The political outfits formed by farmer union leaders Gurnam Singh Chaduni (Sanyukt Sangharsh Party) and Balbir Singh Rajewal (Sanyukt Samaj Morcha) have announced a pre-poll alliance for the upcoming Assembly elections in Punjab. Chaduni said his party will contest on 10 seats. The polling in Punjab, which was earlier scheduled on February 14, will now be held on February 20 in view of the Guru Ravidas Jayanti.
Meanwhile, Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, who stepped down from his post last year, on Wednesday announced that he will not contest the 2022 assembly elections in Uttarakhand. Rawat announced his decision to his party’s cadres at a “farewell lunch” before writing to the BJP national president, Jagat Prakash Nadda.
Only BJP will in poll bound states, says Haryana minister Anil Vij
It's up to Utapal Parrikar (son of late former Goa CM Manohar Parrikar) whether to contest the Goa Assembly elections or not. His family has a huge contribution in establishing BJP in Goa. We will support him if he contests elections independently: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut
Seema Kushwaha, lawyer of '2012 Nirbhaya gangrape case Delhi', joins Bahujan Samaj Party.
The reason I joined BJP is that I like their policy. Akhilesh Ji hates Samajwadis in SP. One by one, he cornered everyone & has only flatterers around in the party…No one has ever won with a margin of over 18,000 votes from Bidhuna seat except me: Pramod Gupta after joining BJP
Uttarakhand Election 2022 Live Updates: BJP candidate list out for 59 seats
UP Election 2022 Live Updates: The old pension scheme system before 2005 will be restored for the retired employees if Samajwadi Party forms its government in Uttar Pradesh. For a long time, government employees have been demanding restoration of the old pension system: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav
A day after Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav joined the BJP, his brother-in-law Pramod Gupta – a former SP MLA – on Thursday joined the saffron party ahead of the UP Assembly elections. Read More
Bhagwant Mann, the Chief Ministerial face of the Aam Aadmi Party for the Punjab assembly polls, will contest the state polls from Dhuri. The announcement was made by Aam Aadmi Party’s supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday.
Congress announces second list of 41 candidates for UP Assembly elections. Of these, 16 are women.
The BJP on Wednesday released the name of one more candidate for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, fielding Mukta Raja from Aligarh. With this, the BJP has so far announced 110 candidates for the state assembly polls, where the party is contesting elections in an alliance with the Apna Dal and the Nishad Party. The party on Wednesday announced that Mukta Raja will be its candidate from Aligarh assembly.