Maharashtra Minister and BJP leader Chandrashekhar Bawankule criticised Uddhav Thackeray's alliance with Raj Thackeray and his statements, calling them driven by electoral interests.
The Bharatiya Janata Party and its ally Shiv Sena downplayed the possibility of any electoral impact from a potential alliance between Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).
A total of 2,734,817 have been deleted from the rolls. Out of the total, 6,42,234 were found to be dead, 19,13,540 were marked shifted or absent (from their residence), and 1,79,043 were already enrolled at multiple places.
Over 24.08 lakh electors were deleted from the voter lists in Kerala as the Election Commission of India (ECI) published the draft electoral roll on Tuesday after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state.
The electors have been included in the draft SIR list released on Tuesday, and they will receive notices to present their relevant documents to the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) or Assistant EROs who will determine the voter's claim of being included in the list.
"We have a meeting with our other partners this afternoon. No discussions have been held on seat sharing. We will talk to Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT), and all four parties will sit together to discuss the seat-sharing formula.. Ajit Pawar's faction and our faction's ideology are the same
The first phase of the SIR concluded in the state on December 18 and the first draft roll of voters was released on Tuesday in which the said number of voters have been removed. These voters have been deleted from the rolls on the basis of being found dead, duplicated, absent and shifted
The newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party National working President, Nitin Nabin is set to participate in the State Executive Meeting scheduled to be held on 26 and 27 December at the Kalakshetra Auditorium in Guwahati, along with several other important organisational meetings.
The current tally of voters in the state, as of October 27, stands at 5,31,31,983 as of December 23, 2025, down from a total of 5,74,06,143 recorded in October 27, 2025, according to Joint Chief Electoral Officer of Madhya Pradesh, Ram Pratap Singh Jadon.
"Rahul Gandhi engages in acts of treason against the country instead of showing patriotism. No LoP can go abroad and insult the country. While criticising PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi has now started going abroad and insulting the country," the Union Minister told reporters here.
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari said Rahul Gandhi had "already proven that he has no interest in becoming a leader of India." "According to Rahul Gandhi's thinking, India should not even think about becoming a world guru. This shows how big an enemy these people are of India," Tiwari said. Highlighti