Politics

The Congress will go solo in 12 seats in Kerela, 2 in Arunachal Pradesh, 5 in Chattisgarh and 7 in Uttar Pradesh. Four other seats in Kerela will be contested by one member each of the Congress-led United Democratic Front.

The valour of armed forces should not be made a political issue, Jaitley said, adding that the armed forces have to be kept at arm's length from domestic politics.

Sarmah's name was not included in the party's panel of probable candidate for Tezpur Lok Sabha seat. It only had the name of Assam minister and NEDA convenor Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Samajwadi party leaders say that the alliance is dependent on a combination of Dalit, Muslim, OBC and Jat votes and that Deoband is the best place to give out a larger message to all these stakeholders.

All India Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev has been fielded from the Silchar Lok Sabha seat and Gaurav Gogoi from the Kaliabor seat in Assam.

The state Congress unit will hold an internal meeting on Saturday to finalise their list of candidates. This will then be forwarded to the Congress high command in New Delhi, before it is released on Sunday.

Parameshwara's statement comes amid simmering discontent within the Congress's local leadership over ceding of Tumkur seat to the alliance partner.

During the recently held Telangana Assembly elections KCR had played the Telangana card to defeat the Congress–TDP alliance. Now, Naidu is telling the voters that if they vote for Jaganmohan Reddy, AP would be remote-controlled by KCR in Hyderabad and Mod...

The state Congress leadership was not ready to cede more than six seats but the JDS has managed to prise away eight from its senior partner.

Workers of all the three parties in the alliance, including the Rashtriya Lok Dal, have gotten into election mode, setting aside their differences.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s in the rally on Tuesday, which was attended by Congress’ top brass, spoke about women’s security, employment and agrarian crisis urging the listeners to consider these issues in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

JDS supremo HD Deve Gowda, who may be fielded from Bangalore North seat, admitted that he is under pressure from party men and even at 86, he might choose to forgo retirement.

The meeting is being viewed in political circles as an attempt to woo the Dalits in Uttar Pradesh and pit Azad against the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

Kejriwal, taking to Twitter, said the entire country wanted to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah and Gandhi must consider the option in larger public interest.

Amarinder Singh, who turned 77 on Monday, described his meeting with the former prime minister in Delhi as a courtesy call, during which he briefed him about Congress' plans in Punjab.

Mayawati’s remarks came on a day when the Congress’s highest policy-making body, the Congress Working Committee (CWC), met in Ahmedabad.