Haryana polls Highlights: Congress to get 'massive mandate' in state polls, says Bhupinder Hooda

J-K, Haryana Assembly polls updates: Catch all the latest news developments related to the Assembly polls here

6:00 PM

Congress to get 'massive mandate' in Haryana: Hooda

Predicting a "massive mandate" for the Congress in the Haryana Assembly polls, former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday said the final decision on the chief ministerial pick would be taken by the party high command and it would be acceptable to him. Dismissing talk of infighting, Hooda said the Congress was united in Haryana and claimed that the party would derive more strength from having multiple claimants for the chief minister's post.

5:53 PM

BJP raises charges against Vadra to target Cong ahead of Haryana elections

The BJP dredged up the alleged corruption involving Rahul Gandhi's brother-in-law Robert Vadra when the Congress was in power in Haryana by firing a fresh salvo against the opposition party ahead of the assembly polls in the state.

5:25 PM

Haryana polls: Cong expels 13 leaders days before election

Days before the Haryana Assembly polls, the Congress party on Friday suspended its 13 leaders for six years for anti-party activity. Among the leaders who were expelled is Sajjan Singh Dhull, the former candidate from the Pundri and Pai Legislative Assembly, who joined Congress last year in December.

5:09 PM

News update: EC seeks explanation from Maha chief secretary, DGP for failing to comply with transfer orders

4:56 PM

Maha poll review: EC warns of action over voter inconvenience complaints

The poll body today expressed "dissatisfaction" over inconvenience to voters at polling stations in Mumbai city during Lok Sabha polls, and top officials were told to ensure better facilities in the forthcoming assembly polls. At a review meeting with the state chief secretary and director general of police here, officials were told to ensure all assured minimum facilities at polling stations, including benches, fans, drinking water and shed.

4:54 PM

Amit Shah slams Rahul Gandhi, asks if he knows full form of MSP

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday trained his guns on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, asking if he knew the full form of MSP as he underlined that the BJP government in Haryana was procuring 24 crops at the minimum support price. Addressing a poll rally here, Shah also attacked the Congress on the issue of corruption, reservation and over Article 370, which he said, the Congress wants to bring it back. Shah claimed the BJP will return to power in Haryana for third time after the October 5 polls.

3:46 PM

Time ripe to have Dogra Hindu CM in J-K, says BJP candidate Sham Lal Sharma

The time has come for Jammu and Kashmir to have its first Dogra Hindu chief minister and it can be done only by the BJP, said Sham Lal Sharma, the party's candidate from the Jammu North assembly segment. He termed the Congress, National Conference and PDP "power-hungry" and alleged that they have a history of betraying the people of Jammu with their "wrong policies".

3:31 PM

High command will decide Haryana CM pick, decision will be acceptable to me: Bhupinder Hooda

Ahead of the Haryana Assembly polls, Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today stated that the final decision on the chief ministerial pick would be taken by the party high command and it would be acceptable to him. Hooda also made it clear that he was a claimant for the chief minister's post ahead of his son Deepender Hooda, asserting that he was "neither tired nor retired".

3:19 PM

Will give financial assistance of Rs 2,000 per month to women if BJP wins, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Free solar power to people under Suryaghar Muft Bijli Yojna if BJP voted to power in Jharkhand, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Latehar.

3:16 PM

Central funds for various schemes misused by Jharkhand govt, says Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Shivraj Singh Chouhan alleged that there is massive corruption in Jharkhand and  nothing moves without money.

2:46 PM

Haryana Congress expels 13 for contesting assembly polls as independents

The Haryana unit of Congress on Friday expelled thirteen party leaders for "anti-party activities" over their decision to contest as independent candidates against the party's official picks for the assembly polls. They were being expelled for six years with immediate effect to curb indiscipline in the party, the Congress said.

2:41 PM

Not just you, even your coming generations can't bring back Article 370 in J-K: Amit Shah to Rahul Gandhi

At a Haryana rally, Home Minister Amit Shah alleged that under previous Cong rule in Haryana, 'dalal' and 'dealers' used to give employment. 

2:36 PM

How many crops bought at MSP in Karnataka, Telangana, asks Amit Shah as he attacks Cong govts

BJP undertook equitable development in Haryana; corruption has been finished in last 10 years, says Home Minister Amit Shah.

12:39 PM

J-K Assembly polls being fought by people against dictatorial BJP govt at Centre: IYC chief Uday Bhanu Chib

The newly-appointed president of the Indian Youth Congress, Uday Bhanu Chib, has said that the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election is being fought by the people against the dictatorial BJP government at the Centre. "The Congress-NC alliance is going to form government (in Jammu and Kashmir) on 8th October. I hope that we will form government with a good majority. These elections are not being fought by the Congress or NC but by the people of Jammu and Kashmir against this dictatorial government," Chib told ANI.

12:37 PM

'Next J-K Chief Minister will be from BJP': Ravinder Raina

Jammu and Kashmir BJP President Ravinder Raina has exuded confidence in the party forming the next government in the union territory and said that PDP's Mehbooba Mufti will not be part of that government. "There is a huge wave of the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir. We are forming government in Jammu and Kashmir with the immense support of the people. The next Chief Minister of J & K will be from the BJP," Raina said.

 

 

11:57 AM

Nuh lawmaker promises law against lynching in name of cow protection

A law against lynching in the name of cow protection and a judicial inquiry into the communal violence that rocked the district last year are among the promises being made by the Congress' Aftab Ahmed, who is seeking re-election from the Muslim-dominated Nuh constituency in Haryana.