“AAP will lose because it is a banner-based party which can only paste banners during the polls while we are a cadre-based party which believes in serving people,” the BJP chief stated.
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Gujarat polls | Bhupendra Patel is ‘puppet CM’, cannot even change his peon: Kejriwal
By PTI
DEVBHUMI DWARKA: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday mentioned Bhupendra Patel is a “puppet Chief Minister” of Gujarat who can’t even appoint his peon.
Speaking at a marketing campaign rally at Khambhalia in Devbhumi Dwarka district for AAP’s chief ministerial candidate Isudan Gadhvi, he additionally alleged that there’s secret collusion between the BJP and Congress.
“There are two faces before the people of Gujarat. One is Isudan Gadhvi and the other is Bhupendra Patel. Who will you vote for, who will you make chief minister?” Kejriwal requested.
Gadhvi is a younger, educated man “whose heart beats for the poor” and he’s additionally the son of a farmer, the Delhi chief minister mentioned.
“When he hosted a show on TV, he raised the issues of farmers and did not indulge in ‘tu-tu-main-main’ (noisy debates). He has worked for the farmers and dedicated his life for the farmers and unemployed youth,” Kejriwal mentioned.
“On the other hand, there is Bhupendra Patel. He has no power, he is a ‘kathputli’ (puppet) CM. He cannot even change his peon. He is a good man, he is not bad. I have heard that he is very religious. But nobody listens to him. He is a puppet CM,” the AAP chief mentioned, asking the viewers in the event that they needed a puppet CM or an informed CM.
Kejriwal additionally claimed that chairs had been empty at Union residence minister Amit Shah’s rally at Khambhalia on Monday.
“People of Khambhalia did not attend his rally, and today thousands of people have come here….They are here to make their son Isudan the CM of Gujarat,” he mentioned.
Earlier, folks had no choice even when they needed to throw out the BJP, and the Congress is in cahoots with the ruling occasion from the within, Kejriwal claimed.
He in contrast the connection between the BJP and Congress to that between a boy and a woman who meet secretly earlier than marriage.
“When you ask them, they will say there is nothing but friendship between them. Similarly, when you ask them (Congress and BJP), they will say there is nothing but friendship between us. I am telling them that this is enough, they are exposed now, and should get married. Everybody knows that you are a couple, so get married,” he mentioned.
But now there was a “real chance” to decide on an alternate within the type of the AAP, Kejriwal added.
There was a wave in favour of his occasion in Gujarat, the Delhi chief minister claimed.
“I wonder how this happened, and then I close my eyes and bring my hands together and realise that it is being organised by some divine power,” he mentioned, including that his occasion has the blessings of “Lord Krishna and Devi.”
“It is written in the Gita that whenever the vessel of sins is full, God sweeps his broom,” he mentioned.
DEVBHUMI DWARKA: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday mentioned Bhupendra Patel is a “puppet Chief Minister” of Gujarat who can’t even appoint his peon.
Speaking at a marketing campaign rally at Khambhalia in Devbhumi Dwarka district for AAP’s chief ministerial candidate Isudan Gadhvi, he additionally alleged that there’s secret collusion between the BJP and Congress.
“There are two faces before the people of Gujarat. One is Isudan Gadhvi and the other is Bhupendra Patel. Who will you vote for, who will you make chief minister?” Kejriwal requested.
Gadhvi is a younger, educated man “whose heart beats for the poor” and he’s additionally the son of a farmer, the Delhi chief minister mentioned.
“When he hosted a show on TV, he raised the issues of farmers and did not indulge in ‘tu-tu-main-main’ (noisy debates). He has worked for the farmers and dedicated his life for the farmers and unemployed youth,” Kejriwal mentioned.
“On the other hand, there is Bhupendra Patel. He has no power, he is a ‘kathputli’ (puppet) CM. He cannot even change his peon. He is a good man, he is not bad. I have heard that he is very religious. But nobody listens to him. He is a puppet CM,” the AAP chief mentioned, asking the viewers in the event that they needed a puppet CM or an informed CM.
Kejriwal additionally claimed that chairs had been empty at Union residence minister Amit Shah’s rally at Khambhalia on Monday.
