Cutting across party lines, all political parties met with the visiting Election Commission of India (ECI) in Srinagar on Thursday and called for immediate Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, besides seeking a level playing field in the polls.
The political parties have given party tickets to around 27 per cent candidates with criminal cases in the Odisha Assembly Elections 2024.
While Haryana Chief Minister Khattar asserts that SYL would be constructed after the Supreme Court decision, Punjab parties pledge not to share a drop of water with the riparian state.
While polling for the second phase will be held on May 11, counting of votes for both the phases will be taken up on May 13.
When asked if the Karnataka unit of Congress is united, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday told ANI that exodus to other parties is going on from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which shows that there is dissatisfaction inside BJP and not the Congress.
Addressing the media at the end of his three-day visit, the CEC said that Uttar Pradesh now has 52.08 lakh new voters who will exercise their franchise in the upcoming assembly elections.
The strongest desire is from Mamata Banerjee, who is trying to indirectly convey that she can lead the opposition in the next elections.
Last year, for Christmas (2020) and New Year Eve (2021), there were strict restrictions imposed as a precaution though the first Covid wave was on the wane.
The nation joined President Live in reading the Preamble of the Constitution. The President also released the digital version of Constituent Assembly debates, calligraphed copy of the Constitution of India and an updated version of the Constitution of India that includes all amendments till date. He also inaugurated ‘Online Quiz on Constitutional Democracy.
"The systems of purchase of MLAs would keep democratic traditions in bondage and this is dangerous for all of us. The need of the hour is to create an environment in Assam which is free from communal politics and agenda of hate," the AJP President said.
