Congress Bjp Fight

In Jammu, only 79 candidates are contesting for 11 seats (over seven per seat), while 160 candidates are running for 15 seats in the Kashmir Valley (over 10 per seat). This indicates a greater presence of independents and smaller parties in Kashmir.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is grappling with a triple anti-incumbency situation and is fighting an uphill battle in an election where the Congress is considered the favourite to win.

The BJP - hit by a blistering broadside Monday from Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, in his first speech as Leader of the Opposition - deployed union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Kiren Rijiju, and Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi to counter.

BJP and Congress are fighting over the appointment of BJP leader and seven-time Cuttack MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as Pro Tem Speaker, a post the Congress expected for eight-time Kerala MP K Suresh.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor defeated the BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar in the fight for Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram seat, which he has held since 2009.

With just days to go before the election process for the Lok Sabha ends, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed confidence that the BJP will emerge as the biggest gainer in West Bengal.

In this much-in-the-news Lok Sabha constituency, the Gandhi name is the backdrop against which every political debate takes place -- whether for voters, for the Congress fighting to keep its bastion or for the BJP going all out for a win.

What should have been a direct contest between the BJP and the Congress in the Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency is now a three-corner fight with an alliance of local groups fielding an Independent to challenge the national parties.

Senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda - whose comment last month about an inheritance tax in the United States sparked a massive fight with the BJP - has triggered another row in his attempt to make a pitch for national unity.

Gearing for his big poll fight against Union Minister Smriti Irani in Amethi, Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma said he still wants party leaders Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to contest from the prestige seat

Bengal is one of the very few states where the BJP is putting up a fierce fight against a strong regional party, the Trinamool Congress, Sanjay Singh of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies said.

The Congress's announcement of candidates for its two prestige seats, Amethi and Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, has effectively put the lid on speculation regarding senior party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's electoral debut.

Refuting the claims that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is putting up a "brave fight" against the BJP, Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that his actions suggest otherwise and alleged Gandhi is "hesita

Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, Jyotiraditya Scindia said that the upcoming Lok Sabha election is not BJP vs Congress but for the country's existence, present and future.

An old video of a fight between two panelists during an Afghan TV channel debate is being shared with the false claim that they are Congress and BJP panelists who came to blows in Manipur on live TV.

In Jammu, only 79 candidates are contesting for 11 seats (over seven per seat), while 160 candidates are running for 15 seats in the Kashmir Valley (over 10 per seat). This indicates a greater presence of independents and smaller parties in Kashmir.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is grappling with a triple anti-incumbency situation and is fighting an uphill battle in an election where the Congress is considered the favourite to win.

The BJP - hit by a blistering broadside Monday from Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, in his first speech as Leader of the Opposition - deployed union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Kiren Rijiju, and Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi to counter.

BJP and Congress are fighting over the appointment of BJP leader and seven-time Cuttack MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as Pro Tem Speaker, a post the Congress expected for eight-time Kerala MP K Suresh.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor defeated the BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar in the fight for Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram seat, which he has held since 2009.

With just days to go before the election process for the Lok Sabha ends, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed confidence that the BJP will emerge as the biggest gainer in West Bengal.

In this much-in-the-news Lok Sabha constituency, the Gandhi name is the backdrop against which every political debate takes place -- whether for voters, for the Congress fighting to keep its bastion or for the BJP going all out for a win.

What should have been a direct contest between the BJP and the Congress in the Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency is now a three-corner fight with an alliance of local groups fielding an Independent to challenge the national parties.

Senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda - whose comment last month about an inheritance tax in the United States sparked a massive fight with the BJP - has triggered another row in his attempt to make a pitch for national unity.

Gearing for his big poll fight against Union Minister Smriti Irani in Amethi, Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma said he still wants party leaders Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to contest from the prestige seat

Bengal is one of the very few states where the BJP is putting up a fierce fight against a strong regional party, the Trinamool Congress, Sanjay Singh of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies said.

The Congress's announcement of candidates for its two prestige seats, Amethi and Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, has effectively put the lid on speculation regarding senior party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's electoral debut.

Refuting the claims that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is putting up a "brave fight" against the BJP, Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that his actions suggest otherwise and alleged Gandhi is "hesita

Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, Jyotiraditya Scindia said that the upcoming Lok Sabha election is not BJP vs Congress but for the country's existence, present and future.

An old video of a fight between two panelists during an Afghan TV channel debate is being shared with the false claim that they are Congress and BJP panelists who came to blows in Manipur on live TV.