The party said it postponed the meeting originally scheduled for Thursday to give it more time to focus on 16 November Governorship Election in Ondo State.

C.P. Yogeshwar has his own vote bank in the Vokkaliga-dominated constituency. In order to grab the seat from the JD(S) in the by-poll to be held on November 13, Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar had visited Channapatna several times in the last few months to announce multiple developmental projects in the constituency. However, the Congress does not have a ‘winnable’ candidate in the constituency.

In a dramatic development, Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Minister C P Yogeeshwara on Wednesday quit his party and joined the Congress, which is now expected to field him in the November 13 assembly bypolls from Channapatna.

Another Thackeray son rises on the state political horizon for the upcoming November 20 Maharashtra Assembly elections.

West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress is in an advantageous position amid the four-cornered contest in the Sitai Assembly constituency where bypolls will be held on November 13 after wresting the...

BJP appoints discontented leader K.S. Diwakar as secretary of State unit after denial of party ticket.

The Maha Vikas Aghadi of the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar, and the Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray on Wednesday announced to contest 85 seats each in Maharashtra assembly elections even as deliberations to seal a final seat-sharing pact are still underway.

With the five-time former legislator and former BJP MLC C.P. Yogeshwar joining the Congress on Wednesday, the pressure is now on the Janata Dal (Secular) to name the NDA candidate for Channapatna Assembly constituency.

The Trinamool Congress, the BJP, the Left Front, and the Congress have fielded candidates for the byelections in six Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, setting the stage for a four-cornered contest.

Former BJP MLA C.P. Yogeshwar joins Congress, to contest Channapatna by-election against Nikhil Kumaraswamy on November 13.

Mumbai, Oct 23 (IANS): Another Thackeray son rises on the state political horizon for the upcoming November 20 Maharashtra Assembly elections. The high-profile, 18-year-old fringe party, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj S. Thackeray has nominated his son Amit, 32, as the party candidate for the Mahim.....

Bengaluru, Oct 23 (IANS): Senior BJP leader C.P. Yogeshwara, who joined Karnataka's ruling Congress on Wednesday, said that he had made the decision to switch parties as his growth in the old party was

Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party announces candidate changes for Bihar bypolls, promising surprising performance on November 23.

The Congress party has declared candidates for assembly bypolls in Karnataka and Assam. The polling for the assembly seats will be held on November 13 and the results will be declared on November 23.

Cong, Sena (UBT), NCP-SP to contest 85 seats each

Akhilesh said the alliance's decision was not informed by any seat-sharing math but its pursuit of victory.