Union Health Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda on Wednesday accused Congress of promoting urban Naxal forces in the country and claimed that Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has allied with them.
BJP MP Sambit Patra criticised Rahul Gandhi for allegedly disregarding the Election Commission’s authority and continually speaking against it.
The polling that began at 07:00 hrs at 1,915 polling booths in Jhunjhunu, Ramgarh, Dausa, Deoli-Uniara, Khinvsar, Salumbar (ST), and Chorasi (ST) segments concluded at 18:00 hrs on Wednesday.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena has advised Chief Minister Atishi to enhance the income limit for availing admissions in private schools under the EWS category from the existing Rs 1 lakh to at least Rs 5 lakh per annum.
The outcome of the by-election is seen as a critical prelude to the upcoming municipal elections with both parties keen to maintain their influence.
Sharma is the councilor representing the Gautam Puri ward in Northeast Delhi and has presided over the mayoral polls earlier as well.
As part of the exercise, both forces conducted a joint road-opening drill led by an Engineer Task Force and a disaster management drill by the medical team.
The Bench, comprising Chief Justice Nitin Jamadar and Justice S. Manu, also nullified an earlier directive from a single judge, which had instructed the magistrate to issue an order for registering an FIR on the complaint.
Approximately 69.12 per cent of over 1.93 million eligible voters cast their ballots in the by-elections across seven assembly constituencies in Rajasthan on Wednesday.
A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan told the Ajit Pawar faction that they must fight the elections under their own identity and refrain from using Sharad Pawar’s name during the electioneering.
