Indian Politics

The grand electoral process for the Lok Sabha has begun on Thursday morning as 124 constituencies spread over 15 states and two Union Territories have begun casting their votes in the first phase of polls. Amid widespread apprehensions of terrorists trying to disrupt the election process, there has been unprecedented levels of security in all states where elections are on. Naxalites on the other hand have called for a boycott of the elections.  Among those who are in the fray for the first round of polling, include Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, Praful Patel, Jaipal Reddy and Renuka Chowdhury. The first phase is very crucial and the toughest from the security point of view as many Naxal-hit constituencies in Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar along with parts of North-East and Jammu and Kashmir are going to polls. States going to polls include Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jammu and , Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Maghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland,...

Biju Janata Dal - BJD Communist Party of India - CPI Communist Party of India (Marxist) - CPM Revolutionary Socialist Party - RSP All India Forward Bloc Telugu Desam Party - TDP Telangana Rastrasa Samithi - TRS AIADMK Janta Dal (Secular) - JD(S) Haryana Janahit Party

NDA - National Democratic Alliances Bharatiya Janata Party Shiv Sena - Maharashtra Janata Dal (United) - Bihar and Karnataka Shiromani Akali Dal - Punjab Indian National Lok Dal - Haryana Asom Gana Parishad - Assam Rashtriya Lok Dal - Uttar Pradesh Nagaland People's Front-Nagaland

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Click here to Download Bharatiya Janata Party released the party manifesto in New Delhi . BJP promises a new POTA-like law and also woos the poor and middle class with many promises. Many senior BJP leaders including party prime ministerial candidate LK Advani, President Rajnath Singh, Manifesto Committee Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi and spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad. Following is the full text of BJP's Lok Sabha Elections 2009 manifesto. To build a prosperous, powerful nation, recall India ’s past Indian civilisation is perhaps the most ancient and continuing civilisation of the world. India has a long history and has been recognised by others as a land of great wealth and even greater wisdom. But India has also experienced continued foreign attacks and alien rule for centuries and this has resulted in a loss of pride in India and its remarkable achievements. Indians, particularly educated under the system of education imposed by the Britishers, have lost sight of not only t...