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March 23, 2024 08:01 am | Updated March 25, 2024 04:40 pm IST
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief M.K. Stalin at a tea shop while campaigning in support of party candidate S. Murasoli ahead of upcoming Lok Sabha elections, in Thanjavur on Saturday, March 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI
T<\/span>he Congress accused the opposition party of making misleading statements on the issue sensing its \u201cimminent\u201d defeat.
\u201cThese bank accounts have not been frozen, they are operational. You (Congress) can deposit money in these accounts and withdraw too, except \u20b9125 crore, which has been attached by the Income Tax department due to the non-payment of dues as per Income Tax rules,\u201d BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said<\/a>.
Watch | What is the Model Code of Conduct? | Explained<\/a><\/strong>
Referring to media reports, he said the Congress has about \u20b91,000 crore in its multiple bank accounts, opened with \u201cmultiple PAN\u201d numbers in \u201cviolation of its own party constitution\u201d. The Congress also has a fixed asset of worth \u20b9500 crore, the BJP leader claimed.
Also read | Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE updates – March 25<\/a><\/strong>
Various parties gave out their list of candidates on March 23, as the country races towards general elections.\u00a0
Here are updates from across the country on the upcoming elections:<\/strong>
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said he is ready to contest the Lok Sabha elections against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in the state\u2019s Vidisha.\u00a0
\u201cI am ready to take on Narendra Modi and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, but the party has asked me to fight the election from here (Rajgarh) so I will be in the fray from here,\u201d the 77-year-old Rajya Sabha member told reporters in Rajgarh.\u00a0
His comment came a day after MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav questioned why Digvijaya was not fighting elections from the state capital Bhopal despite being a CM for ten years (1993-2003). – PTI<\/em>
BJP candidate from South Chennai, Tamilisai Soundararajan expressed confidence that she will win from this constituency.\u00a0
She said she is back to \u201cpeople\u2019s service\u201d after resigning as Governor of Telangana and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for permitting her to fight elections. \u201cI am really very happy. Through hard work, we will get this seat,\u201d she told PTI.\u00a0
Further, she was contesting from this segment not as a candidate but as a voter as she had lived here for 40 years, the senior leader added. – PTI<\/em>
Union minister Jitendra Singh, who is fighting his third Lok Sabha elections on a BJP ticket from Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Udhampur parliamentary constituency, recorded a growth of over 100% in his wealth over the past 10 years, according to his poll affidavit.
The moveable and immovable assets of Singh\u2019s wife Manju \u2013 a housewife whose source of income is interest from bank deposits \u2013 also increased from over \u20b965.42 lakh in 2014 to over \u20b91.54 crore, a comparison of his affidavits of 2014 and 2024 showed.\u00a0
The 67-year-old Singh, a retired medicine professor, filed his nomination papers including the mandatory affidavit from the Udhampur-Kathua Lok Sabha constituency on Thursday. – PTI<\/em>
The opposition Nationalist Congress Party (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) alleged students of a college in Mumbai\u2019s Kandivali area were forced to listen to the speech of Dhruv Goyal, the son of Union minister Piyush Goyal, who is the BJP\u2019s Mumbai North Lok Sabha candidate.\u00a0
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray alleged students\u2019 IDs were confiscated to force them to attend the event where Goyal junior delivered the speech, while NCP(SP) MLA Awhad uploaded a video on X in which a student can be seen raising an objection.\u00a0
Thakur College of Science and Commerce, said the event aimed to encourage students, particularly first time voters, to participate in the upcoming general elections but added \u201cthe matter\u201d, possibly a reference to students being forced to attend, was \u201cunder review\u201d. – PTI<\/em>
The Nationalist People\u2019s Party (NPP) announced its first list of 29 candidates for the Arunachal Pradesh assembly polls scheduled for April 19.\u00a0
The announcement, made by the party\u2019s national general secretary James PK Sangma, included three sitting MLAs, one former minister and three former legislators. The list also featured 22 first-time candidates.\u00a0
Among the key contenders are Thangwang Wangham, former minister Japu Deru, ex-MLA Tani Loffa and Dikto Yekar. Other significant candidates include sitting Independent MLA Karikho Kri, and sitting NPP MLA Gokar Basar. Dorjee Wangdi Karma, a sitting BJP MLA from Kalatang constituency, who was denied a ticket, will contest as an NPP nominee. – PTI<\/em>
Launching a scathing attack on opposition bloc INDIA, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha asserted that \u2018A\u2019 has already departed and only \u2018I\u2019 will remain by the time Lok Sabha polls begin.\u00a0
Although Mr. Saha did not explicitly identify \u2018A\u2019, it seems to allude to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was sent to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody for a week.\u00a0
\u201cWithin INDIA, \u2018A\u2019 has departed, and as elections progress, other elements will fade away, leaving only \u2018I\u2019 in place\u201d, he told an election rally of BJP Yuva Morcha in Agartala. – PTI<\/em>
The Congress has multiple bank accounts and \u200bjust three-four of them have been attached<\/a>\u200b, \u201cnot frozen\u201d, for non-payment of tax dues, the BJP said, accusing the opposition party of making misleading statements on the issue sensing its \u201cimminent\u201d defeat in the Lok Sabha poll.\u00a0
\u201cYou (Congress) can deposit money in these accounts and withdraw too, except \u20b9125 crore, which has been attached by the Income Tax department due to the non-payment of dues as per Income Tax rules,\u201d BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said.
