Election News

Left Front President Biman Basu on Friday (March 5) announced the list of candidates for the first two rounds of the Assembly elections. The Left Front announced candidates in the presence of its alliance partners Congress and Indian Secular Front.

 Mamata Banerjee-led government will form the Legislative Assembly if it gets a majority in the Assembly elections. Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee said this after announcing the list of candidates on Friday (March 5).

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee announced on Friday (March 5) that she will fight from BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s stronghold Nandigram seat. Meanwhile, Suvendu Adhikari welcomed her to the battlefield in a mocking manner.

Assam's prominent Muslim face and All India United Democratic Front president Maulana Badruddin Ajmal speaks exclusively to Asianet Newsable's Yacoob on the 'Mahajath' in the poll-bound state and the issues on which the political alliance will reach out to the people.

Informing that she will be staying away from politics, Sasikala said she will be praying to Jayalalithaa whom she considers as God for the AIADMK to return to power.

Jitendra Tiwari, the former Mayor of Asansol, joined the BJP in the presence of the state president Dilip Ghosh.

Bharatiya Janata Party is a '10 per cent' party in Tamil Nadu, says State Vice President K Annamalai. In an extensive interview with Asianet Newsable's Yacoob, the BJP leader says he is confident that the party will not just witness a drastic improvement in its vote share but also have more MLAs entering the assembly.

A day after the Election Commission announced the dates for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has sealed its seat-sharing agreement with the Pattali Makkal Katchi.

With just a month to go for elections in Tamil Nadu, Chikkamagaravalli Thimme Gowda Ravi, BJP's national general secretary and in-charge of South Indian states, is hoping to make major inroads not just in the state but also in Puducherry. Ravi spoke exclusively with Asianet Newsable's Yacoob.

While questions should have been posed to party general secretary and Uttar Pradesh inchange Priyanka Gandhi, a section of the grand old party is training its guns at her aide and state president Ajay Kumar Lallu.