When the Conservative Party picked Rishi Sunak to run for the Richmond (Yorkshire) seat in the 2015 parliamentary elections, most voters in the constituency had no idea who he was. Until then, his most notable identity was as the son-in-law of Infosys founder Narayana Murthy, married to Akshata Murthy. Sunak had impressive degrees from Oxford, ...

When is Lok Sabha 2024 polling in my constituency? The anticipation surrounding the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 has been quelled as the Election Commission of India (ECI) finally unveiled the much-awaited schedule. This electoral extravaganza will witness the participation of millions of voters across the country, each eager to cast their vote and have their ...

2021 in Indian politics has been a worrisome year for leaders like Captain Amrinder Singh, Vijay Rupani, BS Yediyurappa and other CMs. All these CMs lost their posts as their central leadership prepare for the upcoming election. It was seen that Modi rose to power in 2014 promising to supersize the Gujarat model that brought ...

​​An inquiry has been ordered against the BJP candidate from Kajran constituency of the Vadodara district in Gujarat. Kajran is one of the eight constituencies where voting started today at 7 am. The inquiry was ordered by the returning officer following the complaint by Congress candidate Kiritsinh Jadeja against his opponent, BJP candidate Akshay Patel ...

In addition to the blatant use of illegal means to influence the vote, the by-election has also seen some bigoted rhetoric coming from the BJP. It’s a triangular fight between the TRS, Congress and BJP for the Dubbaka seat, the by-elections for which is scheduled for November 3. With field-level campaigns in full swing, there ...

The Congress president Sonia Gandhi took to Twitter, putting out a 5-minute video to talk about the dire situation facing Bihari voters and asking them to choose the Congress-RJD-Left alliance. Speaking before the first phase of elections in Bihar, Congress president Sonia Gandhi called for a change in the state, saying the NDA government that ...

When it comes to donations from businesses towards political parties, BJP leaves its competitors in the dust, being the largest recipient of such funds in the last seven years. The Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) released a report detailing the flow of funds between corporations and business houses in the country to major political parties. ...

The JD(U) is losing the trust of Muslim voters in the state due to its association with the BJP. Making up 17% of the population, the Muslims of Bihar are an important vote to covet. But BJP’s aggressive position on Muslims is alienating them from the Janata Dal (United). Nitish Kumar, who has been the ...

Tamil Nadu’s incumbent chief minister EPS will be projected as the party’s chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming assembly elections next year. The weeks-long tussle between Chief Minister Edapaddi Palanisami (EPS) and Deputy CM O Paneerselvam (OPS) was finally put to rest with the announcement on Wednesday that the former will be the party’s chief ...

Though alliances have been set and seat-sharing deals announced, there is a certain tension in the air due to unspoken intentions between parties in the ruling coalition. For many months now, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been saying it will fight the assembly elections in Bihar under the candidature of Janata Dal (United) leader ...