He said the Congress has about \u20b91,000 crore in its multiple bank accounts, opened with \u201cmultiple PAN\u201d numbers in \u201cviolation of its own party constitution\u201d. The Congress also has a fixed asset of worth \u20b9500 crore, the BJP leader claimed.
He said the Income Tax Department has attached three-four bank accounts of the Congress due to the non-payment of outstanding \u20b9135 crore as per rules. – PTI<\/em>
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav hit out at the BJP saying the party will create a record of framing people in false cases ahead of the elections but the people will shatter its pride.\u00a0
Talking about the recent arrest of Delhi\u2019s CM Arvind Kejriwal by ED, he said, \u201cOnly accounts are not being seized, chief ministers are being seized. This is not the fear of defeat of BJP. BJP has been defeated.\u201d Mr. Akhilesh added, \u201cThe youth, farmers and labourers of this country are going to shatter their pride by casting their vote.\u201d – PTI
The Left Front announced the names of candidates for four more Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, including Murshidabad where CPI(M) state secretary Mohammed Salim has been fielded. Mr. Salim is a former Lok Sabha MP from Raiganj, and prior to that, he was an MP from the Kolkata North-East constituency.
The Left Front has already announced the names of candidates for 16 seats in its first list, and of them, 13 were from the CPI(M) and one each from RSP, CPI and Forward Bloc.\u00a0
In the second list, apart from Mr. Salim, the Left Front named Alokesh Das of CPI(M) from Ranaghat, the party\u2019s Sukriti Ghosal in the Bardhaman-Durgapur seat and CPI(M)\u2018s Shyamali Pradhan for the Bolpur constituency.\u00a0
Left Front chairman Biman Bose said the names were decided at a meeting of the constituent parties. – PTI<\/em>
The BJP candidates from Vadodara and Sabarkantha Lok Sabha constituencies in Gujarat expressed their unwillingness to contest the upcoming general elections citing \u201cpersonal\u201d reasons.\u00a0
Sitting MP Ranjan Bhatt, who was fielded by the saffron party from the Vadodara seat, announced that she was not keen on fighting the elections. Her candidature had faced stiff resistance from some sections within the BJP.\u00a0
Soon after, the party\u2019s Sabarkantha candidate Bhikhaji Thakor made a similar announcement. Mr. Thakor maintained that he was not willing to contest the elections due to personal reasons, and was not yet in a position to say anything more than what he had already stated on social media. – PTI<\/em>
Union Minister of state for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrashekhar is fighting the polls from the Thiruvananthapuram seat.
The ruling front, in its recent complaint lodged with the district Collector, alleged that he was participating in many programmes including inauguration and discussions with specific groups in the constituency in his capacity as union minister even after the model code of conduct came into being.\u00a0
M. Vijaykumar, Chairman of the LDF Election Committee mentioned an interaction by Mr. Chandrasekhar scheduled in a women\u2019s college in Thiruvananthapuram, saying that \u201cThis is a clear case of violation of the model code of conduct.\u201d – PTI\u00a0
Jairam Ramesh has said the much-needed generational shift in the party has already been initiated in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, adding that other state units of the party will follow suit. In Chhattisgarh the party still has many experienced faces, he said.
