Pulwama in J&K gears up for Assembly elections
Pulwama district, a key region in the electoral landscape of Jammu and Kashmir, is ready for the upcoming Assembly elections, which will take place there during the first phase.
Pulwama district, a key region in the electoral landscape of Jammu and Kashmir, is ready for the upcoming Assembly elections, which will take place there during the first phase.
The Chief Secretary held a meeting with top civil administration and Police department officials in Srinagar to review the security arrangements made for the smooth conduct of Assembly elections in the UT.
Addressing the media with state party President Chaudhary Udaibhan, Hooda said the people have made up their minds to oust the BJP from Haryana and bring a Congress government.
At least 149 senior IAS, IPS and other officers hours before the ECI announced assembly elections in the Union Territory (UT) causing suspicion among political parties.
Cutting across party lines, all political parties met with the visiting Election Commission of India (ECI) in Srinagar on Thursday and called for immediate Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, besides seeking a level playing field in the polls.
In the first phase, 12,22,713 voters including 6,29,276 women electorates would decide the fate of 173 candidates, including 15 women.
Giving a district-wise break-up, the Election Commission said that Banda district registered 57.48 per cent polling, Fatehpur 57.38 per cent, Hardoi 56.51 per cent, Kheri 62.74 per cent, Lucknow 54.98 per cent, Pilibhit 61.42 per cent, Rae Bareli 60.22 per cent, Sitapur 58.30 per cent while Unnao registered a voter turnout of 54.12 per cent.
He further admitted that the fuel price hike is imminent until the International crude oil price did not come down to USD 70 a barrel level.
In an exclusive interview to ANI, the Prime Minister said, "I have seen in all states that there is the inclination towards the BJP and we will win the elections with a full majority. The people of all these five states will give BJP the opportunity to serve them."
The first serious move to reorganize UP into four governable units came from an unexpected quarter the Bahujan Samaj Party. In 2011, the then Chief Minister Ms Mayawati took a decision which was approved by her cabinet to reconstitute UP into four new States Awadh Pradesh (23 districts), Paschim Pradesh (17 districts), Purvanchal (28 districts) and Bundelkhand (7 districts). However, the proposal was scuttled by Akhilesh Yadav in 2012