Update: Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) of Tamil Nadu announces its list of four candidates for Lok Sabha Elections. Azhagarsamy will contest polls from Virudhunagar, LK Sudhish from Kallakurichi and Ilankovan from Tiruchi and Mohan Raj from Azhagapuram.
Update: AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi has filed his nomination from the Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency.
I will contest from Mandya as an independent candidate in Lok Sabha elections: Sumalatha Ambareesh, wife of late Congress leader MH Ambareesh
DMK-led ‘Secular Progressive Alliance’ will win on all 40 seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry: MDMK Chief Vaiko
Update: Mayawati’s BSP has reiterated that it does not have any alliance or understanding with the Congress anywhere in the country.
Update:Setting the ball rolling, a gazette notification has been issued for the first phase of elections in Odisha. This is for four Lok Sabha seat and 28 Assembly constituencies. Phase 1 will be held on April 11.
Priyanka Gandhi to begin 'Ganga Yatra' today
Congress' in-charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said yesterday that political stagnancy had left the youths, women, farmers and labourers distressed in Uttar Pradesh and it was her responsibility to change the politics.
Gandhi arrived in Prayagraj for the next leg of her UP tour, as part of which she is to sail from there to Varanasi on river Ganga.
Party leaders said Gandhi was likely to use a motorboat (steamer) to cover the distance of around 100 km.
Update: Raj Thackeray-led MNS will not contest the Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra.
An MNS leader said party president Thackeray would make his political position clear on March 19 at a public meeting, and guide the party cadres.
BJP, AJSU to jointly contest polls in Jharkhand
The BJP and the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU), which are currently ruling coalition partners in Jharkhand, yesterday said they would contest the Lok Sabha elections together.
The saffron party will contest 13 seats and AJSU, formerly known as the All Jharkhand Students Union before it registered as a political entity, from the Giridih constituency. (PTI)
Update: Congress has announced a tie-up with Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) in Uttar Pradesh in seven seats. Out of those seven seats, JAP will contest five seats.
Update: UP Congress chief Raj Babbar: We are leaving seven seats vacant for SP, BSP and RLD. These include Mainpuri, Kannauj, Firozabad and whatever seats Mayawati ji and RLD's Jayant ji and Ajit Singh ji contest from.
NDA Bihar seat distribution
JD(U) will contest from Valmiki Nagar, Sitamarhi, Jhanjharpur, Siwan, Bhagalpur, Kishanganj, Supaul, Katihar, Munger, Jehanabad, Nalanda, Katihar, Gopalganj, Madhepura, Banka, Gaya, Karakat and Jehanabad.
BJP to contest from Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Begusarai, Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Madhubani, Araria, East Champaran, West Champaran, Sasaram, Saran, Arrah, Buxar, Aurangabad, Sheohar, Ujiarpur and Maharajganj.
Lok Janshakti Party to contest on Lok Sabha Constituencies of Vaishali, Hajipur, Samastipur, Khagaria, Nawada and Jamui.
Update: Three Special Election Commission Observers are holding meetings with all four Advisors to the Governor, the Chief Secretary, the Home Secretary and the Director General of Police (DGP), among others.
The AIADMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu has announced constituency distribution:
> AIADMK to contest 20 seats: Tiruvallur, South Chennai, Kancheepuram, Arani, Tiruvannamalai, Chidambaram, Krishnagiri, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Pollachi, Karur, Mayiladuthurai, Perambalur, Nagapattinam, Madurai, Theni and Tirunelveli.
> PMK to contest 7 seats: Sriperumpudur, Dharmapuri, Central Chennai, Cuddalore, Arakkonam, Villupuram and Dindigul.
> BJP to contest 5 seats: Kanniyakumari, Sivaganga, Thoothukudi, Coimbatore and Ramanathapuram.
> DMDK to contest 4 seats: North Chennai, Kallakurichi, Tiruchi and Virudhunagar.
> Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) and Puthiya Tamizhagam (PT) will fight from Thanjavur and Tenkasi. (Reports)
As part of BJP's 'Main bhi Chowkidar' campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior leaders of the party have added 'Chowkidar' ahead of their names on Twitter.
YSRCP has released a list of 175 candidates for the Assembly elections and 25 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, in Andhra Pradesh.
Bihar's NDA leaders will hold a press conference in Patna today to announce seat sharing in the state, ANI has reported.
Meanwhile, a faction of the Apna Dal led by Krishna Patel has formed an alliance with the Congress in Uttar Pradesh. The party has been allocated two Lok Sabha seats -- Basti and Pilibhit.
The other faction of the Apna Dal –led by Anupriya Patel is a BJP ally.
YS Jaganmohan Reddy-led YSRCP announced the first list of candidates last night:
YS Avinash Reddy from Kadapa, Gotteti Madhavi from Araku, Nandigam Suresh from Bapatla, Talari Rangaiah from Anantapur, PV Mithun Reddy from Rajampet, Chinta Anuradha from Amalapuram, Gorantla Madhav from Hindupur, Sanjeev Kumar from Kurnool and N Reddappa from Chittoor.
The party is expected to release the second list today.
Update: Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) of Tamil Nadu announces its list of four candidates for Lok Sabha Elections. Azhagarsamy will contest polls from Virudhunagar, LK Sudhish from Kallakurichi and Ilankovan from Tiruchi and Mohan Raj from Azhagapuram.
Update: AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi has filed his nomination from the Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency.
I will contest from Mandya as an independent candidate in Lok Sabha elections: Sumalatha Ambareesh, wife of late Congress leader MH Ambareesh
DMK-led ‘Secular Progressive Alliance’ will win on all 40 seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry: MDMK Chief Vaiko
Update: Mayawati’s BSP has reiterated that it does not have any alliance or understanding with the Congress anywhere in the country.
Update: Setting the ball rolling, a gazette notification has been issued for the first phase of elections in Odisha. This is for four Lok Sabha seat and 28 Assembly constituencies. Phase 1 will be held on April 11.
Priyanka Gandhi to begin 'Ganga Yatra' today
Congress' in-charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said yesterday that political stagnancy had left the youths, women, farmers and labourers distressed in Uttar Pradesh and it was her responsibility to change the politics.
Gandhi arrived in Prayagraj for the next leg of her UP tour, as part of which she is to sail from there to Varanasi on river Ganga.
Party leaders said Gandhi was likely to use a motorboat (steamer) to cover the distance of around 100 km.
Update: Raj Thackeray-led MNS will not contest the Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra.
An MNS leader said party president Thackeray would make his political position clear on March 19 at a public meeting, and guide the party cadres.
BJP, AJSU to jointly contest polls in Jharkhand
The BJP and the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU), which are currently ruling coalition partners in Jharkhand, yesterday said they would contest the Lok Sabha elections together.
The saffron party will contest 13 seats and AJSU, formerly known as the All Jharkhand Students Union before it registered as a political entity, from the Giridih constituency. (PTI)
Update: Congress has announced a tie-up with Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) in Uttar Pradesh in seven seats. Out of those seven seats, JAP will contest five seats.
Update: UP Congress chief Raj Babbar: We are leaving seven seats vacant for SP, BSP and RLD. These include Mainpuri, Kannauj, Firozabad and whatever seats Mayawati ji and RLD's Jayant ji and Ajit Singh ji contest from.
NDA Bihar seat distribution
JD(U) will contest from Valmiki Nagar, Sitamarhi, Jhanjharpur, Siwan, Bhagalpur, Kishanganj, Supaul, Katihar, Munger, Jehanabad, Nalanda, Katihar, Gopalganj, Madhepura, Banka, Gaya, Karakat and Jehanabad.
BJP to contest from Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Begusarai, Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Madhubani, Araria, East Champaran, West Champaran, Sasaram, Saran, Arrah, Buxar, Aurangabad, Sheohar, Ujiarpur and Maharajganj.
Lok Janshakti Party to contest on Lok Sabha Constituencies of Vaishali, Hajipur, Samastipur, Khagaria, Nawada and Jamui.
Update: Three Special Election Commission Observers are holding meetings with all four Advisors to the Governor, the Chief Secretary, the Home Secretary and the Director General of Police (DGP), among others.
The AIADMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu has announced constituency distribution:
> AIADMK to contest 20 seats: Tiruvallur, South Chennai, Kancheepuram, Arani, Tiruvannamalai, Chidambaram, Krishnagiri, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Pollachi, Karur, Mayiladuthurai, Perambalur, Nagapattinam, Madurai, Theni and Tirunelveli.
> PMK to contest 7 seats: Sriperumpudur, Dharmapuri, Central Chennai, Cuddalore, Arakkonam, Villupuram and Dindigul.
> BJP to contest 5 seats: Kanniyakumari, Sivaganga, Thoothukudi, Coimbatore and Ramanathapuram.
> DMDK to contest 4 seats: North Chennai, Kallakurichi, Tiruchi and Virudhunagar.
> Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) and Puthiya Tamizhagam (PT) will fight from Thanjavur and Tenkasi. (Reports)
As part of BJP's 'Main bhi Chowkidar' campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior leaders of the party have added 'Chowkidar' ahead of their names on Twitter.
YSRCP has released a list of 175 candidates for the Assembly elections and 25 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, in Andhra Pradesh.
Bihar's NDA leaders will hold a press conference in Patna today to announce seat sharing in the state, ANI has reported.
Meanwhile, a faction of the Apna Dal led by Krishna Patel has formed an alliance with the Congress in Uttar Pradesh. The party has been allocated two Lok Sabha seats -- Basti and Pilibhit.
The other faction of the Apna Dal –led by Anupriya Patel is a BJP ally.
YS Jaganmohan Reddy-led YSRCP announced the first list of candidates last night:
YS Avinash Reddy from Kadapa, Gotteti Madhavi from Araku, Nandigam Suresh from Bapatla, Talari Rangaiah from Anantapur, PV Mithun Reddy from Rajampet, Chinta Anuradha from Amalapuram, Gorantla Madhav from Hindupur, Sanjeev Kumar from Kurnool and N Reddappa from Chittoor.
The party is expected to release the second list today.