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…
Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections 2024 will be held before November 26, 2024, the day when the term of the current Vidhan Sabha will end, according to Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. After reviewing the poll preparedness in Maharashtra along with fellow Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and S S Sandhu, Kumar…
Mumbai, Sep 28 (PTI) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Saturday ordered a crackdown on fake news on social media in Maharashtra, where assembly elections are due later this year, sources said. Reviewing the poll preparedness in Maharashtra along with fellow Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and S S Sandhu, Kumar also directed state police…
Mumbai: The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) on Saturday announced its first list of 11 candidates, including a transgender, for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls. VBA president Prakash Ambedkar, who announced the candidates at a press conference here, said Shamibha Patil, a transgender from the Leva Patil community, will contest from Raver assembly seat in Jalgaon…
Mumbai: In signs of friction in the MVA over the chief minister’s post, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said ally Congress should understand his party’s contribution in increasing the grand old party’s tally in the Lok Sabha polls. He said if Congress leaders in Maharashtra assume that they are a big brother…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday renewed his attack on the Congress party over comments by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi during his recent trip to the US. Gandhi’s comments on RSS, BJP, and Sikhs drew huge ire from the saffron party. Addressing a public gathering during the ‘PM Vishwakarma’ programme in Wardha, Maharashtra, Modi…
Ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly election, NCP national president and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has broken his silence over the CM pick if the ruling Mahayuti alliance wins the polls. The NCP president said that he is keen to become the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. “Everyone wants their leader to be the Chief Minister….
Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024: With the Maharashtra elections due in a couple of months, the state’s alliances are at play. The ruling Mahayuti alliance, after a battering in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is looking for a way to bounce back. It will, thus, have to strike a delicate balance among the members to keep…
Nagpur: Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday said the constituents of the Mahayuti alliance- Shiv Sena, BJP, and NCP- have arrived at a consensus on contesting 70 to 80 per cent of 288 seats for the assembly elections. He hinted winnability will be the criterion for distributing poll tickets. “The three leaders of Mahayuti…