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CM Shinde needs to make sacrifices like us: Maha BJP prez on seat-sharing

Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday said Chief Minister Eknath Shinde should be willing to make "sacrifices", in terms of seat-sharing for the assembly polls, like the BJP has done to keep the alliance intact. The comments come a day after the Election Commission announced the schedule for polls to 288 seats in the state assembly. Voting is scheduled on November 20 and the counting will take place on November 23. "Chief Minister Eknath Shinde must remain open-minded and be willing to make sacrifices. We, too, have made sacrifices to uphold the alliance. It is evident that the BJP aims to contest the seats we previously held," Bawankule told ABP Majha news channel in Nagpur. As the dominant party in the alliance, it is only natural for the BJP to seek more seats, he said. Asked if Union Home Minister Amit Shah reportedly stated that the BJP "sacrificed" the CM's post while forging an alliance with Shinde-led Shiv Sena, Bawankule said, "I do not know what

Insufficient unity of farmers movement led to Haryana election result: SKM

Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) said on Tuesday that a lack of network of workers and farmers movements across villages and insufficient unity among them failed to decisively unite people against the BJP in the Haryana polls. In a statement, the SKM, which led the farmers' protests of 2020, said there are lessons to be learnt from Haryana election results and work towards uniting farmers and workers to fight the "corporate loot and anti-farmer policies" of the BJP-led Union government. "Even though the majority of the people had voted against the anti-worker, anti-farmer BJP, the opposition political parties failed to displace it from governance due to disunity and internal conflicts among them," they said. "Insufficient unity of the kisan movement and lack of network of workers and farmers movements across the villages to decisively unite the people caused the failure to isolate and oust BJP," SKM said. Appealing for greater unity of the farmer organisations, the SKM said it will take

BJP appoints Baijayant Panda as election in-charge for Delhi Assembly polls

The term of the current Delhi Assembly, led by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will end February 15, 2025

Maharashtra elections: Voting in single phase on Nov 20, results on Nov 23

Maharashtra Assembly elections: Out of 288, 234 seats in Maharashtra are general category, 25 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes (STs) and 29 seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs)

Nayab Singh Saini likely to be sworn in as Haryana CM on October 15

Haryana's Cabinet can have a maximum of 14 ministers, including the chief minister. Several Dalit BJP leaders, like Krishan Lal Panwar and Krishan Kumar, are under consideration for ministerial roles

J&K polls: Four Independent MLAs help NC cross majority mark. Top updates

Congress MLAs will meet on Friday in Srinagar under JKPCC chief Tariq Hameed Karra to elect their Legislature Party Leader, whose name will then go to the party's high command for approval

Atishi 'removed' from Delhi CM's residence: How is official house allotted

The bitter blame game over the occupation of the Flagstaff Road bungalow between the AAP, BJP, and Delhi LG's office erupted after former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal vacated the residence last week

After Assembly poll results, political battleground shifts to Maharashtra

Modi says BJP will work to get bigger mandate in the state

Haryana polls: From BJP's single-digit struggles to 48 seat win hattrick

With just six legislators in 2000, then two in 2005 and four in 2009, the BJP has now surged to 48 seats in Haryana, securing a hat-trick of victories in the state. This performance surpasses even its 2014 breakthrough, when the party first came to power on its own. Bucking anti-incumbency, the ruling party in the state has retained power and halted the Congress' comeback attempt in the assembly elections, the results of which were announced Tuesday. While the BJP ended up with its best-ever haul of 48 seats in the state, one more than its 2014 tally, the Congress won 37 seats and the INLD two. Three Independent candidates also tasted victory. The BJP had contested 89 of the 90 seats in Haryana this time. It did not contest the Sirsa seat, from where its ally Gopal Kanda was the sitting MLA. Kanda, however, lost his seat. Before 2014, the BJP was restricted from playing second fiddle, mainly to parties like the INLD and then Bansi Lal-led Haryana Vikas Party (now merged with ...

Haryana polls: BJP MLA Anil Vij wins Ambala Cantt seat for 7th time

Haryana Assembly elections: After four hours of counting, trends showed that six-time BJP MLA Anil Vij was trailing slightly in Ambala Cantt, while Savitri Jindal was leading in Hisar.

J-K elections: Did Vaishno Devi constituency repeat Ayodhya fate for BJP?

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Assembly constituency falls in the Reasi district of Jammu division. It had entered into the poll in the second phase of the Assembly elections on September 25

J-K Assembly elections: BJP's Rana leads Nagrota, but Raina trails Noushera

Early trends in Jammu and Kashmir election results show BJP's Ravinder Raina trails behind NC's Surinder Kumar Choudhary

Haryana elections: Why early counting trends may not reflect real picture?

The early trends showed that in Haryana, the Congress was leading in 60 of the 90 seats. In Jammu-Kashmir, the Congress and the National Conference alliance was leading on at least 40 of the 90 seats

J&K results: Vote counting begins for first Assembly polls in a decade

Counting of votes began on Tuesday morning for 90 Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, the final lap of an electoral exercise that will give the union territory its first elected government since 2019 when Article 370 was abrogated. These are also the first assembly elections in J-K since 2014. The Congress-National Conference alliance, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are the main parties in the fray in the keenly watched assembly election that comes five years after the erstwhile state was bifurcated into the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. The counting of votes commenced at 8 am simultaneously amid a three-tier security cover at 28 counting centres set up for 90 assembly constituencies in all the 20 districts, election officials said. J&K Chief Electoral officer P K Pole said adequate checkpoints have been set up within a 100-meter perimeter of each counting centre and CCTV cameras have been installed in all .

Party will win 30-35 seats: J&K BJP chief Ravinder Raina ahead of counting

Former Deputy CM and BJP leader Kavinder Gupta asserted that the BJP would emerge as the largest party in the Union Territory and would win the elections

Haryana exit polls: Congress leading over BJP; JJP, INLD face wipe out

The polling for all 90 seats in Haryana was held on Saturday, in which about 61% voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm. Both the Congress and the BJP have exuded confidence about winning the polls

The shrinking presence of smaller parties in Haryana Assembly polls

The trend of smaller parties witnessing a decline in their vote shares has been sharper in the Lok Sabha polls, but it is noticeable in the Assembly polls too

SC is right: Onus on politicians to refrain from weaponising religion

Over the years, the judiciary and the ECI have tried, but largely failed, to check dog-whistle politics

Cong govts in Himachal, K'taka and T'gana in financial mess: Kishan Reddy

Congress governments in Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh are in a deep financial crisis and not able to fulfill poll promises, while the regime in Telangana is also likely to fall into the same situation, Union Minister and Telangana BJP chief G Kishan Reddy claimed on Thursday. Addressing a press conference here, Reddy assured that the BJP will stand by the poor people whose houses are allegedly being demolished by the authorities in the name of "Musi River beautification". He further claimed that the Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy-led government is extorting money from business people and real estate companies in the name of "RR Tax". The BJP termed the word "RR Tax" as "Rahul Gandhi, Revanth Reddy Tax". "The Congress has given several guarantees in Himachal Pradesh. Now the situation is that it is not able to pay salaries to MLAs and government employees also. It is in a miserable state. "The Himachal and Karnataka governments are grappling with a financial crisis. The Karnataka

Assembly polls 2024: Importance of Dalit votes in Haryana politics

In the 17 Assembly segments reserved for SCs, the Congress led in 11 in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, and its INDIA bloc ally, Aam Aadmi Party, in two more