Senior leader and Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been made the in-charge and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma co-in-charge of Jharkhand BJP in the run-up to the upcoming state assembly elections.
Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Vijay Wadettiwar wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde urging to resolve the caste-based politics in the state.
Union Minister and Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) leader HD Kumaraswamy hit out at Rahul Gandhi for his statements on EVMs and asked Congress whether the party internally adjusted the EVMs during the 2023 assembly elections in Karnataka when they got resounding majority with 136 seats.
The meeting comes a day after Nadda appointed state election in-charges and co-in-charges for the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir which are going to polls this year.
"The Congress Party in Haryana has unfortunately become one-person-centric who has compromised the interest of the Party for his own selfish and petty interests and it is thus time for me to move on so that I may continue to uphold the interest of my people and the values that I stand for
"To spread the values and ideology of the father of Haryana, Choudhary Bansi Lal in Haryana and honest development of the region and the state will always be my priority," Kiran Choudhry said in a post on 'X' while sharing her resignation letter.
Union Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday resigned as the MLA from his traditional Budhni seat in Madhya Pradesh, days after getting elected to the Lok Sabha from Vidisha in the state.
"The Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party has given its approval to the following names for the upcoming assembly by-elections to be held in the states of Punjab and West Bengal," a press release from the central office of the BJP said.
Following All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)'s decision to boycott Vikravandi assembly constituency by-polls, which are scheduled for July 10, party leader D Jayakumar on Monday said that contesting by-polls is a "waste of resources".
All security measures have been put in place around the Odisha Assembly building place in Bhubaneshwar as newly elected MLAs are set to take oath from tomorrow.
BJP National President JP Nadda has appointed state election incharges and co-in-charges for the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir, BJP posted on X.