Elections 2022: Amarinder Singh meets BJP's Punjab in-charge Gajendra Shekhawat in Delhi

Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to attend "Jan Jagran Abhiyan” Padyatra on Saturday in Amethi  

Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh on Friday met BJP's Punjab in-charge Gajendra Shekhawat in Delhi. According to sources, the two leaders discussed seat sharing formula for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.

A new book chronicles how Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath transformed the state in various aspects like law and order, connectivity, education, health infrastructure, and overall growth. Written by author Shantanu Gupta, "The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh: How Yogi Aditynath Changed UP Waala Bhaiya' abuse to a Badge of Honour", is published by Garuda Prakashan. The author has previously written "The Monk Who Became Chief Minister: The definitive biography of Yogi Adityanath" telling the BJP leader's journey of becoming a politician.

The Congress's campaign head for poll-bound Uttarakhand Harish Rawat on Friday said the turnout at party leader Rahul Gandhi's rally here has made it clear that the people have decided to vote the BJP out. Taking a jibe at the BJP's poll slogan "abki baar 60 ke paar" (this time we will cross 60 seats), he said this time people will throw BJP out of the state. "Iss baar log BJP ko 60 paar nahi, tadi paar karenge," he said. The BJP, which came to power in Uttarakhand in 2017 winning 57 out of a total of 70 seats, has set itself a target of winning more than 60 seats this time.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said that prices of petrol & diesel have skyrocketed. When inflation doubles & income reduces, in such a situation, how can there be happiness among people? BJP has lied to the people of the state. 

It is the result of COVID management by Yogi Ji that Uttar Pradesh is now out of Corona fear and moving forward on the path of development: Home Minister Amit Shah at a rally in Lucknow

Only Modi Ji is moving forward with the mantra of 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas'. BJP is going to form Govt again in UP & will fulfill rest of the agendas of Nishad community: HM Amit Shah at a rally of BJP & Nishad Party in Lucknow

Yogi Adityanath has wiped out goons and mafia from the State. While, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party used to protect them: Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressing a joint rally of BJP & Nishad Party, in Lucknow

On Union Cabinet giving nod to raise legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years, Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq said that India a poor country and everybody wants to marry off their daughter at an early age... I will not support this Bill in Parliament.

Ganga Expressway project was started by Mayawati Ji. These people (BJP) are laying foundation stone of the project started by Mayawati Ji: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. PM Modi is scheduled to lay foundation stone of Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur tomorrow.

PM Modi has laid the foundation stone of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Soon, the temple will be constructed at the site of Ram Janmabhoomi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressing a joint rally of BJP & Nishad Party, in Lucknow

The minister (MoS Ajay Kumar Mishra 'Teni') should be suspended by the Govt. The chief minister should tell when he would take his favourite bulldozer to Lakhimpur Kheri: Akhilesh Yadav

Ganga Expressway project was started by Mayawati Ji. These people (BJP) are laying foundation stone of the project started by Mayawati Ji: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday sought the blessings of Lord Hanuman at a temple near Lucknow-Rae Bareli as he started the seventh leg of his 'Samajwadi Vijay Yatra' from Rae Bareli ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections early next year. In a tweet in Hindi, Yadav wrote the final 'dohaa' of Hanuman Ashtak (eight stanza prayer dedicated to Lord Hanuman), and also posted his photographs at the Hanuman temple. "With the blessings of Lord Hanuman, and with His glimpse, the Samajwadi Vijay Yatra started from Rae Bareli," he said in a tweet in Hindi.

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday promised to launch an urban employment guarantee mission to provide the right to jobs to urban labour in the state if his party returns to power. Noting that urban poverty in Punjab was double the rural poverty, he said that the employment guarantee scheme will also cover unskilled labour. "The Punjab model will launch an urban employment guarantee mission, right to employment for urban labour," Sidhu told reporters.

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah has reached Lucknow. He was received by CM Yogi Adityanath at the airport. Shah is slated to address a joint rally (Sarkar Banao, Adhikar Pao) with Nishad Party in the city.

