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Sports Minister V. Abdurahiman will contest from the Tirur Assembly constituency in its attach of Tanur within the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections, the CPI(M) acknowledged this day while releasing a novel list of candidates.

The salvage collectively earlier launched the list of 81 candidates.

Mr. Abdurahiman, who obtained from Tanur in 2021, had sought the Tirur seat this time and can light contest as an independent backed by the CPI(M).

He became once within the initiating dispensed Tanur within the earlier list and had waited for the revised list sooner than launching his campaign.

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The Pradyut Bordoloi element dominated the third list of twenty-two Congress candidates released for the Assembly polls.

The salvage collectively had launched the names of 65 candidates in two instalments earlier.

Congress chief Karti Chidambaram this day acknowledged the salvage collectively would open its election manifesto for Tamil Nadu internal 10 days, describing the upcoming doc as a blueprint for the salvage collectively’s motion method over the following five years.

Talking to newshounds after the first preliminary meeting of the manifesto committee, Mr. Chidambaram acknowledged that the salvage collectively had held a free and frank dialogue to identify the first concerns facing the of us of the Instruct.

“The first meeting has taken narrate. In this, everyone has shared their preliminary opinions. After this, we intend to habits conferences in a few places, bag the final public’s opinions, and prepare the election manifesto. We method to prepare the election manifesto at some stage within the following 10 days,” the Sivaganga MP acknowledged.

He wisely-known that while the timeframe is short, the committee intends to habits conferences in varied areas to bag public suggestions successfully sooner than finalising the draft.

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Sooner than the Kerala Assembly polls, senior Congress chief Shashi Tharoor this day acknowledged he is now not a Chief Ministerial likely as he is now not a candidate within the election and believes that ideally the Chief Minister would possibly perhaps light be picked from amongst the elected MLAs.

Mr. Tharoor acknowledged since he is now not a candidate, he doesn’t should wretchedness about one particular constituency and that his characteristic within the narrate polls is a “mixed bag”.

He added that he takes a sit down up for going “up and down the dimensions and breadth of the narrate” to campaign.

Mr. Tharoor additionally referred to former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s advice to UDF leaders currently, at some stage in which he metaphorically asked them to “dance collectively”, and acknowledged it became once a “factual message” to give, and now “everyone is dancing collectively”.

Mr. Tharoor additionally acknowledged that while he would be glad with a majority, a figure between 85-100 seats would be factual for the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) within the 140-member assembly.

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fielding seven Christian candidates for the Kerala elections displays the salvage collectively’s gambit to woo the Christian neighborhood, traditionally supporters of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), within the Instruct.

Consistent with Census 2011, Christians possess up around 18.4% of Kerala’s inhabitants.

The Left Front this day launched its second list of 32 candidates for the West Bengal assembly elections, with CPI’s Shanti Giri from Nandigram and CPI(M)’s Dr. Pulin Behari Baskey from Nayagram amongst key nominees.

For the length of the announcement of the candidate list, CPI(M) narrate secretary Md Salim described the unique judicial review of the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls because the “initial victory”, and asserted that the Left leaders is now not going to leisure till each and every proper voter figure on the list sooner than the two-allotment assembly polls.

The elections to the 294-member West Bengal assembly will seemingly be held on April 23 and 29. Votes will seemingly be counted on Could simply 4.

CPI(M) leaders – Afrin Begam from Ballygunje, Monirul Islam from Metiabruz and Himangshu Giri from Khejuri, and Samarendra Nath Naiya from Nandigram – are amongst the 32 candidates.

The Left Front had the day earlier than this day launched its first list of 192 nominees.

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Chadayamangalam has lengthy been recognised as an impregnable bastion of the Left Democratic Front (LDF), particularly the Communist Party of India (CPI). Traditionally referred to as a “red fort”, the constituency’s political identity is deeply intertwined with its working-class roots, drawing enormous make stronger from the agricultural and cashew labour sectors. 

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma acknowledged he’ll file his nomination papers for the assembly elections the next day.

He’ll file his nomination papers for the Jalukbari seat at the Kamrup District Election Administrative center.

“The next day, with the blessings of the of us of Jalukbari, I will seemingly be submitting my 7th nomination to characterize the constituency which has given me every thing. Make join me the next day morning,” he acknowledged in a social media put up this day.

