In a major setback to the ruling party in Odisha ahead of the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, Mahtab announced his resignation from the primary membership of the party on Friday.
"To fulfil the hopes, wishes and aspirations of 4.5 crore people of Odisha, under the visionary leadership of the Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, for a developed India and a developed Odisha, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest in all the 21 seats of the Lok Sabha and a
"We have received their resignations but we are examining the rules and constitutional provisions for this, so far we have not accepted their resignations," Pathania said, speaking about the resignations of the three Independent MLAs on Friday.
The MLAs include KL Thakur from Nalagarh, Hoshiyar Singh from Dehra and Ashish Sharma from Hamirpur seat. There are reports that these MLAS will be joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Telugu Desam Party leader and Mylavaram MLA Vasantha Krishna Prasad, who recently quit YSR Congress Party, will contest from Mylavaram, the TDP announced on Friday.
Following the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi assembly cancelled the sitting scheduled for Friday. The assembly will now meet at 11 am on March 27.
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal filed as the BJP candidate for the Dibrugarh parliamentary constituency, addressed the party workers meet at Kotoha under Khowang Legislative Assembly Constituency (LAC) on Thursday.
Sonowal appealed to all the
Talking up the BJP's prospects in the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state, party MLA Suryabanshi Suraj on Thursday said it will fare much better that how it is being projected in opinion polls.
As per the sources, the decision regarding the candidature of the Madhya Pradesh former Chief Minister was taken in the Central Election Committee of the Congress party.
"Discussions are going on. There is no hurry. We will tell you once a decision is made...People of NDA need not worry. They should worry about themselves - whether they would survive in 2024 (Lok Sabha Elections) and 2025 (Bihar Assembly Elections)...BJP need not think, the public will teach