The Congress on Friday hit out at the government, alleging that it was treating the Election Commission as its "subservient tool". Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala charged that the government has fallen to a new low in destroying institutions in the country. Citing reports that a Law Ministry official had sought the presence of the Chief Election Commissioner and ECs at a meeting with the PM's principal secretary, the Congress leader said this "was unheard of in independent India". "Cat is out of the bag! What was whispered till now is a fact. PMO summoning ECI was unheard of in independent India. Treating EC as a subservient tool is yet another low in Modi Government's record of destroying every institution," Surjewala said on Twitter tagging news reports in this regard.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday assured the people of Goa that no project will be carried out without their consent if the AAP forms government in the coastal state. Goa is slated to go for assembly polls early next year. Kejriwal also welcomed Alina Saldanah, a MLA from Goa who resigned from the BJP on Thursday, into the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). "I was left disillusioned with the BJP. It was no longer the party that belonged to late Manohar Parrikar ji. Now, I have come to the right party which is for the common man. I was opposed to some policies of the BJP that were not for the common man," she said in an online briefing.

The minister (MoS Ajay Kumar Mishra 'Teni') should be suspended by the Govt. The chief minister should tell when he would take his favourite bulldozer to Lakhimpur Kheri: Former CM & Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav

During a press conference in Chandigarh, Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu answers a question on the distribution of Labour Cards by the State Government; uses a cuss word while speaking.

Our Government is boosting the economy and tourism of Uttarakhand, through homestays. Homestays will be prepared in villages too. Around 3600 homestays are registered so far, providing employment to 8000 people: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami

Those who claim to make UP number 1 have actually taken it to the top position in custodial deaths, hunger index, farmer suicides, in selling public enterprises & banks, & in burying live cows. Can anyone imaging that live cows can be buried?: Ex-CM & SP chief Akhilesh Yadav

The Punjab government has appointed senior IPS officer Siddharth Chattopadhyaya as the officiating director general of police. Chattopadhyaya replaces senior IPS officer Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota. The order to appoint Chattopadhyaya as the officiating DGP was issued late Thursday night. A 1986-batch IPS officer, Chattopadhyaya would hold this charge until a regular DGP is appointed out of a panel of three IPS officers shortlisted by the Union Public Service Commission. The UPSC is set to hold a meeting for shortlisting the panel of three officers from the state government's list of 10 on December 21 in Delhi. Chattopadhyaya would also continue to hold the charge of chief director of the vigilance bureau.

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal has exuded confidence that his party will defeat the BJP, the AAP and the Congress in the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections. Addressing a gathering in Pathankot's Sujanpur, Badal asserted that Punjabis will not let outsiders govern them and will place their trust in the SAD, which represents the regional aspirations. "Just like Mamata Banerjee was successful in West Bengal, we will also defeat all three forces pitted against us to emerge victorious in 2022," he said. Targeting the Congress, Badal said its countdown has started.

PM Modi to lay the foundation stone of 594 km long Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur, UP on 18 Dec. The Expressway will be built at a cost of over Rs 36,200 cr. 3.5km long airstrip for assisting emergency take-off and landing of IAF planes to be constructed on the Expressway: PMO

AAP national convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will launch the party's campaign for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections at a rally in Lucknow on January 2. AAP leader Sanjay Singh said that the rally will create an atmosphere for political discussion on important issues like employment. Earlier, Kejriwal's rally was to be held on November 28 but was postponed amid talk of a pre-poll alliance between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Samajwadi Party.

Congress announces first list of eight candidates for Goa Assembly elections 2022. Former CM Digambar Kamat to contest from Margao Assembly seat.

Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra on Thursday said political parties in Punjab have raised concern over alleged biased local administrations and the misuse of liquor, cash and drugs in the upcoming Assembly polls. He said the commission is committed to hold a free and fair election in the state. The Election Commissioner was talking to reporters, a day after holding meetings with representatives of political parties in Punjab. The full bench of the poll panel, which arrived in Chandigarh to take stock of the preparations for the Assembly polls, also met senior officials of the Punjab government on Thursday.

Amarinder Singh had an unceremonious exit from the Congress in September when he was forced to resign as the Punjab chief minister amid a power tussle with state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. Later, Singh floated his own party, Punjab Lok Congress, to contest the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections.

Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday left for Delhi where he is likely to meet senior BJP leaders to discuss a possible seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming state assembly polls. Singh is expected to meet the BJP's central leadership on Friday. On December 7, Singh and Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who is the BJP's incharge for the Punjab Assembly polls, had met over lunch at the former's residence.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address a rally at Ramabai Ambedkar ground in Lucknow today. The rally called "Sarkar Banao, Adhikar Pao" is being organised by the BJP and its ally Nishad Party. Shah will address another programme at a government polytechnic in the evening.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet BJP MPs from Uttar Pradesh over breakfast today. The meeting will be attended by nearly 40 leaders and comes months ahead of assembly polls. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE