The Congress fielded T Chalukumba Ao as its candidate for the by-election to the Koridang assembly constituency in Nagaland.

State Congress president S Supongmeren Jamir formally handed over the symbol to Mr. Ao at the party’s State headquarters in the presence of working presidents Khriedi Theunuo and C Apok Jamir.

Expressing confidence in the party’s prospects, the State Congress chief said Mr. Ao would win the bypoll.

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The Gandhi siblings have redrawn the map of Wayanad’s electoral politics. What was once a quiet Lok Sabha seat came into the national spotlight in 2019, when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi chose it as his second constituency, after Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.

He won decisively, defeating P.P. Suneer of the Communist Party of India (CPI) by over 4.31 lakh votes, and securing the highest margins across all seven Assembly segments — Mananthavady, Sulthan Bathery, and Kalpetta in Wayanad district; Eranad, Nilambur, and Wandoor in Malappuram; and Thiruvambadi in Kozhikode.

Despite the Rahul wave of 2019, the CPI (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) managed to win three — Mananthavady, Thiruvambadi, and Nilambur — of the seven segments in the 2021 Assembly election.

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Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Director General Sanjay Singhal reviewed the force’s preparedness to ensure free, fair and peaceful assembly elections in Assam.

During his day-long visit, he interacted with local police officials as well as representatives of the Bhutan administration.

The SSB is responsible for guarding the India-Bhutan border in Assam.

He chaired a meeting with SSB nodal officers deployed for the Assam elections, including ad hoc commandants, district coordination officers and company commanders, and issued necessary directions to ensure peaceful polling.

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Veteran DMK leader R. Siva along with his family own assets of ₹24.91 crore, the affidavit filed by him with the Election Commission for the April 9 Assembly elections in the union territory said.

The Leader of the Opposition owns movable assets worth ₹2.01 crore, while his wife S Nirmala has ₹4.75 crore and daughter S Santhoshi holds ₹7.63 lakh worth of properties.

Among the movable properties, eight vehicles, including a tractor and Eicher van are owned by the couple.

While 59-year-old Siva does not own any immovable assets under his name, his wife has agricultural lands worth ₹3.51 crore, non-agricultural lands valued at ₹2.04 crore, commercial buildings worth ₹6.01 crore and residential buildings valued at ₹6.50 crore, totalling ₹18.06 crore.

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Seizures across Tamil Nadu so far are worth about ₹75 crore in view of the intensified enforcement measures for the upcoming Assembly polls, CEO Archana Patnaik said. 

The Election Commission is implementing robust election expenditure monitoring mechanisms, Patnaik said, adding surveillance and enforcement teams are actively deployed across the state to curb illegal inducements, including cash, liquor, drugs, and other prohibited items.

As a result of such intensified enforcement measures, the cumulative seizures recorded across Tamil Nadu as of March 21, 2026 is worth about ₹75.03 crore, the Chief Electoral Officer said in a statement.

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Candidates of the three major fronts locked in a keen triangular contest in the Palakkad Assembly constituency on Saturday as they filed their nominations for the April 9 Assembly election. The papers were submitted before Revenue Divisional Officer Anvar Sadath P.

Film and television personality Ramesh Pisharody is the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate, contesting against BJP State general secretary Sobha Surendran and Left Democratic Front (LDF)-backed Independent N.M.R. Razak.

Mr. Pisharody submitted his papers to the RDO after leading a procession on foot from the District Congress Committee (DCC) office, joined by a large contingent of UDF leaders and supporters.

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Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi said that Congress is fighting the state assembly polls in alliance with five more parties and hoped that the anti-BJP votes will not get split and the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government will be voted out of power.

Mr. Gogoi told ANI that Congress will fight 100 of 126 seats in the State.

“There is an alliance of six opposition parties in Assam - Congress, Assam Jatiya Parishad, Raijor Dal, CPI(M), CPI(ML) and the All Party Hill Leaders Conference. Assam Congress will field its candidates in 100 seats...We are hopeful that the anti-BJP votes will not get divided and we will remove the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government,” Gaurav Gogoi said.