“People of Khambhalia did not attend his rally, and today thousands of people have come here….They are here to make their son Isudan the CM of Gujarat,” he mentioned.
Earlier, folks had no choice even when they needed to throw out the BJP, and the Congress is in cahoots with the ruling occasion from the within, Kejriwal claimed.
He in contrast the connection between the BJP and Congress to that between a boy and a woman who meet secretly earlier than marriage.
“When you ask them, they will say there is nothing but friendship between them. Similarly, when you ask them (Congress and BJP), they will say there is nothing but friendship between us. I am telling them that this is enough, they are exposed now, and should get married. Everybody knows that you are a couple, so get married,” he mentioned.
But now there was a “real chance” to decide on an alternate within the type of the AAP, Kejriwal added.
There was a wave in favour of his occasion in Gujarat, the Delhi chief minister claimed.
“I wonder how this happened, and then I close my eyes and bring my hands together and realise that it is being organised by some divine power,” he mentioned, including that his occasion has the blessings of “Lord Krishna and Devi.”
“It is written in the Gita that whenever the vessel of sins is full, God sweeps his broom,” he mentioned.
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Congress chief Alka Lamba hits out at AAP over Satyendar Jain’s ‘leaked’ massage-video
By PTI
NEW DELHI: Congress National Spokesperson Alka Lamba on Saturday lashed out at AAP after a purported video of Delhi minister Satyendar Jain getting a foot therapeutic massage in jail went viral and questioned why Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had not but eliminated him from his submit.
Purported movies of Jain (58), in judicial custody over cash laundering costs, mendacity on a mattress and getting a foot therapeutic massage in Tihar Jail right here has gone viral on social media.
The AAP chief could be seen within the video studying some paperwork and a person in a white T-shirt massaging his legs.
Referring to the video, Lamba mentioned it regarded much less like a jail barrack and extra like a lodge room.
“Arvind Kejriwal should answer what is his compulsion that he has not yet sacked his reference minister Satyendar Jain from the post? If you look at the viral video, it looks less like a jail barrack and more like a hotel room,” Lamba mentioned.
The Delhi Prisons division comes underneath the AAP-led metropolis authorities.
Earlier this week, a Tihar jail superintendent was suspended for alleged involvement in offering particular therapy to Jain within the jail.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had claimed in a courtroom right here that Jain was getting particular therapy inside Tihar Jail.
ALSO READ | Jailed Delhi minister Satyendar Jain will get full body-massage inside Tihar Jail, CCTV footage goes viral
Lamba additional alleged that with the sort of amenities being offered to Jain in jail, “it is confirmed that the allegations levelled against him by a thug (like) Sukesh Chandrashekhar seem to be true”.
Chandrashekhar had written to Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena alleging that Jain ‘extorted’ Rs 10 crore from him in 2019 to make sure his security in jail.
The letter by Chandrashekhar, who’s lodged in Mandoli jail right here, on October 7 was submitted to Saxena on October 8 by his advocate Ashok Ok Singh.
She added that Chandrashekhar’s allegations towards Jain needs to be investigated.
NEW DELHI: Congress National Spokesperson Alka Lamba on Saturday lashed out at AAP after a purported video of Delhi minister Satyendar Jain getting a foot therapeutic massage in jail went viral and questioned why Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had not but eliminated him from his submit.
Purported movies of Jain (58), in judicial custody over cash laundering costs, mendacity on a mattress and getting a foot therapeutic massage in Tihar Jail right here has gone viral on social media.
The AAP chief could be seen within the video studying some paperwork and a person in a white T-shirt massaging his legs.
Referring to the video, Lamba mentioned it regarded much less like a jail barrack and extra like a lodge room.
“Arvind Kejriwal should answer what is his compulsion that he has not yet sacked his reference minister Satyendar Jain from the post? If you look at the viral video, it looks less like a jail barrack and more like a hotel room,” Lamba mentioned.
The Delhi Prisons division comes underneath the AAP-led metropolis authorities.
Earlier this week, a Tihar jail superintendent was suspended for alleged involvement in offering particular therapy to Jain within the jail.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had claimed in a courtroom right here that Jain was getting particular therapy inside Tihar Jail.