Mr. Sarma, who became once earlier with the Congress, has represented Jalukbari since 2001.

He first contested this seat in 1996, shedding to AGP’s Bhrigu Kumar Phukan. He wrested the seat from him in 2001.

Mr. Sarma’s a hit spree persevered, and the victory margin kept rising in each and every poll. In 2021, he obtained the seat by a file margin of 1.01 lakh votes.

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The BJP this day released its first list of 88 candidates for Assam Assembly polls, fielding Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from the Jalukbari seat.

Mr. Sarma will contest from Jalukbari constituency in a present to preserve it for the sixth consecutive term.

Sitting BJP MP Hitendra Nath Goswami has been fielded in opposition to narrate Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi from Jorhat.

Congress leaders Pradyut Bordoloi and Bhupen Borah, who currently joined the BJP, will contest from Dispur and Bihpuria, respectively.

Among assorted recent entrants from the Congress, Sashi Kanta Das has been fielded from Raha (SC), while Kamalakhya Purkayastha has been shifted from Karimganj (North) to Katigorah.

Damaged-down AGP MLA Bhupen Roy, who currently joined the BJP, will contest from Abhayapuri.

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In a setback to NDA ally Twenty20 in Kerala sooner than the polls, the salvage collectively this day withdrew two actress-candidates after their names had been chanced on lacking from the voters’ list.

The salvage collectively withdrew the candidature of Lakshmi Priya from Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district and Veena Nair from Ettumanoor in Kottayam district.

Party sources acknowledged each and every candidates did now not have their names within the voters’ list, despite having voted in old elections.

Twenty20, in a assertion, launched that Jibi Pathiykkal would replace Lakshmi Priya in Perumbavoor.

“The commerce became once made after Lakshmi Priya’s title became once now not demonstrate within the voters’ list, prompting the salvage collectively to withdraw her candidature,” the assertion acknowledged.

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With the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in force in poll-trot Tamil Nadu, some stakeholders have raised concerns over the ₹50,000 money-carrying limit prescribed by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Those carrying money above this limit would should satisfactorily issue its source.

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The Communist Party of India (Marxist) remains unrelenting in its put a question to for six Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu, though the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is willing to present handiest five.

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The Election Commission of India has kept in abeyance its earlier resolution to depute five IPS officers from West Bengal to assorted states as police observers for the upcoming assembly elections here, an legit acknowledged this day.

The poll panel the day earlier than this day issued a notification asserting the switch of 15 IPS officers, collectively with Bidhannagar Police Commissioner Muralidhar Sharma and Siliguri Police Commissioner Syed Waqar Raza, to lend a hand as observers in elections out of doorways the narrate.

On the change hand, internal 24 hours, the Commission revised its resolution for five of them. The finest 10 officers will proceed to assorted states as scheduled to take of their roles as police observers, officials acknowledged.

“Orders in respect of 5 officers were kept in reserve for now. They’re now not required to switch out straight,” a senior ECI legit advised PTI on situation of anonymity.

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AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal this day voiced make stronger for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, announcing she is combating to assign democracy and accusing the BJP of using the Election Commission (EC) to acquire the upcoming Assembly polls within the Instruct.

The earlier Delhi Chief Minister acknowledged the recount in West Bengal is comparable to that within the nationwide capital sooner than the Assembly polls four years within the past.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lost energy to the BJP within the Delhi Assembly polls held in February 2022. Plenty of enormous weapons of the salvage collectively, collectively with Mr. Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain, had been defeated within the election.

“The BJP has turned the Election Commission into its weapon to acquire elections by deceit. What’s occurring this day in West Bengal is precisely what came about within the Delhi elections as wisely,” Mr. Kejriwal acknowledged in a put up on X.

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BP) Kerala Instruct president Rajeev Chandrasekhar has acknowledged that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has a obvious political approach for at the least six or seven constituencies within the upcoming Assembly elections within the Instruct.

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) this day launched candidates for 112 seats, which included three former MPs, nonetheless maintained silence on the candidature of Abhaya’s mother.

Chief of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, this day launched the BJP’s campaign for the excessive-profile Bhabanipur seat in south Kolkata, where he is decided to address Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Mr. Adhikari reached Kolkata within the morning from Delhi and headed to Chakberia Side highway, where he inaugurated the salvage collectively’s Bhabanipur election narrate of job and then took allotment in a rally.

