Elections Highlights: CPI To Go Solo In Jharkhand, Parts Ways With I.N.D.I.A Bloc
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The Election Commission of India (ECI) is expected to release the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections after March 13, sources told ABP News. ECI teams are actively inspecting election preparations in various states, and the assessment is expected to be completed by March 13. Click here to read the full report.
On Friday, the Congress released its first list of 39 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election. The party has announced its candidates for Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Telangana, and Tripura.
The question of whether Rahul Gandhi will run for a second seat in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi remains. The Congress has stated that the remaining states will be discussed at the next meetings.
READ | Rahul Gandhi, Baghel, Venugopal, Tharoor In First Congress Candidate List For LS Polls 2024
Earlier on Friday, Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener, launched his party's Lok Sabha campaign in Delhi with the slogan, "Sansad mein bhi Kejriwal, tabhee Dilli hogee aur khush haal" [Delhi will be more prosperous with Kejriwal in Parliament].
The AAP is contesting four of the city's seven Lok Sabha seats in collaboration with the Congress, which will run candidates for three. Both parties, which failed to win seats in the last two Lok Sabha elections in the national capital, are part of the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), a bloc formed to compete with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
READ | 'Fighting Against 7 BJP MPs Alone', Says Kejriwal AS AAP Kickstarts Campaign For LS Polls
Last week, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced its first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024. The BJP's first list features 34 Central government ministers, including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, and Smriti Irani. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will run for Lok Sabha again in 2024, this time from Varanasi.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress formed a political affairs committee and a Pradesh election committee, with Avinash Pande and Ajay Rai serving as convenors, respectively.
The political affairs committee consists of 40 members, including the heads of all frontal organisations of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committees and the AICC secretaries in charge of the state.
Pande serves as the convenor of the political affairs committee, which also includes Ajay Rai, Aradhana Misra, Pramod Tiwari, Mohsina Kidwai, Nirmal Khatri, Salman Khurshid, Rajiv Shukla, P L Punia, Virendra Chaudhary, and Rashid Alvi.
Rai serves as the chairman of the Pradesh Election Committee, which also includes Aradhana Misra, Mohsina Kidwai, Salman Khurshid, and Nirmal Khatri.
Elections LIVE — CPI To Go Solo In Jharkhand, Parts Ways With I.N.D.I.A Bloc
The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Sunday parted ways with the opposition bloc INDIA, announcing that it will contest in eight of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming elections. "The CPI has no representation in the Lower House of Parliament from Jharkhand. We have decided to contest the Lok Sabha polls on our own," CPI state secretary Mahendra Pathak told PTI. "The BJP has announced its candidates, but the Congress and the 'Mahagathbandhan' have not yet held any talks on seat-sharing. So, we have decided to go solo," he said.The decision was taken at the party's state executive committee meeting here, he said. The CPI will field its candidates in Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Chatra, Palamu, Giridih, Dumka and Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituencies.Names of the candidates will be announced after March 16, Pathak said. (PTI)
Elections LIVE — 'Lotus will bloom in UP with victory in all 80 seats': BJP leader Jaiveer Singh
"It doesn't matter whether it's INDIA bloc or any other party, citizens of this country have made up their minds to make (Narendra) Modi the PM for the third time with a huge majority. We will secure victory in over 400 seats. Lotus will bloom in Uttar Pradesh by securing victory in all 80 seats," said BJP leader Jaiveer Singh earlier today. (PTI)
Elections LIVE — Mumbai MLA Ravindra Waikar on joining Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena
Mumbai MLA Ravindra Waikar on joining Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, "I'm here because I want to do work for my constituency & a lot of people's demands are pending...All work will done only when you are in government and people elect you because you have to do work. The central government & state government are working very well..." (ANI)
Elections LIVE — Uddhav Thackeray aide Ravindra Waikar joins Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena
Uddhav Thackeray aide and Mumbai MLA Ravindra Waikar joins Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, PTI reported.
Elections LIVE — 'BJP going to have tough time in getting even 250 seats': TMC leader Kirti Azad
TMC leader Kirti Azad said on the announcement of his candidature from West Bengal's Durgapur, “I have received lots of love and support from the people of Durgapur, and we have to see that TMC wins here. The country is going through a big turmoil currently. The ground reality is different from what is being projected and BJP is going to have a tough time in getting even 250 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.” (PTI)
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