Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Friday hailed the Opposition alliance's bypoll wins in four out of seven Assembly seats, saying the results were "extremely encouraging".
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.
"The Central Election Committee of Bharatiya Janata Party has given its approval on one name for the upcoming Rajya Sabha by-elections to be held in Uttar Pradesh," a press release issued by National General Secretary Arun Singh stated.
Launching a frontal attack on the opposition, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that their main agenda revolved around advancing their own interests rather than the progress of Ghosi.
"Neither Samajwadi Party nor Congress was able to stop riots...I was a member of parliament from Gorakhpur. I just came alone to fight against rioters on that time of 2005 riots," said CM Yogi Adityanath.
After forming a mega alliance ‘I.N.D.I.A’, Ghosi by-election will be the first show of strength election for opposition as Congress, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Apna Dal Kameravadi has decided not to field a candidate of their own and chose to extend support to Samajwadi Party ca
BJP state president Mahendra Bhatt told ANI that the Chief Minister had a separate meeting with JP Nadda after a meeting of the state’s core committee on Sunday in Haridwar
Ahead of Tripura by-elections, at least 8000 opposition voters led by former minister and working president of the Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday in Kulubari under the Boxanagar assembly constituency of Tripura’s Sepahijala district.
Uttar Pradesh will send a Rajya Sabha member to fill the seat, which fell vacant after the death of the BJP’s member of the Upper House, Hardwar Dubey.