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AMMK general secretary TTV Dhinakaran on Saturday (March 21, 2026) said he discussed poll strategy to defeat the DMK in the ensuing Tamil Nadu Assembly election during his meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

The meeting with the BJP senior leader did not revolve around seat-sharing, he said. They discussed how the NDA constituents should work in unison in all the 234 Assembly constituencies and ensure the NDA’s victory at the hustings.

“He has given some instructions and advice. I came here for that,” the AMMK chief told reporters about his meeting with Mr. Shah.

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Union Minister and RPI (A) chief Ramdas Athawale on Saturday (March 21, 2026) said his party was considering not fielding candidates in the upcoming West Bengal elections and instead supporting the BJP across all seats to avoid a split in votes.

The Republican Party of India (Athawale) will, however, contest in polls in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, he said in a press conference in Nagpur.

The elections to the 294-member West Bengal assembly will be held in two phases - on April 23 and 29. While Assam, Kerala and Puducherry will vote on April 9, Tamil Nadu elections will be held on April 23. Votes will be counted on May 4.

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BJP leader and Puducherry Home Minister A Namassivayam declared movable and immovable assets of ₹27.78 crore in the affidavit filed for the forthcoming Assembly polls.

He had declared assets of ₹25.77 crore during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The BJP has fielded Namassivayam to contest from the Mannadipet constituency in Puducherry.

As per the affidavit filed by Namassivayam for the April 9 elections, the value of movable assets stood at ₹16.50 crore and immovable assets were ₹11.28 crore.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sharpened her attack on the BJP-led Centre, accusing it of attempting to “snatch away the voting rights” of people through SIR and even describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the “biggest infiltrator”.

Addressing worshippers after Id prayers at Kolkata’s iconic Red Road, the TMC supremo described the upcoming Assembly elections as a battle to protect democratic rights and Bengal’s plural social fabric.

“We will not allow Modi ji and the BJP to take away your voting rights. We will fight till the end,” Ms. Banerjee told the gathering, adding that she had approached courts from Kolkata to Delhi to challenge the process.

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P.K. Kunhalikutty, national general secretary of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), filed his nomination on Saturday for the April 9 Assembly election as the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate from Malappuram. He submitted his nomination to the District Labour Officer here.

He began the day by visiting the grave of his father, Pandikadavathu Mohammed Haji, at Oorakam to offer prayers, and then sought the blessings of his elder brother, P.K. Haidru Haji.

Before heading to Malappuram, Mr. Kunhalikutty paid tribute at the graves of former IUML leaders Syed Pookoya Thangal, Syed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal, Syed Umerali Shihab Thangal, and Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal at Panakkad.

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This time, the LDF has opted for an unconventional face. Sitting MLA and CPI leader P. Balachandran is not in the fray. The front has fielded writer, speaker and cultural figure Alankode Leelakrishnan. Though a debutant in electoral politics, he is no stranger to public life.

The UDF has fielded former Mayor Rajan Pallan, presenting him as an energetic local administrator with deep roots in the city’s civic politics. He rose through the Youth Congress and has served as block secretary and constituency president.

For the NDA, Padmaja Venugopal brings familiarity, recall a sharply political-personal story. Though a first-time BJP Assembly candidate here, she is no outsider to Thrissur. Born and raised in the city, K. Karunakaran’s daughter has contested from here earlier as a Congress candidate, twice to the Assembly, before later quitting the Congress and joining the BJP. Now a BJP national council member, she is making her third bid for the Assembly.

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The opposition UDF in Kerala will support four independent candidates who recently quit the ruling CPI(M) in the April 9 assembly polls, Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan said on Saturday (March 21, 2026).

