Elections highlights | 'Our bulldozers have made Uttar Pradesh riot-free': UP CM Adityanath in Gujarat rally
Gujarat assembly elections are scheduled for December 1 and 5, with counting of votes and announcement of results on December 8. Meanwhile, the Delhi MCD polls will be held on December 4 and the results will be released on December 7. The BJP is currently in power in both Gujarat and the Delhi MCDs.
The election season is here, and Gujarat and Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) are only days away from heading to key polls. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which rules in both Gujarat and the Delhi MCDs is aiming to make a comeback. Considered as the BJP's bastion for their control over the state for over two decades, Gujarat is the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah. The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are also in the running in the state. Several leaders of all the three political parties have already campaigned in the state, including BJP's star campaigner PM Modi. Congress MP and party's former president Rahul Gandhi, who is currently on the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, and AAP supremo and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, have also campaigned in Gujarat for the forthcoming assembly elections....Read More
Meanwhile, in Delhi, the BJP and the AAP have been involved in war of words pertaining to the elections. Kejriwal's side has focused on garbage issues and poor sanitation in the run up to the polls, while the BJP - that has been ruling the MCDs for 15 years - has released a “12 point” manifesto, including addressing garbage matters, accommodation to slum dwellers and schools, among others.
Gujarat assembly elections are scheduled for December 1 and 5. A total of 1,621 candidates are in the fray for 182 seats in the Gujarat assembly. In the first phase of the polls, as many as 788 candidates will contest for 89 constituencies. In Phase-2, a total of 833 candidates will contest for 93 seats. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has said that the counting of votes and announcement of the results of the Gujarat assembly elections will happen on December 8.
Delhi MCD polls are scheduled for December 4 and the announcement of results will happen on December 7. Of the total nominations, as many as 507 independents are present - the highest share - followed by the AAP with 492 candidates. The BJP has filed 423 candidates, followed by 334 from Congress, 149 from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), 31 from the JD(U), 20 from AIMIM, and nine from the CPI(M).
Number of voters recorded up by over 10 per cent in Himachal election
The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Himachal Pradesh, Maneesh Garg, said Saturday that as compared to the last Assembly elections, the number of voters in the state has increased from 49.88 lakh to 55.25 lakh.
'Our bulldozers have made Uttar Pradesh riot-free': UP CM Adityanath in Gujarat
"Our bulldozers have made Uttar Pradesh riot-free," said UP CM Adityanath in Gujarat election rally on Saturday.
Kejriwal well-wisher of terrorism: Adityanath at election rally in Gujarat
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Saturday dubbed Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal as a 'namoona' or buffoon, and accused him of supporting terrorism and corruption.
'God will sweep broom to bring AAP to power': Arvind Kejriwal during roadshow in Gujarat
When the "pot of sin is full, the Almighty sweeps his broom", the Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal during a roadshow in Gujarat's Bhavnagar.
In MCD battle, BJP has maximum millionaire candidates, claims report
The BJP has the highest number of millionaire candidates in the fray for the December 4 Municipal Corporation of Delhi polls, claimed a report by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
MCD polls: AAP has maximum candidates with criminal backgrounds, says report
The Aam Aadmi Party has the maximum 45 candidates with criminal records in municipal elections this year while the BJP has 27 such candidates, according to a report by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
Gujarat polls: 'BJP will win, because I'm in it', says Manavadar assembly candidate
“The BJP lost this seat in 2017 as I was with the Congress. But since I am with the BJP now, it will win,” said Jawahar Chavda, who left Congress to join BJP.
MCD election: Gambhir hits back at Kejriwal on landfill issue, asks where was CM for 8 years
With the AAP turning the issue of landfill sites into a poll plank ahead of the municipal election in Delhi, BJP MP Gautam Gambhir has hit out at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Gujarat election: Owaisi slams Amit Shah over his 'rioters taught lesson' remark
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has hit out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his "BJP taught perpetrators of violence a lesson in 2002" remark, saying nobody stays in power forever.
Arvind Kejriwal suffering from 'political cataract', says BJP's Gaurav Bhatia
The political parties continue to engage in verbal battles ahead of MCD polls in Delhi as the BJP said Saturday that Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal was suffering from "political cataract" and giving himself a certificate of honesty despite the alleged excise and classroom construction scams in his government, PTI reported.
Gujarat elections: Spotlight on AAP’s CM face in high-stakes battle
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers are busy making preparations to put up posters of their chief ministerial candidate Isudan Gadhvi. One makes a point about neither the Congress nor the BJP declaring their chief ministerial candidates.
In Gujarat, BJP promises 20 lakh jobs, Uniform Civil Code implementation
Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda and state party president CR Patil on Saturday released the party’s manifesto for Gujarat Assembly polls.
Kejriwal sums up MCD polls: ‘10 videos of BJP vs…’
Ahead of the Delhi MCD polls, AAP boss and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal summed it up as “10 videos of BJP vs Kejriwal's ten works”. Read more.
BJP's Gujarat manifesto has an aim for 2036 Olympics Games
Nadda announced in the BJP's manifesto that the party will launch “Gujarat Olympics Mission” and create world class sports infrastructure with an aim to host the 2036 Olympics Games.
Free-of-cost education to all girls in Guj from KG to PG: Nadda
JP Nadda said that the BJP, if comes back to power in Gujarat, will make education free-of-cost for all girls in the state from KG to PG. The announcement was made in the party's manifesto released on Saturday.
Action against those who damage public property: BJP manifesto
JP Nadda on Saturday, while announcing the BJP's manifesto, said that the party will take action against individuals who damage public property in the form of anti-social elements.
BJP releases party's manifesto ahead of Gujarat assembly elections
The BJP on Saturday released the party's manifesto ahead of the assembly polls in Gujarat. It was released by Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, BJP national president JP Nadda and state party president CR Paatil.
‘Bharat Jodo is useless’: BJP candidate in Guj, who quit Cong in 2019
BJP's candidate from Gujarat's Manavadar Jawahar Chavda on Saturday ruled out any competition from the AAP and the Congress party in the forthcoming assembly elections. He said that the AAP is “nowhere to be seen” and the grand old party is “trying its level best”. “Bharat Jodo? I think it is useless. After the scrapping of Article 370, entire India became one,” he was quoted as saying by ANI. Chavda quits Congress n 2019 and joined the BJP.
Kejriwal tweets on AAP's establishment day dating 10 years before
AAP boss and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday took to Twitter to commemorate a decade since his party's establishment. He said that “with yet another history victory”, his party will soon gain national status. The tweet was in reference to the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections. Earlier this year, the AAP registered a landslide win in Punjab and dethroned Congress to form government in the border state. Currently, the AAP is in power in Delhi and Punjab.
Nadda takes dig at AAP's education over Jain's leaked jail videos
Referring to jailed Delhi minister and AAP leader Satyendar Jain's leaked jail videos, BJP chief JP Nadda said on Friday that the former's education model has turned a “rapist” into a “therapist”. His remarks pertained to one of the leaked videos that showed Jain getting massage inside his cell at Tihar Jail and reportedly by a rape accused. Read more.
Shah says Guj under BJP has been free of curfew, takes jibe at Cong
Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday took a dig at the Congress party, while talking about curfews in Gujarat. During a campaign rally for the BJP's Naroda candidate, he said that the state has been free of curfews since his party began ruling there. “Congress ruled Gujarat for several years, and it is them who incited communal riots in the state,” he added.
