In an effort to implement the directives of the model code of conduct (MCC) for assembly election, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Wednesday stated that it has removed a total of 1.26 lakh posters, banners, hoardings, and small boards across its 12 zones.
Political activities have gained momentum in Uttar Pradesh following the announcement by the Election Commission of the date for the by-poll to the prestigious Milkipur assembly seat in Ayodhya on February 5.
The Election Commission of India will host a press conference today to announce the schedule for the General Election to the Delhi Legislative Assembly.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Sunday, wrote to the District Election Commissioner complaining of an unusual spike in the addition and deletion of vote in the New Delhi constituency ahead of the assembly polls in the national capital.
Elections to 70 Assembly seats in Delhi are scheduled to be held early next year.
The second phase will see polling in 30 assembly constituencies spread across four districts namely Bankura, West Midnapore, East Midnapore and South 24 Parganas. Attention, however, will be on Nandigram, where chief minister Mamata Banerjee faces her former lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari.
The BJP workers also complained about Trinamool workers "unleashing terror" in poll-bound districts in collusion with a section of the state police.
The returning officer had cancelled Kumar's nomination.
After her discharge, Miss Banerjee was seen coming out of the hospital in a wheelchair.
The 126-member Assam Assembly will go to elections in three phases and the counting for all phases will take place on May 2.