In a statement, Mr. Satheesan said the UDF would back G. Sudhakaran, who is contesting in Ambalappuzha constituency, P.K. Sasi in Ottapalam, T.K. Govindan in Taliparamba, and V. Kunhikrishnan in Payyannur, all of whom are contesting as independents after leaving the CPI(M).

He urged UDF workers to unite and work collectively to ensure the victory of these candidates in their respective constituencies.

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Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Saturday (March 21, 2026) alleged that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was giving up his post since the BJP, which has been in power at the Centre and had played a key role in securing a “manufactured mandate” for the NDA in the assembly polls last year, was out to “claim its share”.

Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function organised here on the occasion of Id, Mr. Kishor reiterated that Kumar, who heads the JD(U), was “physically and mentally unfit” for ruling the State.

“I cannot say whether Nitish Kumar is leaving of his own accord or whether he is acting under pressure. But, in a way, I stand vindicated. I was being pilloried ahead of the assembly polls when I had predicted that even if the NDA wins, he will not be made the Chief Minister,” said Mr. Kishor, who is a former JD(U) vice president.

The 47-year-old also said, “My prediction that the NDA could lose may have been off the mark. But about Nitish Kumar, who is visibly unfit, physically and mentally, I have been proven right. Why else would a Chief Minister step down barely a few months after his coalition got a brute majority in the Assembly?”.

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Assam’s Mandate 2026 marks a new political journey for tribal council chiefs and their kin.

Tuliram Ronghang, the Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC), and his Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council (RHAC) counterpart Tankeswar Rabha are the Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidates from the reserved Rongkhang and Dudhnai Assembly constituencies.

A CEM is the head of the government of a specific tribal autonomous area within a State. The KAAC is one of three tribal councils under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, while the RHAC is one of nine statutory autonomous councils in Assam.

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A rebellion is brewing within the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in the Mankada constituency, with growing dissent against its sitting MLA Manjalamkuzhi Ali, who is seeking a sixth consecutive term in the Assembly.

The internal rift has come to the fore with the IUML’s former constituency president, Kunnath Mohammed, entering the fray as an Independent candidate against Mr. Ali. His move is widely seen as a direct challenge to the IUML leadership in the constituency.

The Left Democratic Front (LDF), which had earlier announced M.P. Alavi as its candidate, is now reportedly reconsidering its strategy. Mr. Alavi’s campaign has yet to take off, and his candidature appears to be in limbo, signalling that the LDF may consider backing the IUML rebel to consolidate anti-Ali votes.

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Open rebellions over ticket distribution across parties, combined with the SIR fallout, have added a fresh layer of uncertainty to West Bengal’s political landscape, raising questions over cadre cohesion and electoral calculations ahead of the Assembly polls.

Soon after candidate lists were announced, both the ruling TMC and the opposition BJP have witnessed protests, resignations, and resentment from cadres and leaders who have been denied tickets- a familiar feature of Bengal elections, but analysts say such resistance may carry greater electoral consequences this time.

The unrest has come at a politically sensitive moment as the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists has led to large-scale scrutiny and deletion of voter names, a development political observers believe could alter the electoral arithmetic in several closely contested seats.

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The BJP on Saturday (March 21, 2026) announced the names of two more candidates for the April 9 Assembly elections in Assam, fielding Krishna Saha from Dalgaon and Jiban Gogoi from Sissibargaon, party sources said.

On Thursday, the BJP released its first list of 88 candidates for Assam, fielding Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from Jalukbari, and sitting BJP MP Hitendra Nath Goswami against state Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi from Jorhat.

The Cabinet ministers who have been renominated from their seats include Ajanta Neog from Golaghat, Ranoj Pegu from Dhemaji (ST), Rupesh Gowala from Doomdooma, Binal Borah from Tingkhon, Pijush Hazarika from Jagiroad (SC), Jayanta Malla Baruah from Nalbari, Ashok Singhal from Dhekiajuli, Krishendu Paul from Patharkandi and Kaushik Rai from Lakhipur.

