Political parties have started announcing names of candidates for elections in five states. With the Mizoram deadline passed, and final dates for nomination filing approaching for the rest of the four states, parties are assessing their best bet on each and every seat. On the other hand, Dussehra may not be as smooth for Maharashtra as the government has hoped as another hunger strike over Maratha quota this week is likely to create trouble.
Stay with ABP Live as we try to cut the clutter around the latest news from the political arena and help you understand what is likely to happen in The Week Ahead. Here are the biggest political developments expected to play out this week.
One Nation One Elections Panel’s 2nd Meet, Law Commission To Submit Report
The second meeting of the 'One Nation, One Election' panel headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind will take place on October 25, reported IANS citing sources. The first meeting of the committee took place on September 23 during which the members decided to hold a discussion and get suggestions from concerned stakeholders and the political parties.
The discussion was attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, committee member and former Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad among others.
News agency PTI reported that the Law Commission will also share its roadmap on holding simultaneous polls with the high-level committee when it meets again on October 25, news agency PTI reported. The Law Commission is headed by former Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi.
India Braces For Rare ‘Twin Storms’ As Cyclones Tej, Hamoon Approach
In a rare phenomenon, first after 2018, India is likely to witness cyclonic storms on both sides of its coastal regions – in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. Cyclone Tej is gathering strength in the Arabian Sea and intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm on Sunday. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), it is on a trajectory toward the coasts of Yemen and Oman.
Following this, it is projected to undergo a reorientation and shift its course north-northeastwards over the following three days, directing it towards the coasts of Bangladesh and adjacent West Bengal, according to the meteorological authority.
On the other hand, private weather agency Skymet said that a low-pressure area has formed over the south-central and adjoining southeast region of the Bay of Bengal. It is expected to intensify further and move towards the west-central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal. It may also become a deep depression on October 23. If formed, the Cyclone will be named ‘Hamoon’.
Announcement Of More Names This Week As Nomination Deadline Nears For MP, Chhattisgarh
BJP and Congress, the two main parties in MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh are carefully gauging the trend to announce the names of candidates in each and every seat. Congress has already announced its list of 229 candidates for Madhya Pradesh and 90 candidates for Chhattisgarh while BJP is yet to announce the names of two more candidates for MP and four for Chhattisgarh. In Rajasthan, both parties have so far released two lists with BJP declaring 124 names out of 200 while Congress finalised 76 candidates.
The final to submit nominations for Madhya Pradesh elections and the second and last phase of Chhattisgarh polls is October 30. With just a week remaining, the full list of candidates from both parties for the two states will be declared in the coming days.
Maratha Quota Stir: Activist Manoj Jarange To Launch Indefinite Hunger Strike If...
As Dussehra approaches, Maharashtra is bracing for another round of agitation over the Maratha quota row. Activist Manoj Jarange warned on Sunday that if the Maharashtra government does not award quotas to the Maratha community by Tuesday (Oct 24), he will fast until death, news agency PTI reported. He stated that a chain hunger strike will begin on October 25 and will progress to a full-fledged hunger strike on October 28.
Jarange went on hunger strike in September of this year and later withdrew his objection, giving the administration a 40-day deadline until October 24 to award quotas.
Maharashtra Speaker To Hear Sena Disqualification Pleas
A year on since the dramatic Shiv Sena split and the disqualification plea against CM Eknath Shinde and other MLAs still awaits hearing. Now, Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar has decided to club the cross-petitions filed by the rival Shiv Sena factions seeking disqualification of each other's MLAs and hear them together, reported PTI citing an opposition legislator.
The speaker gave time till October 25 to the ruling Shiv Sena and the rival faction led by former CM Uddhav Thackeray to submit their written replies to the petitions submitted by them to the speaker's office. The next hearing will take place on October 26, he said.
Ethics Panel To Hear BJP MP’s Complaint Against Mahua Moitra
The Lok Sabha ethics committee will hear the 'cash for query' complaint of BJP MP Nishikant Dubey against TMC's Mahua Moitra on October 26. Headed by BJP MP Vinod Sonkar, the panel has asked Dubey to present evidence in front of the committee regarding his accusations against Moitra.
In his complaint, Dubey accused Mahua Moitra of accepting "cash and gifts" in exchange for asking questions in parliament from industrialist Darshan Hiranandani. The twist came when Hiranandani, in a signed affidavit, said he used the TMC MP's parliament login to ask questions targetting the Adani group and that Mahua asked for various luxuries in return for the same.
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