Leader of Opposition and former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jairam Thakur on Friday, came down heavily on Congress over corruption and said that the party is going to create a record of scams in the state.
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Sunday that the state has received appreciation from across the country after the resounding victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in both Lok Sabha seats and in the by-elections.
Following the core committee meeting in Rajasthan ahead of the by-elections, the party's state chief CP Joshi on Sunday said that the Bhartiya Janata party takes all elections seriously, whether big or small and is preparing for the same.
Himachal Pradesh BJP on Saturday expelled Harpreet Singh Saini, BJP's state co-media Incharge, for six years for contesting by-elections against the party's authorized candidate
"After the withdrawal of nominations, a total of 13 candidates are in the fray from Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh Assembly Constituencies (AC) for the bye-elections," said the official.
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Leader of Opposition, and former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Jairam Thakur said that Bharatiya Janata Party is getting full support and blessings from the people of Himachal Pradesh and exuded confidence that the BJP would win all the assembly by-elections.
Amid the on-going quest for by-elections, Himachal CM's wife and Congress candidate Kamlesh Thakur from Dehra has been aggressively campaigning as she held nine street meetings and interacted with the public on Monday.
A total of 23 candidates have filed nomination papers for Jalandhar West Assembly constituency by-elections. On Friday which was the last day to file the nomination papers, 14 candidates submitted their nomination papers to the Returning Officer, out of which 4 candidates filed papers as cov
The Shimla Police on Saturday questioned the former Independent MLA and BJP's candidate for Assembly by-elections in Hamirpur, Ashish Sharma, in an alleged horse-trading case during Rajya Sabha elections.
"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.