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Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] dissident and former Minister G. Sudhakaran crossed the political Rubicon and dared the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in its home turf by filing his nomination as a “people’s Independent” in the Ambalappuzha Assembly constituency in Alappuzha, Kerala, on Saturday (March 21, 2026). 

Mr. Sudhakaran, who had broken his six-decade-old association with the party after feeling “discriminated against” that he was not given a term waiver accorded to other leaders for contesting the 2026 Kerala Assembly polls, has set the stage for a riveting electoral battle with his one-time protege H. Salam of the CPI(M).

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Sobha Surendran, BJP Kerala State general secretary and NDA candidate in Palakkad, has dismissed Opposition Leader V.D. Satheesan’s allegation that the CPI(M) entered into a deal with the BJP by fielding a weak candidate in Palakkad.

Mr. Satheesan had alleged that the candidature of N.M.R. Razak as the Left Democratic Front (LDF)-backed Independent in Palakkad was part of a broader understanding between the BJP and the CPI(M), claiming that the BJP would, in return, support the CPI(M) in 10 constituencies.

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The stand of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) on seat-sharing with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) will be decided at the Left party’s State committee meeting currently under way in Chennai. The party’s general secretary M.A. Baby is attending the meeting.

The CPI(M), part of the DMK alliance, has not been able to finalise seat-sharing with the DMK, as the ruling party is not willing to increase the number of seats beyond five. However, CPI(M) leaders are firm on being allotted at least the six seats the party contested in the previous Assembly election.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday (March 21, 2026) accused the BJP-led Centre of attempting to “snatch away the voting rights” of people through the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls ahead of the Assembly polls.

Addressing thousands of worshippers after Eid prayers at Kolkata’s Red Road, the TMC supremo alleged that the SIR exercise, which the ruling party claimed had led to large-scale deletions of voter names, was part of a “broader attempt” to influence the electoral process in the state.

“We will not allow (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi ji to take away your voting rights. We will fight till the end to protect democracy and the rights of every citizen,” CM Banerjee said.

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The BJP on Saturday (March 21, 2026) released its third list of 11 candidates for the Kerala Assembly Polls, fielding Karamana Jayan from Thiruvananthapuram.

According to the list, Raveendranath Vakathanam will join the fray from Puthuppally, K.R. Rajesh from Chavara, R.S. Arun Raj from Chadayamangalam, and V. Ratheesh from Peerumade seat.

Vivek Gopan will contest from the Aruvikkara seat, T.N. Suresh from Kovalam, and S. Rajasekharan Nair from the Neyyattinkara seat.

The party has fielded Ajimon from the Mavelikkara seat, B.S. Anoop from Chirayinkeezhu, and Pandalam Prathapan from the Adoor seat.

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The BJP on Saturday (March 21, 2026) released a list of nine candidates for the April 9 Assembly polls in Puducherry, fielding P.M.L. Kalyanasundaram from Kalapet and G.N.S. Rajasekaran from Thirunallar.

According to the list, A. Namassivayam will contest from Mannadipet, V.P. Ramalingame from Rajbhavan and A. Johnkumar from Mudaliarpet seats.

Embalam R. Selvam will enter the fray from Manavely, T.K.S.M. Meenatchisundaram from Neravy T.R. Pattinam, and A. Dineshan from Mahe.

E. Theeppainthan will seek election from Oussudu, a Scheduled Caste reserved seat.

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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday (March 21) hit out against the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing them of being the B-team of the BJP.

Mr. Vijayan accused during an interview given to PTI videos.

In response to a query regarding Mr. Gandhi’s recent remark that central agencies have arrested or called for questioning other opposition leaders in the country, except the Kerala CM, the Marxist veteran accused the Congress leader and his party of acting as the B-team of the BJP.

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Bharat Sevashram Sangha (BSS) has removed a monk from its fold after he entered the electoral fray on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket for the forthcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.

In an internal note, the BSS described the move as a serious departure from the order’s principles and a “political” move.

