The Election Commission has already announced the dates and all the political parties have started flexing their muscles in the poll-bound states --- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab.
Polling for Uttarakhand, Goa, and Punjab will take place in a single phase on February 14, whereas Manipur will see polls in 2 phases on February 27 and March 3. UP elections will take place in 3 phases.
"In the Kotdwar assembly elections, 30 out of 82 soldiers posted in E Company of 50th Battalion of BSF, who reached for security duty, have been found positive for COVID-19," Kotdwar Circle Officer GL Kholi told news agency ANI.
The Election Commission has already announced the dates and all the political parties have started flexing their muscles in the poll-bound states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab
The Election Commission has already announced the dates and all the political parties have started flexing their muscles in the five poll-bound states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab.
CEC Sushil Chandra on Saturday announced that polling for Uttarakhand, Goa and Punjab will take place in a single phase on February 14, whereas Manipur will see polls in 2 phases on February 27 and March 3. Election results will be announced on March 10.
The election commission on Saturday announced the schedule for assembly polls in 5 states including Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand, and Manipur. A total of 2,15,368 polling stations to be set up across 5 states to facilitate free, fair and safe elections amid the third Covid wave led by the Omicron variant.
The BJP is the ruling party in Uttarakhand while the Congress is the main opposition party. AAP is debuting in the contesting this year.
Moreover, all the schools and anganwadi centres will remain closed until Jan 16. The state govt has also imposed a night curfew from 10:00 pm to 6:00 am.
Several political parties have already announced the cancellation of political rallies and are focusing more on digital campaigns in the wake of the unabated surge.
The development comes ahead of Delhi Environment Minister and senior AAP leader Gopal Rai's five-day visit to Uttarakhand from Saturday, during which he will address a series of public meetings and pitch for a “novel change” in the state ahead of the assembly polls in the coming months.
Sidhu warned BJP to stop playing politics or they will get a benefitting reply referring to the growing chorus for the imposition of the President's rule in the state.
Kejriwal said Uttarakhand has the largest representation in the armed forces and if soldiers make up their mind, no one can stop the Aam Aadmi Party from coming to power in the state.
Uttarakhand Congress chief Ganesh Godiyal announced that AAP state working president Anant Chauhan, sitting Uttarkashi zila panchayat head Deepak Gujran, former BJP MLA Mal Chand, had joined the party.
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab will go to polls early in 2022. While the first four are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the last one has a Congress government.
To ensure a regular supply of quality water in the urban areas of Haridwar and Nainital, PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone of water supply schemes for these two cities.
In Uttarakhand and Goa about 100% eligible population has been inoculated with the first dose, while in UP 85% eligible population has been given the first dose.
Days after making a veiled attack on the Congress leadership ahead of assembly polls in Uttarakhand, Rawat today said that sometimes expressing pain proves to be beneficial for the party.
Top Congress leaders on Thursday had also spoken to Harish Rawat and sought to mollify him after his public outburst against party leaders, sources said.
Harish Rawat on Wednesday created a flutter in the political circles, alleging non-cooperation from his organisation and noting that he sometimes feels it is time for him to rest.
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