Congress leaders to meet to prepare election strategy

September 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo on Saturday discussed possible strategies for the forthcoming assembly elections in three states at the two-day meet being held in the national capital. Senior leader and politburo member of CPI-M Sitaram Yechury after the first day of the meet said: "The Politburo meeting began this morning.

September 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) central election committee will meet here Friday to chalk out a strategy for the assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh. BJP leader M.

August 7th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has interacted with leaders in Uttar Pradesh to chalk out a strategy for the State Assembly elections, due in 2012. Congress Party workers and supporters in large numbers gave Gandhi a grand welcome, as it was his first visit after the May 2009 general election.

May 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Enthused with the people's verdict in favour of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, the party's general secretary Rahul Gandhi Sunday invited his party colleagues to a tea party, where they will discuss the results and future strategy. 'Rahul is giving the tea party to meet the leaders from different states to discuss the results and the future strategy of the party,' Congress party sources told IANS.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Enthused with the people's verdict in favour of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the Congress party Saturday said it will hold a meeting of the party's working committee to discuss its performance and prepare the future strategy for staking claim to forming the government. 'CWC (Congress Working Committee) will meet tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon to discuss and deliberate on the future plans,' Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi told reporters here.

May 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Communist Party of India (Marxist) will decide its future course of action regarding formation of a government after election results are out on May 16. Leaders of CPI (M) and its other allies are to meet after the election results are out.

May 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior Congress strategists, including Pranab Mukherjee and A.K. Antony, met Thursday night at the party headquarters here to discuss on how to cobble up the required magic 272 figure by wooing potential allies to form a new government.

March 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - All 11 parties of the Third Front will gather on Sunday evening for a dinner meet at BSP chief Mayawati's residence in New Delhi. The first meeting of the Third Front since its launch in Karnataka is going to be crucial, as the name of coalition's prime ministerial candidate is likely to be decided, besides a discussion on the poll strategy.

March 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) is eyeing the 'secular parties' allied with the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to form a 'third front', party leaders said here Saturday. The party's central committee, which started its meeting here Saturday to finalise the election manifesto and candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, also discussed the strategy to be adopted to expand alliance with the like-minded parties, they said.

March 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A two-day central committee meeting of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) began here Saturday to prepare the election manifesto and finalise candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. The meeting is being held at a time when the party faces tough challenges in its bastions West Bengal and Kerala.

March 5th, 2009 KABUL - Afghanistan's Election Commission Wednesday rejected President Hamid Karzai's ruling to advance the presidential election to April or May. In January, the commission announced that the election would be held Aug 20.

February 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI/NAGPUR - With the expected April-May Lok Sabha polls drawing near, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Congress are gearing up their party machinery for the electoral battle. The BJP's three-day National Executive and National Council meet, which kicks off Friday in Nagpur and will be attended by 8,000 party delegates, will draw up a roadmap and prepare strategies for the elections.

January 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet here Thursday to discuss the party's strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, including pre-poll alliances. The meet will discuss seat-sharing with the party's partners within the United Progressive Alliance, including the Samajwadi Party, and other election-related issues, party spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed told reporters here Wednesday.

January 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), a constituent of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA), plans to contest 45-50 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, the party announced here Wednesday. The party plans to field candidates across the country, including in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Bihar and Goa, general secretary D.P.

January 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the Lok Sabha polls a few months away, the ruling Congress party is seriously preparing the ground for the electoral battle. It has hired two advertising agencies for the campaign strategy and will be holding a grass roots- level convention of party workers to discuss ways to target voters.