EC plans intervention in 266 constituencies to improve voter turnout
In a move to increase voters’ turnout for the Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission (EC) has identified around 266 Parliamentary Constituencies including 215 in rural areas and 51 urban areas, which recorded low turnout in the previous elections , and is now planning targeted intervention. The Commission has held...
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Himachal BJP to launch its election campaign from Hamirpur
The Himachal Pradesh BJP will launch the campaign for Lok Sabha elections and assembly by-polls from Hamirpur by organising a rally to be addressed by senior leaders of the party on April 8, the party’s office bearers said on Thursday. The Hamirpur district has become the epicentre of electoral politics as...
EC seeks to increase voter turnout in 11 States
Stepping up efforts to increase voter turnout in the Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission will on Friday brainstorm with municipal commissioners and district election officers of 11 states that have registered a low polling percentage in the past. Both rural and urban parliamentary constituencies with low voter turnouts have been...
65 nominations filed in five seats for second phase of polls in Assam
Altogether 65 candidates have filed their nominations for five Lok Sabha seats in Assam that are going to polls in the second phase on April 26, an election official said on Thursday. As many as 38 candidates filed their nominations on the last day on Thursday. Polling will be held in Karimganj,...
Independent MP Ambareesh to join BJP today
Mandya’s independent MP Sumalatha Ambareesh has announced she would join the BJP on Friday. The actor-turned-politician had won the 2019 general elections with the support of the BJP, defeating former Prime Minister and JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda’s grandson and H D Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil Kumaraswamy. Sumalatha said on Wednesday she...
Rahul declares assets worth `20 crore
Rahul Gandhi, who is seeking a successive term from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, has declared assets of over Rs 20 crore in his nomination papers. Gandhi filed the papers before the returning officer on Wednesday. He has declared movable assets to the tune of Rs 9,24,59,264 and showed the purchasing...
Arif asks for Bengal Minister removal for violating poll code
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Thursday said Education Minister Bratya Basu has “deliberately” violated the election Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by holding a meeting with politicians at the University of Gour Banga recently, and asked the state government to remove him from the cabinet, a Raj...
Ashok Chavan joining BJP has given party booster dose: Fadnavis
The induction of former chief minister Ashok Chavan has given a “booster dose” to the BJP in Nanded, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday. Fadnavis was addressing a BJP rally in Nanded, some 270 kilometres from here, after party colleague and sitting MP Pratap Patil Chikhlikar filed his...
