As counting of the votes for assembly polls is underway, BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla said that the BJP-led NDA alliance will form the government in both Maharashtra and Jharkhand under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.
Ahead of counting of votes for the 2024 Jharkhand Assembly Elections, BJP leader Babulal Marandi claimed with confidence that the BJP-led NDA would win over 51 seats and form the government in the state, citing corruption in the incumbent administration as the key reason.
As the counting for Jharkhand's 2024 Assembly Elections began on Saturday, Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar said that the first round of EVM results expected to be announced by 9:30 am with counting of postal ballots begining earlier at 8 this morning.
Counting across all the centres in Maharashtra and Jharkhand will begin at 8 am, an Election Commission official said. The counting of postal ballots will begin first, he added.
Congress on Friday appointed three observers, including former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel for Maharashtra, and senior party leader Tariq Anwar and two others for Jharkhand to oversee the post-election scenario in both the states.
The Union power ministry plans to form a single regulatory commission for a uniform tariff for consumers in the distribution areas of Damodar Valley Corporation (DMC) in West Bengal and Jharkhand, respectively.
Listing out five demands on behalf of the INDIA bloc at a rally at Ramlila Maidan here, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra demanded an immediate release of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren.
The first quarter ended goalless in the first semifinal with both teams’ defenses playing a tight game.
Sita Soren was welcomed into the party fold at the BJP headquarters in Delhi by BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde.
The central paramilitary forces have started patrolling and naka-checking at the Bengal-Jharkhand border in Kulti, near Asansol from today.
