Cong releases 1st list of 21 candidates for Delhi Assembly polls
The Congress has released the first list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Delhi.
The Congress has released the first list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Delhi.
A delegation of the Election Commission (EC) led by Kumar held a detailed and comprehensive review of the poll preparedness in Ranchi during its two-day visit to the poll-bound state.
The counting of votes in J&K and Haryana will take place on 4th October.
The CEC made the statement while addressing 75 delegates from 23 countries, who are in India to witness the Lok Sabha elections as part of the international Election Visitors' Programme (IEVP).
Mr Alam has requested the CEC to deploy central forces and even additional forces to maintain law and order in all 368 sensitive booths out of 1,812, including auxiliary booths in Maldah Uttar parliamentary constituency.
According to the list, Lakkaraju Rama Rao would contest from Visakhapatnam North Assembly seat, Jagath Srinivas from Chodavaram, Sunkara Padmasree from Vijaywada East, SK Basheed from Tenali.
A former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) had described elections as ‘the dance of democracy,’ but unfortunately, according to the present CEC, ‘four Ms’ money, muscle power, misinformation and Model Code of Conduct violations, threaten to spoil the tone of the coming elections.
The petitioners have sought to restrain the Central government from going ahead with the appointment of two Election Commissioners.
The second meeting of the Congress party's Central Election Committee (CEC) will be held at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in Delhi on Monday evening, party sources said.
The maiden meeting of the Congress’ Central Election Committee (CEC) to deliberate on the names of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections will be held on Thursday.