He said that in Telangana too, \u201cyou see new people coming in. One of the reasons we won in Telangana is actually a lot of new people were projected. Our chief minister was a new person in the Congress. He joined the Congress two to three years ago.\u201d \u201cThis generational shift has to take place. No doubt about it. New faces… But, it is difficult in the Congress because people have been in the party. It\u2019s easier for the BJP as it is a start-up in many of these states,\u201d he said. – PTI<\/em>
In an interaction with PTI, while talking about the need for bringing in new faces, Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh noted<\/a> that this was difficult in the Congress because people have been in the party for long.\u00a0
\u201cIt\u2019s easier for the BJP. Because, you know, the BJP is a startup in many states. You look upon the BJP as a startup. The Congress is not a startup. The Congress is a well-established company whose market cap (market capitalization) keeps fluctuating. But the BJP is a startup,\u201d he said.\u00a0
\u201cSo, a startup can absorb a lot of people. The guy who does not get a ticket in the Congress joins the BJP. So in many of the states, I would say, the Congress\u2019 disadvantage is that it has been entrenched for decades,\u201d he said during an interaction with editors and journalists of PTI.\u00a0
One of the disadvantages of being entrenched is that one is not able to give opportunities to new people to come in, Mr. Ramesh noted. – PTI<\/em>
People in power do not care about the farmers in the country, said NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, claiming that the Centre has failed to keep its promise of doubling their income by 2024.\u00a0
The veteran politician was addressing a farmers\u2019 rally at Indapur in Maharashtra\u2019s Pune district in the presence of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders like Sanjay Raut, Balasaheb Thorat and Supriya Sule.\u00a0
MVA comprises the Congress, NCP (SP) and Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) and is a part of the opposition INDIA bloc. Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, which elects 48 MPs, will be held in five phases between April 19 and May 20.
Mr. Pawar\u2019s daughter and three-term MP Supriya Sule will be contesting from Baramati. – PTI<\/em>
Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi founder Prakash Ambedkar said on March 23 VBA will give its full support to Shahu Maharaj Chhatrapati from Kolhapur Lok Sabha constituency. \u201cVanchit Bahujan Aaghadi believes in and is a major proponent of the Phule-Shahu-Ambedkar ideology, and we have immense respect for the descendants of Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur,\u201d he posted on X.
On March 22, Sena Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray announced that Shahu Maharaj Chhatrapati, head of Kolhapur royal family, will be the Maha Vikas Aghadi candidate for the Lok Sabha constituency. – The Hindu Bureau
On March 16, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced the schedule for the upcoming 18th \u200bLok Sabha elections<\/a>\u200b, and for the Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim.
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CEC Kumar announced the schedule in New Delhi for 543 Lok Sabha seats.\u00a0
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Amar Prasad Reddy, professor and former advisor to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India, has been appointed as in-charge of the Tamil Nadu BJP\u2019s Statewide Lok Sabha election campaign.
Earlier, Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai, after being fielded from Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency, expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that Coimbatore is an important seat and he is confident that he will deliver the seat.
Speaking to ANI, the State BJP president asserted that the party is confident that in the Lok Sabha elections, Tamil Nadu will play a very important role.\u201dWe are very thankful to our Prime Minister Narendra Modi, national party president J. P. Nadda, and Home Minister Amit Shah and senior leadership for announcing the lists. – ANI<\/em>
Major Archbishop of the influential Syro-Malabar Church, Mar Raphael Thattil has appealed to the citizens to vote for the party that will protect the minorities and the Constitution, as the country gears up for the 2024 general elections.
Recently, a Delhi-based civil society organisation, the United Christian Forum (UCF), in a report claimed that there were a total of 161 incidents of attacks on Christians in the country in 2024.
\u201cThe reports on the rise in attacks are painful, especially when we have a strong Constitution which provides us our rights. The Prime Minister, when we met him, had assured stern action,\u201d the archbishop said.
The Election Commission of India has announced April 26 as the polling date for Kerala\u2019s 20 Lok Sabha constituencies. – PTI<\/em>
The Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has formed a manifesto committee for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, naming Maharashtra Minister Dilip Walse Patil as its chairman.
\u201cNCP treasurer and general secretary Shivajirao Garje will be the convenor of the 18-member committee,\u201d the party said, in Mumbai, in a media release.
The manifesto committee includes Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde, Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Anil Patil, Deputy Speaker Narhari Jhirwal, Women and Child Development Minister Aditi Tatkare, and former ministers Rajendra Shingane and Baba Siddiqui, who recently switched over from the Congress.
Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, which elects 48 MPs, will be held in five phases between April 19 and May 20. – PTI<\/em>
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said he wants to help people even in the smallest possible way and keep working for them to bring about a positive change in their lives.
Mr. Gadkari has been nominated by his party for the upcoming general elections from the Nagpur Parliamentary Lok Sabha constituency for the third consecutive time.
He said, \u201cI believe that in public life, meeting people and helping them out in the smallest possible way is important. I want to keep working in the health and education sectors and serve the society as much as possible. I don\u2019t believe in posters, banners and inducements. I want to keep working to bring about a difference in people\u2019s lives.\u201d
The Minister of Road Transport and Highways said that as part of his election campaign, he would reach out to every house, every person and every heart. – PTI<\/em>
\u201cUnion Minister Nisith Pramanik, who has been renominated by the BJP in Cooch Behar seat for the Lok Sabha elections, has 14 criminal cases pending against him,\u201d according to an affidavit filed by him along with his nomination paper.
Of the 14 cases pending against the Union Minister of State for Home, nine were registered between 2018 and 2020. The other cases were filed between 2009 and 2014, as per the affidavit.
Claiming that the criminal cases were politically motivated, a district functionary of the BJP said that most of the FIRs against Mr. Pramanik were registered after he cut off ties with the ruling TMC in West Bengal and thereafter joined the saffron party.
The cases registered against the Union Minister range from attempt to murder and rioting to house trespass and unlawful assembly. – PTI<\/em>
Alleging that the Congress governments at the Centre since independence were synonymous with \u201cmisrule, corrupt practices, nepotism and family politics,\u201d Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the INDIA bloc has \u201cfailed to integrate\u201d the Opposition parties ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
In an interview with PTI<\/em>, Mr. Sonowal, the Minister for Ports, Shipping, Waterways and Ayush, asserted that the BJP-led NDA\u2019s aim of winning more than 400 Lok Sabha seats is \u201cpractically feasible with positive work done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u201d.
\u2018During his 10-year tenure, PM Modi has implemented a range of developmental programmes for every section of society, such as farmers, students, tea garden workers, women, old-aged people and divyangs, with quality and also within a specific time frame,\u201d he said.
\u201cThe successive Congress governments at the Centre since the country\u2019s independence only made the slogan \u2018 Garibi Hatao<\/em>\u2019 (eliminate poverty) but did not take up any scheme as a follow-up action or implement it,\u201d he claimed. – PTI<\/em>
\u201cSenior BJP leader Manoj Tigga has movable assets including cash in hand of \u20b927.62 lakh,\u201d according to the affidavit filed by him.
Mr. Tigga is contesting from the Alipurduar Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal on the BJP ticket. Elections to the Alipurduar Lok Sabha seat will be held on April 19 during the first phase of the seven-phase polls.
In the affidavit, Mr. Tigga said the value of movable assets including cash in hand held with banks, term deposits and others was \u20b927.62 lakh, while that of his spouse Pomy Tigga was more than \u20b97.72 lakh.
In terms of immovable assets, he stated that the current market value of those assets was \u20b916 lakh.
The affidavit mentioned that the total liabilities of Mr. Tigga stood at just more than \u20b916 lakh in the form of loans taken from banks.
His affidavit stated that there were six pending criminal cases against him but he has not been convicted in any of the cases. – PTI<\/em>
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh likened his party to a \u201cwell-established company\u201d whose market capitalisation keeps fluctuating and asserted that it will stage a comeback.
In an interaction at the PTI <\/em>office, Mr. Ramesh also dismissed suggestions that it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s charisma that was responsible for the BJP\u2019s electoral performance and stressed on the importance of organisational strength.
The idea of a charismatic leader was a \u201cdangerous concept\u201d to believe in as one doing so, automatically believes in a \u201cdemagogue\u201d, the Congress general secretary in charge communications asserted.
Talking about the need for bringing in new faces, Mr. Ramesh, however, noted that this was difficult in the Congress because people have been in the party for long.
\u201cIt\u2019s easier for the BJP. Because, you know, the BJP is a startup in many States. You look upon the BJP as a startup. The Congress is not a startup. The Congress is a well-established company whose market cap (market capitalisation) keeps fluctuating. But the BJP is a startup,\u201d he said. – PTI<\/em>
AAP leaders have said that their party office in Delhi has been sealed from all sides. Delhi Minister Atishi, in a post on X, said that the party office in Delhi\u2019s ITO \u201chas been sealed off from all sides\u201d. \u201cHow can access to a national party office be stopped during the Lok Sabha election? This against the \u2018level playing field\u2019 promised in the Indian Constitution,\u201d Ms. Atishi said.
