Politics

Amit Shah was earlier an MLA from Sarkhej seat, which is a part of the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency.

The BJP’s first list came hours after YSR Congress announced its candidates for all 175 assembly seats, retaining almost all the sitting MLAs and giving a major share to the backward communities.

Though seat sharing equation has not been declared yet, Congress is expected to fight more number of seats than JMM.

YSR Congress president Jaganmohan Reddy has given chance to two sitting MPs -- PV Midun Reddy from Rajampet and YS Avinash Reddy from Kadapa.

Days before the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections, PM Modi on Saturday appealed to people to join the #MainBhiChowkidar movement, saying everyone who is working hard to see India progress is a chowkidar.

BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and other party leaders claimed that Nath had invited former BSP MLA Balbeer Singh Dandotia and 70 of his supporters to state secretariat for extending Congress membership.

Sehwag's name was under consideration for the West Delhi seat that is currently being held by BJP MP Parvesh Verma.

The second list has names of 16 candidates from Uttar Pradesh, taking the total number of candidates announced by the party for the electorally crucial state, where it was overlooked for an alliance, to 27.

He said the party has also requested the poll panel to transfer those police officers whose electoral impartiality is questionable as well as the withdrawal of former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar from election duty.

Chandrashekhar Azad was taken into custody by police on Tuesday for violating the model code of conduct, officials said. He was detained while leading a procession that included cars and motorcycles, but was shifted to the hospital when he took ill.

Party leaders also said instructions have been issued on the layout of election hoardings and banners.

Many within the Congress feel that they had walked straight into the BJP’s trap after some of their leaders questioned the Balakot air strikes and the casualty figures.

Leaders of the Trinamool Congress and Aam Aadmi Party are among those who have claimed that holding elections during Ramzan will inconvenience Muslims and help the BJP as the community is largely seen to be backing the opposition parties against the rulin...

Despite a dismal past record, CM Kamal Nath has exuded the confidence of winning 25 plus seats in the upcoming polls while the BJP chief Amit Shah in a chest-thumping speech recently exhorted his workers to win all the 29 seats in MP.

Shah said India has emerged as the fastest-growing economy in the world with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government undertaking "unprecedented reforms", which made doing business in the country easier than ever before.

DMK president M K Stalin, meanwhile, held interviews of candidates seeking party tickets for the Parliamentary elections on Sunday here.