Tag: assembly polls

Why KCR sprung poll surprise

Telangana, the youngest state in the country, has attracted national attention because chief minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao has chosen to advance the assembly polls by six months. It is not a surprise as he had been dropping hints for some time about it. Last week, when he was in Delhi he met Prime Minister Narendra …

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September 9, 2018

Bid to unite MP Cong factions

With an eye on the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, the Congress has been trying to unite its workers and leaders through the coordination committee headed by former chief minister Digvijay Singh. Singh began his Ekta Yatra on 31 May from Orchha in Tikamgarh district after offering prayers at the Ramlala temple. The yatra will …

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July 27, 2018

Alliance only if given respectable seat share: Mayawati warns Congress

Last month, the BSP had said that it was not in talks with the Congress for an alliance for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls.

July 24, 2018

Chouhan launches Jan Ashirwad yatra

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched his statewide ‘Jan Aashirwad Yatra’ from Ujjain on Saturday to get the blessings of the people of the state and ensure the return of the BJP to power in the state in the year-end assembly polls. BJP national president Amit Shah flagged off the CM’s yatra in …

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July 15, 2018

Chouhan to launch ‘Jan Ashirwad’ yatra in July

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will embark on a ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ from 14 July and cover all 230 Assembly constituencies of the state till September to seek the blessings of the people and ensure the BJP’s return to power in the upcoming Assembly polls at the end of this year. The Opposition …

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June 20, 2018

Digvijay to head Cong coordination panel in MP

Former chief minister and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijay Singh has been made chairman of a 13-member coordination committee for Madhya Pradesh where Assembly polls are scheduled at the year-end. Senior leaders, Mahesh Joshi, Rameshwar Neekhra, Satyavrat Chaturvedi and others are included in the committee. Congress general secretary Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday issued a letter stating …

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May 23, 2018

‘Karnataka government failed to check crime against women’

Expressing concern over attacks on young girls and women in the country, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the Congress government in Karnataka had failed to check crime against women in the state. “The Congress government failed the state’s people in checking crime against women,” Sitharaman said while addressing an interactive women’s outreach programme …

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April 29, 2018

Crorepatis and criminals in K’taka poll fray

Analysis of candidates fielded by the BJP, Congress and JDS shows the parties’ scant regard for transparency and the electorate for the 12 May Assembly polls as some of their candidates have serious criminal cases against them. According to the Association for Democratic Reforms, an independent body which conducted the analyis, the time has come …

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April 19, 2018

Final party position in Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland

Here is the final party position in the results declared on Saturday for assembly polls in Tripura and Meghalaya. The party position for Nagaland is as declared by the Election Commission at 10 p.m. TRIPURA Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – 35 Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura – 8 Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) – 16 …

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March 4, 2018

‘Jan Aashirwada Yatra’ a success, thank you Karnataka: Rahul Gandhi

After Congress Party’s ‘Jan Aashirwada Yatra’ in Karnataka concluded on Monday, party President Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter saying, “I want to thank the people of Karnataka for their warmth and affection and our Congress workers for working tirelessly to make our Yatra a resounding success”. Rahul Gandhi shared a video of his campaign trail …

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February 27, 2018

Election Commission team to visit Meghalaya

An Election Commission (EC) team led by Chief Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat will arrive here on Thursday to take stock of the preparations for the February 27 assembly polls, an official said on Tuesday. Rawat will be accompanied by Election Commissioners Sunil Arora and Ashok Lavasa. The five-year term of the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly …

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February 13, 2018

BJP releases first list of candidates for Tripura Assembly polls

The BJP on Saturday released its first list of candidates for 44 of the 60 seats in Tripura Assembly, polls for which will be held on February 18. While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest 51 seats, nine seats will be contested by by tribal-run Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura, with which the BJP …

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January 28, 2018

Siddu plays minority card; faces flak

With barely a few months to go for the Assembly polls, the ruling Congress plans to withdraw cases against people of the minority community, who were involved in communal clashes between 2013 and 2017. As many as 500 cases relating to communal clashes were recorded during the period involving different communities. The opposition BJP has …

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January 28, 2018

K’taka minority card sets dangerous precedent: BJP

The BJP has reacted to Karnataka government’s plans to withdraw cases against minority community involved in communal clashes between 2013 and 2017. The state government announced its clemency plan barely a few months left for state Assembly polls. As many as 500 cases relating to communal clashes were recorded during the period. Senior BJP leader …

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January 27, 2018

Shiv Sena won’t ally with BJP for 2019 General and Assembly polls

Snapping a nearly three decade old alliance, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday announced that it will not align with BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha as well as the Assembly polls. A resolution, moved by party leader Sanjay Raut, at Sena’s national executive meet said it always made compromises to uphold the alliance with the Bharatiya …

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January 23, 2018

Siddu’s plan to divide Lingayats block roads

The Siddaramiah government’s plan to divide the dominant Lingayat community on the eve of the Assembly polls, appears to have hit a road block. This follows the request of retired Justice N Das, who is heading the panel set up to go into the demand for a separate religion tag for the Lingayats, to extend …

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January 9, 2018

Nagaland group demands President’s rule, postponement of assembly polls

Nagaland-based group Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to defer the state’s assembly election and impose President’s Rule in order to facilitate solution to the vexed Naga insurgency. In a letter to Modi, the ACAUT said: “If elections are held in Nagaland for the sake of constitutional process …

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January 8, 2018