A.K. Joti, Electoral Officer of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has said the final list of candidates for the secretary and treasurer's posts in the by-election will be announced on January 7 at 5 pm. The nomination window for the candidates is slated for January 3 and 4.
Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamul Congress MP from Diamond Harbour and party's national general secretary came down heavily on the BJP-led Centre and said the proposed One Nation One Election Bill is unconstitutional and will take away the voting rights of the people.
The Central government is not going to introduce two bills related to "one nation, one election" in the Lok Sabha on Monday as the list of revised business of the Lok Sabha for December 16 does not mention the introduction of the bills.
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Addressing the gathering at Samvidhan Rakshak Abhiyaan function , the Congress chief said, “We don’t want elections through EVMs. We want elections through ballot paper.”
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while asking BJP cadre not to be on the back foot after the Lok Sabha debacle, said the opponents were successful in conspiring against the party in the run-up to the elections.
BJP President J.P. Nadda will preside over the State Executive meeting of the party in Lucknow on Sunday, a party spokesman said.
Around 79 per cent voting was recorded at the Amarwara State Assembly seat in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh, where voting for the bypoll was conducted yesterday.
The by-election to the Ranaghat South Assembly seat in Nadia witnessed a moderate voter turnout, with 65.37 per cent of the 2.3 lakh electorate casting their votes by 5 pm on Wednesday.
Will the BJP be able to retain the three Assembly seats, Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagdah and Raiganj amidst the ruling Trinamul Congress' electrifying victory, winning 29 out of 42 seats in the recently-held Lok Sabha (LS) polls in West Bengal?
