Bangladesh Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal announced that the 12th national parliamentary election will be held on January 7, 2024, Dhaka Tribune reported.
A delegation headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja met with the President at the Aiwan-i-Sadr in Islamabad after Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan called on him.
In the first phase of the meeting, deliberation was held regarding the Rajasthan Assembly elections and the party list of the candidates for the remaining 76 seats, while in the second phase, the Telangana Assembly elections were discussed in detail.
Party sources further informed that Cabinet Minister Shanti Dhariwal and Mahesh Joshi who are close aides of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot are most likely to be "dropped" from the list of Candidates this time.
Firecrackers are burst with great pomp and show during the festival of Diwali, but in view of the increasing pollution in the environment, the Housing and Transport Department in Chhattisgarh has issued guidelines regarding the burning of firecrackers.
Ahead of the Telangana Assembly elections on November 30, the Congress's poll in-charge Manikrao Thakare held a screening committee meeting on Wednesday.
According to a source, "The committee has finalised the names of candidates for 84 seats. The list of candidates will be released on Saturday. Discussion and decision on the remaining 75 seats will be done in another round of meetings."
PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President JP Nadda, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh were present in the meeting which was meant to finalise candidates for the upcoming Telangana assembly elections and remaining candidates for Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
In a run-up to the assembly elections in five states, the Bharatiya Janata Party's Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting has been underway in Delhi.