ALSO READ | Jailed Delhi minister Satyendar Jain will get full body-massage inside Tihar Jail, CCTV footage goes viral
Lamba additional alleged that with the sort of amenities being offered to Jain in jail, “it is confirmed that the allegations levelled against him by a thug (like) Sukesh Chandrashekhar seem to be true”.
Chandrashekhar had written to Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena alleging that Jain ‘extorted’ Rs 10 crore from him in 2019 to make sure his security in jail.
The letter by Chandrashekhar, who’s lodged in Mandoli jail right here, on October 7 was submitted to Saxena on October 8 by his advocate Ashok Ok Singh.
She added that Chandrashekhar’s allegations towards Jain needs to be investigated.
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Punjab cabinet approves implementation of previous pension scheme
By Agencies
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab cabinet has accepted the restoration of Old Pension Scheme.
The resolution has been taken in a cabinet assembly on Friday. An official notification could be put out subsequently. Faced with a number of calls for from authorities workers, the Punjab authorities took the choice to revive the Old Pension Scheme.
This will instantly profit greater than 1.75 lakh workers presently coated underneath NPS. In addition to this, 1.26 lakh workers are already coated underneath the present OPS.
Earlier, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand too went again to the Old Pension Scheme and quashed the brand new pension scheme.
Under the previous pension scheme, a authorities worker is entitled to a month-to-month pension after retirement. The month-to-month pension is often half of the final drawn wage of the particular person.
Under the brand new pension scheme, workers contribute a portion of their salaries to the pension fund. Based on that, they’re entitled to a one-time lump sum quantity on superannuation.
For the document, the previous pension scheme was discontinued in December 2003, and the brand new pension scheme got here into impact on April 1, 2004.
The scheme is aimed toward safeguarding the way forward for authorities workers and recognising their contribution in direction of the state. In order to make sure that the scheme being launched is financially sustainable for the exchequer sooner or later additionally, the federal government can be contributing proactively in direction of the creation of a pension corpus which can service the pension in future to the beneficiaries of the scheme.
This contribution in direction of the pension corpus can be Rs 1,000 crore every year initially and can regularly enhance in future.
Besides, the present gathered corpus with NPS is Rs 16,746 crore for which the state will request the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority of the federal government of India to refund this quantity for efficient utilisation at its finish.
(With Inputs from ANI, IANS)
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab cabinet has accepted the restoration of Old Pension Scheme.
The resolution has been taken in a cabinet assembly on Friday. An official notification could be put out subsequently. Faced with a number of calls for from authorities workers, the Punjab authorities took the choice to revive the Old Pension Scheme.
This will instantly profit greater than 1.75 lakh workers presently coated underneath NPS. In addition to this, 1.26 lakh workers are already coated underneath the present OPS.Earlier, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand too went again to the Old Pension Scheme and quashed the brand new pension scheme.
Under the previous pension scheme, a authorities worker is entitled to a month-to-month pension after retirement. The month-to-month pension is often half of the final drawn wage of the particular person.
Under the brand new pension scheme, workers contribute a portion of their salaries to the pension fund. Based on that, they’re entitled to a one-time lump sum quantity on superannuation.
For the document, the previous pension scheme was discontinued in December 2003, and the brand new pension scheme got here into impact on April 1, 2004.
The scheme is aimed toward safeguarding the way forward for authorities workers and recognising their contribution in direction of the state. In order to make sure that the scheme being launched is financially sustainable for the exchequer sooner or later additionally, the federal government can be contributing proactively in direction of the creation of a pension corpus which can service the pension in future to the beneficiaries of the scheme.This contribution in direction of the pension corpus can be Rs 1,000 crore every year initially and can regularly enhance in future.
Besides, the present gathered corpus with NPS is Rs 16,746 crore for which the state will request the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority of the federal government of India to refund this quantity for efficient utilisation at its finish.(With Inputs from ANI, IANS)
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Acted on my conscience, says AAP’s ‘kidnapped’ Gujarat candidate who withdrew nomination
By PTI
AHMEDABAD/ DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party’s Surat East Assembly seat candidate in Gujarat withdrew his nomination on Wednesday, with the AAP alleging that he was kidnapped and pressured to take action on the behest of the BJP, a cost denied by the ruling occasion.