Talking to newshounds, Mr. Adhikari acknowledged he became once encouraged by the rally’s response and asserted that he would campaign in each and every allotment of the constituency.

“I’m hopeful that of us will bag me,” he acknowledged, describing the turnout at the rally as unprecedented.

Expressing self belief, he acknowledged, “I will obtain by a margin of 25,000 votes. Folks have shown this day that there’s now not any recount here.” Attacking Banerjee, Mr. Adhikari acknowledged, “The chief of infiltrators, corruption would possibly perhaps light be defeated.”

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee this day expressed terror over the “arbitrary removal of greater than 50 senior officials” within the poll-trot narrate, terming it a “political interference of the wonderful repeat”.

Persevering with along with her tirade in opposition to the Election Commission of India, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo claimed that such motion amounted to “systematic politicisation of institutions” and a “drawl assault on the Constitution”.

After asserting the agenda for the assembly polls, the Election Commission of India has ordered a few reshuffles of senior officers, collectively with the switch of Chief Secretary Nandini Chakravorty, Home Secretary Jagdish Prasad Meena, and the removal of DGP Peeyush Pandey and Kolkata Police Commissioner Supratim Sarkar.

Yesterday, the poll physique ordered a novel reshuffle of senior officers, posting two secretaries to assorted poll-trot states as observers, and deploying 13 IAS and five IPS officers in key poll administration roles.

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The DSJP this day launched unconditional make stronger to the NDA for the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections.

Describing itself as a secular salvage collectively that prioritises the interests of forward communities, Democratic Social Justice Party (DSJP) leaders, in a press convention here, acknowledged that handiest Top Minister Narendra Modi had applied the 10% Economically Weaker Share (EWS) reservation for forward communities.

The salvage collectively alleged that successive Left and Dazzling fronts within the narrate were sexy in minority appeasement, while dejected sections amongst forward communities continue to face neglect.

DSJP president KSR Menon acknowledged that forward communities, collectively with Christians who constitute around 20% of Kerala’s inhabitants, face discrimination in education and employment, and asserted that a commerce in authorities is compulsory to contend with these disorders.

Criticising the unique reservation machine, he acknowledged that benefits are on the total availed by economically wisely-off sections, leaving basically the most deserving amongst the dejected disadvantaged.

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Tiruchirappalli: In see of the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) following the announcement of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, flying squad groups have intensified automobile checking across varied aspects of Tiruchirappalli district.

Officials from the district administration and the Election Division conducted inspections at key junctions and the highways. Intensive automobile checking is below methodology along the Trichy-Madurai National Motorway.

Joint checking operations by Flying Squad and Static Surveillance Teams (SST) are additionally being applied on the Trichy-Chennai National Motorway. Autos are being stopped and completely inspected to prevent the illegal transport of money, liquor, gifts, or assorted inducements meant to persuade voters.

Static Surveillance Teams were deployed at strategic areas, while Flying Squads are conducting mobile inspections across the district. The district administration has warned of strict motion in opposition to violators. – ANI

Thiruvananthapuram: As the BJP released its second list of candidates for the Kerala Assembly election, Instruct BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar hailed it as a solid and competitive list of candidates which displays the salvage collectively’s seriousness to give the of us a commerce. 

“We now have an especially solid and competitive list of candidates launched within the list. In my see, this tells the of us of Keralam that we’re very spicy relating to the election and we’re decided to give the of us of Keralam a commerce,” he acknowledged. – ANI

Kolkata: Chief of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, launched the BJP’s campaign for the excessive-profile Bhabanipur seat in south Kolkata, where he is decided to address Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Mr. Adhikari reached Kolkata within the morning and headed to Chakberia Side highway, where he inaugurated the BJP’s Bhabanipur election narrate of job and took out a rally. Talking to newshounds on his first day of campaigning, Mr. Adhikari acknowledged he became once encouraged by the rally’s response.

