Assembly Elections 2023 Highlights — BJP To Release Telangana Manifesto After Diwali: Kishan Reddy
Assembly Elections 2023 Highlights: Please follow this space for all the latest updates on Assembly polls in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Mizoram
Jaipur, Rajasthan: Rajasthan Former CM and BJP leader Vasundhara Raje says, "...Congress has started giving guarantees... I believe their guarantee means the guarantee of rape, the guarantee of corruption, the guarantee of paper leak..." (ANI)
"Today, BJP released its manifesto for Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls which is brimming with 'jumlas'. It also indicated the departure of CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan," says Congress leader Supriya Shrinate. (PTI)
"Madhya Pradesh has transited from 'Bimaru' to 'Bemisal' state under the BJP leadership. We will continue this journey and take the state to new heights," says Union minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia.
BJP's Shzad Poonawalla has hit out at the Ashok Gehlot Government in Rajasthan over the alleged rape of a 4-year-old by an SI. He said "Rakshak [protestor] has become bhakshak [devourer] under Gehlot raj". "As many as 20-22 incidents per day of women atrocities But Priyanka Vadra silent even as Rajasthan becomes no.1 in rapes Instead she rewards Shanti Dhariwal who says 'mardon ka pradesh [state of men]' and justifies rapes," he said.
The Election Commission on Friday removed three poll observers from duty for misconduct and violation of the code of ethics, sources said. The action was taken against two general observers deployed in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh and an expenditure observer in Mizoram, they said. In place of IAS officer Laltinkhuma Franklin in Chhattisgarh's Dantewara assembly constituency, Anurag Patel, another IAS officer, has been deployed as general observer. IAS officer R Girish will replace IAS officer Udaya Narayan Das as general observer in Madhya Pradesh Seoni Malwa and Hoshangabad assembly constituencies. IRS officer Gaurav Awasthi, an expenditure observer deployed in Lunglei district in Mizoram, has been removed. Sources said they were removed for misconduct and violation of the observers' code of ethics. (PTI)
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will release its manifesto for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls on Saturday, a party functionary said. State BJP spokesperson Pankaj Chaturvedi told PTI the manifesto will be released by party president JP Nadda, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, state unit chief Vishnu Dutt Sharma and Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar, among others. The opposition Congress had released its manifesto with several promises on October 17. Assembly polls will be held in MP on November 17, while votes will be counted on December 3. (PTI)
BRS MLC K Kavitha says, "Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah today visited the Kamareddy constituency from where our CM KCR is contesting. My request to Siddaramaiah is that when you are coming to a state like Telangana, and when you are speaking about a very popular Chief Minister of Telangana, you should have done your homework sincerely. You too, like Rahul Gandhi, have read the script which the local leaders gave you and most of your facts and figures are wrong..." (ANI)
"We met Election Commission officials and raised the issue of a video and a tweet by AAP in which they made unethical and reprehensible utterances about the democratically elected head of (central) government. It has been done by the party handle (on X) of an established political party. It is a new low in politics and we have sought action from the EC," says Union minister Hardeep Puri. (PTI)
It is clear that CM K Chandrashekhar Rao's government made a lot of promises but there has been no progress in the last ten years towards the vision with which Telangana was carved out. There has been a lack of development in the state," says Union MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar at a press conference in Hyderabad. (PTI)
Balaghat, MP: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan says, "...Money should be sent directly to farmers because money from subsidies goes here and there...welfare of farmers is the goal of our lives, Congress did nothing for farmers..." (ANI)
BRS MLC K Kavitha accompanies party candidate from Nizamabad (Urban) Ganesh Gupta in Hyderabad on the way to file his nomination for the upcoming Assembly elections in Telangana.
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel has dismissed BJP leader Brijmohan Agrawal's claim that he was attacked by Congress workers in Raipur on Thursday. "Who can threaten him, are you joking? This means that 'Sethji' is now struggling in the election," Baghel says.
Re-polling is currently in progress in a calm manner at the Muallungthu voting centre within Mizoram's Aizawl South-III constituency, according to officials. This action became necessary as the voting personnel did not clear the mock poll ahead of the assembly election held on Tuesday.
The re-polling commenced at 7 am and is scheduled to continue until 4 pm. As of 9 am, 20 percent of the 1,084 electors at the polling station had exercised their voting rights, as reported by the officials. A senior poll official was quoted as saying by news agency PTI, "There is no law and order issue, and voting has been peaceful thus far."
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi holds a door-to-door campaign for party candidate and his brother Akbaruddin Owaisi for the Chandrayangutta Assembly seat in Telangana. He will be going up against M Sitharam Reddy of the BRS, Satyanarayana Mudiraj of the BJP, and Boya Nagesh Naresh of the Congress.
The BJP has named 14 more candidates for the Telangana polls. It has fielded Ganesh Narayan from the Secunderabad cantonment seat.
Background
Assembly Elections 2023 Highlights: Hello and welcome to Assembly Elections 2023 Live Blog, please follow this space for all the latest updates on Assembly polls in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Mizoram. On Tuesday, the first phase of polling took place in Chhattisgarh on 20 seats out of the 90-member Legislative Assembly.
Congress and BJP held rallies yesterday in poll-bound states and attacked each other fiercely. While launching an attack on Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan yesterday, she said, “You (people) voted for ‘Mama ji’ repeatedly, but when you faced any trouble and questioned them (Government) about the inflation and unemployment, resources for education and health; they only replied by saying that he (Shivraj Singh Chouhan) is your ‘Mama’.”
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing a rally in Madhya Pradesh's Satna said, "Congress has no roadmap for the development of Madhya Pradesh. The youth of the state sees no future in Congress. The state has faith in the guarantees given by Modi. Har guarantee ki poori hone ki guarantee." PM Modi also alleged that the Congress is allied with foreigners who openly conspire against India. The Prime Minister said, "You elected the strong BJP Government that makes tough and big decisions in the national interest. Congress has been unable to digest this for the past 10 years. They are unable to digest how is Modi able to work - the Modi whom they abuse day and night. So, Congress wants to spread instability and anarchy in the country. For this, it has struck secret deals. Congress can be seen standing with people abroad who openly conspire against India."
Union Home Minister Amit Shah who was addressing a rally in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur said that he is confident of Congress' defeat. Shah said, "In Chhattisgarh, the first phase is over. Last night, I had a meeting in Raipur. Congress will be wiped off here. It is definite that in the coming days, the BJP is going to form the government here."
Polling in three states i.e, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana is yet to take place.
Voting in Rajasthan will begin on November 25 for its 200-member Legislative Assembly, and polling for the 230-member MP Legislative Assembly will be done on November 17. Voters in Telangana will seat the fate of their candidates on November 30. All three polls mentioned above will be held in a single phase and the counting of votes will be done on December 3.
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