The Election Commission has sought views of recognised national and state parties on what should be the limit of expenditure for candidates contesting Lok Sabha and assembly polls.
Two incidents of violence have been reported in Jharkhand on Saturday where polling for the second phase on 20 Assembly seats is underway. At least one person was killed and six others including policemen were injured in clashes and subsequent police firing in Jharkhand's Gumla district.
Ahead of the crucial Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana scheduled for October 21, Rahul Gandhi leaving the country will raise many eyebrows.
With this, the party has so far announced the names of 123 candidates, with 51 in the first list and 52 in the second.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released the second list of candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly Polls. The party has also released its second list of candidates for the upcoming Haryana Assembly polls on Wednesday.
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has exuded confidence that the BJP-led government in the state will complete its term and win the next Assembly elections.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday predicted a landslide victory for the NDA in the assembly polls due next year, and asserted that those trying to create a rift between his JD(U) and alliance partner BJP will be in trouble.
Ahead of the upcoming state assembly polls, the Maharashtra Congress submitted a list of 44.61 alleged fake voters in the state and reiterated its demand to conduct the elections on ballot papers instead of electronic voting machines (EVMs).
The Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora has appealed political parties to avoid the use of plastic during polls on Wednesday. In a meeting for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly election, he also informed that the elections via ballot papers are not possible.
The Jannayak Janata Party and Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday announced that they would contest the upcoming assembly elections in Haryana in the alliance. The BSP will contest on 50 seats while the JJP on 40 in the 90 member state assembly polls due later this year, JJP leader Dushyant Chautala along with BSP General Secretary Satish Chandra Mishra announced the alliance at a press conference.
Revenue minister and senior party leader Chandrakant Patil said Fadnavis' campaign tour will start in August and the date will be announced later.
As per a Supreme Court ruling, the outer limit for holding fresh polls after dissolution of a House is six months and in case of Jammu and Kashmir, this deadline ends in May 2019.
State Chief Secretary Satya Gopal requested the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India, Sunil Arora, during a video conference here on Tuesday, an official communique said here on Wednesday.
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The district comprises seven Assembly seats of which four are reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, making Mr Nath ineligible to contest from them.
"The BJP governments in these states worked tirelessly for the welfare of the people," Modi said.
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