According to the internal circular issued after a meeting of its top decision-making body, the Sangha expelled Swami Jyotirmayananda, also known as Utpal Maharaj, who has been nominated by the BJP from the Kaliaganj constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district, a BSS official said on Saturday (March 21, 2026) when contacted.

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Chief ministers from BJP-ruled States have arrived in Kerala to assist candidates filing nominations for the upcoming Assembly elections, party State president Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Saturday (March 21, 2026).

In a press conference, Mr. Chandrasekhar said that around 40 party candidates, including himself, filed their nominations on Saturday (March 21, 2026), while the remaining will complete the process by Monday (March 23, 2026).

Mr. Chandrasekhar said Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma will visit Nemom, Kattakkada, Kazhakootam and Vattiyoorkavu in connection with nomination procedures.

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel will visit Manalur, Thrissur, Nattika and Palakkad constituencies.

Rajasthan deputy CM Prem Chand Bairwa is scheduled to visit Elathur and Balussery, while Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal will be present in Kanjirappally and Poonjar.

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The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday (March 21, 2026) announced the completion of the first randomisation of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs) for the upcoming 2026 Assembly elections scheduled to be in Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry.

According to a press release issued by the ECI, the first randomisation was conducted through the EVM Management System (EMS) by District Election Officers (DEOs) in the presence of representatives from both national and state-recognised political parties.

The ECI further clarified that the allotment of EVMs to their respective polling stations was conducted through a structured two-stage randomisation process.

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The National People’s Party (NPP) fielded candidates in three seats for the upcoming Assam Assembly election, including AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam, who had switched sides recently.

Mr. Islam will contest from his constituency Mankachar. The two other NPP candidates are Daniel Langthasa from Haflong and Ganseng B. Sangma from Boko-Chaygaon.

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TVK cadres distributed water bottles with TVK stickers during Ramzan special prayer outside a mosque at Suramangalam in Salem city on Saturday (March 21, 2026). Later, all the bottles were seized by election flying squad officials for violation of Model Code of Conduct in poll-bound Tamil Nadu.

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Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, Indian Secular Front MLA Peerzada Naushad Siddiqui announced on Friday (March 20, 2026) that the party will contest 33 seats in alliance with the Left Front. He noted that the process of finalising 29 of those seats has already entered the final stages of negotiation.

Discussing the ongoing seat-sharing negotiations, Mr. Siddiqui noted that the ISF party will contest 33 out of the 294 seats in the State.

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Ahead of the scheduled Tamil Nadu assembly polls, Congress MP Jyothimani claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken leadership control of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), asserting that Union Home Minister Amit Shah was now the “owner” of the regional party.

Speaking to ANI, the Congress MP accused the BJP of gradually weakening its alliance partners in the past. She said that AIADMK no longer controls its leadership, which has been weakened.

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Congress leader V.D. Satheesan on Saturday (March 21, 2026) agreed that women ought to have been given more seats in the upcoming Assembly polls.

The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Kerala Assembly said that the party wanted to give more seats to women in the Assembly polls.

“We wanted to give more seats. Even I am not satisfied with that issue. It [seats given] was not enough,” he told reporters at Paravoor here.

His response comes a day after Congress national spokesperson Shama Mohamed expressed dissatisfaction over the low representation of women in the party’s candidate list for the upcoming Assembly elections on April 9.

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Open rebellions over ticket distribution across parties, combined with the SIR fallout, have added a fresh layer of uncertainty to West Bengal’s political landscape, raising questions over cadre cohesion and electoral calculations ahead of the Assembly polls.

Soon after candidate lists were announced, both the ruling TMC and the Opposition BJP have witnessed protests, resignations, and resentment from cadres and leaders who have been denied tickets- a familiar feature of Bengal elections, but analysts say such resistance may carry greater electoral consequences this time.

The unrest has come at a politically sensitive moment as the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists has led to large-scale scrutiny and deletion of voter names, a development political observers believe could alter the electoral arithmetic in several closely contested seats.

