Himachal Political Crisis: 6 Congress MLAs, Who Cross-Voted In Rajya Sabha Polls, Disqualified
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Himachal Political Crisis: 6 Congress MLAs, Who Cross-Voted In Rajya Sabha Polls, Disqualified

News 18  

The six Congress MLAs, who cross-voted in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Himachal Pradesh Rajya Sabha polls, have been disqualified from the state assembly. “Six MLAs, who contested on Congress symbol, attracted provisions of anti-defection law against themselves…I declare that the six people cease to be members of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly with immediate effect,” said Pathania. The political scenario in Himachal changed dramatically after the defeat of Congress candidate Abhishek Manu Singhvi in the Rajya Sabha elections due to cross-voting by nine lawmakers, including six from Congress and three Independents– who previously supported the Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led government. After the cross-voting, which led to the victory of BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan on the lone Rajya Sabha seat from the state, there was a question mark over the survival of the Sukhvinder Sukhu-led Congress government.

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Parliamentary panel on ONOE bills to have 39 members
4 days, 12 hours ago

Parliamentary panel on ONOE bills to have 39 members

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The government has moved to increase the strength of the joint committee of Parliament that will scrutinise the two bills proposing simultaneous elections from 31 MPs to 39, giving representation to more parties. The list of Lok Sabha MPs proposed by the government now includes one member each from the Shiv Sena, CPI and the Lok Janshakti Party, …

Maharashtra: CM Devendra Fadnavis wins trust vote in Assembly with support of 237 MLAs
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Maharashtra: CM Devendra Fadnavis wins trust vote in Assembly with support of 237 MLAs

India TV News  

Maharashtra Assembly session: The Devendra Fadnavis-led government in Maharashtra won the trust vote in Assembly with support of 237 MLAs. Rahul Narvekar elected unopposed as Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Earlier in the day, BJP MLA Rahul Narvekar was elected unopposed as the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday. Notably, in the recently concluded Maharashtra assembly elections, the Mahayuti coalition …

Rahul Narvekar, BJP MLA, elected unopposed as Maharashtra Assembly Speaker for second term
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Rahul Narvekar, BJP MLA, elected unopposed as Maharashtra Assembly Speaker for second term

India TV News  

BJP MLA Rahul Narvekar was elected unopposed as the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday. During his tenure as Maharashtra assembly speaker, Narwekar had ruled that the party led by Eknath Shinde was the legitimate and “real Shiv Sena” after a split in the Bal Thackeray-founded party. Maharashtra Assembly election results Notably, in the recently concluded Maharashtra assembly …

Arriving barefoot, taking oath holding Constitution: Some MLAs turn heads on Day 1 of new Jharkhand Assembly
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Arriving barefoot, taking oath holding Constitution: Some MLAs turn heads on Day 1 of new Jharkhand Assembly

New Indian Express  

RANCHI: The sixth Jharkhand Assembly is different in many ways from the previous assemblies. On the first day of the Special Assembly session on Monday, the newly elected MLAs reached the House in different styles. Jairam Mahto of Jharkhand Loktantrik Kranti Morcha, who reached the Jharkhand Assembly barefoot, bowed his head on the frame of the Assembly door before entering …

Elections Round-up: BJP Dominant but Opposition Must Not Roll Over and Die
4 weeks ago

Elections Round-up: BJP Dominant but Opposition Must Not Roll Over and Die

The Quint  

As for the Congress, the results present a mixed bag. Again, it showed that the BJP has failed to make much headway even against the Congress when faced with strong local leaders, like Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar, and in Kerala, where it is unable to cross the political firewall created by the United Democratic Front and Left Democratic …

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader
1 month ago

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader

Hindustan Times  

Election results live: Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar said that Shiv Sena MLAs feel Eknath Shinde should continue to work as the state chief minister. Election results Highlights: In a historic mandate, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance secured a landslide victory in Maharashtra, leaving the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi stunned. • BJP won 132 out of 148 seats it contested, with allies …

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader
1 month ago

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader

Hindustan Times  

Election results live: Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar said that Shiv Sena MLAs feel Eknath Shinde should continue to work as the state chief minister. Election results Highlights: In a historic mandate, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance secured a landslide victory in Maharashtra, leaving the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi stunned. • BJP won 132 out of 148 seats it contested, with allies …

Rajasthan Bypoll Election Results 2024 LIVE: List of leading BJP, Congress, BAP candidates in 7 seats
1 month ago

