NCP chief Sharad Pawar not to contest Lok Sabha polls
Mar 11, 2019, 04:46 PM ISTThe NCP chief also indicated that Parth, son of his nephew and senior party leader Ajit Pawar, may be fielded from Maval Lok Sabha constituency in Pune district.
The NCP chief also indicated that Parth, son of his nephew and senior party leader Ajit Pawar, may be fielded from Maval Lok Sabha constituency in Pune district.
The Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra will be held in four phases as announced by the Election Commission of India on Sunday.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, also told Twitter to talk to Election Commission officials and ensure "real-time compliance" with the guidelines concerning free and fair elections.
The enforcement of this policy will begin on March 11, after which only certified advertisers will be allowed to run political campaigning ads on the service.
Goyal also said that the BJP will contest on five seats in Tamil Nadu during the 2019 general elections. The two parties will fight the polls together in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Modi government and a united Opposition sounded poll bugle in the national capital today as last Parliament session of the 16 Lok Sabha ended today.
After the EC's submission assuring 100 per cent use of VVPAT machines, the bench dismissed the petition.
The man identified as Gomunt Kumar had posted a state-wise election schedule for the upcoming general elections on his website - 'mytechbuzz', reports said.
"If it is not possible to introduce ballot papers then at least 50 per cent of VVPAT should be counted for cross verification with EVM," Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge told media outside the EC office.
The coalition leaders are likely to discuss seat-sharing for the Lok Sabha polls during the first week of February.
While the BJP accused the hooligans backed by TMC for attacking their party workers on their way back from Shah's rally, the state ruling party leaders blamed BJP supporters for the vandalism.
The prime minister further said, “In our country, no stone is left unturned to ensure that every citizen of India, who is a registered voter, gets an opportunity to vote."
Gandhi was addressing a public meeting in Amethi before returning to Delhi at the end of his two-day visit to his Lok Sabha constituency.
State Chief Secretary Satya Gopal requested the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India, Sunil Arora, during a video conference here on Tuesday, an official communique said here on Wednesday.
According to media reports, Congress is seeking to contest 16 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar and has conveyed to the RJD that it would not settle for less than 12 seats.
Accusing the Narendra Modi and Amit Shah pair of planting hatred in the country, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal said the 2019 Lok Sabha elections will not be for electing a new Prime Minister but to remove the dictatorial BJP regime.
Chidambaram said the goal was to defeat the BJP and expressed hope that all secular, liberal parties would come together to fight the elections.
He said the Congress party might give a surprise or two in the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh "about what the party is capable of doing and to mobilise people."
Just a day ahead of the presser, Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said that the alliance will get the math right in the upcoming parliamentary elections and the BJP will face defeat.
BJP ally and Lok Janshakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan said the opposition of Lalu Prasad's RJD to the legislation for 10 per cent reservation for the general category poor will lead to its rout in Bihar in Lok Sabha polls and that it will not be able to win a single seat.
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