“I’m hopeful that of us will bag me,” he acknowledged, describing the turnout at the rally as unprecedented. Attacking Ms. Banerjee, Mr. Adhikari acknowledged, “The chief of infiltrators and corruption would possibly perhaps light be defeated.” He additionally alleged that exiguous shopkeepers had complained of harassment by the Chief Minister’s nephew, relating to Trinamool Congress’ nationwide peculiar secretary Abhishek Banerjee. – PTI

Kolkata: West Bengal Governor R.N. Ravi held a closed-door meeting with newly appointed Chief Secretary Dushyant Nariyala, Home Secretary Sanghamitra Ghosh, and senior law enforcement officials at Lok Bhavan, a wisely-placed source acknowledged.

The meeting, which lasted around 30 minutes, became once additionally attended by DGP Siddh Nath Gupta, ADG (Legislation and Expose) Ajey Mukund Ranade, and Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Kumar Nand. It became once described as “handiest a courtesy meeting,” the source acknowledged, adding that the meeting started around noon and became once over in 30 minutes.

A day after asserting the poll dates for the West Bengal elections, the Election Commission transferred a few senior administrative and law enforcement officials within the Instruct. – PTI

Kochi: The Democratic Social Justice Party (DSJP) launched unconditional make stronger to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections.

Describing itself as a secular salvage collectively that prioritises the interests of forward communities, DSJP leaders, in a press convention in Kochi, acknowledged that handiest Top Minister Narendra Modi had applied the 10% Economically Weaker Share (EWS) reservation for forward communities. – PTI

Damaged-down Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi expressed gratitude in direction of the BJP after the salvage collectively launched him as a candidate from Dispur constituency for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections and acknowledged he’ll work to invent a obvious rapport with the of us.

Mr. Bordoloi, who joined the BJP after resigning from the Congress, acknowledged he did now not inquire of the BJP for one thing else assorted than a platform to play a prime characteristic. He added that he would desire to invent an efficient partnership with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who additionally happens to be his former colleague.

“… I’m grateful. I did now not inquire of one thing else from the BJP when I decided to tag up for, because what I wanted became once a platform to work and play a more major characteristic. I’ve had a lengthy association with public life, having served as an MLA four instances and as a Minister for 15 years,” he acknowledged.

“The unique Chief Minister of Assam and I had been colleagues, and collectively we performed excellent development. If I salvage any other change to work with him, I will seemingly be very glad, because collectively we can play a prime characteristic…,” he added. – ANI

Thiruvananthapuram: V. Muraleedharan, former Minister of Instruct for External Affairs and a senior BJP chief, had been focussing on the Kazhakkoottam constituency – an city seat in Thiruvananthapuram with a solid presence of IT companies – even sooner than the dates for the Kerala Assembly polls had been launched.

Having remained intriguing in Kazhakkoottam with the target of contesting the seat after inserting up a novel strive in opposition to within the Attingal Lok Sabha constituency within the 2024 elections, Muraleedharan finally bought the fairway signal from the salvage collectively’s central leadership to enter the fray.

What would possibly perhaps want attracted Muraleedharan to the Kazhakkoottam seat, currently held by CPI(M) chief and former Instruct Minister Kadakampally Surendran, is its excessive vote fragment – ranking amongst the tip three Assembly segments within the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency – where BJP Instruct president Rajeev Chandrasekhar secured greater than 40% of the vote within the Parliamentary polls. – PTI

Communist Party of India (CPI) has finalised its seat-sharing settlement with the DMK for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, scheduled for April 23. Below the settlement, signed within the presence of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Tamil Nadu CPI Secretary M. Veerapandian, the CPI will contest five Assembly constituencies as allotment of the DMK-led alliance.

Moreover, the Congress has additionally reached a seat-sharing method. This would possibly perhaps contest 28 Assembly constituencies. The DMK had allocated a Rajya Sabha berth to the Congress. Every other alliance partner, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), will contest on four seats within the 234-member Instruct Assembly. – ANI

Damaged-down Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Ranjana Nachiyaar joined Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam sooner than the Assembly elections. She met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin after joining the DMK.

The actor attributed her switch to TVK chief Vijay’s alleged hypocrisy, unapproachable nature, and alleged disrespect of girls people. She extra acknowledged, being a salvage collectively in energy with public belief, DMK is a more glad change. – ANI

On Vijay-led TVK’s recount that the salvage collectively became once supplied the Chief Minister’s put up for 2.5 years and up to 90 seats for the election as allotment of a poll pact, BJP Tamil Nadu chief Nainar Nagenthran acknowledged he had no notion who location these narratives.