The AAP candidate, Kanchan Jariwala, cleared the air by issuing a video assertion by which he purportedly stated he withdrew his nomination with none stress and by listening to his conscience after the individuals of his constituency labelled him “anti-national” and “anti-Gujarat” for contesting the election from the AAP and threatened to not assist him.
The AAP wrote to the Gujarat Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) P Bharathi on the problem and requested her to inquire into your complete incident and take applicable motion.
Amid the event, Congress candidate from the seat, Aslam Cyclewala, wrote an open letter in search of the assist of the AAP and finish such “anti-social pollution”.
ALSO READ | AAP candidate withdraws nomination, Sisodia alleges ‘BJP goons’ kidnapped him
Addressing a press convention in Delhi, Deputy Chief Minister and senior AAP chief Manish Sisodia stated their Surat seat candidate Jariwala, alongside along with his household, had been lacking since Tuesday.
“In this election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is miserably losing in Gujarat and has become so rattled that it has stooped to the level of kidnapping our candidate,” Sisodia alleged.
#WATCH | Gujarat: AAP candidate from Surat (East) from Gujarat, Kanchan Jariwala, takes again his nomination after he was allegedly kidnapped final night pic.twitter.com/E1vqqkveNi
— ANI (@ANI) November 16, 2022
“Fearing defeat, the BJP goons kidnapped the AAP candidate from Surat, Kanchan Jariwala,” he alleged.
State AAP president Gopal Italia claimed their Surat East candidate appeared earlier than the workplace of the Returning Officer on Wednesday beneath heavy police safety and surrounded by “BJP goons” to withdraw his candidature beneath the stress of the ruling occasion.
Italia alleged that Jariwala had gone lacking and was allegedly taken to an undisclosed location by the BJP goons, who put stress on him to steer clear of the election.
However, Surat metropolis BJP president Niranjan Zanzmera refuted the allegations and stated the AAP ought to as an alternative “care for its personal home.
“In the purported video message, Jariwala said, “During campaigning, individuals repeatedly instructed me that I used to be anti-national and anti-Gujarat and they won’t assist me for the occasion from which I’ve filed my candidature. Getting such destructive suggestions from the general public, my conscience cried.”
“I listened to my conscience and made up my mind not to contest the election from such an anti-national and anti-Gujarat party and withdrew my nomination without any pressure,” he stated.
In the letter to the Gujarat CEO, AAP chief and Rajya Sabha members Sanjay Singh and Raghav Chadha accused the BJP of attempting to get his nomination rejected initially, which didn’t work because the returning officer accepted the nomination.
“It is not only a misuse of the police machinery but against the essence of free and fair elections,” the letter stated.
“BJP did not stop there and threatened him and his family for life,” said the letter.
“This is a horrific story and a blot on the election system that threatens to tear apart the democratic fabric of the country,” the AAP stated, requesting the CEO to take discover of the “grave situation” and direct an inquiry into your complete incident and take applicable and strict motion as per regulation.
“As the withdrawal process of the nomination paper of this candidate is under threat, coercion and pressure, therefore withdrawal or any such attempt may be acted upon immediately,” it stated.
Congress candidate Cyclewala sought the assist of the AAP from the seat to defeat the BJP.
“On the direct orders of state BJP president CR Paatil, the nomination of your candidate for Surat East Assembly seat has been withdrawn by intimidation, money power and deceit,” he alleged in a put up on his Facebook web page.
“In a democracy, if you really want to end such anti-social corruption, then you should openly support me on the 159-Surat East assembly seat,” he stated in his word addressed to AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and the occasion’s state management.
The BJP has fielded its sitting MLA Arvind Rana from the seat.
Elections for the 182-member Gujarat Assembly will likely be held in two phases on December 1 and 5 and the counting of votes will likely be taken up on December 8.
AHMEDABAD/ DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party’s Surat East Assembly seat candidate in Gujarat withdrew his nomination on Wednesday, with the AAP alleging that he was kidnapped and pressured to take action on the behest of the BJP, a cost denied by the ruling occasion.
The AAP candidate, Kanchan Jariwala, cleared the air by issuing a video assertion by which he purportedly stated he withdrew his nomination with none stress and by listening to his conscience after the individuals of his constituency labelled him “anti-national” and “anti-Gujarat” for contesting the election from the AAP and threatened to not assist him.
