In Vadodara,Gunarat,the battle becomes interesting not because of who the Congress has pitted
against Modi, but for the fact that the Gujarat Chief Minister is a
candidate from this constituency. Vadodara is believed by some to be a
safe seat for Modi, even as Madhusudan
The
number of jobless, the Opposition parties claim, has touched the 65
lakh-mark. Adding to the headache of the Punjab government, the backlog
of jobs reserved for Dalits has also not been filled up from a long
time.
The
biggest failure of the SADBJP government is to check the rampant drug
menace in the state. Drug seizures are common in the state, and so are
allegations of Akali leaders links with drug mafia.
The
issue of drug addiction and smuggling, which Akali Dal avoided for a
long time, was ironically raked up by its ally BJP and former DGP
(jails) Shashi Kant.
The
retired IPS officer had taken the names of two Cabinet ministers and
one chief parliamentary secretary among others who were allegedly
patronising drug peddling in the state.
Lapping up the drug issue, the AAP candidates have been vocal against the Akalis in their poll rallies.
Chief
Minister Parkash Singh's son-inlaw and Cabinet minister Adesh Partap
Singh Kairon has admitted that the drug controversy will badly affect
the SAD's prospects.
Political
observers said the Aam Aadmi Party may win a seat or two. The party has
cautiously chosen its candidates with clean image.
Those expected to open the party's account in Punjab are Bhagwant Mann from Sangrur and H. S. Phoolka from Ludhiana.
The Congress in Punjab is facing trouble from dissenters in as many as 11 of the total 13 Lok Sabha seats.
Barring
senior leaders and Congress nominees from Amritsar and Anandpur Sahib,
Amarinder Singh and Ambika Soni, the remaining party candidates, are
facing a visible threat from disgruntled insiders and leaders.
State
Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa is not getting support from three
party MLAs whose constituencies are part of the Gurdaspur constituency
Arun Jaitley and Captain Amarinder Singh – have been pitted against each
other by two leading national parties. This might be one of the
toughest elections for Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh, a former
chief minister of Punjab. Singh is facing a very senior national leader
of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Arun Jaitley, who has never fought an
electoral battle in his career. Jaitley has replaced Navjot Singh Sidhu
of his party, who was elected from Amritsar in 2009
Bhatinda is witnessing a Badal vs Badal battle and pitched against
each other are two firebrand leaders of Punjab – Manpreet Singh Badal
and Harsimrat Kaur Badal. Harsimrat, who is the wife of Deputy Chief
Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, has been fielded by her party SAD against
her ‘devar’ Manpreet, who is contesting on a Congress ticket. Manpreet,
whose politics is believed to be similar to that of AAP and Arvind
Kejriwal, had quit as the finance minister of state and parted ways with
SAD over ideological differences. His campaign has centred around his
bid to “uproot the corrupt regime of SAD”. However, Kaur, whose diktats
matter a lot in her party, is the incumbent MP from Bhatinda and has
expressed her confidence of retaining the seat.
Telagana -119 Assembly Seats and 17 LS Seats
Voters
in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh will exercise their franchise
on Wednesday to decide the first elected government of India's newest
and 29th state on June 2,2014
The Election Commission is holding the last Assembly and Lok Sabha
elections in the undivided Andhra Pradesh. The state is now under the
President's rule.
Besides
the voting in 119 Assembly seats, the electors on Wednesday will also
decide the fate of candidates in 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in the
region
In
total, there are 265 and 1,669 candidates vying for the 17 Lok Sabha
and 119 assembly seats respectively in the first phase of polling.
The
fate of these candidates will be decided by 2.82 crore voters.
The second phase of election will be held on May 7,2014. Counting of votes for both phases will be taken up on May 16,2014
There will be a keen race between the ruling Congress and the TRS, with the newly formed BJP–TDP alliance coming a distant third
The TRS is contesting the polls for the first time on its own. While it
is dominant in north Telangana, the party has little or no presence in
Khammam, Nalgonda, Mahbubnagar, Ranga Reddy and Hyderabad districts.
The
five districts together account for 65 of the 119 assembly seats in
Telangana region.
In 2009, the TRS won only 10 of the 45 Assembly seats
it had contested in alliance with the TDP, CPI and CPI(M)
For
the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, it is a 'now or never' situation to
seize power in Telangana.
TRS president K. Chandrasekhara Rao is the
only contestant to join the race for a Lok Sabha seat - Medak - as well
as the legislative Assembly, the Gajwel segment.
