The Samajwadi Party (SP), which has decided to go it alone in the Jharkhand assembly elections after being denied a share in the INDIA alliance in the tribal-dominated state, fielded 21 candidates in the elections polling for which is scheduled to be held on November 13 and 20.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced that it would not contest the forthcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra.
Although the Congress has chosen not to contest in the Uttar Pradesh bypolls, it has announced the formation of separate coordination committees for each of the nine assembly seats going to polls on November 13.
An AAP spokesman said the Shiv Sena-UBT and NCP-SP had approached Kejriwal to campaign for their respective party candidates in the crucial Maharashtra Assembly polls.
Flaying the opposition, Jharkhand's BJP spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo on Monday said that discord in the INDIA bloc is bound to happen, as the alliance was formed to capture power and loot public's money.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday announced that the INDIA bloc would jointly contest the forthcoming Assembly polls. He also said that the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Congress together would field candidates on 70 of the 81 constituencies.
The Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) on the banks of the Dal Lake in Srinagar has been decked up for the swearing ceremony.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and several leaders of INDIA bloc on Sunday slammed the Maharashtra government over the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique, alleging “complete collapse of law and order” in the state.
Targeting the BJP-led government at the Centre, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that the INDIA bloc will use its full force within the Parliament and even hit the roads if the statehood to Jammu and Kashmir is not restored after the ongoing assembly elections.
Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yadav said: "I thank the PDA family for the victory of the Samajwadi Party and INDI Alliance in UP. PDA is not just a slogan for us but has emerged as a sentiment.
