The assembly elections in Maharashtra will be held in a single phase on November 20 and the votes will be counted on November 23, the Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar announced on Tuesday.
The poll body officials have called for a press conference at 3.30 pm in the Plenary Hall, Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi to make the announcement of the schedule for the assembly polls in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
Congress MLA Hiraman Bhika Khoskar from Igatpuri assembly constituency joined the Ajit Pawar led-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday, ahead of the assembly elections in Maharashtra.
Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) leader Sanjay Nirupam on Monday appealed the opposition parties in Maharashtra to refrain from doing politics over Baba Siddique's murder, adding that the state government has taken up this case as a 'challenge.'
Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar on Monday termed the state government's announcement of full toll exemption for all light motor vehicles entering Mumbai as election 'jumla'.
Delhi minister and AAP leader Gopal Rai targeted Bharatiya Janata Party government in Centre after NCP leader Baba Siddique was shot dead in Maharashtra and claimed that similar incidents are increasing in the national capital.
Questioning the law and order situation in Maharashtra, Aam Aadmi party leader Sanjay Singh on Sunday blamed the Shinde government for Baba Siddiqui's murder on Saturday night.
Congress leader Imran Pratapgarhi hit out at the Eknath Shinde led Mahayuti government in Maharashtra over the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique and said that it is a very shameful incident and more than politics it is about law and order situation in the state.
Demanding a CBI Investigation into the murder of NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) leader Baba Siddique, Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Sunday questioned the law and order situation in Maharashtra.
The MVA also released a booklet titled 'Gaddarancha Panchnama' attacking the Mahrashtra government accusing it of "betraying" the dharma of Maharashtra.
Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Annie Raja on Sunday reacted to the killing of NCP leader Baba Siddique and said it shows the "worsening law order situation" in Maharashtra.