Advocating the need to hold simultaneous elections, political scientist Subhash C. Kashyap said thousands of crores of rupees is spent and the governance takes a backseat in case of frequent elections.
Gandhi's reaction came two days after results for assembly elections in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland were declared on Saturday. The Congress lost Meghalaya and failed to score a single seat in Tripura and Nagaland.
The commission had earlier said changes made in the election laws after the introduction of the bonds would compromise transparency in political fundings.
The NCP national general secretary also formally announced the appointment of Saleng A Sangma as the state party president in Meghalaya.
The meeting comes as the BJP gears up to fight a number of assembly polls, including the key election to the Karnataka Assembly and the Modi government readies to present its final full-fledged budget.
Siddaramaiah, who came under intense attack from the BJP yesterday for saying that the party and its fountainhead RSS had "terrorists", today called them "Hindutva extremists".
Shah said that BJP would pave the rapid transformation of the state into a developed one through creation of employment opportunities.
The Ministry had sanctioned Rs 61.38 crore for illumination, landscaping, construction of parking lots and toilets amongst other infrastructure in 37 churches.
The state, which is among five remaining bastions of Congress, will go to polls in 2018.
The strong focus on measures to better the law and order situation comes in the backdrop widespread protests over the of Kotkhai rape and murder case and other incidents.
The Niti Aayog has favoured conducting synchronised two-phase Lok Sabha and assembly elections from 2024 in "national interest"
Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University Jagadesh Kumar was today trolled for his tweets where he credited the BJP's victory in UP to "development" and "inclusivity". Kumar who was associated with Vijana Bharti, an RSS
Over a hundred candidates have failed to score even 100 votes in the Assembly polls across five states, with civil rights activist Irom Sharmila bagging just 90 votes in Manipur, emerging as the biggest upset.
As Samajwadi Party-Congress coalition failed to prove themselves in assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, people on Twitter blasts with their hilarious comments and memes. Proving wrong fears of a hung assembly, the BJP was set
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today extended his wishes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for registering a massive win in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Powered by an aggressive campaign spearheaded by Modi, BJP candidates
A leading American expert has said that the BJP’s landslide victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls indicate that the people consider Prime Minister Narendra Modi “a man of action”.
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