The AAP wrote to the Gujarat Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) P Bharathi on the problem and requested her to inquire into your complete incident and take applicable motion.
Amid the event, Congress candidate from the seat, Aslam Cyclewala, wrote an open letter in search of the assist of the AAP and finish such “anti-social pollution”.
ALSO READ | AAP candidate withdraws nomination, Sisodia alleges ‘BJP goons’ kidnapped him
Addressing a press convention in Delhi, Deputy Chief Minister and senior AAP chief Manish Sisodia stated their Surat seat candidate Jariwala, alongside along with his household, had been lacking since Tuesday.
“In this election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is miserably losing in Gujarat and has become so rattled that it has stooped to the level of kidnapping our candidate,” Sisodia alleged.
#WATCH | Gujarat: AAP candidate from Surat (East) from Gujarat, Kanchan Jariwala, takes again his nomination after he was allegedly kidnapped final night pic.twitter.com/E1vqqkveNi
— ANI (@ANI) November 16, 2022
“Fearing defeat, the BJP goons kidnapped the AAP candidate from Surat, Kanchan Jariwala,” he alleged.State AAP president Gopal Italia claimed their Surat East candidate appeared earlier than the workplace of the Returning Officer on Wednesday beneath heavy police safety and surrounded by “BJP goons” to withdraw his candidature beneath the stress of the ruling occasion.
Italia alleged that Jariwala had gone lacking and was allegedly taken to an undisclosed location by the BJP goons, who put stress on him to steer clear of the election.
However, Surat metropolis BJP president Niranjan Zanzmera refuted the allegations and stated the AAP ought to as an alternative “care for its personal home.
“In the purported video message, Jariwala said, “During campaigning, individuals repeatedly instructed me that I used to be anti-national and anti-Gujarat and they won’t assist me for the occasion from which I’ve filed my candidature. Getting such destructive suggestions from the general public, my conscience cried.”
“I listened to my conscience and made up my mind not to contest the election from such an anti-national and anti-Gujarat party and withdrew my nomination without any pressure,” he stated.
In the letter to the Gujarat CEO, AAP chief and Rajya Sabha members Sanjay Singh and Raghav Chadha accused the BJP of attempting to get his nomination rejected initially, which didn’t work because the returning officer accepted the nomination.
“It is not only a misuse of the police machinery but against the essence of free and fair elections,” the letter stated.
“BJP did not stop there and threatened him and his family for life,” said the letter.
“This is a horrific story and a blot on the election system that threatens to tear apart the democratic fabric of the country,” the AAP stated, requesting the CEO to take discover of the “grave situation” and direct an inquiry into your complete incident and take applicable and strict motion as per regulation.
“As the withdrawal process of the nomination paper of this candidate is under threat, coercion and pressure, therefore withdrawal or any such attempt may be acted upon immediately,” it stated.
Congress candidate Cyclewala sought the assist of the AAP from the seat to defeat the BJP.
“On the direct orders of state BJP president CR Paatil, the nomination of your candidate for Surat East Assembly seat has been withdrawn by intimidation, money power and deceit,” he alleged in a put up on his Facebook web page.
“In a democracy, if you really want to end such anti-social corruption, then you should openly support me on the 159-Surat East assembly seat,” he stated in his word addressed to AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and the occasion’s state management.
The BJP has fielded its sitting MLA Arvind Rana from the seat.
Elections for the 182-member Gujarat Assembly will likely be held in two phases on December 1 and 5 and the counting of votes will likely be taken up on December 8.
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Gujarat polls: Congress, AAP promise to revive outdated pension scheme
By PTI
AHMEDABAD: The demand for restoration of the outdated pension scheme (OPS) has emerged as a serious ballot plank in Gujarat with each the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party promising to implement it if voted to energy within the state the place the Assembly elections are scheduled subsequent month.
With this promise, the opposition events goal to garner the help of lakhs of presidency staff who’re up in arms in opposition to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) authorities over the brand new pension scheme.
Elections for the 182-member Gujarat Assembly will probably be held in two phases on December 1 and 5.
The Gujarat authorities launched the brand new contributory pension scheme for workers becoming a member of the service on or after April 1, 2005.
