Assembly Elections 2022 Highlights: BJP Goa unit is an old Congress consisting of defectors, says Dinesh Gundu Rao

The Congress on Sunday released the third list of candidates for Punjab assembly polls. Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi will contest from second seat of Bhadaur. He is also contesting from Chamkaur Sahib. Meanwhile, the Election Commission will meet tomorrow to assess the Covid-19 situation in the five poll-going states and decide on whether to continue the ban on physical rallies.

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Union minister Smriti Irani says Congress was 'missing' before elections and is also 'missing' now as it has 'accepted' defeat in polls

UP Assembly polls: Union minister Smriti Irani says SP, Congress, BSP are furious due to support of people to BJP

Uttarakhand elections: Will Gangotri constituency maintain its bellwether status?

The Ganga originates in Gangotri, and so does the road to government formation in Uttarakhand, it seems.

According to a widely held notion associated with successive assembly polls, whichever party wins the Gangotri constituency in Uttarkashi forms the government in the hill state.

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Cong showing love for armed forces with eye on polls: Pralhad Joshi

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Sunday accused the Congress party of making just a show of its love for the armed forces with an eye on polls and asked why did it not implement the one-rank-one-pension plan if it cared for them.

Dubbing INC as an acronym for the "Indian National Confusion", Joshi, also the BJP's Uttarakhand election in-charge, said it becomes a party of Hindus whenever convenient and a lover of the armed forces when the polls are round the corner.

Goons roamed freely and there were riots in UP when SP was in power: Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said while the BJP has ensured good law and order as well as development in Uttar Pradesh, goons used to roam freely and there were riots when the Samajwadi Party was in power.

He also said that now goons and the mafia do not get protection and "bulldozers are run over their illegal properties".

Manipur: BJP workers burn effigies, ransack party offices to protest ticket disbursal

Angry BJP workers of Manipur on Sunday burnt effigies of Chief Minister N Biren Singh and the state unit president Sharda Devi as well as flags, even as they ransacked local offices and shouted slogans against the ruling party’s list of assembly poll candidates which featured defectors from the Congress ignoring many loyalists.

Security was beefed up at all BJP offices throughout the state following the violence which erupted after the candidate list was announced, official sources said.

Two Muslim women performed 'aarti' of BJP president J P Nadda here as he undertook a door-to-door campaign for the party on Sunday in Firozabad. Firozabad goes to polls in the third phase on February 20.

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Today's BJP (Goa unit) is an old Congress consisting of all those people who had defected us. Corrupt people are with BJP. If he listens to Goa Ex-Governor Satya Pal Malik then he will know how much corruption is there in their govt.People of Goa are fed up with BJP: Dinesh G Rao

Amit Shah doesn't know the contribution of Congress and Gandhi's family to Goa. It was Indira Gandhi who decided that Goa needs a referendum, opinion poll on whether to choose to be with Maharashtra or not. Rajiv Gandhi gave Goa statehood: Dinesh Gundu Rao, AICC Goa in-charge

(ANI)

BJP to contest all 60 Manipur Assembly seats, declares entire list of candidates

Akhilesh Yadav only daydreaming, can't win polls: UP Dy CM

Downplaying Samajwadi Party’s claims that it was going to form the government in Uttar Pradesh, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Sunday said its chief Akhilesh Yadav was daydreaming and that the BJP wave was evident.“Just like 2017, the BJP will form the government in 2022. Lotus will bloom in all the nine Assembly constituencies of Bareilly and the BJP will win over 300 seats across the state to form the government,” Maurya told reporters here at the BJP office.

Election Commission to hold review meeting on ban on physical rallies, roadshows tomorrow

Samajwadi Party will boot out RLD if it wins UP polls, says Shah

The war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) in the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh polls went up a notch with Amit Shah claiming that “Akhilesh and Jayant will stay together only till counting of votes.”

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Now, Uttar Pradesh 'Dharm Sansad' calls for 'Hindu Rashtra', Seers say Gandhi not Father of the Nation, Nehru not 'first' PM

After the 'Dharm Sansad' (religious gathering) at Haridwar in Uttarakhand last year, yet another 'Dharm Sansad' called for making India a 'Hindu Rashtra' even as the seers refused to recognise Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation and Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru the first prime minister of the country.

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Fielding Yogi from Gorakhpur will also help party maintain hold on other seats in region, BJP hopes

The BJP seems to have strategically fielded Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur Urban in the assembly elections to maintain its sway over 62 seats in the region following desertion by some ministers hailing from the area.

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Congress releases its third list of 8 candidates for Punjab Assembly elections

CM Charanjit Singh Channi to contest from Bhadaur constituency also. The party had earlier announced his candidature from Chamkaur Sahib seat

(ANI)

Third list of Congress Party candidates in Punjab may be released very shortly

(DHNS)

Photos of only Ambedkar, Bhagat Singh in govt offices if AAP comes to power in Punjab: Kejriwal

AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said if his party comes to power in Punjab after the February 20 Assembly polls, photographs of BR Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh will be put up in all government offices in the state.

He further said there will be no photograph of any politician in these offices.

