Elections 2022 HIGHLIGHTS: Campaigning Ends For Goa, Uttarakhand, Second Phase Of UP Polls
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah will campaign in Uttarakhand today. Amit Shah will hold rallies at three places in Uttarakhand-- Dhanaulti, Sahaspur, and Raipur. In Haridwar, he will participate in a door-to-door campaign.
Ahead of the February 14 Uttarakhand election, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will also address three rallies in the hill state's Khatima, Haldwani, and Srinagar.
The first rally in Khatima is in the home constituency of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who is again contesting from the seat, and she will set try to set the tone for her party which is trying to unseat the BJP.
The Congress has fielded former Chief Minister Harish Rawat from the adjacent Lal Kuan constituency.
The Saturday campaign is basically focused in the Kumaon region, which was a stronghold of Congress due to ND Tiwari and Indira Hridyesh both now deceased.
Uttarakhand will vote on February 14 for the 70-member assembly, in which the Bharatiya Janata Party currently has 57 MLAs at present.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief JP Nadda will hold four election rallies in Punjab today.
JP Nadda will address a rally at Balachaur at 11:15 am. Following this, he will hold rallies in Ropar at 12:45 pm, in Rajpura at 03:15 pm and in Ghanor at 04:45 pm.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will also hold election campaigns in Punjab on Saturday. ML Khattar will hold public rallies at Gill, Jagraon, and Kapurthala. Union Minister General VK Singh will also address three public meetings in the state. His public meetings will be in Amritsar North, Amritsar East and Baba Bakla.
Punjab will go to the polls on February 20 and the counting of votes will take place on March 10.
The second-phase polling for the Uttar Pradesh assembly election is slated to be held on February 14. Following this, polling for the UP election will take place on February 20, 23, 27 and March 3 and 7.
The counting of votes for all five poll-bound states is scheduled for March 10.
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Campaigning ends in Goa, Uttarakhand ahead of polling on Feb 14
New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): The stage is set for Assembly elections in Goa and Uttarakhand as campaigning in both the states came to an end on Saturday. Both the states will go to Assembly polls in a single phase on February 14 and the counting of votes will take place on March 10.
Both the states witnessed heated political turbulence as leaders from various political parties pitched in favour of their respective parties to the voters.
In Goa which has 40 Assembly seats, the state's election observer and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram addressed a press conference along with AICC Incharge Dinesh Gundu Rao. He highlighted the works carried out by the Congress party for the people of the state and slammed the Opposition parties for hampering the welfare of the people in the state.
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Girish Chodankar also posted a video message for voters in Goa and lauded the Congress party for their works. Similarly, a press conference was addressed by BJP National General Secretary and Goa Desk Incharge CT Ravi.
Several candidates of BJP, Congress and Trinamool Congress along with other political parties posted a video message and highlighted the developmental works carried out by them in the constituencies.
Similarly, campaigning came to an end today for the 70 Assembly seats of Uttarakhand going to polls on February 14 with a host of star campaigners, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, holding a series of rallies in support of their party candidates.
Electioneering, which drew to a close at 6 pm in accordance with the Election Commission of India's (EC) guidelines, was affected for the most part by COVID-19 restrictions, including a ban on physical rallies, forcing the political parties to resort to virtual rallies and scaled-down door-to-door campaigns.
In Uttarakhand, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath's who hails from Uttarakhand addressed a gathering in Tehri Vidhan Sabha. PM Modi also addressed a huge public meeting in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand today. Union Minister Amit Shah addressed rally in Raipur Vidhan Sabha as well.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday alleged that the policies are being made just for two industrialists who are friends of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Addressing the 'Uttarakhandi Swabhiman' rally in Khatima, the Congress leader slammed the Central government for making the budget that offers nothing for the poor, farmers, middle class, small and medium businessmen. (ANI)
ECI further relaxes provisions of campaigning, candidates allowed to campaign from 6 am to 10 pm
The Election Commission further relaxes the provisions of campaigning for Assembly Elections 2022
Political parties/candidates may campaign from 6 am to 10 pm following all extant instructions, reads the official statement. Political parties/candidates may campaign with a maximum of 50% of the capacity of the designated open spaces or the limit prescribed by SDMA, whichever is less. Pad Yatra with a limited number of persons as per limitations of SDMA allowed, the official statement further added.
Late Manohar Parrikar's son, local heavyweight, and AAP turncoat vie for Panaji pie in multi-corner contest
Panaji, Feb 12 (PTI) The BJP rebel and son of the former chief minister the late Manohar Parrikar, local heavyweight Atanasio Monserrate of BJP, AAP's former chief ministerial candidate for Goa now contesting on a Congress ticket, and an AAP nominee trying his luck for the third time all are in the fray from Panaji constituency, making it one of the capital contests as Goa votes on Monday.
The ruling BJP has fielded its sitting MLA Monserrate, a former Congressman who had defeated the saffron party candidate in 2019 but joined the BJP in 2020.
Opposing him is Utpal Parrikar, the son of the late chief minister and BJP stalwart Manohar Parrikar. Upset over being denied a ticket by the BJP, the Parrikar junior is making his electoral debut as an independent candidate.
In an interview with PTI earlier this week, Utpal pointed to the criminal cases registered against his main rival and said that he wanted the party (BJP) to give a clean candidate.
Utpal said that no work had taken place in two years in Panaji which has become a family affair Monserrate's wife Jeniffer is an MLA from neighbouring Taliegao and their son is the mayor of Panaji.
"Panaji finds itself languishing and risks moving towards a dystopian city," he said. The state's capital battles with parking problems, a major issue faced by every growing urban centre of the country, he said.
Panaji loses out on this, he added.
Panaji should have got its free share of jobs. My voice would make the state's examination process for recruitment becomes fair. My trust would also make Panaji more investor-friendly so even the private sector jobs can be generated here, Utpal said.
Despite several attempts, Monserrate was unavailable for comment.
The Congress has fielded Elvis Gomes. A former bureaucrat, Gomes was Aam Aadmi Party's chief ministerial candidate in 2017, but later fell out with his party and joined the Congress.
On the other hand, the AAP has fielded Valmiki Naik for the third time from the seat in 2017, 2019 bypoll and now in 2022.
Like Utpal, Naik too pointed out the deteriorating living conditions in Panaji.
He said if elected he would focus on employment in the Panaji constituency and organise ward sabhas that can enable citizens to solve their issues in the presence of the MLA and officials.
Panaji has been slipping in the Ease of Living Index. I want to bring in the top 10 cities in the country in the first five years and number one in the next term, Valmiki told PTI.
Also in the fray is Rajesh Redkar (50) from the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP).
According to the Election Commission data, Panaji has 22,408 registered voters 10,531 male and 11,877 female.
The constituency houses the Goa Secretariat, offices of all major departments, the Chief minister's residence, and consulates. A large part of the constituency has commercial areas.
But its living conditions are deteriorating, alleged Opposition candidates.
Since 2012, Panaji has seen five MLAs.
After Manohar Parrikar vacated the seat in 2014 to join the Union Cabinet, Sidharth Kuncalienker won the seat in a bypoll.
He won the seat again in the 2017 Assembly polls but vacated it for Manohar Parrikar who returned to the state as the chief minister.
In 2019, following the death of Manohar Parrikar, Atanasio Monserrat won the polls on a Congress ticket.
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