Soni Sori

You've always stood for our struggle: AAP leader Soni Sori extends support to JNU students

Soni Sori, who was attacked in Bastanar in Chhattisgarh by unknown assailants on 20 February, addressed the students in front of JNU's administration block

AAP leader Soni Sori attacked with 'acid-like substance' in Chhattisgarh

Soni Sori, Aam Aadmi Party leader in Chhattisgarh and tribal rights' activist was attacked by two unknown men late on 20 February.

AAP's Bastar nominee Soni Sori gets notice for poll code violation

AAP nominee from Bastar Lok Sabha seat, Soni Sori was today slapped with a show cause notice for allegedly violating the model code of conduct by wearing her party's cap bearing its election symbol while casting her vote.

Maoists scare off voters in Bastar

Voting was sluggish in Bastar Lok Sabha constituency's Maoist-dominated forested areas, but the urban centres reported brisk polling. Balloting was peaceful.

LS polls: Explosives recovered in Bastar, 15% voting in 3 hours

A huge haul of explosives, including 15 IEDs and three pressure bombs, were today recovered by security forces from separate places averting a massive strike in the Naxal-hit Bastar Parliamentary seat.

Lok Sabha polls: Voting begins in Naxal-hit Bastar seat of Chhattisgarh

Voting began on Thursday amid tight security in the Maoist-hit Bastar parliamentary constituency of Chhattisgarh, where BJP sitting MP Dinesh Kashyap, son of former Opposition leader late Mahendra Karma, Deepak and teacher-turned-activist Soni Sori are locked in a triangular fight.

Campaigning ends in Naxal-affected Bastar constituency of Chhattisgarh

Campaigning for Lok Sabha elections ended in the Naxal-affected Bastar constituency of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday evening, where voting would be held on 10 April.

Atrocities on tribals by Cong, BJP led to rise in Maoism: AAP

Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Prashant Bhushan on Sunday held that atrocities on tribals during the rule of both Congress and BJP governments were responsible for the rise of Maoism in Chhattisgarh.

Chhattisgarh: AAP's Soni Sori injects uncertainty into Bastar politics

The Congress candidate is Deepak Karma, son of Mahendra Karma who was killed by Naxalites. Karma's wife won the Assembly election in Dantewada, from where Sori hails. But the anti-Congress vote is now split.

AAP's 6th list out: Fields Soni Sori from Bastar, Shazia Ilmi from Ghaziabad

With this list, the total number of candidates declared by the AAP so far has gone up to 242.