Election Interviews: Exclusive Talks with Political Leaders

As Mandya goes to polls on April 18th, independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh was busy campaigning in the interior and most remote parts of Mysuru, Karnataka. She was teaching the voters the nitty-gritty of the EVMs as it has several contenders bearing her name. MyNation caught up with the lady and had a chat ahead of Lok Sabha election.

DMK's Kanimozhi seemed to be caught off-guard by MyNation and responded to questions with ambiguity.
 

The Tuticorin Lok Sabha constituency sees a raging battle between DMK's Kanimozhi and Tamil Nadu BJP president Tamilisai Soundararajan. Here's the vision that Tamilisai has for the people of her own soil

BJP leader Pon Radhakrishnan led the party to secure one seat in Tamil Nadu in the Kanyakumari constituency in 2014. Five years later, Ponnar – as he is fondly called in the region, is confident of another win

Seven-time MP from Kolar, Congress candidate KH Muniyappa who faces trouble at the hands of rebels is still confident as he ever was. He said that as Congress rebel leader's Kothur Manjunath and H Nagesh are outsiders and that there was no doubt in his mind that he will win again.

Hassan BJP candidate A Manju said that JD(S) chief HD Deve Gowda's grandsons Nikhil Kumaraswamy and Prajwal Revanna will face defeat. That apart, he also said that the election battle in Tumakuru Lok Sabha seat will also be tough for HD Deve Gowda, who is contesting there. In an exclusive interview with MyNation, A Manju, who is contesting against Prajwal Revanna said, he is fighting against the family politics of Deve Gowda. And in this election, Modi's factor will help BJP win the Hassan seat. Manju hinted that this time Congress and JD(S) supporters will help him as people are fed up of the dynasty rule. After May 23, Manju said no one can prevent Modi from becoming PM again and predicted the collapse of the coalition government in Karnataka.     

As the fight gets neck and neck between the TDP and YSRCP, we talk to political commentator and professor MC Das for a quick analysis on the Andhra Pradesh Assembly and Lok Sabha election

While Balyan says that his area is certainly proud of the IAF airstrike in Pakistan’s Balakot, they also see his developmental work in the region such as increasing the number of highways, upgrade of the railway facilities, connecting the area to the national capital region, etc.

The sitting MP of Saharanpur Raghav Lakhanpal Sharma is confident of posting a thumping victory a second time as he goes head-to-head with Congress's Imran Masood, who had lost last time to him with a big margin of almost 70k votes, and SP-BSP's Fazlur Rehman.

Saharanpur is one of the eight Lok Sabha seats that go to poll on Thursday in the first phase of 2019 general elections. The contest is tripartite, between BJP, SP-BSP Mahagathbandhan and the Congress.