Tag: Indian Elections

April 02 As Election fever grips India, politicians across party lines have resorted to politicking of almost every issue, from the death of soldiers to the alleged air strikes in Pakistan's Balakot, India goes to polls in seven phases, starting 11 April with the counting scheduled for 23 May. On March 01, Pintu Singh, a soldier of Central Reserve Police Force was killed during an encounter in Kupwara District of North Kashmir, however the news of his death was not revealed to his family, Bihar Live reported. ALSO READ: 53 People Attend BJPs ‘Grand Rally’ in Kashmir’s Sopore On the same day, Bhartiya Janta Party had announced that the March 3 rally would be the grandest rally of the party to be organized in Patna, the rally was later addressed by the Indian Prime Minister, Nare...

April 01 The president of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Amit Shah has said that abrogating Article 35-A was the party’s commitment to the people of the country and it shall be removed by 2020, the Quint reported. "Article 35Ais in the BJP manifesto and has been so since 1950, It has not happened till now as we do not have a majority in Rajya Sabha, but I believe it will happen by 2020," Amit Shah said. Article 35A empowers the government of Jammu and Kashmir to define a class of persons as constituting “permanent residents” of the state and also allows the government to confer special rights and privileges to the people with respect to employment and acquisition of immovable property in the state. Amit Shah here said that the BJP government has banned organisations and plugged...

March 30 Tej Bahadur Yadav, who was sacked from BSF after he uploaded a video complaining of bad quality food being served to the forces has said he will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Yadav, an ex BSF man and a resident of Rewari in Haryana, claimed he was approached by several parties to join them but chose to contest as an independent candidate. He said by contesting the elections he would raise the issue of corruption in the forces. ALSO READ: 111 Distressed Farmers to Contest Against Modi “My motive is not to win or lose. It is to highlight how this government has failed the forces, especially paramilitary forces. PM Modi seeks votes in the name of our jawans but has done nothing for them. Our paramilitary jawan...

March 29 The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday sought vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party and hit out at the rival parties referring to the Balakot strike by the Indian Air Force last month and the recent success of Mission Shakti at a public rally in Odisha’s Koraput. PM Modi slammed the Opposition parties for raising questions over the IAF strike at a terror camp in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack, in which 40 CRPF soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing. “It has been one month, Pakistan is still counting the dead bodies and our rivals are seeking proof for Balakot strike,” said PM Modi adding, “When India takes action against terrorists, enters their home and kills them then some here ask for proof.” The prime minis...

March 26 The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary Ram Madhav has said that the party is fielding candidates for all the six Lok Sabha seats in Jammu Kashmir. He said that those contesting for the development will win and those who have double-standards should be taste defeat. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a review meeting in Srinagar, Madhav said that people are wise-enough to understand the divisive politics being played by some people. “A tamasha is going on and let them do it, we are hopeful that we will win from Jammu, Ladakh and also from Srinagar,” he said. On Kartarpur corridor, he said Narendea Modi will take a decision, but the major issue is that “terrorism should be eliminated first only then other issues can be resolved.” “Let Pakistan firs...

March 26 The Gujarat minister Ganpatsinh Vasava on Monday made a controversial statement about Congress president Rahul Gandhi and said that he (Rahul Gandhi) should be poisoned to check whether he survived or not till the elections. When Vasava said this, the Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani also was present on the dais. The tribal development minister in Gujarat government, Vasava was speaking at the Karyakarta Sammelan at Bardoli town of South Gujarat. The workers' gathering was held to motivate the party cadres in southern part of the state before the Lok Sabha polls, where he made this statement. Speaking at the gathering, Vasava said, "I recently heard a senior Congress leader on social media saying Rahul Gandhi was the incarnation of Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva had consumed t...

March 25 A graffiti mocking the Bharatiya Janata Party and Modi has appeared in West Bengal as the party struggles to find candidates for all 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state. The graffiti shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding a leash tied to a cow, below a message read: "Let's make you a BJP candidate for Lok Sabha elections". The message has been shared widely on WhatsApp and Facebook groupd in the wake of Lok Sabha elections 2019. As per India Today, So far, the BJP has fielded 29 candidates in West Bengal but seems to be struggling to find candidates for the remaining 13 constituencies and out of the 29 candidates, at least 25 are new faces. Reports indicate that several of the party members in Bengal are not happy with the selection process and it has even led to th...

March 24 After taking their protests to the National capital to highlight their demands, Tamil Nadu farmers are gearing up for an electoral battle and will file 111 nominations from the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is contesting. Tamil Nadu farmers leader P Ayyakannu said Saturday that 111 farmers from the State will contest against PM Narendra Modi from Varanasi. Ayyakannu, who is also president of the National South Indian Rivers Inter-Linking Farmers Association, said the decision to contest the polls from Uttar Pradesh was to urge the BJP to include in their manifesto that their demands, including "profitable prices for farm produce," would be fulfilled. Speaking to PTI, the farmers leader, who spearheaded agitations in Delhi in 20...

March 14 Sajad Noorabadi, a political activist from Danew Kandimarg area of Noorabad in Kulgam district of volatile South Kashmir will fight against Modi in the upcoming General elections in India. Noorabadi said he will challenge the Indian Prime Minister in Varanasi, which is one of the favourite turf of Narendra Modi, and said, "It is not going to be a fight, not even a tough fight, i will defeat Modi on his turf in Varanasi," he said while speaking to The Kashmiriyat. Being provided a ticked by Mayawati's BSP which will go to polls with Mulayam Singh Yadav's SP, Sajad Noorabadi spoke to The Kashmiriyat and said that Indian Prime Minister Modi has created chaos in Kashmir and due to his policies Kashmir has been on the edge. "The steps of Narendra Modi are such disastrous th...