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Election 2022 Live: Congress appoints Avinash Pandey as party's Jharkhand in-charge as RPN Singh moves to BJP
Election 2022 Live updates: Assembly elections in five states – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur – are scheduled over seven phases.
Filing of nomination for Punjab assembly elections 2022 will start today as the state gears up for polls scheduled for February 20. The Election Commission had announced that the voting would take place in Punjab on February 14 but postponed it after a request from political parties, first made by the ruling Congress, citing travel planned by voters on the occasion of Guru Ravidas Jayanti....Read More
On Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Jagat Prakash Nadda announced seat-sharing among the allies for the assembly elections in Punjab. BJP will contest 65 seats in the 117-member Punjab assembly, while its two allies, the Punjab Lok Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt), will contest 37 and 15 seats, respectively.
Congress appoints Avinash Pandey as party's Jharkhand in-charge
Congress on Tuesday appointed Avinash Pandey as party's Jharkhand in-charge with immediate effect as RPN Singh moved to BJP earlier in the day.
JD(U) issues first list of 20 candidates for UP polls
On National Voters' Day, PM Modi asks parties, citizens to increase voter turnout in every election
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, which also marks the National Voters' Day, asked all political parties and citizens to focus on boosting the voter turnout from panchayat to the general elections. He urged the workers to ensure that the overall voter turnout in every election is at least 75%, Hindustan Times reports. Read here.
Congress Central Election Committee to meet today for UP polls candidates' selection
The Central Election Committee (CEC) of Congress will meet via video conferencing later in the day for selecting candidates for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, ANI reported.
RPN Singh resigns as Congress member, set to join BJP
RPN Singh, former minister in the UPA government, resigned as a Congress member on Tuesday. “I begin a new chapter in my political journey. Jai Hind,” he wrote on Twitter along with his resignation letter to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi. Singh is set to join the BJP.
SC issues notice to Centre, EC on plea seeking deregistration of parties over irrational freebies promise
The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday issued a notice to the Centre and the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a petition seeking deregistration of political parties over irrational freebies promise.
BJP plans to hold 10 meetings in every Uttarakhand booth
Ahead of the Uttarakhand assembly elections, the BJP has planned to convene a total of 10 meetings in every booth of the northern hill state, ANI reported. Read here.
NSUI to launch 'Student Manifesto' in poll-bound states
Congress has decided to present a separate vision document "Student Manifesto" in the poll-bound states. Its student wing, NSUI, will today launch a manifesto for the Goa Assembly polls.
Filing of nomination for Punjab assembly elections begins today
The filing of nominations for the 2022 Punjab assembly elections, scheduled for February 20, will start today.