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Political parties from other states contesting Assembly polls in Goa can't form government here, only BJP can do it: Amit Shah in Goa

PM Modi agreed to campaign in Uttarakhand, modalities will be finalised in line with the Election Commission's guidelines that are expected to be released tomorrow: Pralhad Joshi

(ANI)

Rahul Gandhi suffering from Modi-phobia, says Amit Shah in poll-bound Goa

BSP supremo Mayawati targets central govt on its 'silence' over Pegasus controversy, says it is necessary to give credible answers and be accountable towards the country and its people

Development of small states is Narendra Modi government's priority: Amit Shah in poll-bound Goa

Goans need to choose between BJP's 'Golden Goa' and Congress's 'Gandhi parivar ka Goa', says Amit Shah

Uttar Pradesh polls: Nominations of some Sena candidates rejected illegally, says Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday alleged that the nominations of six to seven candidates of his party for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections were rejected "illegally".

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Drive to confiscate properties of Nawabs to be launched soon, says SP leader

Samajwadi Party leader Abdullah Azam on Sunday said the properties given to the Nawabs for “being loyal to the British” should be confiscated and that a movement in this connection will be launched from Rampur.

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Development can take place only if there is stability: Union Home Minister Amit Shah at public meeting in Goa

Arvind Kejriwal says religious conversions done by allurement or threat are wrong and there are sufficient provisions under existing law in country to stop such practices

Today, we announce that after formation of (AAP) govt in Punjab, there will be no photo of CM or any other political leader in any govt office. Photos of BR Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh will be put up in all govt offices in state: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal

(ANI)

In latest jibe, Yogi claims SP's red caps covered 'in blood of riot victims'

The Samajwadi Party’s red caps are painted in "the blood of victims of Muzaffarnagar riots" and "karsewaks shot dead in Ayodhya", Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said in his latest jibe as the poll battle heats up in the state.

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Goa polls: Rahul Gandhi to address rally in CM's Assembly seat on Feb 2

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit poll-bound Goa on February 2 and address a public gathering in Sanquelim, state unit chief Girish Chodankar said on Sunday. He said screens set up in all 40 constituencies of the state will telecast live Gandhi's public address in Sanquelim, which, incidentally, is the Assembly seat of Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.

Congress releases list of candidates for UP polls

23 nominations for Uttarakhand polls rejected

In Uttarakhand, 727 nominations were found valid after the scrutiny of papers. A total of 750 candidates had filed their nomination papers for the 70-seat assembly polls. The last date for withdrawal of nominations is Monday and the date of polling is February 14.

(All India Radio News)

Raut alleges foul play by BJP over candidature for UP polls

"Candidates' nomination suspended despite filing on time (in UP). Election officer not ready to act into the matter, he's under pressure. I will meet EC in Delhi...Some of our candidates were threatened to withdraw...They (BJP) are scared of us, will have to pay for it," said Sanjay Raut.

(ANI)

BJP announces candidates for all 60 Assembly seats in Manipur, CM N Biren Singh to contest from Heingang constituency

Akhilesh Yadav takes aim at BJP's 'criminal' poll candidates

Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party, in the run-up to the UP polls, has claimed that "99 candidates of the BJP are criminals... they are one short of a century."

'Will have photos of B R Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh in all government offices'

AAP's Arvind Kejriwal and CM candidate Bhagwant Mann, in a townhall meeting, shared their plans to introduce photos of Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh in government offices, if elected to power in the upcoming Punjab polls.

BJP launches 'Voter Connect Digital Campaign' in Uttar Pradesh

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched a targeted plan to cover at least 5 lakh households under its 'Voters Connect Digital Campaign' to woo voters in 12 districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Akhilesh to file nomination from Mainpuri on Monday

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav will file his nomination papers from the Karhal constituency in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri on Monday.
He is contesting his first Assembly elections from Mainpuri, which is regarded as an SP stronghold. Interestingly, the BJP is yet to declare its candidate against Akhilesh from Karhal.

Punjab polls: Navjot Singh Sidhu declares assets worth Rs 44.63 crore

The 58-year-old former India cricketer on Saturday filed his nomination papers before the returning officer in Amritsar for the February 20 state assembly elections.

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SC to consider listing PIL seeking to debar persons charged with serious offences

Days ahead of assemblypollsin five states, the Supreme Court has agreed to consider listing for hearing a 2020 PIL for debarring persons — against whom charges have been framed in serious offences — from contesting elections.

The plea said that out of 539 winners of the Lok Sabha election in 2019, as many as 233 (43 per cent) declared criminal cases against themselves. It said there was an increase of 109 per cent in the number of MPs with declared serious criminal cases since 2009, with one MP declaring 204 criminal cases against himself.

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Decision about assembly polls in J&K prerogative of EC: Jitendra Singh

The decision about holding assemblypollsin Jammu and Kashmir is the prerogative of the Election Commission, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday and asserted that the BJP, as a party, is always ready for any democratic exercise.

Punjab polls: PLC replaces Nakodar candidate, four to fight on BJP symbol

The Punjab Lok Congress Party (PLC) on Saturday changed the candidature from the Nakodar seat, where former Indian hockey team captain Ajit Pal Singh was nominated, as it announced another list of candidates for the next month's assemblypolls. Besides, four candidates of the former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh-led PLC will now fight thepollson the BJP symbol, a Punjab BJP leader said on Saturday.

Nadda attacks Akhilesh for moving around with grains

BJP president J P Nadda on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav saying those who never did any good for the farmers are moving around with a handful of grains making pledges.

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EC bans exit polls for UP Assembly elections

The Election Commission has banned all exit polls pertaining to the coming Assembly elections from 7.00 am on February 10 to 6.30 pm on March 7.

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