, Jyotiraditya Scindia has centered the campaign pitch on his erstwhile royal lineage while Shivraj Chouhan's focus has been his rags-to-riches story.

Help for Covid victims’ kin, no implementation of farm laws — Congress manifesto for MP bypoll

Releasing the manifesto, former CM Kamal Nath said the BJP diverts attention from real issues by bringing up Pakistan or China. BJP says manifesto is a ‘pack of lies’.

Why MP govt imposed curbs on Durga Puja pandal, idol size and then removed them

Rules issued by MP govt on 18 September restricted height of Durga idols to six feet, and size of pandals to no more than 10 feet x 10 feet. They have now been revoked.

Congress to come up with separate manifestoes for all 28 seats going to bypolls in MP

The manifestoes will be smaller, around eight to 10 pages, and crop loan waiver, cheap electricity are likely to find a place in it.

2 Scindia loyalists could lose ministerial berth as EC delays MP bypoll date announcement

Tulsi Silawat and Govind Singh Rajput should be elected to MP assembly by 21 October as they have taken oath on 21 April. But election seems unlikely to be held by that time.

BJP plans rath yatra with silver bricks for Ayodhya Ram temple as MP bypolls near

BJP officially claims its MP campaign will focus on development, but it is said to be planning yatras involving the worship of bricks for the Ram temple in Ayodhya.

On Camera

BJP has a problem of plenty in Phase 2. It can only go down from that

BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.

Kotak Mahindra Bank shares drop 10% after RBI bans it from taking new customers via digital channels

The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.