Voting for single-phase Maharashtra assembly election begins
Voting began at 7 am on Wednesday for the single-phase Maharashtra assembly elections and will conclude at 6 pm. Polling is taking place across 288 assembly constituencies.
Voting began at 7 am on Wednesday for the single-phase Maharashtra assembly elections and will conclude at 6 pm. Polling is taking place across 288 assembly constituencies.
In a major setback to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in the national capital, senior party leader and minister Kailash Gahlot resigned from the cabinet as well as the party on Sunday.
They said that the works which were stalled by the BJP when Kejriwal went to jail will be completed before the assembly elections.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed former Punjab chief minister Channi and Mukesh Agnihotri the senior observers with immediate effect, a day before the first phase of the Assembly polls in the Union Territory.
Ahead of the Assembly elections in Maharashtra scheduled later this year, a delegation of state ministers will soon meet Union Ministers to address a slew of farmers’ issues.
Considering his health issues, the Election Commission has made special arrangements for him to cast his ballot. The district administrations of Kinnaur will send a special car and a wheel chair to pick him up to the poll booth and drop him back, and like always a warm welcome will be given by laying a red carpet for him.
The scrutiny of the nominations will be held on 27 October, while 29 October is the last date for the withdrawal of candidature.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday has written to the Gujarat Secretary and DGP, over why it has not received compliance reports regarding the transfer and posting of officials directly connected with the conduct of Assembly Elections that is scheduled to be held soon in the state.
After a stellar performance in the Punjab elections, the speculation was made that this time the AAP will give a tough competition to the Congress and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the state.
TRS working president KT Rama Rao has objected to the decision of the ECI to transfer the Returning Office, stating that this was an indication of how the BJP misuses the Constitutional institutions.
