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MP assembly elections: Samajwadi Party releases list of nine candidates

The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Sunday declared a list of nine candidates for the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh scheduled on November 17. SP leader Yash Bhartiya said the names of six candidates on the list were announced earlier while three new names were added to it. "The nine candidates include former MLA Meera Deepak Yadav who is fielded from the Niwari assembly constituency," said Bhartiya. The Akhilesh Yadav-led party is planning to contest all 230 seats in MP as of now, he said. Besides Niwari, the candidates are announced for Rajnagar, Bhander, Dhauhani, Chitrangi, Sirmaur, Bijawar, Katangi and Sidhi assembly seats. The SP had won one seat- Bijawar in Chhatarpur district- in the 2018 MP assembly elections. When Congress fell short of majority despite emerging as the single largest party in the previous polls, two BSP MLAs, one SP legislator and four Independents provided outside support to the then Kamal Nath-led government.

MP polls: BJP leans on welfare push amid headwinds in Chambal-Gwalior

The BJP's big push to change its fortunes in the region, which had spurned it in the last Madhya Pradesh assembly polls, seems to be facing some headwinds as regional factors take precedence and the Congress' pitch for change challenges the ruling party's narrative woven around the planks of development and welfarism. Across several constituencies of the Chambal-Gwalior region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi largely draws unreserved praise for his stewardship of the country but many of the same voters also talk of the need for "badlav" (change) in the state, offering mixed views on Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led government and voicing a litany of complaints. If there is some acknowledgement about his government's claim of improvement in conditions of road, electricity and water supply, many also question its overall record and express wariness with Chouhan's 18-year-old reign, save for the Congress' brief 15-month-old tenure under Kamal Nath after the 2018 polls, since ...

Cong releases 1st list of candidates for Chhattisgarh, MP, Telangana polls

The Congress on Sunday announced its first list of party candidates for the Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana assembly elections. 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. In Madhya Pradesh, the party fielded former chief minister and PCC chief Kamal Nath from his Chhindwara assembly constituency. Former chief minister Digvijaya Singh's son Jaivardhan Singh has been fielded from Raghigath seat. He was a minister in the last Kamal Nath government. In Chhattisgarh, the party fielded its chief minister Bhupesh Baghel from his Patan assembly constituency and deputy chief minister T S Singh Deo from Ambikapur assembly seat. In Telangana, the party fielded Pradesh Congress chief Anumala Revanth Reddy from Kodangal assembly seat while CLP leader Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu has been fielded from Madhira-SC seat. While Chhatisgarh assembly

Congress releases list of 144 candidates for MP polls; fields Kamal Nath

Former chief minister Digvijaya Singh's son Jaivardhan Singh has been fielded from the Raghigath seat

As poll heat rises, MP CM engages in war of words with Priyanka, Kamal Nath

A war of words broke out between Congress leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who targeted each other over the implementation of public welfare schemes in the state. While Gandhi accused Chouhan of misleading people and asserted that there was no dictatorship in the Congress unlike the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the chief minister asked why public welfare schemes of his government were stopped when the Kamal Nath-led Congress dispensation was in power in the state. Nath, who is Congress's state unit chief, also hit out at Chouhan, accusing him of using inappropriate language against the Gandhi family and said his party does not give false promises. Addressing a press conference on Friday, Chouhan targeted the Congress and Priyanka Gandhi over the party's promises of free education and cash incentives to students in Madhya Pradesh and alleged that Nath was cheating even the Gandhi family by forcing them to make false .

After transfer of four officers on ECI directives, MP govt fills posts

The Madhya Pradesh government has filled the posts of two district collectors and as many superintendents of police (SPs) in the state, which fell vacant after the officials were transferred following the Election Commission of India's (ECI) directives, an official said. The ECI on Wednesday ordered the transfer of several top police and administrative officers, including 25 police commissioners and superintendents of police, nine district magistrates and four secretaries and special secretaries, in the five poll-going states - Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram - after finding laxity in their work. In Madhya Pradesh, four officers were transferred following the poll panel's directives. On Friday night, the General Administration Department of the Madhya Pradesh government issued an order and filled the posts. As per the order, Karmveer Sharma, Additional Commissioner of the Higher Education Department, is now posted as district collector of Khargone. ..

MP election: Scindia likely to figure in BJP's 'explosive' fifth list

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has already named candidates for 136 out of 230 seats, and the next list might include the names of remaining 94 candidates

MP state services main exam put off by 2 months over polls, 13,000 affected

Madhya Pradesh State Services Main Examination 2022, scheduled to begin on October 30 and continue till November 4, has been postponed by nearly two months following announcement of the schedule for the state assembly elections, an official said on Thursday. Now this examination will be held from December 26 to December 31, said the official of the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC) here. "After considering the availability of examination centres and security arrangements in view of the announcement of the schedule for the state assembly elections by the Election Commission, we have decided to extend the dates of the State Services Main Examination 2022," MPPSC Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Ravindra Panchbhai told PTI. He informed that 13,000 candidates, who were successful in the state services preliminary examination, will appear in the main test. Panchbhai said with the main examination getting pushed ahead, candidates will get more time to prepare for it. The ...

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Gave inflation, corruption and unemployment: Kamal Nath's jibe at Chouhan

Veteran Congress leader Kamal Nath said that his party's priority for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly election is employment

I will rise like phoenix to serve my people: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan accused the Congress of praying for his death

Madhya Pradesh needs 'new engine' and not 'double-engine': Punjab CM Mann

Mann said the people of Madhya Pradesh are left with just 37 days to elect a new government. This chance (election) comes once in five years and that, too, for nine hours (voting duration)

Congress, BJP in war of words over caste census ahead of MP elections

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that his party would go for a caste survey if voted to power in Madhya Pradesh

Incumbency, unemployment and more: Key issues in Madhya Pradesh elections

To pull off another electoral triumph in Madhya Pradesh, the BJP is relying heavily on PM Modi's powerful oratory, political charisma, enduring mass appeal and popularity

Replicating its Madhya Pradesh strategy, BJP fields 7 MPs in Rajasthan

The BJP's decision to field seven of its 24 MPs from Rajasthan is similar to its strategy in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh

Elections 2023: A look at what happened in 5-poll bound states in 2018

The polls would set the groundwork for the last major electoral exercise ahead of the 2024 general elections

Election Commission announces dates for polling in five states; check here

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

BJP's decision to field MPs in Assembly polls a 'good move': Union Minister

The BJP is leaving no stone unturned to emerge victorious in the five states, going to poll next month

Rahul Gandhi running 'Jhooth Ki Dukaan', says MP CM Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who talks about Mohabbat Ki Dukaan (shop of love), actually runs Jhooth Ki Dukaan (shop of lies). Chouhan, in a statement, said Gandhi, while addressing a gathering in the poll-bound state, only dished out lies. Earlier in the day, the Congress MP addressed a rally at Beohari in Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh, where assembly polls will be held on November 17. "Rahul Gandhi talks about 'Mohabbat Ki Dukaan' but actually he runs 'Jhooth KI Dukaan' and he lied at the rally also," Chouhan said. The CM said Gandhi, at the gathering, was actually counting "dark deeds" done by Congress governments in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan because every section of society in Madhya Pradesh is happy due to welfare programmes and development works of the BJP government in the last nearly two decades. The Congress MP had promised a farm loan waiver during the 2018 elections in MP and vowed to remove ...

Congress to announce candidates for MP polls after Pitru Paksha: Kamal Nath

The upcoming Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh are crucial for both the BJP and the Congress party