On the occasion of Makar Sankranti when Rahul Gandhi launched Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra campaign from Manipur ahead of Lok Sabha polls to boost the morale of Congressmen, a prominent leader ended his 55-year-old association with the grand old party by joining hands with Shiv Sena under the lead
Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) national president Nitish Kumar was offered the post of convenor of the alliance, formed to take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. But he is said to have turned down the proposal.
"This should not be a Nyay Yatra. Congress had ruled the country for 60 years. Congress should ask pardon from the people of this country for corruption. They should ask 'Mafi' first and they should do a Mafi Yatra instead of Nyay Yatra," Singhal, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister, told ANI
Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Saturday said that all the members of the opposition's INDIA bloc agreed to the proposal that the alliance, formed to take on the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, should be headed by Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge.
Odisha BJP in-charge Sunil Bansal held an organisational meeting and discussed forthcoming elections in the presence of state BJP president Manmohan Samal and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
With the Lok Sabha Polls around the corner, the ruling BJP on Friday organised a state-level convention in Agartala under the guidance of Chief Minister Manik Saha, the party's state president Rajib Bhattacharya and the state in-charge Mahesh Sharma.
The Commission is set to hold the meeting with the District Magistrate (DM), Superintendent of Police (SP), Police Commissioner, and Divisional Commissioner of all the districts in Lucknow on January 30.
The conference which began in New Delhi at India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) on Thursday will deliberate on the preparedness for the next general elections, scheduled to take place this year.
"As of now, there are a total of 4.07 crore voters including 2.07 crore female voters in the state. Female voters are more than male voters, which is a happy trend. The final roll will be published on January 22," CEC Kumar said.