Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Sunday staged a protest over a party ticket being given to BJP leader Deepti Kiran Maheshwari from the Rajsamand Assembly constituency, for the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly Elections.
Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of development works worth Rs 77 crore during his one-day tour to the Shahpur assembly constituency of Kangra district today.
After being replaced by BJP Rakesh Golu Shukla for the Indore-3 constituency for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, MLA Akash Vijayvargiya said he "happily accepted this decision because it is for the party's benefit".
A video of the protest has also surfaced on social media in which the protesters were seen showing black flags and chanting slogans against Joshi. The protestors also stopped Joshi's vehicle. There was a light scuffle with the gunman and the protesters broke the windshield of the vehicle.
According to an official statement from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), "CM Dhami has announced Rs 1 crore for the beautification of Harju Temple, Nileshwar Temple and Chandika Devi Temple of Bageshwar Assembly Constituency. The fund will also be used for Dangleshwar Mahadev Temple near S
The Congress party has fielded Nidhi Jain from Sagar seat against her brother-in-law and three times MLA from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Shailendra Jain. Congress candidate Nidhi Jain is the wife of Sunil Jain, who is younger brother of BJP candidate Shailendra Jain.
In a major setback to Congress ahead of upcoming state assembly polls scheduled to be held next month in Madhya Pradesh, its leader Bhanu Thakur joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after he was denied a ticket from the Bhander assembly constituency in Datia district.
The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee on Wednesday handed its party ticket to Wanglem Konyak from Tangnyu Village, Mon Nagaland representing the 43 Tapi Assembly Constituency for the bye- election scheduled on November 7. A ticket distribution program was also held at the Congress Bhavan
The Congress on Wednesday announced the second list of 53 candidates for the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections that are due to be held in November in two phases.
Tiwari is a grandson of former MP assembly speaker late Srinivas Tiwari and Chaudhary is a former MLA from Gunaur assembly constituency in Panna district.