Ahead of the by-elections for seven assembly seats in Rajasthan, former Congress local leader from Khinwsar assembly constituency, Durg Singh Chauhan joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of party's state president Madan Rathore and CM Bhajan Lal Sharma.
Notably, the MVA is still facing the heat from one of its allies, the Samajwadi Party, who is demanding more seats from the alliance to contest in the polls.
"I have announced five seats. They should give these five seats to me. I will wait because I don't want votes to be divided. We don't want to create a rift in the MVA for the sake of votes," Azmi said.
Assam Chief Minister and Jharkhand BJP assembly election co-in-charge Himanta Biswa Sarma who came to Kolhan to meet BJP party leaders ahead of the Assembly polls in the state said that there is a very good atmosphere and BJP will win 10 to 12 seats here.
As the preparations for the upcoming elections to 288 Assembly seats in Maharashtra have intensified and the model code of conduct is in force, Mumbai Police have recovered Rs 30 lakh cash from a car and two people were taken into custody on Friday.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday announced that discussions regarding seat sharing for the upcoming elections are nearing completion, with only 11 out of 288 seats yet to be finalised.
Nishad party president and Uttar Pradesh Minister Sanjay Nishad on Friday said that earlier state governments in the UP have done injustice to the Nishad community by keeping it under the OBC category. He added that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has from time to time raised th
All three parties had already released their initial lists of candidates, but 106 seats remained unannounced. Among these, 20 to 25 seats were contentious, with claims from all three parties. This meeting aimed to address these disputes.
The bypolls in these three seats are taking place following the resignation of HD Kumaraswamy from Channapatna, Basavaraj Bommai from Shiggaon, and Tukaram from Sandur after they won in the Lok Sabha polls in 2024.
Two assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh, Vijaypur assembly seat in Sheopur district and Budhni seat in Sehore district will undergo a by-poll next month on November 13.