She added that AAP will seek time with the Election Commission of India to file a complaint against this.\u200bRead the full story here<\/a>\u200b
Senior TMC leader and MP Shatrughan Sinha has dubbed opposition bloc INDIA as \u201cfiltered coffee\u201d which is gaining momentum ahead of the Lok Sabha polls and emphasised the importance of not discounting the Congress, citing its track record of comebacks in politics.
Lauding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for conducting \u201ckrantikari (revolutionary) yatras\u201d across the country, the Asansol MP, however, asserted that TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would be a \u201cgame-changer\u201d after the results are announced.
In an interview, the actor-turned-politician termed the electoral bond as a \u201cmajor scam and extortion racket\u201d of the BJP and said the \u201cseven-phase elections are a boon for the opposition parties to expose the saffron camp\u2019s extortion and blackmail racket in the form of electoral bonds.\u201d \u201cThe BJP will be defeated in this election. If the NDA has the support of the CBI, ED, and Income Tax, INDIA has the support of the masses. Many think that INDIA doesn\u2019t have partners, but the fact is people are its biggest ally. The opposition alliance is gaining momentum in various parts of the country,\u201d he said. – PTI<\/em>
Another BJP candidate in Gujarat, Bhikhaji Thakor from Sabarkantha seat, has now announced on social media that he is not willing to contest Lok Sabha polls due to personal reasons.\u00a0
The party had fielded him replacing a sitting MP. Read more<\/a>
After protests by a section of local cadres and posters against her in a few places in the city, Vadodara BJP MP Ranjan Bhatt has suddenly announced on social media that she will not is not going to contest the upcoimg 2024 Lok Sabha polls due to \u201cpersonal reasons.\u201d\u00a0
The ruling BJP announced Ms. Bhatt as its candidate from Vadodara for the third time party has repeated her for the third time from Vadodara. Read more<\/a>
The Janvadi Party (Socialist) severed ties with the Samajwadi Party on Saturday, March 23, amid the differences between the alliance partners.
Announcing the decision, founder and national president of the Janvadi Party (Socialist), Sanjay Chauhan said, \u201cThere was a dispute between the Janvadi Party (Socialist) and the Samajwadi Party over the distribution of seats.\u201dThis comes days after the Samajwadi Party split with the Kurmi OBC-based Apna Dal (Kamerawadi).\u00a0
Now, the Janvadi Party is free to declare its candidates for 11 seats in Uttar Pradesh. – ANI<\/em>
Communist Party of India D. Raja informed that Awadhesh Rai will contest from the Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency. \u201cSeat-sharing talks are going on. Begusarai\u2019s seat has been reserved for our party. District Secretary Awadhesh Rai has been chosen to contest from Begusarai. We are negotiating for one more seat,\u201d D. Raja said.
The announcement came after CPI national general secretary D. Raja met Mr. Prasad earlier in the day. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the CPI\u2019s candidate, former Jawaharlal Nehru University Student\u2019s Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar, was defeated by BJP candidate Giriraj Singh by over 2 lakh votes. Mr. Kumar now has joined the Congress and his name was doing rounds as the Mahagathbandhan<\/em> candidate from Begusarai but CPI seemingly scuttled his chances by announcing the candidature of Mr. Rai in the traditional CPI stronghold. \u200bRead more<\/a>\u200b
With several ruling Congress Ministers in Karnataka having fielded their sons, daughters or relatives in the Lok Sabha election, the pressure is on them to drive the campaign from the front and ensure their victory.
