Tag: assembly polls

Simultaneous Lok Sabha, Assembly elections in Andhra, Odisha, Sikkim and Arunachal

While Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal and Sikkim will go to the polls for all Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in the first phase on April 11, Odisha will have the polls spread across the first four phases — April 11, April 18, April 23 and April 29.

March 11, 2019

Importance of pre-poll alliance

The CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechuri said recently, “The alliance will happen at the state level for the polls. Any grand alliance at the central level can only happen after 2019 election.”

December 23, 2018

Rahul Gandhi has brought Congress ‘back onto board’: Jyotiraditya Scindia

The Congress on Tuesday wrested back power from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

December 12, 2018

Verdict 2018: All eyes on EVMs

Will EVMs be blamed if BJP wins today? And if Congress manages to wrest the states, will it still blame the EVMs?

December 11, 2018

Chief Ministers of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, MP confident of BJP victory in assembly polls

The chief ministers of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan on Sunday expressed confidence in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) victory in the recently concluded assembly elections.

December 9, 2018

The focus now is on 2019

The issues for the 2019 polls will be more or less the same - like the Augusta versus Rafael defence deals, unemployment, agrarian crisis, economy, non-delivery of Modi’s 2014 election promises and petrol prices.

December 9, 2018

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