After an independent candidate won the Rupauli assembly bye-election, independent MP Pappu Yadav on Saturday said that even the hardcore supporters of the BJP did not vote for the JD-U candidate in this constituency.
Following the victory of Congress candidates in two out of three assembly constituencies in the recent by-elections in Himachal Pradesh, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday expressed happiness and congratulated all the winning candidates of the Congress party and INDI alliance
"Among the four seats, three were held by the BJP, both in the Lok Sabha and in the Vidhan Sabha. We have won all three and held on to our seat as well. That means four out of four. I express my gratitude to our people for this victory," Banerjee said speaking to reporters in Kolkata on S
Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Jalandhar West assembly by-poll candidate Mohinder Bhagat won the Jalandhar West assembly seat by defeating his nearest rival and BJP nominee Sheetal Angural by a margin of more than 37,000 votes.
Chief Minister Sukhu spoke to ANI on Congress leading on two out of three assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh, and said, "People of Himachal gave us 40 seats in 2022. People have given a befitting reply to the kind of poaching that happened in state politics in the past."
With the counting of votes underway, the Congress has taken the lead in the Nalagarh and Dehra seats of Himachal Pradesh, as well as the Badrinath and Manglaur seats in Uttarakhand.
Earlier on Wednesday, speaking to ANI about the violence, Harish Rawat said, "We feared this. We were constantly urging the administration to ensure the smooth conduct of these elections. Whatever happened in Libbarheri is unprecedented and it will forever be a blot on the history of Utta
"Aam Aadmi Party and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, fearing their defeat in Jalandhar, want to win the election by using every means. Today in the constituency, AAP workers were caught distributing ration and clothes to lure people, who left all the goods on the spot and ran away," Channi sai