assembly election

The wife Amritpal Singh’s aide Daljit Singh Kalsi today announced that her husband will be contesting the by-poll from Dera Baba Nanak assembly constituency.

The BJP had petitioned the Election Commission to remove the official from her position and accused her of working for BJD.

The CEC assured, 'we stand committed that as soon as these elections are over, we will hold elections in Jammu and Kashmir

"The five election states in total have 84 seats in the Lok Sabha of which BJP has 65 seats. But if you extrapolate the votes in the assembly election to Lok Sabha seats, if the BJP gets the same number of votes in 2024 as it did in the assembly polls, then its Lok Sabha seats will drop from 65 to 50," Chadha said.

A case was registered against the accused Javed Khan under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 34, 294, 323 and 506.

Several Congress allies, including Akhilesh Yadav, and Nitish Kumar had earlier pulled out of the meeting.

"We demand one election on the ballot paper, whether Lok Sabha or Vidhan Sabha. After that, there will be no scope for people to question EVM," Sanjay Raut claimed.

Violence has been reported in some parts of Madhya Pradesh where voting for 230 Assembly seats is currently underway

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav accused Congress of breaking its commitment of giving his party six seats in the MP polls.

The ECI cited requests from several political parties pointing that several large scale weddings and social engagements on the 23rd might affect voter turnout.