The Congress Central Election Committee held separate meetings on the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh and Telangana scheduled for November 17 and 30 respectively
After the announcement of the date for the assembly election in Madhya Pradesh, a rebellion is brewing in the party with some leaders unhappy with ticket distribution.
From a hung Assembly leading to dramatic defections in Madhya Pradesh to the resounding change in Chhattisgarh, these Assembly elections provided a glimpse into the future poll prospects
Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar welcomed the decision of the Election Commission for the polls saying that the BJP is fully prepared to contest elections in all five states.
A total 5.6 crore electorates will exercise their votes to elect their MLAs in the 230-member Assembly constituencies. As per the Election Commission, candidates can withdraw their candidature by October 23.
Congress and BJP are the key players in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Telangana is expected to witness a triangular contest between the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi, Congress and BJP.
Elections will be held in Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Telangana on various dates starting from November 7. The results will be announced on December 3, as per the Election Commission's announcement.
According to reports, the ECI is set to announce the schedule during a press conference to be held at 12 noon at Akashwani in New Delhi. The announcement, if not postponed, will see the five States including Telangana going to polls most probably in early December.
The CEC meeting was held (in Delhi) today. We discussed candidates' names for about 140 seats. The names will be finalised in the next 6-7 days, Nath told reporters after the meeting
The Supreme Court, which was initially reluctant to consider the plea and asked as to how it can control all kinds of promises made by the respective governments before elections, later agreed to take it up.