Preparing for the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Congress will be holding a meeting on October 20 to finalise the list of candidates for the state, Congress leaders confirmed.
The discussion were held on over 100 seats and the party will decide the names of its remaining candidates for 288-member Maharashtra assembly polls after seat sharing talks with its Mahayuti alliance partners, comprising Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Eknath Shinde-l
As the ruling Mahayuti alliance gears up for Maharashtra assembly polls next month, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has emerged as an influential political figure who seeks to balance tradition with modernity, effectively handles a crisis and delivers on promises.
The Assembly elections for the 288 member assembly in Maharashtra would be held in a single phase on November 20 with counting of votes scheduled to be held on November 23.
The BJP put up a impressive performance bagging 29 seats. Peoples' Democratic Party won three seats 3 seats and one each by the People's Conference, CPI-M and AAP. Seven seats were also won by the Independents.
BJP MP Sambit Patra hit out at Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah after Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) chairman and close aide of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Mari Gowda submitted his resignation on Wednesday. He said that it was clear from the incident that Siddarama
"We are confident that our alliance in Maharashtra will form the government and Congress will contest the by-polls to win. It is a matter of great happiness that Priyanka ji is contesting from Wayanad," said Selja.
A day after the Election Commission announced by-polls to 48 assembly constituencies including nine seats in Uttar Pradesh, Nishad Party chief and Uttar Pradesh Minister Sanjay Kumar Nishad said that his party will render support to the NDA candidates as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has
Jharkhand is set to vote in two phases in assembly polls to be held on November 13 and 20 while Maharashtra will go in for a single-phase election on November 20, the Election Commission announced on Tuesday.
Aam Aadmi Party's National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal is set to launch the AAP Public Outreach Campaign today, Wednesday, ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections.He will make an announcement at 12 noon in a press conference.
He further emphasized that the BJP has done the development and welfare work in Maharashtra and in both Maharashtra and Jharkhand, the party will form the government.