Congress Leader Jahanzaib Sirwal Joins BJP, Says Party "Lacks Foresight"

Congress leader and AICC member Jahanzaib Sirwal on Thursday joined the BJP in New Delhi and criticised the Congress for its "party vanishing machine" approach and borrowing agenda-based politics from other parties.

A relative of one of the assassins of late Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, is contesting the parliamentary elections in Punjab from the Faridkot (Reserved) constituency as an Independent.

Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, twelve Maoists surrendered before security personnel in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district today, police said.

TDP has decided not to contest the Lok Sabha polls in Telangana, and the beleaguered party is yet to take a call on whom to support in the state, though it is part of the NDA in the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, a senior leader of the party said.

The BJP on Wednesday announced its 10th list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, pitting Uttar Pradesh Minister Jaiveer Singh Thakur against Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav from Mainpuri.

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Dayanidhi Maran is once again contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Chennai Central constituency. The seat is a stronghold of the Maran family. Dayanidhi Maran is a three-time MP from here.