Chief Ministers  

On June 1, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh chief ministers met the Governor ESL Narasimhan to discuss the issues faced by both the states. They also took part in Iftar celebrations after meeting the governor

Mamata Banerjee said, "It's a constitutional ceremony and hence courtesy demands that chief ministers should attend it if invited".

BJP MP GVL Narasimha Rao claimed that the people of India has put an end to the dynasty politics after the children of the chief ministers of Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh faced defeat from the constituencies they campaigned.

While the Narendra Modi's BJP government swept the nation this Lok Sabha election, several former chief ministers faced the brunt of the saffron wave

It is a fight between sons of two former chief ministers of Karnataka in Shivamogga. Yeddyurappa's son Raghavendra leads by a margin of over 1 lakh votes against Madhu Bangarappa
 

After his meet with Rahul Gandhi, Chandrababu Naidu is all set to meet Uttar Pradesh's former chief ministers Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow on Saturday evening to discuss the alliance in the post-election scenario

In this phase over 10.17 crore voters would be covered across 1.13 lakh polling booths. This is perhaps the phase which will see the maximum number of ex-chief ministers fighting it out in the political fray.

This phase will see a significant number of young politicians rolling into action, making their political debut. In many cases, they are will be taking on veteran leaders - from sons of chief ministers to former student union leaders.

 

 

Top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, including Union ministers Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal and Nirmala Sitharaman, as well as BJP president Amit Shah and chief ministers of BJP-ruled states are expected to accompany him.

The Jammu and Kashmir Awami Forum would give special attention to its contest against former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti

Actor Joy Mathew criticised the Kerala government’s decision to not invite former chief ministers VS Achuthanandan and Oommen Chandy for the inauguration of Kannur airport. He said that the decision is a leader's arrogance without mentioning chief minister's Pinarayi Vijayan’s name.

In 1974, when DMK patriarch Karunanidhi was the chief minister of Tamil Nadu,  he put up a fight with the Centre demanding the right to hoist the flag. Till then, the national flag was hoisted by the governor.