Rajasthan Bypoll Election Results 2024 LIVE: List of leading BJP, Congress, BAP candidates in 7 seats

India TV News  

Rajasthan Bypoll Results 2024 LIVE: The counting for votes is still underway for the seven constituency seats of Rajasthan, check out the list of all the leading and trailing candidates from these seats. Seat Name Leading candidate Trailing candidate Dausa Deen Dayal Jag Mohan Chorasi Anil Kumar Katara Karilal Salumber Jitesh Kumar Katara Shanti Amrit Lal Meena Deoli-Uniara Rajendra Gurjar …

Karnataka MLA Alleges BJP Raised Defection Offer to Rs 100 Cr
1 month ago

Karnataka MLA Alleges BJP Raised Defection Offer to Rs 100 Cr

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s offer of Rs 50 crore each for Congress party MLAs did not work and the offer has now been revised to Rs 100 crore to switch their loyalties, alleged Mandya MLA Ravikumar Gowda of the Congress party. Talking to reporters in Mandya on Monday, the MLA alleged BJP now joined Janata Dal Secular, its ally, …

Reputations of political heavyweights including CM Bhajanlal Sharma on the line as voting ends in Rajasthan bypolls
1 month, 1 week ago

Reputations of political heavyweights including CM Bhajanlal Sharma on the line as voting ends in Rajasthan bypolls

New Indian Express  

JAIPUR: Voting for the bypolls across seven assembly seats in Rajasthan concluded on Wednesday, with 69 candidates in the race. The results on November 23 will significantly impact the political influence of Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Congress State President Govind Singh Dotasara, Sachin Pilot, Agriculture Minister Dr. Kirori Lal Meena, RLP Chief Hanuman Beniwal, and BAP leader Rajkumar Roat. Under …

Election cycle starts with voting in Jharkhand today
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1 month, 1 week ago

Election cycle starts with voting in Jharkhand today

Hindustan Times  

Ranchi: Jharkhand will kick off crucial assembly elections on Wednesday as 13.7 million people across 43 of its 81 seats will vote in the first phase of polls and bypolls will be held in 32 seats across 10 states, marking the beginning of a high-stakes round of contests. The BJP suffered some setbacks in these regions during the Lok Sabha …

Big names face the test as Jharkhand votes in Phase I; Priyanka makes electoral debut in Wayanad
1 month, 1 week ago

Big names face the test as Jharkhand votes in Phase I; Priyanka makes electoral debut in Wayanad

The Hindu  

Voters are set to go to the polls in 43 of Jharkhand’s 81 Assembly constituencies on Wednesday, as well as for bypolls in 31 Assembly seats scattered across the country, and in the high-profile Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala where Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is making her electoral debut. Key contests in the first phase of polling …

INTERVIEW | No Haryana-like factionalism; pro-incumbency for INDIA bloc: Congress' Jharkhand in-charge
1 month, 1 week ago

INTERVIEW | No Haryana-like factionalism; pro-incumbency for INDIA bloc: Congress' Jharkhand in-charge

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI/RANCHI: Exuding confidence of a strong performance by the Congress in the assembly polls, AICC Jharkhand in-charge Ghulam Ahmad Mir on Tuesday asserted that unlike Haryana, there was no factionalism in the state unit and all decisions in the run-up to the elections were taken by consensus among senior leaders. In an interview with PTI, the Congress general secretary …

Sisters-in-Law Showdown: BJP vs Congress Battle for Jharia Assembly Seat
2 months ago

Sisters-in-Law Showdown: BJP vs Congress Battle for Jharia Assembly Seat

News 18  

The Jharia assembly seat in Dhanbad will witness a fierce battle between the BJP and Congress in the upcoming assembly elections. The seat has been dominated by the Singh Mansion family for four decades, but the Congress candidate Purnima Singh has emerged as a formidable challenger. The family's dominance has been attributed to the region's coal mining history, which has …

BJP Names 99 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Election, Includes 81 Sitting MLAs
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2 months ago

BJP Names 99 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Election, Includes 81 Sitting MLAs

Hindustan Times  

The BJP has released its first list of 99 candidates for the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections. The list includes 71 sitting MLAs and 10 ministers, including Devendra Fadnavis, Chandrashekhar Bawankule, and other prominent names. The party has also decided to rehabilitate some of its leaders who lost the 2019 assembly elections, including Amal Mahadik, Atul Bhosale, and Ram Shinde.

