West Bengal panchayat polls: EC announces all-party meeting amid Murshidabad tension
June 10, 2023 20:58 ISTThe West Bengal Election Commission will hold an all-party meeting to discuss the prevailing law and order situation in the state.
The West Bengal Election Commission will hold an all-party meeting to discuss the prevailing law and order situation in the state.
West Bengal panchayat election 2023: The opposition parties alleged that the time given for filing nominations is not enough as a huge number of candidates will have to file nominations for over 70,000 seats in just seven days, a contention mocked by the ruling Trinamool Congress.
In the past, Dhirendra Yadav had given his land for the road. When Dhirendra did not get the vote from the people who benefited from this road, he got enraged and caused the incident.
Much like the Assembly elections, the RJD will again want to tap onto the Muslim-Yadav (MY) equation and Dalits. Besides, its leaders led by Tejashi and Tej Pratap are likely to highlight the rising crime graph, liquor smuggling and lack of employment opportunities during the rural polls.
On July 9, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav had alleged that the BJP workers misbehaved with his party candidate Ritu Singh and her proposer Anita Yadav. He also claimed that the saffron party workers pulled the sarees of Ritu and Anita.
NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma had written to the Director-General of Police, Uttar Pradesh to immediately intervene in the matter and take strict action against the men.
In the disturbing video which went viral on social media, the woman is seen running from men who first grabbed her and then yanked her saree during the block panchayat polls. She was trying to enter a nomination center when she was attacked by men from a rival party.
"The BJP+ (BJP and its allies) has won 67 out of 75 seats of zila panchayat chairpersons. For these unprecedented results, I thank the people of the state and hardworking party workers," State BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh said.
Chairpersons of 22 zila panchayats in 22 districts of the state were declared elected unopposed on Tuesday. Of these, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 21 seats, while the Samajwadi Party grabbed one seat in Etawah.
Ahead of UP Panchayat polls a video has gone viral in which Former Samajwadi Party MP Ram Kishan Yadav is seen touching the feet of panchayat members.
Bahujan Samaj Party will not contest the Zilla panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh this year.
The much-awaited panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held in four phases on April 15, April 19, April 26 and April 29, the state Election Commission has announced. Counting of votes will be done on May 2.
Goa municipal election results: Bharatiya Janata Party-backed panel has won 25 of 30 wards in the Corporation of the City of Panaji.
According to reports, the Election Commission had sought to hold panchayat polls in May, however, the court put aside the idea.
Panchayat elections in Arunachal Pradesh, which has been pending for a year, will soon be held on party basis, the state Assembly was informed on Monday.
The Jammu and Kashmir Election Commission on Tuesday postponed Panchayat by-elections in the Union Territory following a security threat message shared by the administration.
Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, (Election Authority under J&K Panchayati Raj Rules, 1996) Shailendra Kumar on Monday issued notification for the conduct of phase-II of by-elections for Panchayat Polls-2020 in respect of vacant seats to elect Sarpanches and Panches.
he idea is a part of an awareness campaign that has been introduced by the Women and Child Development Department after Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's call for eradicating the custom of "ghoonghat" or veil.
As many as 17,242 candidates are in the fray for the posts of sarpanchs and 42,704 for panchs, Secretary of State Election Commission Shyam Singh Rajpurohit said. Ahead of the elections, 36 sarpanchs and 11,035 panchs have been elected unopposed in the state.
Congress boycott panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Congress said that the Election Commission should talk to the political parties.
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