He
is keeping options open to play a role in government formation in
Delhi, besides that in the state. His daughter K. Kavitha is in the race
to occupy the Nizamabad Lok Sabha seat, while son K.T. Rama Rao and
nephew T. Harish Rao are battling to retain the Sircilla and Siddipet
assembly seats.
Other
heavyweights in the poll race are Union science and technology minister
S. Jaipal Reddy (Mahubnagar LS seat), former deputy chief minister C.
Damodar Rajanarasimha (Andole assembly seat) and state BJP president G.
Kishan Reddy (Amberpet assembly seat).
Bihar -7 Seats
The
fortress of the ruling Janata Dal (United) appears to be under siege in
the 7 constituencies of Bihar going to the polls on Wednesday April 30,2014
Out
of these 7 Lok Sabha seats - Jhanjharpur, Samastipur,
Begusarai, Madhepura, Khagaria - are held by the JD(U) while Madhubani
and Darbhanga are with the BJP.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's citadel is under attack from Lalu
Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal and the BJP, with which it snapped ties in
June 2013
JD(U)
chief and and sitting MP from Madhepura Sharad Yadav is locked in a
tough triangular contest with the RJD's Pappu Yadav and BJP's Vijay
Kumar Kushwaha in the Yadav-dominated constituency while the party's
Khagaria MP Dinesh Chandra Yadav faces a stiff challenge from RJD's
Krishna Kumari Yadav and LJP's Choudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser.
Sitting
BJP MPs from Darbhanga and Madhubani, Kirti Azad and Hukumdeo Narain
Yadav, respectively are also having a hard time saving this seats.
Uttar Pradesh - 14 Seats
There are 233
candidates in 14 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh in the fourth phase of
the elections is by and larger in the hands of Muslim and Dalit voters.
A
total of 2.25 crore electorates are expected to exercise their
franchise. Rae Bareli could be termed as a safe haven for three-time MP
and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi as most of the other candidates appear
to be weaker than her. However, it will be an interesting fight in
Kanpur where veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi has challenged
Cabinet minister Shri Prakash Jaiswal.
The
Jhansi seat will also witness a good scrap as former MP chief minister
Uma Bharti takes on sitting MP and Cabinet minister Pradeep Aditya Jain.
The
state capital is preparing for a novelty as BJP president Rajnath Singh
is going to make his debut from here for the first time
West Bengal - 9 Seats
9
Lok Sabha constituencies spread across four districts of West Bengal's
southern part are set to go to the polls on Wednesday April 30,2014 to decide the fate
of as many as 87 candidates.
More than 1.39 crore electorates,
including 66 lakh women voters, are slated to exercise their franchise
across 17,332 polling stations (of which 173 would be run by women)
Of
the total 87 candidates, 13 women nominees are taking part in the fray.
So far, 10 of the total 42 Lok Sabha seats went to the hustings, most
of which were in northern West Bengal districts. The third phase in the
state will witness polling in Howrah, Uluberia, Hooghly, Sreerampore,
Arambag, Burdwan-Purba (east), Burdwan- Durgapur, Bolpur and Birbhum.
High-profile candidates such as Bollywood music composer- singer Bappi
Lahiri, Tollywood's cinestar George Becker and actress Satabdi Roy,
former footballer and Indian soccer skipper Prasun Banerjee and
journalist- turned politician Chandan Mitra will participate in the
third phase polling.
J&K - Sri Nagar Constituency
With
Srinagar constituency going to polls on Wednesday April 30,2014 stakes are very high
for current MP and Union minister Farooq Abdullah(National
Conference)who is facing a strong candidate from Opposition Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) Tariq Hamid Karra and also have to confront
the poll boycott call given by separatist leaders.
Senior separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani has asked people to stay away
from the polls and called for shutdown across Kashmir on Wednesday.
Jammu and Kashmir Police has launched a massive crackdown and has
arrested hundreds of youths, former militants, separatist leaders and
workers of religious organisations to "instill sense of confidence among
the people to come out and vote".
Dadra and Nagar Haveli - 1 Seat
In
Dadra and Nagar Haveli constituency, Natubhai Gomanbhai Patel,
incumbent MP and BJP candidate, faces Delkar Mohanbhai Sanjibhai of the INC, Khulat Janiyabhai Chandubhai of the Nationalist Congress Party(NCP)
and Chhotubhai Babubhai Patel of the AAP.
Daman and Diu - 1 Seat
The Union Territory of
Daman and Diu will see sitting MP Lalubhai Patel of the BJP taking on
Ketan Dahyabhai Patel of the INC, Bhavesh Patel of the Bahujan
Samaj Party(BSP) and Kessur Goan of the AAP
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