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In a significant development, a controversy has erupted surrounding derogatory remarks made by minister Irfan Ansari about BJP leader Sita Soren ahead of the Jharkhand assembly polls.
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Maharashtra Assembly Polls: Tensions are especially high between Congress and Uddhav Thackeray's faction, with heated exchanges reported among party leaders including Congress leader Nana Patole and Shiv Sena UBT Sanjay Raut.
1000 people including former Mayors & former councillors have joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in presence of State BJP President Arun Sao.
Prakash Raj, who objected Kichcha Sudeep's decision to "color himself with a political party", is the same person who openly supported the idea of Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra.
The party worker from the Davangere district who was slapped had come to ask Siddaramaiah to give a Congress leader from the Harihara constituency a ticket.
The Home Minister will be visiting the poll-bound state in a bid to give a further boost to the party's campaign efforts in the southern state.
"Rahul Gandhi came here many times. He did Bharat Jodo Yatra, but nothing happened. He also made a bogus announcement a few days ago but nothing will happen," CM Bommai told media at his Hubballi residence in the wake of poll promises made by the grand old party.
Ahead of the Nagaland assembly polls on Feb 27, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Akuluto assembly constituency in Nagaland Kazheto Kinimi has won the elections uncontested.
In a major jolt to the Opposition in Tripura ahead of the Assembly polls, former Tripura TMC chief Subal Bhowmik and CPI(M) leader from the state Moboshar Ali joined the BJP.
Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel submitted his resignation to Governor Acharya Devvrat after his party (BJP) registered a historic win in the State Assembly elections ahead of the formation of his new government.
It is home ground battle for BJP in the coming Gujarat Assembly polls that are held between Dec 1 and Dec 5, in two phases. The Bharatiya Janata Party has remained a dominant party in the political scenario of Gujarat since a considerable period.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will head to poll-bound Gujarat this weekend and is expected to participate in at least eight programmes crisscrossing the state from Saurashtra to Surat.
BJP on Monday (Nov 14) released the fourth list of candidates for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections. In the latest list, the party announced 12 names including two women candidates.
In an unprecedented move, nearly 700 companies of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF), comprising 70,000 personnel, will be deployed for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls, top government sources said.
Twitter announced a series of initiatives under the 'JagrukVoter' campaign directed towards not just ensuring a high voter turnout, but also aiding in ensuring voters are involved, engaged and informed throughout the election cycle.
Sawant said he asked authorities to take strict action against these parties for such banners that have been defacing properties and public areas in the tourism-heavy state
Brushing away all speculations and affirming the much anticipated move, Amarinder Singh today announced an alliance with BJP for the Punjab election, ever since he quit the Congress last month. Amarinder Singh tweeted his photos of hugging Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, BJP’s Punjab-in-charge.
The Patiala assembly seat has been the family bastion of the former chief minister.
Delimitation Commission to visit Jammu and Kashmir on July 6
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday ordered the removal of West Bengal Director General of Police Virendra following an adverse report from its special observers posted in the poll-bound state.
The results of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) election has given a major plus point for BJP in Assam Ahead of the assembly polls in Assam which is scheduled in 2021.
Ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls scheduled next year, Southern movie star Khushboo Sundar on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi, after ending a six-year-long association with Congress.
The much awaited elections to Delhi Assembly will be held on February 8, 2020, announced the Election Commission today at a press conference.
Campaigning for the fifth and final phase of Assembly elections in Jharkhand will conclude today. Sixteen constituencies spread over Sahebganj, Pakur, Dumka, Jamtara, Deoghar and Godda districts of Santhal Pargana region will go to polls in this phase on Friday.
The fourth phase of Assembly elections in Jharkhand passed off peacefully. Fifteen constituencies spread over four districts, namely Dhanbad, Deoghar, Giridih and Bokaro, went to polls in this phase today. Chief Electoral Officer, Vinay Kumar Choubey, said 62.54 percent voting was recorded in this phase. He said the percentage is likely to increase after getting the final figure from presiding officers.
Rendering peace and fulfilling duty, an estimated 45.14 per cent of over 56 lakh eligible voters exercised their franchise till 1 pm on Thursday in the third of the five-phase Jharkhand assembly elections in 17 constituencies.
Mounting a blistering attack on the Congress-JMM alliance in Jharkhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a massive rally in Jamshedpur and Khunti on Tuesday. During the meeting, PM Modi alleged that their self-seeking past governments had exploited the state's resources while neglecting its people. PM Modi asked the people to remember the situation that existed five years ago, said that there were only stories of corruption when the Congress-JMM alliance was in power.
Meanwhile, campaigning for the second and third phases have intensified. Twenty constituencies will go to the polls in the second phase on the 7th of this month. Polling for seventeen constituencies spread over eight districts will be held in the third phase on the 12th of this month.
Defying the Maoist boycott call, voters queued up in large numbers at polling stations since morning to cast their votes. Knowing their right to vote and bring in a bright future for the state, Jharkhand witnessed an impressive 64% voter’s turnout at the first phase of polling in the 13 Assembly constituencies on Saturday.