“I were announcing from the initiating that the BJP never held any alliance talks with the TVK. As the salvage collectively president I’ve now not held any discussions on this regard,” he wired.

Extra, he acknowledged that Top Minister Narendra Modi is anticipated to search the advice of with Kanyakumari and Coimbatore, nonetheless the dates had been yet to be finalised. – PTI

BJP Tamil Nadu chief Nainar Nagenthran denied any hitch within the seat-sharing talks with ally AIADMK sooner than the April 23 Assembly polls and acknowledged the amount of constituencies will seemingly be finalised soon.

His assertion is accessible within the wake of AIADMK peculiar secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami, who heads the NDA within the Instruct, speeding to Delhi to focus on seat-sharing with the BJP Central leadership. Election will seemingly be held for 234 Assembly segments.

“There are no disorders affecting the seat-sharing talks which would possibly perhaps presumably be light… we can finalise the numbers soon,” Mr. Nagenthran advised newshounds in Tirunelvei. – PTI

Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) released the salvage collectively’s manifesto for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections in Chennai, presenting a governance mannequin rooted in Tamil identity, self-sufficiency, and ecological preservation. 

Emphasising the vision, Party Chief Seeman acknowledged the salvage collectively is intelligent progressively in direction of its lengthy-held targets for the Instruct. He acknowledged, “Tamil Nadu wants a commerce in governance, now not excellent a commerce of salvage collectively.”

Highlighting agriculture because the backbone of the Instruct, the manifesto proposes declaring farming as a “National Occupation” and integrating it as a authorities provider. It outlines extra special-scale restoration of waterbodies using former systems, along with planting palmyra trees to give protection to groundwater. The salvage collectively additionally plans to connect chilly storage facilities in each and every district to safeguard farmers from losses, while promoting pure farming, to possess particular poison-free food manufacturing.” – ANI

Congress stalwart A K Antony on Thursday (March 19, 2026) acknowledged he has instructed salvage collectively strongman K. Sudhakaran to abide by the excessive recount’s resolution, on the change hand sophisticated it’d be, to possess particular the defeat of the CPI(M)-led LDF.

Mr. Antony’s inquire of to Sudhakaran comes amidst experiences of his discontent with the salvage collectively over now not being method about as a candidate for the Kannur constituency within the upcoming assembly polls in Kerala on April 9.

Talking to newshounds here, the Congress stalwart acknowledged that Sudhakaran is any individual who fought in opposition to the Marxist “at the expense of his life”.

“So, I advised him that whatever field he faces, he would possibly perhaps light possess particular that they (CPIM-led LDF) produce now not salvage a third term by accepting the salvage collectively’s resolution,” Mr. Antony acknowledged.

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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday (March 19, 2026) launched Geetesh Naik as its candidate for the Ponda Assembly byelection in Goa scheduled on April 9.

Mr. Naik joined AAP on Wednesday within the presence of the salvage collectively’s nationwide convenor, Arvind Kejriwal, at Ponda in South Goa district.

Bypoll to the Ponda Assembly segment has been necessitated attributable to the loss of life of sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and then Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik on October 15 final year.

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Senior Congress chief Pradip Bhattacharya on Thursday (March 19, 2026) acknowledged that “tacit realizing” between the ruling TMC and opposition BJP is dominating the political legend in West Bengal sooner than the assembly polls, even because the “manufactured binary” engaging the two parties is anxious the location for the Left and the massive ragged salvage collectively.

Talking to PTI in an interview, Mr. Bhattacharya, a former West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president and an ex-MP, described the upcoming narrate polls as “a really, very sophisticated election” where “no one can predict what exactly will happen”.

“All the discourse has been reduced to the TMC-versus-BJP legend. This binary has marginalised the Congress and the Left, nonetheless of us in West Bengal are very aware and soft. They perceive what’s occurring,” Mr. Bhattacharya acknowledged.

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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan filed his nomination papers because the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate from the Dharmadam Assembly constituency in Kannur on Thursday (March 19, 2026).

Mr. Vijayan submitted the nomination papers at 11 a.m. sooner than Returning Officer Sachin Krishna, becoming the first candidate to file nomination within the constituency. The formalities had been done internal 15 minutes, after which he left the venue.

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Assam CM seeks to preserve Jalukbari Assembly seat which he has obtained since 2001, the first three phrases for Congress.