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With the April 9 Assembly polls approaching, the contest in Kerala’s Thrikkakara seat here has drawn unusual attention, shaped by personal loss, recovery of a contestant and an increasingly competitive three-cornered race.

The seat fell vacant in 2022 after the death of P.T. Thomas, a widely respected Congress leader, prompting a bypoll that brought his wife, Uma Thomas, into public office with a decisive mandate.

Her tenure was interrupted by a serious fall that left her with grievous injuries, keeping her away from public life for months before her return.

Renominated by the Congress, she is now in the fray alongside Pushpa Das of the CPI(M) and Akhil Marar, the BJP-led NDA’s candidate, making it a three-cornered contest.

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The war of words between the CPI(M) and rebel leader G. Sudhakaran intensified further, with minister Saji Cherian alleging that the former party leader lacks political morality, drawing a contrast with Congress leader K. Sudhakaran.

Speaking at an election convention of Minister P. Prasad in Cherthala, here on Friday (March 20, 2026) night, Cherian said that G. Sudhakaran, who is contesting as an independent candidate from Ambalappuzha, had betrayed the party.

He compared G. Sudhakaran with Congress MP K. Sudhakaran, who had differences with his party leadership after being denied a ticket in the Assembly election from Kannur.

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In the run-up to the Assembly polls in Kerala, an election learning management system, ‘eVidya,’ has been launched for providing standardised training to election officials.

Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar launched the system, billed as the first e-learning platform of its kind in the country, here on Thursday. It is meant to be a comprehensive digital platform that streamlines the electoral exercise, Mr. Kelkar said.

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On a single day, election officials in Kerala received 4,585 complaints from the public regarding Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violations on the cVIGIL app. Of the 4,528 complaints that were examined and resolved by the officials and flying squads of the Election Commission of India (EC), 4,516 were found to be factual. Thiruvananthapuram district topped the list for the number of complaints that were looked into, Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar said, citing the data for March 20 (Friday).

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Seizures worth ₹1,80,91,898 have been recorded across 10 Assembly constituencies in Coimbatore district as on March 20, 2026, during election surveillance, with cash accounting for a major share of the total.

According to official data, Flying Squad Teams (FST) seized ₹52,96,350 in cash, while Static Surveillance Teams (SST) accounted for ₹53,36,210. The remaining value comprised liquor, gold and silver, and other materials.

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The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) on Saturday (March 21, 2026) announced its first list of candidates for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, naming 17 nominees across key constituencies in the State.

In a press release dated March 20, 2026, the party said the list was finalised under the “guidance and inspiration” of its chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

The candidates include:

• Udangsri Narzary from Baokhungri in Kokrajhar
• Mominur Islam from Bilasipara in Dhubri
• Arif Akhtar Ahmed from Jaleswar in Goalpara
• Kaushik Ranjan Das from Abhayapuri in Bongaigaon
• Kalyani Kalita (Bajali)
• Dulu Ahmed (Chamaria)
• Bhogial Rabha (Boko-Chaygaon ST)
• Bikash Nath Yogi (Palasbari)
• Amirul Islam (Barkhetri)

From upper Assam and Barak Valley regions:

• Jiten Nag (Digboi)
• Dilip Moran (Makum)
• Tapas Das (Udharbond)
• Fazlur Rahman Laskar (Katigorah)
• Shahajahan Laskar from Sonai in Cachar constituency

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Congress leader Shama Mohamed has lashed out at the party leadership for overlooking women in the party’s candidate selection for the upcoming Assembly elections in Kerala.

In a post on her Facebook page on Friday, a day after the Congress put out its list of candidates, she said that only nine out of the 92 candidates of the party are women.

“I have been rejected, but not defeated. I request my leader Rahul Gandhi, whom I admire, respect, and adore, to help the Congress women of Kerala. In the Lok Sabha elections of 2024, only one woman was given a ticket out of the 16 persons who contested. If a woman happens to be talented, the situation is dire,” she wrote.

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