In Jharkhand, campaigning for the first phase of Assembly elections will come to an end this evening. 13 constituencies spread over six districts, including Palamu, Gumla, Garhwa and Latehar, will go to polls in this phase on November 30.
Ahead of the Jharkhand state assembly polls, the Election Commission team headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Wednesdy interacted with various stakeholders, reviewing the state's poll preparedness.
With the state etsimating the outcome of the Assembly polls, counting of votes for Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and Satara Lok Sabha bypoll, held on Monday, began at 8 am on Thursday.
As the Assembly election results gears up, the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) and Shiv Sena take a lead in the poll way. Reaffirming BJP-Shiv Sena’s return to reign the throne of Maharashtra politics, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said that his party will not go with the Shiv Sena and will decide the future course of action along with Congress and other allies.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis, RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohanrao Bhagwat, Sarkaryawah Bhayyaji Joshi and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari exercised their right to vote in Maharashtra Assembly elections today in Nagpur.
Carrying the same enthusiasm, energy and courage to the camapign grounds in Maharashtra ahead of the state assembly polls, PM Narendra Modi on Thursday in parali again cornered the Congress leaders for opposing the Article 370 decision.
Bashing the oppositions ahead of the state assembly polls, PM Modi in Maharashtr'a Akola said that that state of Jammu and Kashmir is part of India and the naion is proud of Maharahstra's sons who sacrificed their everything for Kashmir.
With the upcoming Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly Polls and by-polls on October 21, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced that there would be a ban on the exit polls from 7 am to 6.30 pm. Apart from the ban on the exit polls, the EC also said that no political party or candidate contesting the elections will be allowed to publish any print advertisements unless they are pre-certified by the Chief Electoral Officer of the state.
Lashing out at Sharad Pawar and Rahul Gandhi by asking them to clarify their stand on Article 370, Union Minister Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday hailed the Narendra Modi government's "great job" of "integrating" India by scrapping the special status. He then asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar to clarify whether they were for or against it.
Walking a significant and a necessary step ahead in the Legislative Assembly polls scheduled by October 21, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday named its candidates for bypolls to 32 Assembly constituencies, spreading across several states.
Ahead of the state assembly polls scheduled to begin by October 21 in Maharashtra, the political activities have started gaining with the model code of conduct coming in force, where all the major political parties kick start their poll campaign.
Preparing again for the next battle, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appointed Union Minister Prakash Javadekar and Narendra Tomar as election in-charge for Delhi and Haryana, along with, the appointment of its senior leaders OP Mathur and Bhupinder Yadav as in-charge for elections in Jharkhand and Maharashtra, respectively.
Waking ahead to seek explanations of mismatch in the Income Tax Returns, the IT department on Thursday sent notices to over 70 candidates of the 2017 Gujarat Assembly election, further demanding them to refer what was mentioned in their poll affidavits.
Moving a statutory resolution, Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday tabled to extend the President’s rule for six months in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Central government took this decision as the Election Commission intended to hold assembly polls towards the end of the year. Also, with this, the opposition parties in the Upper House gave their approval by extending support to the Centre’s decision.
Trashing the opposition's charge that the state budget for 2019-20 was a populist one and presented keeping an eye on the upcoming Assembly polls, Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Thursday voiced that the BJP-led state government had taken decisions in the interest of the people throughout the last five years of its rule.
The cabinet of Haryana relaxed the recruitment conditions in Group B, C, and D jobs by Haryana Staff Selection Commission.
Proving a good omen for Bharatiya Janata Party, the state of Arunachal Pradesh had given a victory start by winning three seats unopposed in assembly polls. Continuing the winning streak, BJP will be forming the next government in Arunachal Pradesh as the party on Thursday crossed the magic figure and won 36 seats of the 57 seats.
As the fever of Lok Sabha election soaring high, the Election Commission (EC) officials are lining up to meet in New Delhi on April 30 to discuss the possible dates of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls. But the Jammu and governor administration is not in favour of holding polls to the state legislative assembly in the near future and has recommended to conduct elections in the month of November.
As Telangana with Rajasthan goes on poll on December 7, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assures the people of New Telangana aimed with development and progress at a fast pace.
A young, energetic and enthusiastic Muslim activist of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Shahzadi Syed will challenge Akbaruddin Owaisi, brother of firebrand AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi in the ensuing assembly elections to Telangana state. She will be contesting as official BJP candidate.
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party’s (NDPP) supreme leader Neiphiu Rio sworn in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland on Thursday. While State BJP Legislatures leader Y. Patton has been appointed as Deputy Chief Minister. Notably, the swearing-in ceremony comes few days after state assembly polls in which Nagaland delivered a hung mandate. Naga People's Front won 26 seats of the 60 seats in the Assembly, the BJP 12, the NDPP 18, the National People's Party (NPP) 2 and the JD(U) and Independent one each.
