Anniyur Siva, a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate from the Vikravandi assembly, on Wednesday arrived at the booth in the Vikravandi constituency to cast his vote and expressed confidence over his win in the by-polls.
With the commencement of polling on the Hamirpur, Nalagarh, and Dehra assembly segments in Himachal Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Dehra, Hoshiyar Singh, arrived on the booth in the Dehra constituency to cast his vote.
Polling for the Assembly by-polls has started for 13 Assembly constituencies across seven states: Bihar, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday.
Mock polls are underway for polling at four Assembly seats in West Bengal. The voting process for the by polls will begin at 7 am and continue till 6 pm.
Ahead of the assembly by-polls on two seats of Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami addressed a rally in support of the BJP's Badrinath candidate Rajendra Bhandari and said Congress has become directionless and far away from development which is the reason why Rajendra Bhandari jo
Speaking to ANI, Congress leader Nath said, "This is a government of scams. They (state BJP-goverment) should answer if there is any place where there is no corruption."
"We want the Congress to play the role of the main opposition party and field a socially and universally respected person in the Rajya Sabha elections so that the people of Haryana know which MLA is with the people and which MLA is with the government. We again say that if the Haryana Congre
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
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.
The Election Department of Himachal Pradesh on Monday announced that a total of 15 candidates, including Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur, are in the fray for the by-polls to be held in three segments -- Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh.