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K Muraleedharan, the sitting MP from Vadakara and brother of late K Karunakaran, from Thrissur. BJP's candidate Padmaja Venugopal is the daughter of former chief minister K Karunakaran’s daughter. This decision, widely interpreted in political circles as a move to counter BJP's influence.

West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Significance In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, emerged as the largest party in West Bengal with 18 seats. However, this was a significant decrease from the 30 seats they won in 2014. On the other hand, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made remarkable gains, securing 18 seats in 2019 compared to just two in 2014.

Rahul Gandhi, from Wayanad in Kerala, Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel from Rajnandgaon, former minister Tamardwaj Sahu from Mahasamund and Jyotsna Mahant from Korba seats in Chhattisgarh. DK Suresh will contest from Bangalore Rural in Karnataka, K Sudhakaran from Kannur. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal will contest from Alapuzza.

Congress first candidate list LIVE updates: Congress party announced its candidates on 39 seats in the first list for Lok Sabha elections 2024. The list include high profile names like former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, and Dr.

Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad. Kerala's ruling party, CPI, had earlier announced senior leader Annie Raja as its candidate from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. Even though Communist Party of India (CPI) is a Congress ally in the Opposition INDIA bloc at the national level, the parties are rivals of the Congress in Kerala.

Sansad mein bhi Kejriwal" days ahead of the General elections with CM Arvind Kejriwal unveiling the slogan for the upcoming polls. Arvind Kejriwal said, “I will always be grateful to the people of Delhi for trusting Aam aadmi party and giving the opportunity to serve the people." Reacting to AAP's Delhi Lok Sabha campaign slogan, Delhi BJP President Virendraa Sachdeva brought up the Covid-19 situation in the national capital and said, “9 saal Kejriwal, loot, bhrashtachar aur Delhi behaal' this is their campaign. The entire Delhi knows that during COVID-19, when the people of the capital were frightened where were Kejriwal and his MLAs then?" “He [Arvind Kejriwal] talks about 'khushhal' and what he has done is only to loot the people of Delhi.

Previous Elections and Current Scenario: In the 2004 and 2009 Lok Sabha Elections, Andhra Pradesh emerged as a crucial battleground, contributing to the Congress forming the central government. However, despite winning two seats in 2014 and none in 2019, the BJP managed to secure a central government position. The upcoming 2024 elections are poised to be influenced by the entry of the I.N.D.I.A alliance, comprising various regional parties from the state.

Presidential elections and market corrections have a long history of companionship. Given the rampant rhetoric between the right and left, such is not surprising. Such is particularly the case over the last two Presidential elections, where polarizing candidates trumped policies.

Lok Sabha elections. Both National Conference and Mehbooba mufti-led PDP are parties in INDIA bloc. "I have told you...

PDP in Jammu and Kashmir for the forthcoming parliamentary polls are on and there is no disagreement between the members of the INDIA bloc in the Union Territory, a Congress office-bearer said here on Friday. «There is no disagreement. It is not a big issue. Every party has a right to claim as many seats it can. But, the talks are on,» Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) senior vice president Ghulam Nabi Monga told reporters. Monga's remarks came after the National Conference (NC) said it will field candidates on the three seats in the Kashmir Valley without leaving a seat for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). J-K has five Lok Sabha seats, including two from Jammu region, while Ladakh has one. In the last elections, while the NC won all the three seats from the valley, the BJP won the two Jammu seats as well as the lone Ladakh seat.

Lok Sabha polls in the coming months, 'Nari Shakti' has taken centrestage. When thin margins can become a deciding factor on a large number of seats, no party can ignore this demographic which has coalesced into a new vote bank as more women are getting educated and participating in the labour force, thus gaining independence in making political choices. It has been seen in the recent past how welfare schemes or freebies targeted at women have influenced election results. BJP's Ladli Behna scheme is considered a big factor behind the party's victory in the Madhya Pradesh elections last year while cash handouts to female heads of families and free bus rides for women tipped the scales in favour of Congress in Karnataka elections. Both BJP and Congress have focused their political campaigns on empowering women, with the BJP promoting schemes like the Ladli Behna, slashing LPG prices and highlighting its role in passing Women's Reservation Bill, while the Congress has promised monthly financial aid among other benefits. Additionally, regional parties are also making concerted efforts to appeal to women voters.

