Presidential Elections

The Indian National Congress (INC) issued guidelines for the party presidential elections, scheduled on October 17. As per the guidelines, issued on October 3, any AICC general secretaries/In-charges, secretaries, joint secretaries, PCC presidents, CLP leaders, heads of frontal organisations, chiefs of departments, cells and all official spokespersons are not allowed to campaign for candidates, and if wishes need to resign first. Shashi… read-more

The All India Congress Committee (AICC) issued an official notification regarding the Congress presidential elections. On September 22, the AICC issued the notification, which mentioned the nomination process to begin on September 23-September 30. The scrutiny will be done on October 1, and last date to withdraw nomination is on October 8. The election will be held on October 17 and results will be out on October 19.

Draupadi Murmu, the NDA candidate has officially been declared as the 15th President of India, after winning with a huge margin against Yashwant Sinha.  In the late hours of July 21, after several rounds of counting, the RS General Secretary and Presidential elections RO PC Mody announced the results. President Murmu won 6,76,803 value-votes, whereas Sinha secured 3,80,177 votes. Furthermore, Draupadi Murmu will take the office oath on July… read-more

India is all set to get its 15th President, as the counting of votes for the presidential elections are underway, on July 21. The counting of ballot papers for NDA and UPA candidates, Draupadi Murmu and Yashwant Sinha, respectively, will be held at the Parliament House. The returning officers (ROs) will separate the votes of 729 MPs and 9 MLAs, following which counting will begin at 11 AM.

The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced to support Yashwant Sinha, the Presidential candidate of the opposition, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA.)  Earlier, on July 16, the Patry held a meeting, attended by CM Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and others to discuss the upcoming presidential polls. Notably, NDA's Draupadi Murmu and UPA's Yashwant Sinha are contesting the elections, scheduled on July 18.