BJP chose Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath as its star campaigners, along with others for the upcoming local body elections in Uttarakhand.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday released the party's 'Sankalp Patra' for the municipal elections scheduled for January 23 at the BJP State Headquarters in Dehradun.
Shah was addressing state party leaders and workers at the conclusion of the party's state convention today, the 'Shirdi Maha Adhiveshan' in Shirdi town of Ahilyanagar district.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami participated in a bike rally and public meeting in Karnaprayag, Chamoli, organised in support of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates Ganesh Shah from Karnaprayag and Anil Negi from Gauchar for the municipal elections.
"We will fight Mumbai and Nagpur Municipal Corporation on our own, whatever happens will happen. We have to see for ourselves. We will fight Nagpur on our own. Uddhav Thackeray has given us a signal. I just now discussed it with our city Shiv Sena chief Pramod Manmode," Raut told reporter
The star campaigners list includes BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi among other cabinet ministers, Members of Parliaments and former Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal affirmed hope for the municipal elections in Mumbai to be held soon, and a triple-engine government can govern the city and take it into international standards.
US investigators have charged a man as an illegal agent of China while working as the campaign manager for a candidate in a municipal election in a California city, amidst growing concerns about Chinese infiltration.
The State Election Commission of Uttarakhand has announced the Municipal Local Body General Elections for 2024-25. Voting will take place on January 23, 2025, with results to be declared on January 25, 2025.
In the recently concluded Punjab Municipal Elections, AAP registered victory in 522 out of 961 wards (nearly 55 per cent) and 31 out of 41 Municipal Councils and Panchayats.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday congratulated Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and party workers for its resounding victory in the Punjab Municipal Elections.
A half-day holiday has been declared for all government and non-government schools and colleges in Jalandhar district on December 20, in light of the upcoming Municipal Corporation/Municipal Councils/Municipal Panchayat elections, as per the Deputy Commissioner's office.