Assembly Elections 2013

MP polls: NGOs for Gas-affected launch campaign on NOTA option

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 20:26

Various organisations working for the cause of gas-affected persons in the city on Wednesday said they have launched a campaign to educate victims of the world`s worst industrial disaster about using "NOTA" option in the upcoming elections as successive Congress and BJP governments at state and Centre have done "injustice" to them.

BJP will score hat trick in MP: Sushma

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 20:13

The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said BJP will score a hat trick in Madhya Pradesh on the back of a "pro-incumbency" wave sweeping across the state.

Chouhan hardsells `bhai, beta, mama` image in bid for hat-trick

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 18:50

It`s `brand Shivraj` on which the BJP is banking to make a hat-trick in Madhya Pradesh, where discontent against sitting MLAs of the party threatens to snowball into a crisis in a number of constituencies.

MP polls 2013: EC notice to BJP nominee for giving money to temple

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 14:56

The Election Commission has issued a notice to BJP nominee from Narela constituency, Vishwas Sarang after he reportedly gave Rs one lakh to a Jain temple here on October 27 when the model code of conduct was in force in the poll-bound state.

Congress has won back rebel contestants: Rawat

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 19:09

Congress had succeeded to a great extent in coaxing its rebel candidates to withdraw from the electoral fray in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, Union Minister Harish Rawat claimed.

MP polls: BJP moves EC against Cong`s scam barb

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 00:31

BJP filed a complaint with the EC against opposition Congress, accusing it of levelling "baseless allegations" against it without evidence.

MP polls 2013: `Congress failed to field a strong candidate against Shivraj`

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 15:09

Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh today said his party had failed to put up a strong candidate against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan from Budhni constituency for the November 25 polls.

Madhya Pradesh polls 2013: Instructions for no use of juveniles in campaigning

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 13:23

The Election Commission has instructed all district election officers in Madhya Pradesh to ensure that political parties do not use children for poll campaigning.

MP Assembly polls 2013: Will anti-incumbency hurt Shivraj govt?

Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 14:11

While the stage is set for a high-voltage electoral battle for power in Madhya Pradesh, the ruling BJP and the main opposition Congress have stepped up attack on each other - the former boasting of providing good governance, while the latter accusing it of indulging in corruption and scandals.

Madhya Pradesh polls: Few tickets for women leaders in BJP, Congress

Last Updated: Sunday, November 10, 2013, 14:17

Even as BJP and Congress in Madhya Pradesh have been making claims of bringing forward women in politics, the parties have allotted few tickets to the fair sex for the November 25 Assembly elections.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan - From a farmer to two-term CM

Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 14:01

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the current Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, belongs to the select league of maverick politicians in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who have a huge mass appeal and who have risen above the ranks through sheer hard work.

BJP to bag more seats in MP than it won in 2003, says Javdekar

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 18:18

BJP would win more seats during this month`s Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections than it won in 2003, party spokesman Prakash Javdekar claimed here on Friday.

Jyotiraditya Scindia - Congress’ answer to BJP’s Shivraj

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 17:46

Jyotiraditya Scindia is Congress` biggest trump card to take on ruling BJP’s two-time Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is determined to get a third straight term in this year’s assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh.

Madhya Pradesh: State Profile

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 17:06

Madhya Pradesh is known as the "heart of nation" and is centrally located in the country. It is the second largest state in the country with an area of 308 lakh hectares. The state is rich in natural resources and Panna is famous for its diamond mines.

Congress to give tough fight to BJP in MP, Chhattisgarh: Zee Media survey

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 13:53

With elections approaching fast in Madhya Pradesh, a Zee Media-C fore survey has found that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition Congress are engaged in a neck-to-neck fight.