Ahead of the Kurhani Assembly constituency bypolls in Bihar, the National President of Janata Dal (United) Lalan Singh on Sunday charted out the plans for the election campaign in a meeting.
Ahead of the Mainpuri by-poll elections, Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav and SP Mainpuri candidate Dimple Yadav on Thursday meets with Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) chief Shivpal Singh Yadav.
The Samajwadi Party did not field Azam Khan's wife Tanzeen Fatima or his daughter-in-law and gave ticket to his loyalist Asim Raza. Azam Khan or a member of his family have fought from the seat continuously since 1977.
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced former MLA Bramhanand Netam as its candidate from Bhanupratappur which fell vacant following the death of Manoj Mandavi Netam, who was the sitting Congress MLA.
Congress has taken the decision in honour of Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav. The party is also believed to be looking forward to have a good rapport with SP in the future.
The Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party, today, released a list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha by-elections to be held in Uttar Pradesh and the assembly by-elections of Rajasthan, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh.
Earlier on Saturday, Bharatiya Janata Party decided to field Pradip Purohit as its candidate for Padampur seat located in Bargarh district and Congress announced Satya Bhusan Sahu's name as its candidate.
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said that the party ensures that it will work on the footprints of Mulayam Singh Yadav for benefit of Mainpuri with the nomination of his wife Dimple Yadav for the Assembly by-election.
While reacting to the Samajwadi Party's decision to put Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav as a candidate in the upcoming Mainpuri's bypolls, Deputy CM said that BJP will achieve victory in Mainpuri with a thumping majority.