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Kharge, Khera, and Meenakshi among 7 Congress RS candidatesCongress has announced seven candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections across five states. Party president Mallikarjun Kharge will ...
SDPI to contest majority of seats in 2027 Gujarat polls; open to alliances, says chief FaizyThe Social Democratic Party of India plans to contest most seats in the 2027 Gujarat assembly elections. The party aims to build its grassr...
Karnataka CM buzz intensifies as Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar meet Congress high command todayKarnataka's top leaders, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, are in Delhi for crucial talks with the Congr...
Assembly Elections 2026: TVK - the rare 'political startup' that turned 'unicorn' instantlyTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has followed in the footsteps of parties such as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and...
Caste calculus at play: How Tamil Nadu’s key communities could shape the electoral battleTamil Nadu elections are shaped by dominant caste blocs, including Vanniyars in the north, Gounders in the west, and Thevars in the south. ...
Abhishek Singhvi, 3 wildcard entries, Revanth aide among Congress Rajya Sabha picksThe Congress leadership has selected six candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections. Senior leader Abhishek Singhvi secured a renomination fr...
Congress plays 'Dalit card' whenever its defeat is certain: Chirag PaswanUnion minister and BJP ally Chirag Paswan criticised Congress for using the "Dalit card" in the Lok Sabha speaker election, alleging the op...
BJP fends off 'statute change' charge in some Maharashtra seats after Hegde's commentBJP's repeated emphasis on SCs, STs and OBCs comes as it senses that poll arithmetic in Maharashtra has changed considerably since the 2019...
Without candidates of VBA & AIMIM, Congress may do well in SolapurThe BJP's struggle in Solapur is evident as the constituency continues to face water supply issues despite having a BJP MP for the past dec...
In Vadgam, Dalit spearhead Jignesh Mevani in choppy watersThe Dalit lawyer-activist, along with Patidar quota leader Hardik Patel and OBC leader Alpesh Thakore, has emerged as the face of resistanc...
Meira Kumar achieves what her illustrious dad couldn'tThe SC had upheld Giri's election as president but came to a sad conclusion after evaluating testimonies of politicians, who decades later ...
To win Uttar Pradesh, Congress makes a cocktail of BJP, BSP and SP formulasIn a state where caste considerations ride high during electoral battles, Dalits form the largest social segment on the Congress list with ...
Congress starts mission Dalit, targets 300 seats in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab & UttarakhandAs the electoral race is hotting up in the three states, Congress has prepared specific poll promises on shiksha (education), suraksha (sec...
BSP to file candidates from all 70 assembly constituencies in Delhi: MayawatiIn the last assembly elections, the Dalit vote in slums and unauthorized colonies, which was split between Congress and BSP till 2008, went...
Lok Sabha polls: If Narendra Modi is chaiwala, then I'm chalwala (slumdweller), says Madhusudan MistryMistry branded the BJP PM candidate as "casteist" alleging that he was trying to win elections in the constituency by provoking Dalits.
Mayawati accuses Narendra Modi of misguiding peopleMayawati today attacked Modi, saying he has "misguided" the country in the name of development and asked people not to give more chances to...
Gujarat: BJP, Congress face opposition from 'disgruntled' membersBJP and Congress faced protests from disgruntled members over selection of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, while announcing 21 seats ou...
Mayawati tells her cadre to be wary of Congress' dalit PM ideaMayawati has asked her supporters to be wary of a Congress move to field a Dalit Prime Ministerial candidate.
Rahul Gandhi vows more Dalit leaders at all levels"You ask in UP for five Dalit leaders and the answer you will hear is Mayawati, Mayawati, Mayawati, Mayawati and Mayawati," the Congress sc...
- Consensus on Meira for Speaker
Lok Sabha is all set to get a Dalit woman as its Speaker. Ms Meira Kumar, who resigned from Union Cabinet on Sunday, has become consensus c...