Assembly Elections 2023 Live: Congress Telangana Chief Says Party Will Come To Power, Miracle Will Happen In State
Assembly Elections 2023 Date Live: Please follow this space for all the live and latest updates regarding the Election Commission's announcement of dates for assembly elections in five states.
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The Election Commission of India (ECI) is announcing dates of voting for the election of the legislative assembly of five states -- Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram.
The commission on Saturday organised a briefing meeting for General, Police and Expenditure Observers for the assembly elections in the five states. CEC Rajiv Kumar & Election Commissioners Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goel addressed the gathering in New Delhi. The top poll body said the Observers are "the eyes and the ears" of the Election Commission and monitor the electoral process to ensure a level-playing field.
In 2018, four of these five states went through a single phase of polling while two phases were undertaken in Chhattisgarh in view of the Naxal problem.
The run-up to the polls witnessed massive blame games, attacks and counterattacks by the political parties as they put their might to woo the voters. With the announcement today, parties will have to plan their campaigning judiciously to avoid any action by the ECI under the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) which will come into force soon after the declaration of polling dates.
BJP and Congress are in a direct fight in Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh and Rajasthan. While the saffron party rules MP, Congress is in power in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. These polls come just months ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections where the BJP-led NDA is eyeing the third term in a row.
The opposition has formed a mega I.N.D.I.A bloc to take on PM Narendra Modi-led government in the general elections with over 25 parties coming together to fight the polls. The alliance seems to be in form only for the parliament elections as most of the parties are continuing to fight the assembly elections individually.
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