Notably, this is the first election between the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Opposition bloc's newly formed Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA).
As six states are gearing up for bypolls on September 5, it will be the first show of strength of the Opposition bloc, Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of state assembly elections later
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Sunday addressed a public rally in the Sonampura Panchayat of the Sipahijala district and said that the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state believes in 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas'.
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said that the people of the Ghosi constituency will outcast the BJP candidate in the upcoming assembly bypolls next month.
Ahead of the upcoming bye-elections in Tripura and West Bengal, the BJP on Tuesday declared the names of candidates for poll-bound Assembly seats in these two states.
Chief Minister Manik Saha expressed confidence that the ruling BJP will emerge victorious in the upcoming bye-elections for two Assembly constituencies in the state, saying that the poll dates could be announced any time, the government informed through an official press release on Sunday
"The Congress President, Mallikarjun Kharge, has approved the proposal for the candidature of the following persons as Congress candidates to contest the bye-elections to the Legislative Council of Karnataka to be elected by the MLAs: Jagadish Shettar, Tippannappa Kamaknoor and NS Boseraju,"
The bypolls were announced after two seats in the Legislative Council went vacant. One seat fell vacant after the resignation of Laxman Prasad Acharya after he was appointed the Governor of Sikkim. Another seat fell vacant after the death of BJP member Banwari Lal Dohre.