The BJP list of 88 candidates for the Assam Assembly election has 6 ladies people, collectively with Minister Ajanta Neog.

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After Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi joined the BJP, his son Prateek Bordoloi launched that he obtained’t contest on a Congress trace from Margherita within the upcoming Assembly polls.

In a letter to Congress president and chairman of the Central Election Committee Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday, Prateek acknowledged he would continue to live a salvage collectively member.

Following his father’s resolution to tag up for any other salvage collectively, it would now not be acceptable for him to continue as a Congress candidate from Margherita, Mr. Prateek acknowledged within the letter, which became once shared with newshounds on Thursday (March 19, 2026).

“With utmost respect and a deep sense of responsibility in direction of the salvage collectively, I desire to bring my resolution to withdraw my candidacy from the Margherita Assembly Constituency,” he acknowledged.

Mr. Prateek asserted that he’ll continue to work for the salvage collectively in whatever capability the leadership deems acceptable.

His father, a Congressman for over five decades, had resigned from the massive ragged salvage collectively on Tuesday (March 17, 2026) and joined the BJP the following day.

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Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi, who surrender Congress a few days within the past, is within the BJP list of 88 candidates for April 9 Assembly polls. He’s contesting the Dispur seat.

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Sooner than the Kerala Assembly polls, senior Congress chief Shashi Tharoor on Thursday (March 19, 2026) acknowledged he is now not a main ministerial likely as he is now not a candidate within the election and believes that ideally the CM would possibly perhaps light be picked from amongst the elected MLAs.

In an distinctive interview with PTI, Mr. Tharoor acknowledged since he is now not a candidate, he doesn’t should wretchedness about one particular constituency and that his characteristic within the Instruct polls is a “mixed bag”. He added that he takes a sit down up for going “up and down the dimensions and breadth of the Instruct” to campaign.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Partha Bhowmick on Thursday (March 19, 2026) criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI), following recent decisions relating to the switch and posting of election officers.

Talking to newshounds, Mr. Bhowmick characterised the Commission as a “BJP agent” and described its narrate of job as an extension of the Bharatiya Janata Party, while pointing out that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee remains firmly rooted “within the hearts of the fundamental of us.”

“Frequent of us vote. The defense force doesn’t vote, SPs produce now not vote, and Police Commissioners produce now not vote. Frequent of us vote, and Mamata Banerjee is of their hearts. We now have already acknowledged on behalf of the salvage collectively that this Election Commissioner is an agent of the BJP. The Election Commission narrate of job is form of a BJP salvage collectively narrate of job. We knew this would happen,” acknowledged Mr. Bhowmick.

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Chief of Opposition within the Kerala Assembly V.D. Satheesan on Thursday (March 19, 2026) launched that the Congress salvage collectively has done the candidate change job for all 95 seats it’s contesting within the upcoming narrate elections.

He acknowledged, “We now have selected all of the 95 candidates within the Kerala Assembly elections… We declared 55 seats the day sooner than the day earlier than this day, and we selected the remainder of the 40 seats now. The change of the candidates is over, now we are going to campaign…”

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Trinamool Congress (TMC) senior chief Dr. Nirmal Majhi on Wednesday (March 18, 2026) asserted self belief within the victory of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led salvage collectively within the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.

Talking to ANI at a campaign rally in Goghat, the TMC chief highlighted the authorities’s healthcare facilities and affirmed that salvage collectively MPs will continue developmental efforts. He acknowledged that the salvage collectively will obtain 270 seats, forming the TMC authorities for the fourth time.

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BJP chief N.V. Subash on Thursday (March 19, 2026) acknowledged that Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi’s switch to leave Congress and join the salvage collectively is a “feather within the cap for BJP”.Talking to ANI, he acknowledged, “That is a feather within the cap for the BJP because many of us from assorted walks of life and now from assorted political parties, especially Congress, are joining the BJP. It methodology that of us have faith within the BJP that this would possibly perhaps work for the of us. This MP felt suffocated within the Congress salvage collectively. We welcome him joining the BJP.”

Sooner than the Assam Assembly election, Mr. Bordoloi joined the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) within the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Assam BJP President Dilip Saikia. He tendered his resignation to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, ending his lifelong association with the Congress salvage collectively amid allegations of internal mistreatment.

– ANI