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 Election Commission (EC) on Monday said seizures totaling more than Rs 1,000 crore have been reported so far in the ongoing Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, and by-elections in other states.
A tobacco distributor of East Burdwan was rescued by the police from the clutches of the kidnappers within 24 hours of abduction from a Jharkhand location yesterday.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, issued a 'last opportunity' by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to record his statement in an alleged land scam days ago, has replied to the agency, labelling his summons as 'illegal,' sources said on Tuesday.
Under the Universal Pension Scheme, people belonging to the SC and ST communities will start getting pension from the age of 50.
CM Soren has been asked to depose at the federal agency's office and get his statement recorded on a date convenient to him in the case.
The Collegium, comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjeev Khanna and BR Gavai, passed the resolutions on December 27.