BJP Announces 99 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Elections
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2 months ago

BJP Announces 99 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Elections

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its first list of 99 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. The list includes 71 sitting MLAs and 10 ministers, including Devendra Fadnavis, the deputy chief minister. Other prominent names in the list include state BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule, former CM Ashok Chavan's daughter Shreejaya Chavan, and former MP Haribhau Jawale's son …

BJP Announces 99 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Election: Focus on OBC, Maratha, and Adivasi Communities
2 months ago

BJP Announces 99 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Election: Focus on OBC, Maratha, and Adivasi Communities

The Hindu  

The BJP has announced 99 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly election, with 71 sitting MLAs, including Devendra Fadnavis, contesting from Nagpur. The list also includes 13 women, including Sreejaya Ashokrao Chavan, making her electoral debut. Missing names include prominent figures like Ram Satpute and the only Lok Sabha candidate from western Maharashtra, Praniti Shinde.

BJP Announces First List of 99 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Election
2 months ago

BJP Announces First List of 99 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Election

New Indian Express  

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its first list of 99 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. The list includes 71 sitting MLAs, 13 women candidates, and the kin of some regional satraps including Congress-turned-BJP politician Ashok Chavan's daughter. The saffron party has retained 71 MLAs and dropped three.

Shiv Sena's Masterstroke: How the First List of Mahayuti, MVA Candidates Was Decided
2 months ago

Shiv Sena's Masterstroke: How the First List of Mahayuti, MVA Candidates Was Decided

Hindustan Times  

The three constituents of the Mahayuti alliance are facing a tough decision on who to field as their candidates for the upcoming assembly elections. The Shiv Sena (UBT) is profiting from the tricky maneuvering of its opponents' camp, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to drop several MLAs whose assembly segments trailed in the Lok Sabha election earlier …

Haryana polls: Congress reclaims Panchkula, BJP triumphs in Kalka
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Haryana polls: Congress reclaims Panchkula, BJP triumphs in Kalka

Hindustan Times  

In a dramatic election day for Panchkula district, Congress candidate Chander Mohan Bishnoi secured a narrow victory in Panchkula, ending a decade-long political exile with a margin of just 1,976 votes. Bishnoi, 58, who garnered 67,253 votes, making up 47.97% vote share, defeated incumbent BJP MLA and Haryana assembly speaker Gian Chand Gupta, 76, who was gunning for a hat-trick, …

Battle for Dalit votes heats up in poll-bound Haryana
3 months ago

Battle for Dalit votes heats up in poll-bound Haryana

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI There’s a certain concern that’s crept into the otherwise confident camp of the Congress in Haryana. Along with the dominant Jat community that comprises approximately 27% of the electorate, Muslims who make up 7% and Sikhs who are about 5%, the Congress’s internal surveys told the party brass that it could have got up to 70 seats in …

Haryana elections: BJP’s second list of 21 candidates out, six MLAs dropped
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Haryana elections: BJP’s second list of 21 candidates out, six MLAs dropped

Hindustan Times  

The BJP dropped six legislators, including the minister of state for education, in its second list of 21 candidates released on Tuesday. While the BJP retained sitting MLA Om Prakash Yadav, the party dropped ministers Dr Banwari Lal and Seema Trikha. It also dropped Hodal MLA Jagdish Nayar, Hathin MLA Praveen Dagar, Pataudi MLA Satya Prakash and Ganaur MLA Nirmal …

Congress has fielded candidates undergoing ED investigation, one of them is in jail: Haryana BJP chief
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress has fielded candidates undergoing ED investigation, one of them is in jail: Haryana BJP chief

India TV News  

Haryana BJP president Mohan Lal Badoli on Saturday said that several candidates who have been fielded by the Congress party for the state Assembly Elections are under investigation by the Enforcement Directorate, and one of them is even in jail. Congress list of candidates in Haryana The Congress party on Friday announced its first list of 31 candidates for the …

Haryana assembly elections: Congress bets on Chaudhary again for Kalka
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Haryana assembly elections: Congress bets on Chaudhary again for Kalka

Hindustan Times  

The Congress has picked sitting Kalka MLA Pradeep Chaudhary in its attempt to retain the seat in the upcoming Haryana assembly elections. Polarisation of Jat votes, especially of the Gurjar community, had helped spur Chaudhary’s win in 2019. In 2019, Chaudhary had defeated BJP candidate Latika Sharma by 5,931 votes, wresting the Kalka seat after his defeat to Sharma in …

Haryana Polls Assembly Election: BJP's Pre-Poll Woes Continue As First List Sparks Revolt, Resignations
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Haryana Polls Assembly Election: BJP's Pre-Poll Woes Continue As First List Sparks Revolt, Resignations

