The Rajya Sabha election to send 5 members from Bihar went in favour of the NDA with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar leading the tally. Despite the support of the five member AIMIM legislative group and one from the BSP, the Mahagathbandhan failed to keep its flock together and three out of six legislators of the Congress party and one of the RJD did not participate in voting, remaining incommunicado till the time the vote ended, thus paving the way for the fifth candidate of the NDA to win.

The alleged multi-crore Chester Hill land scam in Solan has erupted into a major political storm in Himachal Pradesh, with the state unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) demanding the immediate removal of the Chief Secretary and a comprehensive probe into what it describes as a systemic failure of land governance. Party leaders termed the case a serious example of the growing nexus between sections of the bureaucracy, political actors, and the real estate lobby, warning that its implications could extend far beyond Solan.

Leaders of all political parties that are part of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala presented the LDF Manifesto for the 2026 Assembly Elections to Keralites on April 2, 2026. The testimony of the previous manifestos was that the LDF promises only what it can deliver and delivers what it promises. In that sense, the manifestos of the LDF were clear action plans for the comprehensive development of Kerala.

The Left Front has demanded free, fair, and peaceful conduct of the TTAADC elections and the by-election to the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency. Last week, leaders of the Tripura Left Front Committee met separately with the State Election Commissioner and the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to press these demands. This was stated by Left Front Convenor Manik Dey at a press conference.

Farmers, jhum cultivators, and agricultural labourers have warned the authoritarian BJP-led alliance government in Tripura of a bigger struggle ahead, declaring that they will not retreat from the streets. On March 18, they demonstrated a determined and intense resistance against what they described as a fascist BJP government. Despite deploying the police, the government failed to stop the united surge of poor and working people.