As per its notification, it would make an identical contribution of 10 per cent of the essential pay plus dearness allowance (DA) contributed by the staff within the NPS fund.
Under the Centre’s scheme, the federal government will contribute 14 per cent in opposition to an worker’s contribution of 10 per cent of his/her wage and DA with impact from April 1, 2019.
After protests by staff in Gujarat, the state authorities stated the brand new pension is not going to be relevant to these staff who had joined obligation earlier than April 2005. It additionally promised to extend its contribution to the fund to 14 per cent from 10 per cent earlier.
The staff have staged huge agitations in opposition to the federal government in Gujarat whereas demanding restoration of the OPS as a result of they consider the New Pension Scheme shouldn’t be within the curiosity of the retiring staff.
READ | States must rethink on going again to outdated pension scheme: PFRDA chairmanWith the BJP authorities not acceding to the calls for of the staff, the Congress and the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP have assured to convey again the OPS, in considered one of their most emphatic ballot guarantees.
Both events have assured the agitating staff that the brand new pension scheme (NPS) will probably be scrapped and the OPS will probably be restored. They have given the examples of their governments in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh (the place Congress is in energy) and Punjab (ruled by the AAP) to drive dwelling the purpose.
“We launched an agitation with 15 demands, of which those related to restoration of the OPS and fixed salary issue were not accepted. The government formed a committee. It said it will increase its contribution to the NPS fund but no notification was issued,” Digvijaysinh Jadeja, working president of the Akhil Bharatiya Prathmik Shikshak Sangh, a physique of presidency major faculty lecturers, advised PTI.
There are practically seven lakh authorities staff who’re urgent for the demand for the OPS, together with round 70,000 major faculty lecturers who joined earlier than 2005 on a set wage.
Jadeja had in February 2019 led an agitation the place round two lakh major faculty lecturers proceeded on ‘mass informal depart’ and gathered to protest exterior the Gujarat Assembly within the capital Gandhinagar.
The agitation was revived forward of the upcoming Assembly elections when hundreds of state authorities staff, together with faculty lecturers, joined the mass informal depart protest throughout the state in September this 12 months.
The agitation had pressured the federal government to mellow its stand on the problem and it promised to take the choice on the OPS on the proper time, saying it was a coverage matter.
ALSO READ | Gujarat govt staff be part of ‘mass informal depart’ stir over outdated pension schemeMahesh Mori, convenor of the Rashtriya Samyukt Morcha, a physique of state authorities staff, advised PTI that the federal government’s guarantees have been solely verbal and no notification was issued to make it official.
“The authorities continues to be unsure over the problem of OPS.
We demanded that the OPS be carried out for all staff.
The authorities stated in a gathering with us that the staff who joined earlier than April 1, 2005, and never 2004, will get advantages of the OPS, however didn’t difficulty any notification,” Mori stated.
Jadeja stated they’ve held conferences in several elements of the nation and are demanding that the OPS be carried out in all of the states.
“The OPS is better because the retiree gets 50 per cent (of salary at that time) as pension. The NPS is based on the share market and the amount of pension reduces,” he claimed.
Jadeja stated the staff in Gujarat are conscious that non-BJP-ruled states like Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Punjab and West Bengal have reverted to the OPS for his or her staff, whereas the 17 states ruled by the saffron social gathering proceed with the NPS.
“They will decide accordingly what to do in the election,” stated Jadeja, who can be the president of the Gujarat State Primary Teachers’ Federation.
The implementation of the OPS is a part of the Congress’s election manifesto for Gujarat. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had stated these claiming that the OPS will put a burden on the exchequer weren’t proper because it was all about monetary administration.
The AAP has assured authorities staff in Gujarat that it’ll implement the OPS if voted to energy within the state. To bolster its level, the AAP authorities in Punjab reverted to it quickly after the cabinet there gave the nod for its restoration.
AAP nationwide convener and Delhi CM Kejriwal in an announcement lately claimed the brand new pension scheme was “unfair” and stated the OPS ought to be restored and carried out everywhere in the nation. He had additionally tweeted that the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP authorities in Punjab fulfilled the promise.
“If the people of Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat give (us) a chance, we will implement OPS there too,” Kejriwal had stated. Polling for the 68 Assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh was held on Saturday.
