The 60-year-old MLA from the Badrinath assembly seat in Uttarakhand joined the BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Union Minister Piyush Goyal in New Delhi.
Meanwhile, the general election for 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases from April 19, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced on Saturday. The counting will be held on June 4.
The Assembly polls in Odisha will be held in four phases which are May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1. The results for all four states will be announced on June 4.
Articulating India's position after it abstained from the adoption of a resolution on 'Measures to Combat Islamophobia' at the UNGA, Kamboj, responding to the Pakistani envoy, said, "This concerns a delegation that, much like a broken record, remains sadly stagnant while the world progres
Along with announcing Lok Sabha elections that will be held in seven phases beginning from April 19, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar also announced the schedule of Assembly polls in four states - Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and Odisha.
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) released the list of candidates contesting for the 175 Assembly seats and 25 Lok Sabha seats in the forthcoming elections on Saturday.
As the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the dates for Lok Sabha and four state Assembly elections, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appealed to the citizens to vote in favour of the Aam Aadmi Party candidates in the upcoming parliamentary polls so that the party can work f
National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that it is disheartening to see that the Election Commission of India has decided to conduct Parliamentary and Assembly polls simultaneously in Jammu and Kashmir.
In an interview with ANI, CEC Kumar said, "We are yet to hold assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. I mentioned in the press conference earlier today that the way for conducting legal elections has opened since December 23. This is March, and there is snowfall in the region, hence the
Bypolls will be held in six assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh on June 1, coinciding with the seventh phase of Lok Sabha polls, on the vacancies that arose due to the disqualification of six Congress MLAs who had cross-voted in Rajya Sabha election last month and defied the party whip in