For the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly, the Congress released a list of 144 candidates, including 69 of its 96 sitting legislators
Similarly, pension for Divyang people (persons with disabilities) will be enhanced to Rs 6,016 in the coming five years, from the existing Rs 4016
While the party announced 144 party candidates for Madhya Pradesh elections, it announced 30 candidates for Chhattisgarh polls and another 55 for Telangana assembly polls slated next month
Assembly elections will be held in MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Mizoram between November 7 and 30, and the counting of votes will be on December 3
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday announced that a Scheduled Tribes Commission will be set up on the lines of the National Commission for STs
The polls would set the groundwork for the last major electoral exercise ahead of the 2024 general elections
Assembly elections 2023: The polling in five states will take place from November 7 to November 30, and the results will be announced on December 3
Gupta said that from now onwards all these essential service people have been given the facility of voting through postal ballots
There will be 24,109 polling stations in 90 Assembly constituencies, 29 of which are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and 10 for Scheduled Castes, the official informed
In a first-of-its-kind move, people above 80 years of age and persons with more than 40% disability will be able to vote from their home, the Election Commission said on Monday
The Rajasthan assembly met for 29 days in a year on an average and the Telangana assembly for 15 days, according to a report by PRS Legislative Research
"It facilitates qualitative analysis and planning of the seizures... we have told various agencies to work in coordination and not in silos," Kumar said
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday asked party workers to work in coordination, discipline and unity and put in all their might to win the assembly elections in five states in November
When asked whether his party will contest the elections as part of the INDIA bloc, he said that "whatever happens will be apprised"
Voting is the biggest right. Voters are like God. The blessings of the voters will be with BJP due to PM Modi's leadership and the BJP's policy of development
Elections will be held in Mizoram on November 7, Chhattisgarh on November 7 and November 17, Madhya Pradesh on November 17, Rajasthan on November 23 and Telangana on November 30
"Public welfare, social justice and progressive development are the guarantees of the Congress Party," he added
"BJP will work with commitment to fulfil people's aspirations in the next five years," he said
The counting took place on Sunday for the first key election in Kargil after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, and the creation of the Ladakh Union territory
Telangana is set to witness a triangular contest between the BJP, the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi and the Congress in the upcoming assembly election