AHMEDABAD: The demand for restoration of the outdated pension scheme (OPS) has emerged as a serious ballot plank in Gujarat with each the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party promising to implement it if voted to energy within the state the place the Assembly elections are scheduled subsequent month.
With this promise, the opposition events goal to garner the help of lakhs of presidency staff who’re up in arms in opposition to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) authorities over the brand new pension scheme.
Elections for the 182-member Gujarat Assembly will probably be held in two phases on December 1 and 5.
The Gujarat authorities launched the brand new contributory pension scheme for workers becoming a member of the service on or after April 1, 2005.
As per its notification, it would make an identical contribution of 10 per cent of the essential pay plus dearness allowance (DA) contributed by the staff within the NPS fund.
Under the Centre’s scheme, the federal government will contribute 14 per cent in opposition to an worker’s contribution of 10 per cent of his/her wage and DA with impact from April 1, 2019.
After protests by staff in Gujarat, the state authorities stated the brand new pension is not going to be relevant to these staff who had joined obligation earlier than April 2005. It additionally promised to extend its contribution to the fund to 14 per cent from 10 per cent earlier.
The staff have staged huge agitations in opposition to the federal government in Gujarat whereas demanding restoration of the OPS as a result of they consider the New Pension Scheme shouldn’t be within the curiosity of the retiring staff.READ | States must rethink on going again to outdated pension scheme: PFRDA chairman
With the BJP authorities not acceding to the calls for of the staff, the Congress and the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP have assured to convey again the OPS, in considered one of their most emphatic ballot guarantees.
Both events have assured the agitating staff that the brand new pension scheme (NPS) will probably be scrapped and the OPS will probably be restored. They have given the examples of their governments in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh (the place Congress is in energy) and Punjab (ruled by the AAP) to drive dwelling the purpose.
“We launched an agitation with 15 demands, of which those related to restoration of the OPS and fixed salary issue were not accepted. The government formed a committee. It said it will increase its contribution to the NPS fund but no notification was issued,” Digvijaysinh Jadeja, working president of the Akhil Bharatiya Prathmik Shikshak Sangh, a physique of presidency major faculty lecturers, advised PTI.
There are practically seven lakh authorities staff who’re urgent for the demand for the OPS, together with round 70,000 major faculty lecturers who joined earlier than 2005 on a set wage.
Jadeja had in February 2019 led an agitation the place round two lakh major faculty lecturers proceeded on ‘mass informal depart’ and gathered to protest exterior the Gujarat Assembly within the capital Gandhinagar.
The agitation was revived forward of the upcoming Assembly elections when hundreds of state authorities staff, together with faculty lecturers, joined the mass informal depart protest throughout the state in September this 12 months.
The agitation had pressured the federal government to mellow its stand on the problem and it promised to take the choice on the OPS on the proper time, saying it was a coverage matter.ALSO READ | Gujarat govt staff be part of ‘mass informal depart’ stir over outdated pension scheme
Mahesh Mori, convenor of the Rashtriya Samyukt Morcha, a physique of state authorities staff, advised PTI that the federal government’s guarantees have been solely verbal and no notification was issued to make it official.
“The authorities continues to be unsure over the problem of OPS.
We demanded that the OPS be carried out for all staff.
The authorities stated in a gathering with us that the staff who joined earlier than April 1, 2005, and never 2004, will get advantages of the OPS, however didn’t difficulty any notification,” Mori stated.
Jadeja stated they’ve held conferences in several elements of the nation and are demanding that the OPS be carried out in all of the states.
“The OPS is better because the retiree gets 50 per cent (of salary at that time) as pension. The NPS is based on the share market and the amount of pension reduces,” he claimed.
Jadeja stated the staff in Gujarat are conscious that non-BJP-ruled states like Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Punjab and West Bengal have reverted to the OPS for his or her staff, whereas the 17 states ruled by the saffron social gathering proceed with the NPS.
“They will decide accordingly what to do in the election,” stated Jadeja, who can be the president of the Gujarat State Primary Teachers’ Federation.
The implementation of the OPS is a part of the Congress’s election manifesto for Gujarat. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had stated these claiming that the OPS will put a burden on the exchequer weren’t proper because it was all about monetary administration.
