Apurva Chandra, the Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, said that the yatra will start in the poll-bound states- Telangana, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh- once elections are concluded.
Taking a jibe at the Congress over its manifesto for the upcoming Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday said there was a "deep pit" in Congress's list of poll promises.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday took a jibe at the Congress party over their election manifesto saying that it was not a manifesto of the Congress, but the letter of lies.
Congress on Tuesday released its manifesto for the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls next month and made a slew of promises including Old Pension Scheme, caste census, Nari Samman Nidhi of Rs 1500 per month to women, Rs 25 lakh health insurance and 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in governme
Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday welcomed the decision of the Election Commission for the election program saying that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is fully prepared to contest elections in all five states.
Soon after the Election Commission announced the schedule for assembly polls in five states, Congress General Secretary and MP KC Venugopal exuded confidence that Congress is going to form government in all the states.
Union Minister of Tourism, Culture, Development of North Eastern Region and BJP State President G Kishan Reddy addressing the media, stated that the election schedule might come but BJP is ready to face the elections whenever it comes. He said, "We have organised two meetings of Union Home M
Madhya Pradesh is among the five states where assembly elections are to be held later this year to elect 230 members of the state. In the 2018 assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Congress emerged as the single largest party with 114 seats and BJP got 109 seats.
Speaking to ANI on Friday, CM Chouhan said, “The BJP is completely in the election fray and our preparations are going on. Congress was saying that it would declare their candidate list a year ago, or six months ago but BJP declared its candidate. Our candidates are now in the field.”
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said on Wednesday that the state government has "made plans" to implement all election promises the Congress had made. He was reacting to the BJP's allegation that there is no budget provision to implement the election promises.