Specifically naming the five states where the party has never tasted power on its own - Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Odisha and West Bengal - BJP president JP Nadda said, "The states where BJP has not come to power till now, (the party) will try its best and is committed to form the government in these states."
The results of these polls will be announced on November 2.
"Nitish Kumar has been eulogised by PM Modi and BJP. Everyone was sloganeering 'desh ka PM kaisa ho Nitish kumar jaisa ho' (A PM should be like Nitish)," Lalu Yadav said.
The counting of votes for by-elections in Bhabanipur, Jangipur, and Samserganj Assembly constituencies in West Bengal began at 8 am on Sunday amid tight security.
They said that the programme is tentative and it'll be confirmed in the next few days. PM Modi's visit to the election-bound state is expected to boost the morale of party workers.
According to sources, during the meeting, it was decided that all district in-charges will take the stock of their area and give reports to Dharmendra Pradhan so that to understand the party position in each district.
"If she has the confidence for winning the seat in the constituency then sit at home, people will vote for you (Mamata Banerjee). She knows that she may lose this constituency just like Nandigram," said Dilip Ghosh.
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The survey, open to people from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur and Punjab, seeks opinion on the voter''s most pressing consideration, rating of the state government on a number of metrics, view on any probable opposition unity in their constituency and take on the local MLA besides other matters.
In an apparent bid to put at rest the speculations about rift between them, prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday heaped praise on Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath for the latter's 'hard work' to make a 'modern UP' even as he virtually sounded the poll bugle by launching developmental projects worth over Rs 1500 crore in his Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi.
In a statement, State Election Commissioner Manoj Kumar said 1,778 nomination papers were received for 825 posts of the block panchayat chief, of which 68 were cancelled and 187 withdrawn.
Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party President Om Prakash Rajbhar met AIMIM National President Asaduddin Owaisi and discussed seat-sharing for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2022. The two leaders met at a five-star hotel, before the AIMIM chief proceeded on his onward journey to Bahraich.
Taking to Twitter, the BSP chief today said, "This news is being broadcast in a media news channel since yesterday that the AIMIM and BSP will fight the upcoming assembly elections in UP together. This news is completely false."
Congress on Sunday said that restoring full statehood and conduct of elections is a way forward to restore democracy.
Anup Chandra Pandey has been appointed as the chief of Election Commission of India on June 09.
On the death of 20 patients in a hospital in Meerut, the court observed that even if it is a case of suspected COVID death "we are of the view that all such cases of death should be taken as COVID deaths and no hospital can be permitted to hold these cases as non-COVID cases so as to reduce number of COVID deaths in that hospital".
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, according to several exit polls results, is in a pole position, as not a single one has said the Congress-led UDF will win.
In the first phase of the polls, which was held on April 15, an average polling percentage of 71 was recorded. The 2015 panchayat polls had registered a polling percentage of 72.11, according to the SEC.
In October last year, the EC had taken a serious view of "utter violation" of social distancing norms during poll campaigning and leaders addressing public meetings without wearing masks in complete disregard of its August last year guidelines issued ahead of the Bihar assembly elections.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on March 20 again targeted central government over farm laws and accused them of not letting him speak in the Parliament.
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