Tag: polls
BJP's Dilip Ghosh Barred From Campaigning For 24 Hours
After Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Election Commission on Thursday barred West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh from campaigning for 24 hours, charging him with making "provocative" public statements that can "seriously incite" emotions and lead to "breakdown" of law and order affecting the Assembly election process in the state. ....
Bengal Polls: 16.27% Polling Recorded In First 2 Hours
Brisk polling much on the line of the other phases was recorded in the fifth phase of polling in West Bengal where 45 constituencies across six districts including Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Aklimpong, Nadia, North 24 Parganas and East Burdwan are going for the polls on Saturday. Altogether 1,13,73,307 voters will exercise their franchise in 15,789 polling stations spread across six districts. ....
'She Has An Old Habit Of Doing Politics With Dead Bodies': PM Modi Attacks Mamata Banerjee
Launching a blistering attack on chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that the Trinamool Congress supremo has an old habit of doing politics with dead bodies and she is trying to do the same with the unfortunate death of five people at Sitalkuchi in Coochbehar on April 10. ....
Voting Begins For Second Phase Of UP Panchayat Polls
Voting for the second phase of Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections began on Monday with more than 3.48 lakh candidates in the fray for over 2.23 lakh posts across 20 districts. ....
With Eyes On Polls, AAP Takes Forward Free Electricity Formula To Goa
In an attempt to woo the voters in the upcoming Assembly elections in Goa due next year, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has taken forward it's free and subsidised electricity promise to Goa now. ....
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh Meets Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sets Up Panel For Coordination Ahead Of Polls
Projecting a united face just months ahead of the Assembly polls in Punjab, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and once his bete noire Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday met at the former's residence near here in a cordial atmosphere and later shared their photos of 'close proximity'. ....
AAP Says People Of Punjab Want Development Like Delhi
Responding to the survey conducted by ABP-C-Voter with a focus on Punjab's 2022 elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday said the people of Punjab were upset over the non-fulfilment of promises made by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh during 2017 elections and would give a befitting reply in 2022 by forming the AAP government in the state. ....
YSRCP Clean Sweeps ZPTC, MPTC Polls
Andhra Pradesh's ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) completed a clean sweep of ZPTC and MPTC elections as all the results were declared in the early hours of Monday. ....
Unemployment Has Peaked In Goa, Says Arvind Kejriwal Ahead Of Visit
Ahead of his two-day visit to Goa, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday took to Twitter to highlight the issue of unemployment in the coastal state. ....
Arvind Kejriwal Vows Allowances For Unemployed, 80% Pvt Job Quota For Goans
Aam Aadmi Party convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday in a major poll promise, announced 80 per cent reservation in private jobs for Goan youth, while assuring allowances to the tune of Rs 3,000 for an unemployed youth in a family and Rs 5,000 for households, whose members have lost jobs in the mining and the tourism sector. ....
