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Will decide who will be Madhya Pradesh CM after poll result, says Amit Shah

The BJP has not yet declared Shivraj Singh Chouhan as the party's CM's face, and there are strong signs that the party will stick with this plan till the polls, said a senior BJP leader

BJP Central Election Committee to meet to discuss state poll preparations

The BJP's Central Election Committee, whose members include Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior leaders, will meet on Wednesday evening to hold deliberations on the upcoming state assembly polls, party leaders said. The CEC members are expected to take stock of the ongoing poll preparations, gather feedback and shape the party's strategy, including for selecting candidates, in the meeting, sources said. Besides Modi, the CEC includes party president J P Nadda, and Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah among other leaders. The party's decision to hold the meeting so early - the CEC usually meets only after poll dates are announced, underlines the significance it has attached to the five state elections, the last round of assembly contest before the all-important Lok Sabha polls. It also indicates a greater involvement of the central leadership in overseeing the state poll campaign, sources noted. Five states, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and ..

350,000 Rajasthani girl students await promised bicycles under govt scheme

Rajasthan government's free bicycle scheme provides girl students in class IX free bicycles to enable them to attend schools located in remote areas

Madhya Pradesh election 2023: How BJP is reimagining its grand poll plan

The BJP has set out to organise its state unit and is working on all fronts to prevent a recurrence of the Karnataka elections, where the party suffered a defeat in May

MP election 2023: Congress identifies 106 candidates for upcoming polls

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2023: The Congress party has refrained from publicly revealing the names of the candidates as of now

Mizoram polls 2023: Former footballer Lapekhlua to contest on ZPM ticket

Lalpekhlua, who retired in 2023, was the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the Year in 2016

EC discusses Telangana Assembly poll preparations, assures logistic support

An Election Commission (EC) team held meeting with Telangana Chief Secretary here on Saturday as part of the preparations for the Legislative Assembly polls to be held later this year. Telangana Chief Secretary A Santhi Kumari met with the EC officials and assured them of all logistical support required to conduct the elections smoothly, a release from the office of state Chief Electoral Officer said today. The three-day visit of the senior EC officials, led by Dharmendra Sharma and Nitesh Kumar Vyas, senior Deputy Election Commissioners (DECs) concluded today. During the visit, the EC team met with state bureaucrats, senior officials of enforcement agencies, including Income Tax (CBDT), excise department, State GST, CGST, Enforcement Directorate, State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC), DRI, CISF, and the state Commercial Tax department with a view to curtail use of money power in the elections, the release said. Further, the EC team convened a crucial meeting with district Collector

Five states will go to the polls in 2023-24 ahead of the general elections

What are the political equations, the challenges, and the threats?

Goa's ST community seeks political quota, threatens to boycott LS polls

A section of the ST community of Goa has threatened to boycott the Lok Sabha election 2024, if the govt fails to provide them political reservation in state assembly

1st time in 4 decades, Cong wins assembly poll in home state of party chief

The Congress' big win in the Karnataka assembly polls has come as a boost for Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge as it is also the first time in nearly four decades that the party has won in the home state of its president. The Congress would also take inspiration from history as it was from Karnataka that an embattled Indira Gandhi had revived her dwindling political future by winning a Lok Sabha bypoll from Chikmagalur. The Congress is facing a stiff electoral challenge from a rampaging BJP and the Karnataka poll win has come at a critical juncture for the grand old party with the Lok Sabha polls next year, but whether this victory would prove to be its "Chikmagalur moment", only time will tell. "It is an extraordinary result for the Congress party in Chikmagalur district which had become a BJP bastion of late. It won all 5 of the 5 seats there. In 1978, Chikmagalur heralded the revival of @INCIndia nationally by electing Indira Gandhi. History will soon repeat itself!" Congress ..

Karnataka elections 2023: Here is how the results tally looks at 10 am

Karnataka elections 2023 results: According to the trends at 10 am, Congress is leading the race with the BJP in second place. The JD(S) is in a distant third place

Delhi HC refuses PIL seeking to conduct LS, Assembly polls together in 2024

CJ Sharma said: "We are not lawmakers, we know our limitations. We ensure compliance of law. We can't issue such mandamus."

400 companies of central forces to be deployed in Tripura's assembly polls

A total of 400 companies of central forces will be deployed in Tripura to ensure free and fair assembly elections later this month, a senior police officer on Wednesday. Elections to the 60-member assembly will be held on February 16. Around 200 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) will be arriving here by first week of February for area domination, patrolling and flag march apart from counter insurgency operations, Assistant Inspector General (Law & Order) Jyotishman Das Chowdhury said. In total, 400 companies of central forces will be deployed in the state to ensure free, fair and peaceful elections. This will be in addition to the state's own security personnel and BSF jawans who guard the India-Bangladesh border, the officer said. Out of the 3,328 polling booths, 1,100 have been categorised as sensitive' and 28 were identified as critical', he said. A special drive for vehicle checking has been launched and so far 11,000 vehicles have been inspected, Chowdhury ...

BJP govt in MP begins administrative surgery ahead of Assembly polls

With around eight months left to the state legislative elections, the BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government has started an administrative surgery

ECI to announce poll schedule for Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura today

CEC Rajiv Kumar said that over 13.9 lakh electors are registered in Nagaland and over 30,000 first-time voters are set to participate in the forthcoming state Assembly polls

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee to visit poll-bound Meghalaya on Jan 18

The West Bengal chief minister will hold a public meeting at Mendipathar in Meghalaya's North Garo Hills district on Wednesday

Telangana 'power play': BJP set to launch programmes under 'Mission 90'

The BJP which is resolute on coming to power in Telangana in the next assembly polls, is set to launch various programmes under its 'Mission 90' including 10,000 village-level meetings before April, a senior leader of the saffron party said on Wednesday. The 'Mission 90' refers to 90 seats that the BJP is looking to secure in Telangana in the 119-member House. K Laxman, Rajya Sabha member and BJP OBC Morcha National President, said the mission was decided in the recently held parliamentary 'Vistarak' meeting that saw party general secretary B L Santhosh in attendance here. "As part of the Mission 90, the BJP targets to reach out to 10,000 villages beginning after Sankranti festival (January 15) by organising meetings with a slogan 'KCR ko Hatao, Telangana ko Bachao' highlighting the corrupt and family rule of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao," Laxman told PTI. The meeting will also highlight the achievements and various schemes in Telangana being undertaken by the central governm

What are the five things that will impact you in 2023?

Is it a mirage or will this year turn out to be better for us? What will be the key developments that need to be tracked in 2023? Bhaswar Kumar tells us in this report

Gujarat election results 2022: Here is what happened in five key seats

Gujarat Assembly Election Results 2022: According to the Election Commission's counting, BJP is leading in the state and is likely to cross the majority mark comfortably. Here are five key battles to

As momentum builds up for state polls, MP BJP chief may get extension

The two-year tenure of Madhya Pradesh BJP president VD Sharma will end by February 2023, around eight months before the next assembly polls, scheduled in November next year