Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant raised concern on the "arrangement" after the Election Commission of India announced the poll schedule for Maharashtra on Tuesday.
The assembly elections in Maharashtra will be held in a single phase on November 20, with votes to be counted on November 23, as announced by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday evening arrived at BJP headquarters in National Delhi to chair the Bharatiya Janata Party's Central Election Committee meeting on Jharkhand elections going to polls in two phases.
Citing smooth coordination among the alliance partners, former Maharashtra Home Minister and NCP-SP leader Anil Deshmukh said on Tuesday that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will wil the Maharashtra Assembly polls and will form the government.
Following the announcement of the election schedule for Jharkhand, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday expressed confidence in winning the upcoming elections in Jharkhand and said that the land of tribals which has been taken by Muslims will be given back to the tribals.
Following the announcement of the election schedule for Jharkhand and Maharashtra, National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday urged the leaders of the INDIA bloc to connect with the public in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
The Election Commission on Tuesday announced bypolls to Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala and Nanded seat in Maharashtra. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi is likely to make her election debut from Wayanad.
The assembly elections in Jharkhand will be held in two phases on November 13 and November 20 and votes will be counted on November 23, as per the Election Commission of India.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday exuded confidence in winning elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, including bypolls in Kedarnath and said that people will choose double engine government in both the states.
Casting aspersions on the Election Commission, following the announcement of elections in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday urged the poll body to be fair in the game and not let the Maharashtra elections reflect Haryana.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday questioned the practice of showing winning/losing trends 5 to 10 minutes after the official beginning of counting at 8 am on election result days and said that "huge distortion" was created due to exit polls, calling for "self-introspection