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The party has also plans for women empowerment, LGBTQ rights, employment guarantee and scrapping of sedition law.

Simultaneous polling will be held in Odisha for the 21 Lok Sabha seats and the 147 assembly constituencies in four phases on April 11, 18, 23 and 29.

West Bengal becomes a new addition to the list of states where the Congress failed to clinch a seat-sharing deal to take on the BJP.

Raj Thackeray may declare support to the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in the MNS rally on March 19.

Raising eyebrows, leaders of AIADMK-BJP's other allies , including PMK, DMDK and Puthiya Tamizhagam, did not take part in the event held to release the list of constituencies.

On Thursday, the MLA reportedly tried to meet Reddy at his Lotus Pond residence but failed to get an audience. His wife said the lawmaker had lost mental balance due to certain developments within the party that concerned his political future.

The Congress has been finding it hard to field a candidate for Bhopal and Indore, both of which have been held by the BJP since 1989.

The choice of seats and nominees by the Congress alludes that one, the party will contest in UP on its strength and weakness and not just to ensure SP-BSP win and two, the Congress feels the onus of defeating the BJP has to be equally shared by both the B...

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said he was deeply saddened to learn about the Mumbai bridge collapse where several people are still reportedly trapped under the debris.

In Assam, the micro-governance of ADC’s in three autonomous districts of Assam and their collective representation in the Lok Sabha as the Autonomous District constituency stands as an interesting example of the depth of democracy to protect marginalised...

Sharad Pawar has been tackling the family members very skillfully. Unlike other prominent political families, Pawar family has never ended up in any public spat till date.

According to the formula agreed to by the two partners, the JD(S) will contest from Uttara Kannada, Chikkamagaluru, Shimoga, Tumkur, Hassan, Mandya, Bengaluru North, and Vijayapura constituencies.

Giving full credit to Mamata Banerjee for being the force behind a 'united opposition front', Trivedi said that the Bengal CM 'believes' in an inclusive India.

Sending Sen to contest in Asansol could also potentially serve the purpose of neutralising the existing factions within TMC in the area.

Contrary to popular perception, the party has been on a decline even in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, from a high of 206 seats in 2007 to just 19 seats in the 2017 elections — a drop of almost 90%.

It must be noted that the BJP has taken the early lead by firming up alliances in several key states for the general elections as the Congress and regional parties have failed to untangle the mess that is seat sharing and personal ambitions.