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.
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.
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
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.
Following the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) historic win in the Haryana Assembly elections, Union Minister Prataprao Jadhav on Wednesday asserted that NDA will form the government in Maharashtra and Jharkhand under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi.
He also emphasized that they will win the elections not only in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana but also in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Delhi, Bihar and Kerala.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut criticised the central government regarding the conduct of the election process and questioned the delay in the announcement of the schedule in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, where the elections are due this year.
CP Radhakrishnan was sworn in as the Governor of Maharashtra at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai on Wednesday. Radhakrishnan succeeded Governor Ramesh Bais whose term came to an end.
After the successful completion of the General Election to the 18th Lok Sabha, the Election Commission of India has initiated the preparations for forthcoming State Assembly Elections in the States of Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand with the updation of the electoral rolls in these states
The counting of votes for bye-elections to one assembly constituency each in Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and two assembly constituencies in Maharashtra began on Thursday.