This would mean that these Ministers \u2014 Ramalinga Reddy (father of Sowmya Reddy who is contesting in Bengaluru South), Satish Jarkiholi (father of Priyanka Jarkiholi who is contesting in Chikkodi), Laxmi Hebbalkar (mother of Mrinal Ravindra Hebbalkar who is contesting in Belagavi), Shivanand Patil (father of Samyukta Patil who is contesting in Bagalkot), and Eshwar Khandre (father of Sagar Khandre who is contesting in Bidar) \u2014 will hit the ground to ensure their victory. Read more<\/a>
The BJP has fielded S.G.M. Ramesh, 48, son of the late Communist Party of India leader S.G. Murugaiyan, in Nagapattinam constituency.\u00a0
Belonging to Sithamalli near Thiruthuraipoondi, Mr. Ramesh has taken part in various agitations organised by the BJP. His father represented Nagapattinam Lok Sabha constituency between 1977 and 1979. He won the election on CPI ticket. Hailing from a family of politicians, Mr. Ramesh has been active politics for several years. He is a close relative of the Nagpattinam MP N. Selvarasu of the CPI. Mr. Ramesh holds the post of the State deputy secretary of farmers\u2019 wing of the BJP. Before joining the party, he was with the AIADMK for a few years. He holds an engineering degree. Read more<\/a>
Azad Samaj Party leader Chandrashekhar Azad and Samajwadi Party\u2019s Manoj Kumar on Friday filed their nomination papers from the Nagina (SC) Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
Responding to questions on the Dalit leader filing his nomination for the seat, Samajwadi Party chief spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary told PTI that there was no electoral pact between his party and the Azad Samaj Party for this Lok Sabha election.
Two other candidates also filed their nomination papers during the day \u2013 Har Kishor Singh of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) for the Moradabad parliamentary seat and Sanjay Kumar Bharti of the Rashtriya Samaj Dal (R) for the Pilibhit seat. – ANI<\/em>
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed new District Magistrates in four districts of West Bengal.This decision comes after the ECI ordered the removal of the DMs of East Midnapore, East Burdwan, Jhargram, and Birbhum districtsThe new appointees are Joyoshi Das Gupta for Purba Medinipur, Moumita Godara Basu for Jhargram, K Radhika Ayer for Purba Bardhaman, and Shashank Sethi for Birbhum. The officials who were removed, including Bidhan Chandra Roy, Tanvir Afzal, Purnendu Kumar Majhi, and Sunil Agarwala, were all from the West Bengal Civil Service cadre.
Earlier, the Election Commission of India (ECI) had issued orders for the removal of West Bengal\u2019s Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Commissioner Iqbal Chahal, along with some other senior officials from various states.
The ECI had also ordered the removal of certain key officials of six states in what it termed a decisive move towards upholding the principles of free, fair and transparent elections.Home Secretaries in six states-namely Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand had been asked to step down. – ANI<\/em>
Senior leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) T. Harish Rao has alleged that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy is acting that the B-Team leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the matter of liquor policy case, if the response of the Congress party high command and that of Mr. Reddy is any indication.
In a statement, Mr. Harish Rao said on Friday that Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi were highly critical of the functioning of the law-enforcing agencies such as Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation alleging that the Narendra Modi Government was misusing the agencies to harass its political opponents, as was being alleged by BRS all these days. \u200bRead more<\/a>\u200b
The Mahagathbandhan<\/em> (grand alliance) led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar is abuzz with talks that party chief Lalu Prasad is likely to field two of his daughters in the Lok Sabha election.
Mr. Prasad could field eldest daughter Misa Bharti from Patliputra seat again and second daughter Rohini Acharya from Saran, said party sources. If Ms. Acharya contests the poll, she will be the sixth member of Lalu\u2019s family to enter politics after Mr. Prasad, wife Rabri Devi, elder daughter Ms. Bharti and sons Tej Pratap Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav. \u200bRead more<\/a>\u200b
The central election committee of the Congress on Friday cleared four of the nine Lok Sabha seats that the party would be contesting in Tamil Nadu in alliance with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).
There has been no official announcement but sources said the party would be repeating Karti Chidambaram from Sivaganga, S. Jothimani from the Karur Lok Sabha seat, Vijay Vasanth from Kanniyakumari, and Manickam Tagore from Virudhunagar. \u200bRead more<\/a>\u200b
The Trinamool Congress will get double the number of Lok Sabha seats that the BJP will secure in West Bengal, the party\u2019s senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Derek O\u2019Brien asserted on Friday.
In an interaction with reporters in New Delhi, Mr. O\u2019Brien said all signs point to the BJP\u2019s rout in the State but stopped short of giving a number. In the 2019 general election, the BJP had won 18 seats, rising from just two it had secured in 2014. The Trinamool\u2019s tally, on the other hand, went down from 24 seats in 2014 to 22 in 2019. \u200b\u200bRead more<\/a>\u200b\u200b
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday announced that it will support its regional allies in four Lok Sabha constituencies across three States in the northeast.
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