TVK chief Vijay met Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar at Lok Bhavan after staking claim to form government with Congress support. Despite winning 108 seats, TVK remains short of majority, and the Governor has not yet announced a decision
The Congress announced candidates for 284 of the 294 West Bengal Assembly constituencies, fielding senior leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from Baharampur and several prominent faces, as the party prepares to contest independently after severing ties with the Left Front.
TVK general secretary Aadhav Arjuna claimed party leader Vijay was offered the chief minister’s post and 50% Assembly seats by an unnamed party, which he declined. TVK will contest all 234 seats in Tamil Nadu’s upcoming Assembly elections
Former minister Kimidi Kala Venkata Rao was fielded from Cheepururpalli to fight Education Minister Botcha Satyanarayana of the YSR Congress. Another former minister, Ganta Srinivasa Rao, will be contesting from Bhimili.
Hyderabad: The Central government’s double standards when it comes to Telangana came to the fore again with its decision not to consider the State government’s repeated appeals to increase the number of Assembly seats in the State. The State government has been appealing to the union government to take up delimitation exercise in Telangana along […]
Hyderabad: Telangana State Planning Board Vice Chairman B Vinod Kumar urged union Home Minister Amit Shah to amend Section 26 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act to increase the Assembly seats in Telangana. Taking strong objection to the Central Government’s explanation and reasons on increasing the Assembly seats in the State in Rajya Sabha on […]
Hyderabad: State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday said his party would prepare the agenda for the next Assembly elections during his second phase of Praja Sangrama Yatra which will commence soon. “We are ready for the elections any time in the State,” he said, interacting with media persons after taking part in ‘Ashirvachana’ […]
According to a Health Department official, the 59-year-old CM, who had campaigned extensively in the run-up to the November 7 bypolls to five Assembly seats, is undergoing home isolation
As trends from all 243 seats became available, the NDA constituents were ahead in 125, with BJP candidates leading the table in 72 seats and the JD(U) in only 47.
