MLC Election Returning Officer Y Vijayaraju announced in the assembly building on Friday that C Ramachandraiah, on behalf of the Telugu Desam Party, and P Hari Prasad, on behalf of the JanaSena Party, were unanimously elected as MLA Quota MLCs in the Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Council.
Ahead of the upcoming State Legislative Council elections on July 12, the Pune unit of the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction) demanded one Legislative Council seat for Pune city.
In a significant political development, all 11 candidates for the Bihar Legislative Council election, including Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, were declared elected unopposed to the state Legislative Council.
Maurya, in his resignation letters, one addressed to the Chairman of the State Legislative Council and another to the Samajwadi Party chief, Akhilesh Yadav, said that he has resigned from the membership of the Legislative Council on moral grounds.
Alleging that state governors are Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “agents”, Telangana Minister and BRS leader KT Rama Rao on Tuesday condemned the “attitude” of Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundarrajan in rejecting the two names recommended by the State Cabin
Union Minister and Telangana BJP President G Kishan Reddy backed the Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundarrajan’s decision to reject two names recommended by the State Cabinet for nomination as Members of the State Legislative Council under the Governor’s quota.
Andhra Pradesh former chief minister and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday said that the results in the state Legislative Council elections clearly indicate that YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) will not return to power again.
"The victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates in the elections to the Upper House of the State Legislature testifies to the immense public faith in the double-engine government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi," CM Yogi said in a tweet.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday lashed out at the Opposition leaders in the state Legislative Council over Veer Savarkar's "insult", and said that even if the freedom fighter doesn't get Bharat Ratna, the leaders should "stop insulting him".
Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], August 12 (ANI): Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Friday, miffed over the appointment of Shiv Sena's Ambadas Danve as the Leader of Opposition in the state Legislative Council, issued a stern warning stating that the alliance with Uddhav Thackeray-l