Election 2019  

While the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) has been critical many times and spoken in public since the beginning of chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s regime, currently the trusted ally Apna Dal has raised the banner of revolt and is mounting pressure on the central leadership citing “humiliation” from the state BJP cadre

After a defeat in Ballari which witnessed the ouster of BJP candidate J Shantha in November in the by-election, the BJP seems to be ready to snatch the seat from Congress- JD(S) alliance. The BJP reportedly is planning to field Suresh Babu, former MLA from Kampli against Congress in May 2019.
 

Amit Shah dared DMK president MK Stalin and Congress president Rahul Gandhi to give an account of their contribution to Tamil Nadu’s development during the previous UPA regime and said they only have accounts for corruption

Speaking at an event in Bidar, BJP state President BS Yeddyurappa has said that the coalition will not affect the BJP in anyway and they will contest the Lok Sabha with 22 seats.

BJP President Amit Shah awarded Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu with "betrayal" for turning his back on all from NTR to Prime Minister Modi.

A day after the AIADMK had sealed the electoral pact with the BJP and PMK allotting them seven and five Lok Sabha seats respectively, the DMK and Congress announced their alliance in Tamil Nadu. DMK president MK Stalin said the constituencies to be contested by the Congress would be announced later

All eyes are on Tamil Nadu after Union minister Piyush Goyal went to the state only to announce a 'mega alliance' with the AIADMK and the PMK. However, the DMDK seems to have been left behind in the alliance talks

Out of the 21 seats for state poll, around seven fall in the PMK’s stronghold Vanniyar belt. He seized the PMK’s backing by smartly agreeing to one more Lok Sabha seat (PMK was to originally get only six seats) and a Rajya Sabha ticket, the EPS government managed to retain the PMK for the longer race of state politics

The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu and the BJP sealed an alliance for the Lok Sabha election in which then BJP would contest five seats in the state. The deal comes just after the PMK had been offered 7 seats

AIADMK moves ahead of DMK to woo PMK into a pact for Lok Sabha polls. Union minister Piyush Goyal is all set to finalise the deal between AIADMK, BJP and PMK

 

The point of conjecture is why did Rajinikanth give out such a press release at such a time, saying he would not be contesting the Parliamentary election, and his focus would only be on the state elections, which are technically due only in 2021?