Top BJP leaders blow bugle for upcoming assembly polls in Rajasthan
In order to gain momentum for the upcoming assembly elections in Rajasthan, top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders will soon be visiting the poll-bound state.
In order to gain momentum for the upcoming assembly elections in Rajasthan, top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders will soon be visiting the poll-bound state.
The polling began at 9 am and continued till 4 pm. The counting of votes will be done on Monday itself. The results are likely to be declared by the evening.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, PCC President Govind Singh Dotasara, Education Minister B D Kalla were among the few first voters who cast their votes, a party spokesman told SNS.
"Kharge sir is my leader too. We are not enemies. I am fighting to bring change in the Congress party," he said here while interacting with the mediapersons.
Of the 710 voters in the Congress electoral college from Tamil Nadu, a handful attended the meeting convened by Tharoor to seek support for his candidature at the state Congress headquarters, Satyamoorthi Bhavan on Thursday.
This two-day exercise at Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi for dispatch of election materials to the states/UT in a time-bound and secured manner is being undertaken under the supervision of Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey.
According to the State Election Commission, the counting of votes for the first phase will be done on May 17, and the second phase of counting will be done on May 22.
However, this relaxation will be subject to existing instructions of State Disaster Management Authorities (SDMA) and preventive measures, imposed by district authorities concerned.
With comments like "jharu phir gaya" (broom has sprung), "jharu wale nu" (have voted for the candidate with broom as party symbol) and "duan partyyan te dukhi han" (we are unhappy with both the Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal), post voting Punjabis have been vocal in giving the opinions on the likely poll results.
As many as 8,648 nomination papers submitted by candidates for election to various positions in the Panchayati Raj Institutions in Odisha