ABP News  

Haryana Assembly Election 2024: The BJP's assembly election troubles in Haryana are mounting by the day. The party's first list of candidates only added to the BJP's woes as several senior leaders resigned over denial of tickets. BJP's Haryana election co-in-charge Biplab Deb said during a press conference on Thursday that the party sought to strike a social balance in …

Bill introduced to stop pension of MLAs disqualified for defection
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Bill introduced to stop pension of MLAs disqualified for defection

Hindustan Times  

A bill was introduced in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Tuesday proposing to stop the pensions of members disqualified under the anti-defection law. Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Amendment Bill 2024 was introduced by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. Six Congress MLAs -- Sudhir Sharma, Ravi Thakur, Rajinder Rana, Inder Dutt Lakhanpal, Chetanya Sharma and …

Vikramaditya given more funds than Rahul Gandhi to campaign for LS polls
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Vikramaditya given more funds than Rahul Gandhi to campaign for LS polls

Hindustan Times  

Himachal public works department minister Vikramaditya Singh, who lost the Lok Sabha battle to Bharatiya Janata Party’s Kangana Ranaut from the Mandi, was given the highest ₹87 lakh from the party fund to contest the elections, Congress has disclosed to the Election Commission of India. As per the election expenditure filed by the Congress to the ECI, the party gave …

Haryana Polls: BJP Can Drop A Dozen MLAs For Assembly Election, Over 20 Young Faces Likely To Be Inducted
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Haryana Polls: BJP Can Drop A Dozen MLAs For Assembly Election, Over 20 Young Faces Likely To Be Inducted

ABP News  

Haryana Assembly Polls: The core commitee of Bharatiya Janata Party's Haryana unit conducted a meeting on Thursday ahead of the party's central election committee meeting set to be held in the evening. Earlier today, senior BJP leaders, including Union minister Amit Shah, met at party national president JP Nadda's residence to discuss the names of probable candidates for the upcoming …

Karnataka Congress MLA Alleges BJP Offering Rs 100 Cr to Switch Sides
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Karnataka Congress MLA Alleges BJP Offering Rs 100 Cr to Switch Sides

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: In a startling revelation by Mandya Congress MLA Ravikumar Gowda on Sunday alleged his party MLAs are being lured by Bharatiya Janata Party through “brokers” to switch their loyalties to as many as 50 Congress MLA by offering each one of them Rs 100 crore. He is one among several Congress MLAs to have received offers from “brokers” having …

Haryana: BJP’s Kiran Choudhry set to enter Rajya Sabha unopposed
4 months ago

Haryana: BJP’s Kiran Choudhry set to enter Rajya Sabha unopposed

Hindustan Times  

Kiran Choudhry, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party nominee for the Rajya Sabha seat byelection from Haryana, is set to get elected unopposed as no other party has fielded a candidate. Kiran Choudhry, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party nominee for the Rajya Sabha seat byelection from Haryana, filing her papers in Chandigarh on Wednesday. When contacted, Saket Kumar, the managing director …

With 9 seats, BJP may bag major chunk in RS bypolls
4 months ago

With 9 seats, BJP may bag major chunk in RS bypolls

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to bag nine of the twelve Rajya Sabha seats in the latest round of by-elections in which all candidates might win uncontested, barring any last-minute change. The two seats had fallen vacant after Union minister Sarbanand Sonowal won the Lok Sabha seat from Dibrugarh and Kamakhya Prasad Tasa won the seat from Kaziranga. Union …

Bring 100 MLAs, form government: Akhilesh Yadav's 'monsoon offer' amid BJP rift speculation
5 months ago

Bring 100 MLAs, form government: Akhilesh Yadav's 'monsoon offer' amid BJP rift speculation

New Indian Express  

While Yadav did not name anyone in his post, a senior SP leader said on the condition of anonymity that it was a message for those in the BJP who were dissatisfied with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and wanted to cross over. "The SP won 111 seats in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections and if we get the support …

​Restoring a verdict: The Hindu Editorial on the Assembly by-poll results
5 months, 1 week ago

​Restoring a verdict: The Hindu Editorial on the Assembly by-poll results

The Hindu  

INDIA bloc parties won 10 of the 13 Assembly seats across seven States where by-polls were held on July 10 and the results were announced on July 13. Of particular note is Himachal Pradesh where the Congress won two of the three Assembly seats which fell vacant after three independent legislators joined the BJP after resigning their seats. The government …

