Polls 2019  

Voting for a total of 97 parliamentary constituencies across 13 states will be held on Thursday, the second phase of Lok Sabha polls 2019. Here are the key candidates who will be contesting to be the representatives of the people of the nation. 
 

Major Surendra Poonia, who recently joined BJP, is the first Indian athlete with the rare distinction of having won medals in power-lifting and athletic events in four consecutive world championships.

Sukhendu Das of BJP, the village panchayat president of Haticherra village panchayat under the Udharbond Assembly constituency was returning on a motorcycle after attending an event when miscreants shot at him and his nephew

The Assam Gana Parishad (AGP) has amended ties with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam following a two month split over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

Mamata Banerjee's minister for urban development and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim isn't happy with 7-phase Bengal poll and wants one phase elections like Gujarat in Bengal.

Senior leader SM Krishna has been approached by former deputy CM R Ashoka. R Ashoka is learnt to have beseeched SM Krishna to play an active role in the campaigning

Baijayant 'Jay' Panda, who fell apart with the BJD chief and Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik, had recently indicated his willingness to join the BJP. Panda had said that he would join anybody who is 'committed to tackling the severe problems that Odisha now faces'.

The coordination committee comprising of bigwigs from the JD(S) and Congress met to finalise the seat-sharing formula in Karnataka for the Lok Sabha polls 2019. But the parties have failed to arrive at a consensus, with neither the JD(S) nor the Congress happy with the seats being offered

In a meeting, Jaganmohan Reddy sought deletion of about 60 lakh duplicate votes allegedly created by the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP)-led government in Andhra Pradesh

While the Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka is yet to pick its candidate from Mysuru-Kodagu region, the BJP has problems of its own as it has to choose between the tried and tested Pratap Simha and Kodava leader Appachu Ranjan. 

The BJP has set a target of winning more than 22 seats out of the total 28 in Karnataka in the upcoming polls as part of the mission to make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister again.

Chandrababu Naidu requested the Election Commission to either ensure VVPAT receipts were issued 100% hack-proof or revert to the old ballot paper system

The BJP's aim is to woo back the upper castes, who have so far been taken for granted by the party. To start off, the Modi government on Monday okayed 10% quota for upper caste poor over and above the existing quotas.