Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address nine election rallies in support of BJP-Shiv Sena-led alliance candidates during campaigning for the October 21 assembly polls in Maharashtra, where the saffron front is seeking a second straight term in office.
From Maharashtra to Haryana, infighting and dissent in Congress is out in the open ahead of the upcoming assembly elections. A day after protesting outside Congress President Sonia Gandhi's residence in Delhi over alleged irregularities in ticket distribution, former Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar quit the election committees of the party but said he would continue to work as an ordinary party worker. In Maharashtra, fissurs surfaced as its former chief Sanjay Nirupam declared he would not take part in the party's campaign after the name he had recommended was "rejected."
The Congress on Thursday named 17 more candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections, taking to 140 the total number of party nominees it has announced for the elections to the 288-member assembly.
In a pre-poll jolt for the Congress in Maharashtra, senior party leader Sanjay Nirupam declared on Thursday that he will "not campaign" in the October 21 Assembly elections.
Union Minister Ramdas Athawale's Republican Party of India (RPI) has fielded Chhota Rajan's brother as a party candidate in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly election. Deepak Nikalje will contest from Phaltan assembly constituency in Maharashtra. RPI is an ally of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Mumbai BJP president Mangal Prabhat Lodha, who is contesting the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections from Malabar Hill seat here, has declared assets worth over Rs 441 crore in his poll affidavit.
The Congress Party on Tuesday released a list of 52 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan will contest from Karad South constituency.
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today granted anticipatory bail to MNS leader Sudhakar Khade, who is contesting Maharashtra Assembly election from Kavathe-Mahakal constituency in Sangli district, in connection with an alleged rape case.Justice Mrudula Bhatkar
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar told party leaders of Maharashtra unit here that the decision on seat sharing for the Assembly polls would be taken by him and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.Pawar
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