IMF) will support formulating a new economic programme for Pakistan if its new government asks for one, a spokesperson said on Friday, and added that the fund encourages fair resolution of all electoral disputes. Pakistan's cash-strapped economy is struggling to stabilise after securing a $3 billion standby arrangement from the IMF last summer, with record inflation, rupee devaluation and shrinking foreign reserves.

RJD Chief Lalu Prasad's 'Parivarvaad' jibe on PM Modi, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said he has «never been in favour of such slogans», allowing the PM to score a goal". RJD and the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference are partners in the opposition INDIA bloc, formed to take on the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. «I have never been in favour of such slogans and we have never benefited from them. Whenever we use such slogans, it harms us,» he said.

UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade Kemi Badenoch has said. The minister in charge of signing off on the free trade agreement (FTA), now in its 14th round of negotiations, pointed to India's «protectionist economy» in comparison with the UK's liberalised regime as one of the factors behind the long-drawn discussions. Badenoch, who was speaking during a Global Trade conference at the think tank Chatham House on Thursday, stressed that she wanted to ensure a “commercially meaningful” pact as opposed to just a pre-election picture opportunity.

DMK in Tamil Nadu on Friday allotted one seat to ally MDMK for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. MDMK founder Vaiko told reporters that while the seat-sharing deal has been clinched, the lone constituency from where his party would contest will be announced later. The seat-sharing deal was finalised and signed by DMK President and Chief Minister M K Stalin and himself, Vaiko said, adding that they were «satisfied» with the arrangement. The DMK had allotted a Lok Sabha constituency and one Rajya Sabha seat to MDMK during the 2019 polls and Vaiko was elected to the Upper House then.

Donald Trump surrounded by groups of Black people smiling and laughing seem nothing out of the ordinary, but a look closer is telling. Odd lighting and too-perfect details provide clues to the fact they were all generated using artificial intelligence. The photos, which have not been linked to the Trump campaign, emerged as Trump seeks to win over Black voters who polls show remain loyal to President Joe Biden. The fabricated images, highlighted in a recent BBC investigation, provide further evidence to support warnings that the use of AI-generated imagery will only increase as the November general election approaches. Experts said they highlight the danger that any group — Latinos, women, older male voters — could be targeted with lifelike images meant to mislead and confuse as well as demonstrate the need for regulation around the technology.

schedule for the Lok Sabha polls, the top brass of the Election Commission has called senior Home ministry officials to review security preparedness for the democratic exercise. Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla will meet Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and fellow Election Commissioner Arun Goel on Friday to discuss deployment of central forces in states, sources said. The meeting also comes days before the Commission's Jammu and Kashmir visit to review poll preparedness. The EC has sought 3.4 lakh Central Armed Police Force personnel for Lok Sabha and four assembly polls.

More than 96 crore Indians are registered to vote at over one million polling stations across the country in a mammoth electoral exercise with 2,400 political parties that may contest, and during which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will bid for a rare third term. The Election Commission could announce in weeks the dates for general elections that Modi is widely expected to comfortably win.

China's unfair economic practice, standing up for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and revitalising its partnership with nations like India, US President Joe Biden has said. In his last State of the Union address before the November election, Biden said the US wants competition with China, but not conflict. Biden on Thursday told Americans that the country is in a stronger position to win the competition for the 21st Century against Beijing.

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Congress Central Election Committee has cleared the first list of about 60 party candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, including Rahul Gandhi from his sitting seat Wayanad. The list is expected to be released on Friday or Saturday. The CEC will decide the question of Rahul Gandhi also contesting from Amethi when it takes up the proposals for Uttar Pradesh later. After the CEC meeting ended late Thursday night, party sources said almost all 15 sitting Congress MPs of Kerala will fight again this time. The only exception may be in Thrissur from where sitting MP TN Pratapan could be replaced by sitting MP of Vadakara K Muralidharan. This as seen as a precaution against late Congress veteran K Karunakaran's daughter Padmaja Venugopal, joining BJP and reinforcing the party's best bet Sureshgopi's chances in Thrissur. The political heavyweight Muralisharan is the son of Karunakaran besides being a former PCC president. Another significant decision is CEC clearing the proposal of AICC general secretary (org) K C Venugopal, now a Rajya Sabha member, returning to fight from his Alappuzha seat. But if the leaderdhip once again asks Venugopal to focus on AICC organisational matters during election campaign, the seat will go to his nominee from the state Youth Congress.