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K Annamalai clarifies after party snub from Tamil Nadu polls, cites ‘choice’| India News

K Annamalai clarifies after party snub from Tamil Nadu polls, cites ‘choice’| India News

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Amid speculation over K Annamalai’s absence from the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate list for the upcoming Tamil Nadu assembly elections, he on Saturday made it clear that the decision was his own. ‘My decision’: K Annamalai clarifies absence from BJP Tamil Nadu candidate list for upcoming Assembly elections (PTI) Speaking to reporters at Chennai airport, the former state BJP chief said he “wasn’t denied a ticket, but he chose not to contest,” reported news agency ANI. He said he had already informed the party leadership in writing of his decision to stay out of the electoral fray and to campaign for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Thanking the leadership, he said he was “grateful” that his choice had been respected. The clarification came a day after the BJP released its first list of 27 candidates. Annamalai – widely seen as a key face of the party in the state – was notably missing, fuelling speculation that he had been sidelined, especially after the BJP renewed its alliance with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam …

BJP releases first list of 67 candidates for Haryana polls, CM Saini to contest from Ladwa l FULL LIST – India TV

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Image Source : PTI Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released its first candidates list for Haryana polls. State Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini will contest from the Ladwa constituency, while senior party leader Anil Vij from the Ambala Cantt seat. The BJP changed the constituency of the chief minister Saini as he currently represents the Karnal Assembly seat, which he won in a bypoll in June this year.  The former Haryana Home Minister Vij retained a ticket from his seat – the Ambala Cantonment, a seat he registered victory three successive times since 2009.    The prominent names the list carries are – Kanwar Pal Gurjar from Jagadhri, Sunita Duggal from Ratia (SC), Captain Abhimanyu from Narnaund, Bhavya Bishnoi from Adampur, Shruti Choudhry from Tosham and Om Prakash Dhankar from Badli. Union Minister and former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said, “A list of 67 candidates has been issued today. CM Nayab Singh Saini will contest from Ladwa. Seats have been allocated to almost all senior candidates. I think nominations will begin tomorrow …

FM Nirmala Sitharaman declines BJP ticket, says ‘don’t have money’ to contest Lok Sabha polls | Latest News India

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesdat that she has declined the offer extended by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to contest the upcoming polls, saying that she “doesn’t have the kind of money” to stand in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (ANI) Sitharaman said that BJP President JP Nadda extended the option to her to either contest from Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu, but she rejected the offer, pleading that she does not have the funds to contest the polls. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. While speaking at the Times Now Summit 2024, the finance minister said, “After thinking over a week or ten days, I just went back to say… maybe not. I do not have that kind of money to contest.” “I also have a problem whether it is Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu. It’s also going to be a question of various other winnability criteria that they use…Are you from this community or are you from that religion? Are you …

Election Commissioner Arun Goel Resigns Ahead of Lok Sabha Polls | Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | N18V

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Election Commissioner Arun Goel Resigns Ahead of Lok Sabha Polls | Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | N18VElection Commissioner Arun Goel tendered his resignation on Saturday, just days before the poll body is set to announce the schedule for the Lok Sabha Election 2024. With Goel’s resignation, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is now just a one-member body headed by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar. Goel’s departure comes as he had three years left in his tenure. Source link

BJP Drops 33 Sitting MPs In First List Of Candidates For Lok Sabha Polls

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New Delhi: The BJP replaced as many as 33 sitting MPs with new faces as it released its first list with names of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on Saturday. In the list, the BJP announced its candidates for 11 Lok Sabha seats in Assam. Of them, six candidates are sitting MPs while the other five are new faces. The party has fielded Parimal Suklabaidhya from Silchar Lok Sabha constituency, won by Rajdeep Roy in the 2019 general elections. From the Autonomous District (ST) seat, currently held by BBJP MP Horen Singh Bey, party nominee Amar Singh Tisso will contest. Bijuli Kalita Medhi will contest from Gauhati Lok Sabha seat which is held by Queen Oja. Ranjit Dutta will contest from Tezpur Lok Sabh seat which was won by Pallab Lochan Das in 2019. The BJP has named Union Minister Sarbanand Sonowal as its candidate from Dibrugarh constituency, dropping sitting MP Rameswar Teli. In the list of the BJP candidates for 11 seats in Chhattisgarh, four faces are new. From Janjgir Champa …

BJP 1st list for Lok Sabha: Modi from Varanasi, Amit Shah from Gandhinagar | Latest News India

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The BJP on Saturday announced the first list of 195 contestants for the Lok Sabha election 2024. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be contesting from Varanasi, party general secretary Vinod Tawde announced. The first list includes the names of 34 central and ministers of state, two former chief ministers, Tawde said. Apart from Narendra Modi, the heavyweights in the BJP’s 1st list include Kiren Rijiju from Arunachal West, Sarbananda Sonowal from Dibrugarh, Manoj Tiwari from North-east Delhi, Bansuri Swaraj from New Delhi, Amit Shah from Gandhinagar, Mansukh Mandaviya from Porbandar, CR Patil from Navsari, Nishikant Dubey from Godda. BJP candidate list 2024 (HT_PRINT) The party recently held back-to-mack meetings in which the performance of the sitting MPs was thoroughly reviewed before the party decided on its warriors to shoulder the crucial Lok Sabha election 2024. This will be the first election where NDA will be contesting against the united opposition of the INDIA bloc led by the Congress. Narendra Modi has already set a target of 370 seats for the BJP alone while the NDA …

BJP’s huddle to finalise election strategy, Amit Shah, Nadda meet Adityanath | Latest News India

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As Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reached Gujarat, the BJP headquarters in New Delhi saw back-to-back meetings to finalise the election strategy. The Election Commission is likely to announce the dates for the Lok Sabha election 2024 after March 13 and now EC teams are on their state visits to review the poll preparedness. BJP chief JP Nadda chaired a meeting of party leaders who have been made in-charge of different states and took a report on how the campaign preparations are going. BJP held crucial election meetings in New Delhi on Saturday.(PTI) Baijayant Panda (UP), Dushyant Gautam (Uttrakhand), Tarun Chugh (J&K), Vinod Tawade (Bihar), and Biplab Deb (Haryana) attended Saturday’s meeting. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. Nadda and Union home minister Amit Shah held a separate meeting with Uttar Pradesh leaders which was attended by chief minister Yogi Adityanath. Samajwadi Party and the Congress will fight together from Uttar Pradesh and they have already announced their seat-sharing deal — Congress 17 and Samajwadi Party 63. In 2019, …