Tag: Assembly poll

K’taka BJP looks set to make UCC its 2023 Assembly poll ‘Brahmastra’

The discussion on the Private Member's Bill on the Uniform Civil Code in Parliament has brought the issue to the centrestage once again. With several BJP-ruled states taking baby steps in the direction, the ruling BJP in Karnataka also looks set to rake it up for political gain.

December 17, 2022

We faced testing times in first year: Jai Ram Thakur

One year on, the Himachal CM talked to Archana Phull from The Statesman about his performance.

December 24, 2018

Setback for BJP

Losing parties always insist that by-elections are not a national referendum, and the BJP taking that line is a more telling admission of the reverse it has suffered than the actual tally of losing 11 of the 14 Lok Sabha and Assembly contests earlier in the week. One major take-away is the party’s inability to...

June 3, 2018

Rahul bets on Congress wining Karnataka assembly poll

An upbeat Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday asserted that the ruling party would win the Karnataka assembly poll and return to power again. “The Congress will win the assembly election in Karnataka again and return to power as our government fulfilled all the promises it made and lived up to the people’s expectations,” said...

February 27, 2018

HP politicians relax with ‘bated breath’

The politicians in Himachal Pradesh are relaxing, only with bated breath till the Assembly poll results are out on 18 December, one month and nine days after the state went to elections on 9 November. The politically aware and pro-active hill folks are discussing poll probabilities, often debating it out on streets, offices, coffee houses,...

November 24, 2017

Polling begins in Uttarakhand

Voting for the 69 seats of the Uttarakhand state assembly began at 8 am on Wednesday amid tight security, a poll official said. This is the fourth assembly poll in the hill state where 75,13,547 voters will decide the fate of 628 candidates. Polling in Karnprayag has been suspended for now due to the death of...

February 15, 2017

Polling begins in Uttarakhand

Voting for the 69 seats of the Uttarakhand state assembly began at 8 am on Wednesday amid tight security, a poll official said. This is the fourth assembly poll in the hill state where 75,13,547 voters will decide the fate of 628 candidates. Polling in Karnprayag has been suspended for now due to the death of...

February 15, 2017