Tag: 2018 Assembly elections

Election Commission to send team to Telangana next week to review poll preparedness

Telangana caretaker CM and TRS chief K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Friday launched his party's election campaign, seeking fresh mandate and targeting Congress party.

September 8, 2018

Poll panel team to visit Telangana for election preparedness

Ahead of the full meeting of the Election Commission, Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat on Friday appeared to hint at the possibility of holding Assembly elections in Telangana along with the polls due in four other states in December this year.

September 7, 2018

Election Commission to take a decision on Telangana early polls today

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday had declared that the state assembly would be dissolved to facilitate polls eight months before schedule.

September 7, 2018

CEC OP Rawat rules out simultaneous Lok Sabha, Assembly elections

Rawat says legal framework needed for such polls: “The lawmakers will take at least a year to frame a law that can be enforceable. This process takes time."

August 24, 2018

Political chicanery galore

Meghalaya has seen one bye-election after the other. First, it was Williamnagar that had to go to the polls since the candidate was murdered just before the 2018 Assembly elections. Next was the election in Ampati, a seat vacated by former chief minister Mukul Sangma as he had contested and won from two places. Last...

July 8, 2018