Congress Backs Bsp Candidate

The Rajasthan BSP on Saturday issued a whip asking six MLAs who had won as party candidates but later merged with the Congress to vote for only Independent Subhash Chandra who is in the fray for the June 10 Rajya Sabha elections.

After their brief alliance in Uttar Pradesh flopped in last year's national election, Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav are back to being fierce rivals. Mayawati has said she is even ready to vote for the BJP to defeat any candidate of Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party in polls to the UP legislative council.

Actor-turned-Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha had campaigned for his wife - Samajwadi Party candidate Poonam Sinha - in Lucknow two days ago, angering many in his own party. A day later, he tweeted out the reason: Supporting one's wife is every husband's duty.

Begum Tabassum Hasan, the candidate who represented the opposition's hopes for besting the BJP in another Uttar Pradesh by-poll this year, won from the most-watched Kairana Lok Sabha seat.

The day after a show of unity in Karnataka, the opposition received encouraging news in Kairana in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, where Lok Sabha by-elections will be held on Monday. Begum Tabassum Hasan, the candidate backed by several opposition parties against the BJP, has clinched the support of her brother-in-law, who was contesting as an independen...

Nearly a week after Mayawati offered a conditional arrangement for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, the Congress has decided to support her party candidate from Uttar Pradesh Bhimrao Ambedkar.

The Rajasthan BSP on Saturday issued a whip asking six MLAs who had won as party candidates but later merged with the Congress to vote for only Independent Subhash Chandra who is in the fray for the June 10 Rajya Sabha elections.

After their brief alliance in Uttar Pradesh flopped in last year's national election, Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav are back to being fierce rivals. Mayawati has said she is even ready to vote for the BJP to defeat any candidate of Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party in polls to the UP legislative council.

Actor-turned-Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha had campaigned for his wife - Samajwadi Party candidate Poonam Sinha - in Lucknow two days ago, angering many in his own party. A day later, he tweeted out the reason: Supporting one's wife is every husband's duty.

Begum Tabassum Hasan, the candidate who represented the opposition's hopes for besting the BJP in another Uttar Pradesh by-poll this year, won from the most-watched Kairana Lok Sabha seat.

The day after a show of unity in Karnataka, the opposition received encouraging news in Kairana in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, where Lok Sabha by-elections will be held on Monday. Begum Tabassum Hasan, the candidate backed by several opposition parties against the BJP, has clinched the support of her brother-in-law, who was contesting as an independen...

Nearly a week after Mayawati offered a conditional arrangement for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, the Congress has decided to support her party candidate from Uttar Pradesh Bhimrao Ambedkar.