CPI-M to launch ‘rectification campaign’ soon

October 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav will on Sunday launch the campaign for his daughter-in-law for the by-election to the Ferozabad Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, where she has been pitted against Bollywood veteran Raj Babbar of the Congress. Netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav) will reach Ferozabad on Oct 4 to start the campaign for the by-poll, Rajya Sabha MP of Samajwadi Party Kamal Akhter told IANS.

October 1st, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will soon come up with a chargesheet against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in a campaign against the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government. The chargesheet will expose the misdeeds and corrupt practices committed by Mayawati and her government.

September 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Heads of "opportunistic elements" will roll in the Communist Party of India-Marxist's (CPI-M) West Bengal unit once it launches its "rectification campaign" to weed out those who did not follow the "living culture based on communist values", says a senior leader. The campaign that starts October end will identify all those who were "pursuing personal gains and have lavish lifestyles by using the party and the government" in the state, a CPI-M leader told IANS.

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.

April 2nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who is also the party's Lok Sabha candidate for the Amethi seat in Uttar Pradesh, will launch his campaign in the state from Friday, party officials said Thursday. 'Rahul will tomorrow (Friday) address public meetings in Maharajganj, Kushinagar and Chandauli districts,' Congress spokesperson Akhilesh Pratap Singh told reporters here.

March 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - If the Congress' controversial Jai ho campaign was not enough to the steal the show on the campaign trail, the party is soon going to launch Jai Ho 2. Bollywood's singing sensation Sukhwinder Singh will be singing for Jai Ho 2 for the Congress and has also done the lyrics of the high profile campaign according to the Amitava Mitra , Director of the Jai Ho campaign at Percept Holding.

March 20th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati will launch her party's election campaign from Kerala and will hold a series of public rallies till May 11. 'My campaign starts from tomorrow (Saturday) and I will hold a series of public meetings in all corners of the country till May 11 without missing a single day,' Mayawati told reporters here.

March 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress President Sonia Gandhi is likely to launch the party campaign for the Lok Sabha elections from Davangere in Karnataka March 23, party sources said Monday. Launching the election campaign from Karnataka is a strategic decision for the party as the state was once considered its stronghold but was lost to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2008.

March 8th, 2009 PATNA - The Election Commission will launch a campaign during the Lok Sabha elections too - to motivate the people to vote, Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami said Saturday.

March 4th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will arrive here Thursday to kick off the party's campaign in the coming Lok Sabha poll, by taking part in the public meeting to conclude the state-wide march of Ramesh Chennithala, head of the Kerala unit of the Congress. Speaking to IANS, Chennithala said Rahul Gandhi's visit 'has come as a shot in the arm for us'.

February 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will Tuesday launch its Lok Sabha election campaign from Rampur constituency in Muslim-dominated western Uttar Pradesh with terrorism as the key issue, party vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Monday. 'Rampur had been chosen for two reasons.

February 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will Tuesday launch its Lok Sabha campaign from Rampur in Uttar Pradesh where its vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi will be the candidate. Naqvi said Rampur had been chosen because it had a large number of Muslims and 'starting the election campaign from there would dilute the notion that the BJP is anti-Muslim'.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Terrorism, unemployment and inflation will be the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s key issues as it plans to launch an 'aggressive campaign' for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Senior BJP leader M.

January 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Shocked over the rape of a management student in Noida, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has decided to a launch a campaign called 'Wake Up' to sensitise people about crimes against women in the National Capital Region (NCR). The campaign will spread awareness about increasing incidents of rape, harassment and other crimes against women.

January 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vijay Mallya-led Kingfisher Airlines will launch its daily non-stop Mumbai-London flight from Monday. 'We will launch our first flight from Mumbai to London tomorrow (Monday),' a Kingfisher spokesperson said Sunday.