Cross-voting in council polls: 'Traitors' identified, will be punished: Nana Patole
5 months, 1 week ago

Cross-voting in council polls: 'Traitors' identified, will be punished: Nana Patole

The Hindu  

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole has said "traitors" from the party who cross-voted in the recent elections to 11 legislative council seats have been identified and will be punished. Following a split in the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party, the Shiv Sena headed by Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar's NCP had moved court seeking disqualification of MLAs of …

Bypoll Election Results Highlights: BJP Says INDIA Bloc ‘Desperate To Feel Good’, Calls Bengal Victory 'Rigged'
5 months, 1 week ago

Bypoll Election Results Highlights: BJP Says INDIA Bloc ‘Desperate To Feel Good’, Calls Bengal Victory 'Rigged'

News 18  

Parties of the INDIA bloc have secured ten wins in assembly seats and the BJP has clinched two and an Independent has emerged victorious in one seat as vote counting ended on Saturday for the by-elections held earlier this week, as per trends on the election commission website. The Trinamool Congress on Saturday wrested Raiganj, Bagda, Maniktala and Ranaghat Dakshin …

‘Falling political credibility of Modi…’: Mallikarjun Kharge hails assembly bypoll results as INDIA bloc wins 10 seats
5 months, 1 week ago

‘Falling political credibility of Modi…’: Mallikarjun Kharge hails assembly bypoll results as INDIA bloc wins 10 seats

Live Mint  

The INDIA bloc secured 10 out of 13 seats as bypoll votes were counted in seven states on Saturday. The Congress won two seats each in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand while AAP candidate Mohinder Bhagat secured the lone Punjab seat in the fray. Elections were held on Wednesday for four seats in West Bengal, three in Himachal Pradesh, two in …

Maharashtra: 7 Congress MLAs cross-voted in MLC election
5 months, 1 week ago

Maharashtra: 7 Congress MLAs cross-voted in MLC election

Op India  

The results of the Maharashtra biennial legislative council elections have once again turned the tables, with the National Democratic Alliance-led Mahayuti alliance winning all nine of the 11 seats it contested following the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance’s exceptional performance in the 2024 Lok Sabha poll. Jayant Patil of the Peasants and Workers’ Party who was supported by the Nationalist Congress …

Rupauli Assembly Bypoll 2024: Independent candidate Shankar Singh defeats JDU's Kaladhar Prasad Mandal
5 months, 1 week ago

Rupauli Assembly Bypoll 2024: Independent candidate Shankar Singh defeats JDU's Kaladhar Prasad Mandal

India TV News  

Rupauli Assembly Bypoll 2024: Independent candidate Shankar Singh has won the byelection in Bihar's Rupauli Assembly seat by defeating Janata Dal Kaladhar Prasad Mandal. The voting was held on Wednesday, July 10 along with polling in 12 other Assembly constituencies across six states including Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. Out of 13 Assembly seats, …

Maharashtra MLC Polls: Voting Concludes, All 274 MLAs Cast Their Ballots
5 months, 1 week ago

Maharashtra MLC Polls: Voting Concludes, All 274 MLAs Cast Their Ballots

News 18  

Amid heavy and incessant rains in Mumbai on Friday, voting for the Maharashtra legislative council polls began signalling another Mahayuti versus MVA battle ahead of the assembly elections in the state later this year. Early on Friday, NCP MLAs led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar left their hotel in a Mumbai suburb and boarded a private bus to reach …

Wary of cross-voting, parties house MLAs in star hotels ahead of Maharashtra MLC polls
5 months, 1 week ago

Wary of cross-voting, parties house MLAs in star hotels ahead of Maharashtra MLC polls

The Hindu  

A day ahead of the Maharashtra Legislative Council election for 11 seats, the fear of crossing-voting has forced the Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and the Shiv Sena to check-in their MLAs into star hotels. The BJP got five of its nominees elected to the Upper House as a group of Shiv Sena MLAs cross-voted. The Sharad …

Assembly bypolls: Voting underway in 13 seats across seven states, high stakes battle in Bengal
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Assembly bypolls: Voting underway in 13 seats across seven states, high stakes battle in Bengal

India TV News  

Assembly Bypolls: Voting for by-elections in 13 assembly constituencies across seven states, Bihar, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh, today. This electoral exercise, the first since the Lok Sabha elections, will decide the fate of many veterans and some debutantes, including Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife, Kamlesh Thakur. Madhya Pradesh Amarwara West …

