BJP state president Mahendra Bhatt on Sunday wrote to the Election Commission, accusing the central observer for the upcoming Bageshwar Assembly bypoll, Rajesh Kumar, of bias and demanding that he be replaced at the earliest.
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said that the people of the Ghosi constituency will outcast the BJP candidate in the upcoming assembly bypolls next month.
Ahead of the upcoming bye-elections in Tripura and West Bengal, the BJP on Tuesday declared the names of candidates for poll-bound Assembly seats in these two states.
Chief Minister Manik Saha expressed confidence that the ruling BJP will emerge victorious in the upcoming bye-elections for two Assembly constituencies in the state, saying that the poll dates could be announced any time, the government informed through an official press release on Sunday
Addressing the party workers in Bhubaneswar, the BJD president said, "It's not important if it is a single-engine or double-engine government. What's important from the people's point of view is that there should be good governance. Pro-people governance always wins."
The ruling coalition partner Apna Dal (Sonelal) is contesting in both seats. Suar assembly seat in Rampur district was declared vacant on February 13 after a Moradabad court sentenced Abdullah Azam Khan, the son of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, to two years in jail in a 15-year
Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday announced the names of candidates for the upcoming Parliamentary and Assembly bypolls in Punjab and Odisha respectively.
In the latest trend, Indian National Congress candidate EVKS Elangovan is leading Erode East bye-election by 10,000 votes against All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam opponent K.S Thennarasu.
Counting votes for the Sagardighi Assembly constituency in West Bengal's Murshidabad district started on Thursday, with the Congress' Byron Biswas over the ruling TMC's Debashish Banerjee by a margin of 515 votes.