Counting of votes on for MP local body polls

Former Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela on Thursday alleged the Congress for plotting a conspiracy to lend the votes of two Congress MLAs in the Rajya Sabha elections invalid and further said that the Election Commission (EC) should not have interfered in ...

In Gujarat, Amit Shah's tactic of spiriting away Congress leaders and MLAs is jocularly called 'shop-and-buy votes'.Although haemorrhaging the Congress is a vital aspect of his election blueprint, an aide said, "Amitbhai wants to win on our strengths and not by weakening the Congress."Radhika Ramaseshan reports.   IMAGE: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, left, and former chief minister Anandiben Patel, second from right, and other BJP leaders felicitate BJP President Amit Anilchandra ...

Delegations of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress are at the Election Commission over the grand old party's demand of rejection of votes of its two MLAs in Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls who allegedly showed the votes to people other than authorised representatives.Offering precedent of such an action, Congress leader Anand Sharma said, "One of our MLAs had mistakenly showed his vote in Haryana and his vote was rejected. Same was done in Gujarat so the vote should be rejected."Voicing ...

Bengaluru : The 44 Gujarat Congress MLAs, who were in a hideaway in Bengaluru, returned home on Monday to cast their votes in the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls. All the MLAs, who were staying at Bengaluru's Eagleton Resort, arrived at Kempegowda International ...

It has been a nail-biter of a day and by the time this edit was being penned, the suspense over counting of the votes cast by Gujarat Legislative Assembly members remained unresolved. Precariously balanced on the outcome of this poll is the political career ...

The BJP has nominated party president Amit Shah, Textiles Minister Smriti Irani and Congress turncoat Balwantsinh Rajput for the three seats.

Two of the seats face straightforward contests, with the BJP comfortably placed with votes to spare. It is in the third seat that every vote counts. As of now there are at least 10 votes not committed to either side, including two of the NCP that has not ...

Mauritanians have voted to abolish their Senate and alter their national flag by referendum, the electoral commission announced, in a clear victory for President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz the day after the vote. While turnout was 53.73 per cent, 85 percent of ...

NDA nominee Venkaiah Naidu was among the early lot of MPs who cast their vote to elect the next vice president of the country. Naidu, who is a Rajya Sabha member, arrived at around 10:05 am, five minutes after the voting begun. The former BJP leader, whose ...