Sanjay Dutt cannot contest in LS polls : Supreme Court

Today Supreme Court of India bans Sanjay Dutt from contesting in 2009 Parliament election. It says the imprisonment of 6 years cannot be suspended as requested by Sanjay. Earlier, Sanjay Dutt was sentenced for 6 years imprisonment under Arms Act for illegally possessing arms in 1993 Mumbai serial blast case. And he announced a few months back that he would be contesting from Lucknow constituency in Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha election on Samajwadi Party ticket. But Election Commission warned him that he cannot contest in Lok Sabha polls unless the imprisonment is suspended.

Sanjay Dutt would have been the star campaigner for this election if he is contesting; also he would be in the list of celebrity Member of Parliaments like Govindha, Jayapradha, Hemamalini, etc. But Sanjay Dutt met press today and informed that, UPA government was responsible for this court order. He also told, he will still reside in Lucknow and campaign for SP.

Shiv sena men attacked Kasab's Lawyer house

Over 100 activists of Shiv sena protested against the Lawyer, Anjali Waghmare for appearing for Kasab's trial. They also thrown stones at her residence and damaged the property. The Lawyer was appointed by the court to represent Kasab. The members raised slogans against her and asked her to quit from the case.

DMK finalizes Lok Sabha constiturncies with its allies

DMK president and Tamilnadu Chief Minister today announced the list of constituencies allocated for the allies in the state for the upcoming Parliament election.
DMK is contesting from the following Lok Sabha constituencies,
1) Central Chennai
2) South Chennai
3) North Chennai
4) Sriperumbathur
5) Arakkonam
6) Krishnagiri
7) Madurai
8) Kanniyakumari
9) Thuthukudi
10) Ramanathapuram
11) Namakkal
12) Nilagiris
13) Thiruvannamalai
14) Dharmapuri
15) Pollachi
16) Karur
17) Perambalur
18) Nagapattinum
19) Thanjavore
20) Thiruvallur
21) Thirunelveli

Congress is contesting from the following Lok Sabha constituencies,
1) Kanchipuram(Res)
2) Pondychery
3) Aarani
4) Salem
5) Tiruppur
6) Erode
7) Coimbatore
8) Thenkasi
9) Chidambaram
10) Virudhunagar
11) Mayiladuthurai
12) Dindugal
13) Theni
14) Sivagangai
15) Thiruchi
16) Cudalore

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi is contesting from the following Lok Sabha constituencies,
1) Vizhupuram
2) Kallakurichi

Indian Muslim Union League is contesting in the lone constituency,
Velore

Varun Gandhi may undo his mistakes, if he gets an opportunity

After surrendering to the court in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, Varun Gandhi tells to the media that, he is willing to undo the things that has happened in the last few days if he gets an opportunity. Varun gathered in the court with thousands of supporters. The crowd was out of control since there were not much police personnel in the court premises. The angry supporters raised slogans against the policemen and also threw stones at them. Then police went few rounds of gun shots against the mob and few people got injured in it. Menaka Gandhi, the 3 times Member of Parliament from Pilibhi and Varun's Mother said, a Muslim police personnel was responsible for the shooting incident which is condemned.

Rs. 10 crore for a Lok Sabha seat in AP

Mr. Venkat, member of Telangana Rastra Samithi(TRS) from Secundrabad has paid a sum of Rs. 10 crore for the Lok Sabha seat to the party. He admitted this in public. He does a Real Estate business in Andhra Pradesh capital. Earlier, he was beaten and sent out of the party office by rival group in the same party, because they couldn't get the seat by giving so much money to the party. In the same way, crores of rupees of money has been involved in getting the key assembly seats also in Andhra Pradesh. The state is going for assembly polls with the Lok Sabha election in 2 phases on 16th April and 23rd April 2009.

AIADMK allocates 7 Lok Sabha seats for PMK

Soon after the PMK joined with AIADMK for the 2009 general election, it has got its share of 7 Lok Shaba seats and a Rajiya Sabha seat. This was announced by the AIADMK supremo, J.Jayalalitha at her residence once the seat sharing was finalized in the meeting held with the PMK founder Mr. Ramadoss and other leaders.
The following are the Lok Sabha constituencies in which PMK is contesting,
Sriperumbadhur
Arakkonam
Thiruvannamalai
Chidambaram
Kallakurichi
Theni(Reserved)
Pondy

The other allies of the AIADMK like CPI, CPI(M), MDMK have yet to get their Lok Sabha seats, the seats for PMK was decided in just few rounds of talks between the parties. M/s. Jayalitha also said, the seat sharing for the other allies will be finalized in a couple of days.

DMK finalizes seat sharing with allies in TN

The DMK-Congress front in Tamilnadu finalized the seat sharing for the 2009 Lok Sabha election in the meeting held in Chennai. This was announced by the DMK leader and Tamilnadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi yesterday. The meeting was attended by Congress leaders, Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Tamilnadu leaders. The DMK allocated the following seats to its ally,
DMK - 21
Congress - 16
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi - 2
IUML - 1
Earlier for 2004 Lok Sabha election, DMK and Congress contested from 15 and 10 constituencies respectively. At that time the allies included in the DMK-Congress front are PMK, MDMK, CPI, CPI(M), etc. Since the allies are spreaded now, Congress got more share for the 2009 election.