Trinamool, BJP to face off in bypolls to four Assembly seats in West Bengal
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Trinamool, BJP to face off in bypolls to four Assembly seats in West Bengal

The Hindu  

A month after the Lok Sabha election, the Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party are set for an electoral face off in the bypolls to four Assembly seats in West Bengal, scheduled for July 10. BJP candidates bagged the other three seats in 2021 but later, MLAs Krishna Kalyani from Raiganj, Biswajit Das from Bagdah and Mukut Mani Adhikari from …

Haryana Congress again urges Speaker to disqualify MLA Kiran Choudhry from State Assembly
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Haryana Congress again urges Speaker to disqualify MLA Kiran Choudhry from State Assembly

The Hindu  

Days after the Congress party’s senior leader and MLA Kiran Choudhry joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Haryana, the Congress on Tuesday reiterated its demand before the State Assembly Speaker to immediately disqualify her from the Assembly. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly, Congress’ Aftab Ahmed, and the Congress’ Chief Whip Bharat Bhushan have written …

Congress announces two candidates for by-elections in Nalagarh, Hamirpur
6 months ago

Congress announces two candidates for by-elections in Nalagarh, Hamirpur

Hindustan Times  

The Congress party on Monday announced candidates for two out of the three assembly constituencies where the bypolls are scheduled to be held on July 10. Hardeep Singh Bawa and Pushpendra Vermaa were named as Congress candidates from Nalagarh and Hamirpur assembly bypolls. The party has named Pushpendra Verma and Hardeep Singh Bawa as its candidates from Hamirpur and Nalagarh …

Six newly elected MLAs take oath in Himachal
6 months, 1 week ago

Six newly elected MLAs take oath in Himachal

Hindustan Times  

Vidhan Sabha speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania on Wednesday administered the oath of office to the six newly elected MLAs--four from the Congress and two from the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party. Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri, leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur, ministers and members of the Vidhan Sabha attended the …

Six newly elected MLAs take oath in Himachal Pradesh
6 months, 1 week ago

Six newly elected MLAs take oath in Himachal Pradesh

The Hindu  

Six newly elected legislators on June 12 took oath as members of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly. Sudhir Sharma, former minister and BJP MLA from Dharamshala, was the first to take oath, followed by Congress MLA Anuradha Rana from Lahaul and Spiti. The others who took oath are Congress MLA from Sujanpur, Captain Ranjit Singh, BJP MLA from Barsar, Inder Dutt …

People of Himachal rejected 'politics of horse-trading': CM Sukhu after new Congress MLAs take oath
6 months, 1 week ago

People of Himachal rejected 'politics of horse-trading': CM Sukhu after new Congress MLAs take oath

New Indian Express  

SHIMLA: Six MLAs, who have been elected in the bypolls to the Himachal Pradesh assembly, took oath on Wednesday. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur, cabinet ministers and MLAs were also present on the occasion. Himachal Pradesh Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania administered the oath to Sudhir Sharma, …

Congress narrowly saves the Leader of Opposition post in Rajya Sabha
6 months, 1 week ago

Congress narrowly saves the Leader of Opposition post in Rajya Sabha

The Hindu  

Success in the Lok Sabha has imperiled the Opposition’s equation in the Rajya Sabha, with the Congress narrowly saving the post of Leader of the Opposition after two of its members K.C. A total of 10 vacancies, two each from Assam, Bihar and Maharashtra and one each from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Tripura have arisen following victory of Rajya …

Arjun Modhwadia, four other newly elected BJP legislators take oath in Gujarat
6 months, 1 week ago

Arjun Modhwadia, four other newly elected BJP legislators take oath in Gujarat

Hindustan Times  

Ahmedabad: Five Bharatiya Janata Party lawmakers in Gujarat including four Congress turncoats were administered the oath of office by assembly speaker Shankar Chaudhary on Tuesday, raising the BJP’s strength in the 182-member house to 161. Bypolls were held in Porbandar, Manavadar, Khambhat, Vaghodiya and Vijapur seats, necessitated due to sitting MLAs joining the BJP The most prominent of the five …

Assembly byelections in Himachal’s Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh on July 10
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Assembly byelections in Himachal’s Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh on July 10

Hindustan Times  

The Election Commission on Monday announced byelections in the three assembly constituencies of Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh on July 10, the result of which will be out on July 13. The byelections were necessitated following the resignation of the three Independent MLAs, Hoshiyar Singh, Ashish Sharma and KL Thakur. Though the three MLAs resigned from the assembly on March 22, …

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