Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in an official order announced the candidature of Bajrang Kumar Mahto for the upcoming bye-elections in Jharkhand assembly elections from the Ramgarh constituency.
On Sunday, Senior PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced "We have decided to participate in the by-elections and Imran Khan will contest from all seats."
Erode (East) Assembly by-election is to be held on February 27, the last date of nomination is on February 7 and the result will be declared on March 2
The Congress' announcement came as a surprise as Elangovan stated on Saturday that he would not contest the bypoll but sought the ticket for his son Sanjay Sampath.
Leaders of Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) faction did not talk to the media after the meeting and said "everything went well". Panneerselvam said it was courtesy meeting.
As per the July 11 general council meeting of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Palaniswami has been elected as the interim general secretary of the party now.
Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras in an interview with ANI said that the by-poll results also prove that Nitish Kumar, who used to claim himself as the leader of the downtrodden and the Dalit community has been rejected by the people. The people have established their faith in the leaders
Former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLA Anil Kumar Sahini on Friday sought the resignation of the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on 'moral grounds' after the defeat in the recently held assembly byelections.
For the first time, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday won the Rampur Sadar assembly seat, considered a stronghold of the Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan when its candidate Akash Saxena defeated his nearest rival, Asim Raja.