Narendra Modi to contest Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi seat while BJP President Amit Shah will contest from Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
BJP has also finalised names of all 17 party candidates from Bihar and sent the list its state unit which will announce it jointly with allies.
Amit Shah replaces LK Advani as the BJP candidate from Gandhinagar constituency.
BJP announces names of 184 candidates from 20 states for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Hema Malini will contest from Mathura and General VK Singh from Ghaziabad.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh will contest from Lucknow, Nitin Gadkari from Nagpur and Smriti Irani from Amethi
News Flash: BJP set to announce the first list of candidates shortly. 250-300 candidates to be named in the first list (CNN- NEWS 18)
"These days, everywhere only discussion on 'Chowkidar' is taking place, irrespective of the place. Today every Indian is saying, I am also 'chowkidar'" says PM Modi while addressing over 25 lakh 'chowkidars' via audio bridge.
Easy to make big promises, not even one fulfilled: Priyanka Gandhi in Varanasi
"It's easy to make big promises, as you all have seen in Varanasi... out of the eight promises made in 2014, not even one promise was fulfilled here," says Priyanka Gandhi, News18 has reported.
Stating that the Congress ideology fought for freedom of India, Priyanka said that "we have to make our democracy strong".
"It's a fight for new freedom of our country," Priyanka said.
Congress and NC seal an alliance in Jammu and Kashmir
NC supremo Farooq Abdullah on alliance with Congress: Jammu and Udhampur will be contested by Congress, I will contest from Srinagar and there will be a friendly contest between NC and Congress in Anantnag and Baramulla. We are also discussing the Ladakh seat.
Congress veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad: Friendly contest means that there will be no cut-throat contest between us on these two seats (Anantnag and Baramulla). If either Congress or NC wins, it's a win-win situation for both of us.
Jammu and Kashmir has a total of six parliamentary seats.
Update: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) sitting MLA from Daspalla, Purnachandra Nayak resigns from the party in Odisha.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav told ANI: Mahagathbandhan is intact, seats and constituencies will be announced after Holi. There is nothing to worry, all is fine in the alliance.
It was decided unanimously in BJP CEC meeting that the sitting MPs in Chhattisgarh will not contest the election and new faces will be brought in. The decision is to be respected by all: Former Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh to ANI
Update: Mahagathbandhan will do a press conference in Patna on March 22 to announce the seat sharing in Bihar: Sharad Yadav, Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) to ANI
Update: A press conference organised by the Congress-RJD alliance in Bihar, possibly to announce its seat-sharing formula, has been postponed to Friday (February 22).
Narendra Modi to contest Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi seat while BJP President Amit Shah will contest from Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
BJP has also finalised names of all 17 party candidates from Bihar and sent the list its state unit which will announce it jointly with allies.
Amit Shah replaces LK Advani as the BJP candidate from Gandhinagar constituency.
BJP announces names of 184 candidates from 20 states for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Hema Malini will contest from Mathura and General VK Singh from Ghaziabad.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh will contest from Lucknow, Nitin Gadkari from Nagpur and Smriti Irani from Amethi
News Flash: BJP set to announce the first list of candidates shortly. 250-300 candidates to be named in the first list (CNN- NEWS 18)
"These days, everywhere only discussion on 'Chowkidar' is taking place, irrespective of the place. Today every Indian is saying, I am also 'chowkidar'" says PM Modi while addressing over 25 lakh 'chowkidars' via audio bridge.
Easy to make big promises, not even one fulfilled: Priyanka Gandhi in Varanasi
"It's easy to make big promises, as you all have seen in Varanasi... out of the eight promises made in 2014, not even one promise was fulfilled here," says Priyanka Gandhi, News18 has reported.
Stating that the Congress ideology fought for freedom of India, Priyanka said that "we have to make our democracy strong".
"It's a fight for new freedom of our country," Priyanka said.
Congress and NC seal an alliance in Jammu and Kashmir
NC supremo Farooq Abdullah on alliance with Congress: Jammu and Udhampur will be contested by Congress, I will contest from Srinagar and there will be a friendly contest between NC and Congress in Anantnag and Baramulla. We are also discussing the Ladakh seat.
Congress veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad: Friendly contest means that there will be no cut-throat contest between us on these two seats (Anantnag and Baramulla). If either Congress or NC wins, it's a win-win situation for both of us.
Jammu and Kashmir has a total of six parliamentary seats.
Update: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) sitting MLA from Daspalla, Purnachandra Nayak resigns from the party in Odisha.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav told ANI: Mahagathbandhan is intact, seats and constituencies will be announced after Holi. There is nothing to worry, all is fine in the alliance.
It was decided unanimously in BJP CEC meeting that the sitting MPs in Chhattisgarh will not contest the election and new faces will be brought in. The decision is to be respected by all: Former Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh to ANI
Update: Mahagathbandhan will do a press conference in Patna on March 22 to announce the seat sharing in Bihar: Sharad Yadav, Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) to ANI
Update: A press conference organised by the Congress-RJD alliance in Bihar, possibly to announce its seat-sharing formula, has been postponed to Friday (February 22).