Early Election Buzz

Arrangements are being made for group photographs of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs during Parliament's special session from September 18 to September 22.

The Congress has been in turmoil in Punjab after Amarinder Singh quit as the chief minister and the party's state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned from his post ahead of the crucial assembly elections in the state early next year.

After preparing the ground for early polls by dissolving the assembly, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao ruled out any alliance with the BJP. BJP sources responded with political-speak for "your loss, not ours". BJP leaders said last night, after Mr Rao's press conference, that the party is ready to contest "all 119 seats" in the state. ...

Amid speculation of an early general election, top sources in the BJP dispelled the possibility today, saying the party will stay in office for the whole of mandated five years. There has been a buzz for months that the NDA might opt to hold elections - due in the middle of next year - earlier, preferably by the end of the year.

BJP chief Amit Shah put a lid on speculation that the party could opt for early elections in Gujarat when he said today that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "victory chariot" will roll into his home state in November. Assembly elections are due in the state only in November end, but there has been buzz that the ruling BJP could call early elections ...

Priyanka Gandhi's visit to the residence of senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad's residence on Tuesday afternoon and their discussions, more than an hour long, have renewed speculation about the role she will play in the party's campaign in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections to be held early next year.

Sheila Dikshit, former Delhi chief minister, today met Congress president Sonia Gandhi amid buzz that she could be fielded by the party as its chief ministerial candidate in Uttar Pradesh, where elections will be held early next year.

Arrangements are being made for group photographs of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs during Parliament's special session from September 18 to September 22.

The Congress has been in turmoil in Punjab after Amarinder Singh quit as the chief minister and the party's state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned from his post ahead of the crucial assembly elections in the state early next year.

After preparing the ground for early polls by dissolving the assembly, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao ruled out any alliance with the BJP. BJP sources responded with political-speak for "your loss, not ours". BJP leaders said last night, after Mr Rao's press conference, that the party is ready to contest "all 119 seats" in the state. ...

Amid speculation of an early general election, top sources in the BJP dispelled the possibility today, saying the party will stay in office for the whole of mandated five years. There has been a buzz for months that the NDA might opt to hold elections - due in the middle of next year - earlier, preferably by the end of the year.

BJP chief Amit Shah put a lid on speculation that the party could opt for early elections in Gujarat when he said today that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "victory chariot" will roll into his home state in November. Assembly elections are due in the state only in November end, but there has been buzz that the ruling BJP could call early elections ...

Priyanka Gandhi's visit to the residence of senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad's residence on Tuesday afternoon and their discussions, more than an hour long, have renewed speculation about the role she will play in the party's campaign in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections to be held early next year.

Sheila Dikshit, former Delhi chief minister, today met Congress president Sonia Gandhi amid buzz that she could be fielded by the party as its chief ministerial candidate in Uttar Pradesh, where elections will be held early next year.