Election 2019: Landslide BJP victory expected in Haryana, big win in Maharashtra
The BJP had got a vote share of 31.15 per cent, the Shiv Sena 19.3 per cent and Congress 18 per cent.
The BJP had got a vote share of 31.15 per cent, the Shiv Sena 19.3 per cent and Congress 18 per cent.
The election for Vellore constituency which was to be held on April 18 was rescinded following the seizure of a large amount of cash by the Income Tax department.
A total of 57 leaders from the BJP and NDA allies also took oath as the new union council of ministers.
PM-designate Narendra Modi also visited Sadaiv Atal Samadhi, the memorial of late PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, along with BJP president Amit Shah and other party leaders
In inviting leaders of the BIMSTEC grouping for the swearing-in ceremony, the Modi Administration is offering an alternative platform for regional integration in the absence of a stalled SAARC, say experts.
One local youth said, "We are not against Didi, but we are against her local leaders who are engaged in endless corruption activities.”
BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the party has also demanded that outsiders are not allowed in Lok Sabha constituencies of the state.
Purulia had been a bastion of Forward Block for decades, but since the TMC government came into power in the state in 2011, erosion of its base started.
“Wo bomb-bandook lekar samne khada hai, kya wahan mera jawan Election Commission ki permission lene jaye ki main isko goli maroon ya na maroon? Acha Kashmir main jab se hum aaye hain har doosre-teesre din safai hoti rehti hai, ye safai abhiyaan mera kaam hai bhai. (An armed terrorist is attacking with weapons and bombs, is my soldier supposed to go to the Election Commission to take permission whether I should shoot them or not? Since we have taken charge in Kashmir every two, three days we kill terrorists. This cleaning process is my job),” he said.
Bachan Singh cast his vote at the Sant Garh polling booth in West Delhi's Tilak Nagar on Sunday during the sixth phase of the seven-phased Lok Sabha elections.