Varun Gandhi arrested for his controversial speech

Varun Gandhi was arrested and sent for jail till Monday for his communal hatred public speech in Uttar Pradesh. Lot of angry supporters gathered when he was arrested. The supports were raising slogans against the policemen and also threw stones at them. Then the Policemen had to gun shot multiple rounds to clear the supporters. Earlier the Election Commission asked BJP not to field Varun Gandhi for the 2009 Lok Saba election.

BJP asks Manmohan Singh to contest in LS polls

The BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Mr. L.K.Advani asks the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to contest in Lok Saba poll rather than entering parliament through Rajiya Saba. He also tells, let him be a people's representative to occupy any post. Earlier the Prime Minister is a Rajiya Saba member from 2004 and he didn't even contest from any Lok Saba constituency since he was nominated as Prime Minister.

UPA is losing its numbers

UPA again failed to retain a key ally for the current Lok Saba polls. After the Congress broke the alliance in Bihar with RJD and LJP, now the PMK breaks its ties with the DMK-Congress front in Tamilnadu. This would be a major set back for the UPA in the state, which has won all the 39 seats in 2004 election. Already Samajwadi Party's existence in the Congress ally is unknown. The support for the third front is gaining more and more as the election days are numbered.

PMK handshakes with AIADMK in Tamilnadu

At last PMK is facing the 2009 parliament election with AIADMK in Tamilnadu. The suspense ends today after the 2 parties decided to contest the election together. PMK is again facing the election together with AIADMK after so many years. It had fought the 2004 election with the DMK-Congress front from 4 Lok Saba seats. Now AIADMK is allocating 7 Lok Saba seats and a Rajiya Saba seat later. PMK founder, Dr.Ramadoss's son and Union Health Minister Dr. Anbumani is quitting from his ministerial position very soon.

Congress alliance will get 250+ seats : Times of India poll

The first survey conducted by Times of India shows UPA as a clear winner in the Parliamentary election 2009. It will get more than 250 seats in this election. Without considering SP, RJD & LJP, it sweeps with 210+ seats, still a majority alliance. And the main rivalry NDA, getting merely 180+ seats. The third front makes 96 seats.

Kannappan from MDMK joins DMK

It is been long time since the members of the MDMK unite with the parent party, DMK. The key member of MDMK, Mr. Kannappan united with DMK today. Soon after L. Ganesan and Gingee Ramachandran joined parent DMK few days ago, now its time for the other joiners. Actually the above two members stated that they were the real MDMK party & not Vaiko, the present MDMK President. And within few months of this split they joined the DMK. Earlier Kannappan joined in the presenece of Kalainger M. Karunanidhi, Chief.Minister. of Tamilnadu. The Chief Minister welcomed all the members to his party and also recalled his days with Kannappan.

EC tells BJP to remove Varun Gandhi

Election Commission asks BJP to remove Varun Gandhi's name from the candidates list for the upcoming Lok Saba election for his communal hatred statements in a public speech. However BJP trying to safeguard him. Priyanka Gandhi, Varun's cousin stated that no one from the Nehru family would make a speech like this. Even Sonia Gandhi or Rahul didn't make any statements regarding this matter, but Priyanka's bold talks coming in during election times. These may be stepping stone for her to enter into politics directly.

UPA may split over in Bihar

As congress decided to contest independently in 37 Lok Saba seats in Bihar, there are chances for the UPA to split in the state. Earlier RJD & LJP decided to allocate only 3 seats for congress out of 40 seats in the state. The combined RJD & LJP will contest in the remaining 37 seats. Also Lalu is stubborn in his decision. He told that congress does not have much support in Bihar, that is the reason it has allocated 3 seats for the current Lok Saba election & congress will suffer for its current decision once the election results have come.

IPL decided to host out of India

At last IPL has come up with a solution to end its schedule & player security related issues by conducting IPL matches in a foreign land. This was decided in the today's meeting held by BCCI. It has decided to host from England or South Africa and the dates and venues are yet to be confirmed. BCCI also said, central government is only responsible for making IPL to host outside India. Earlier BCCI submitted new schedules to the Home Ministry, but those were not approved by it. Even Home Minister, P. Chidambram has said, elections are more important than the IPL matches.

BJP going with Sarthkumar in TN

Along with Sarathkumar's Samathuva Makkal Katchi in Tamilnadu, BJP is contetsing in 15 seats for the upcoming Parliamentary election. This was announced by Sarathkumar today.

2009 election notification for first phase on 23rd March

The President, Ms. Prathiba Patil will make the official notification for the first phase of 2009 Parliament election on 23rd March 2009. Along with Lok Saba election, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa will also go for Assembly elections in the first phase of polls. With this the nominations for the first phase also starts from 23rd March & until 30th March. Followed by that scrutiny will happen on the 31st March 2009.

Vijayakanth starts his campaign

Vijayakanth kicks of his campaign for the 2009 parliament election from Kanchipuram in Tamilnadu. He said the alliance for his party, Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam is with people and god only. This shows most probably his party will contest alone for this election.