The Election Commission of India on Tuesday announced that the Assembly elections in Maharashtra will take place in a single phase on November 20, while Jharkhand will conduct its polls in two phases on November 13 and November 20. The counting of votes for both states is scheduled for November 23. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv…
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday said that her party will contest on its own in the upcoming state elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand as well as byelections in nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. In a series of posts on X in Hindi, Mayawati welcomed the announcement of the poll schedule and said…
Ranchi, Oct 7 (PTI) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday directed all deputy commissioners to lodge cases against those violating Election Commission of India norms, days after opposition BJP announced its ‘Gogo Didi’ scheme for women ahead of the assembly polls. The direction came after the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) alleged that the…
Ranchi: Independent MLA Amit Kumar Yadav and former legislator Jai Prakash Verma on Saturday rejoined the BJP ahead of the Jharkhand assembly polls. Yadav, the Barkatha legislator, and Verma were given membership of the party by Jharkhand BJP president Babulal Marandi at a programme in its headquarters here. BJP’s Jharkhand in-charge Laxmikant Bajpai was present…
Former JMM leader Lobin Hembrom joined the BJP on Saturday, stating that the JMM is no longer what it used to be, with widespread discontent among its members due to certain individuals. Notably, Lobin had defeated the BJP candidate in the 2019 assembly elections. He was expelled from JMM for six years. Lobin, a prominent…