The AAP has assured authorities staff in Gujarat that it’ll implement the OPS if voted to energy within the state. To bolster its level, the AAP authorities in Punjab reverted to it quickly after the cabinet there gave the nod for its restoration.
AAP nationwide convener and Delhi CM Kejriwal in an announcement lately claimed the brand new pension scheme was “unfair” and stated the OPS ought to be restored and carried out everywhere in the nation. He had additionally tweeted that the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP authorities in Punjab fulfilled the promise.
“If the people of Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat give (us) a chance, we will implement OPS there too,” Kejriwal had stated. Polling for the 68 Assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh was held on Saturday.
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Congress MLA of Dhoraji, Lalit Vasoya fire up hornet’s nest by asking vote for BJP
Express News Service
AHMEDABAD: After the declaration of Gujarat meeting elections, leaders of BJP, Congress, and Aam Aadmi Party are vigorously campaigning within the state. PM Modi began off election marketing campaign from Valsad district. Arvind Kejriwal did street present in Rajkot.
At that point, Congress took out a ‘Parivartan Sankalp Yatra’ in Dhoraji, Rajkot. Meanwhile, throughout ‘Parivartan Yatra’ in Dhoraji, Congress MLA of Dhoraji, Lalit Vasoya fire up a hornet’s nest by asking votes for Bhartiya Janta (BJP).
Congress’ Parivartan Yatra’ began on totally different routes of Dhoraji metropolis of Rajkot on Sunday. Leaders together with Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil, MLA Lalit Vasoya, City Congress President Arvindbhai Vora, and former mayors joined the yatra.
Meanwhile, addressing a public assembly through the Congress’ Parivartan Sankalp Yatra. MLA Lalit Vasoya stated, “If someone talks about the Aam Aadmi Party in their area, then I say from the platform that instead of voting for the Aam Aadmi Party, vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party.”
After his assertion, BJP spokesperson Yagnesh Dave tweeted a video of the Congress MLA on social media and stated that the Congress MLA is following the voice of his conscience and looking for votes for BJP from the general public platform.
AAP National convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal additionally take Dig at BJP and congress by sharing a video of a Congress chief from his Twitter account.
He claimed that BJP and Congress are contesting elections collectively and each them are usually not towards one another however solely towards AAP. Sharing the video, Arvind Kejriwal wrote, “Watch this. A senior Congress chief is brazenly saying from the stage that does not vote for Aam Aadmi Party, vote for BJP. Is there nonetheless any doubt that these two are contesting elections collectively? Both are solely towards ‘AAP’.”
However, After the controversy escalated, on Monday Lalit Vasoya clarified on a video that Aam Aadmi is BJP’s B crew. My intention behind saying that it’s higher to vote for BJP than to vote for Aam Aadmi was that Aam Aadmi Party is working on the behest of BJP. Why ought to I enchantment to vote for BJP? In 2022, I actually am a candidate for Dhoraji Constituency.
Dhoraji Constituency:
In 2017, Lalit Vasoya of the Indian National Congress received the seat by defeating Patel Haribhai of the Bharatiya Janata Party with a margin of 25085 votes.
Dhoraji Assembly Constituency falls underneath the Porbandar Lok sabha constituency. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rameshbhai Lavjibhai Dhaduk received from Porbandar Lok Sabha (MP) Seat with a margin of 229823 votes by defeating Lalit Vasoya of the Indian National Congress.
AHMEDABAD: After the declaration of Gujarat meeting elections, leaders of BJP, Congress, and Aam Aadmi Party are vigorously campaigning within the state. PM Modi began off election marketing campaign from Valsad district. Arvind Kejriwal did street present in Rajkot.
At that point, Congress took out a ‘Parivartan Sankalp Yatra’ in Dhoraji, Rajkot. Meanwhile, throughout ‘Parivartan Yatra’ in Dhoraji, Congress MLA of Dhoraji, Lalit Vasoya fire up a hornet’s nest by asking votes for Bhartiya Janta (BJP).
Congress’ Parivartan Yatra’ began on totally different routes of Dhoraji metropolis of Rajkot on Sunday. Leaders together with Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil, MLA Lalit Vasoya, City Congress President Arvindbhai Vora, and former mayors joined the yatra.
Meanwhile, addressing a public assembly through the Congress’ Parivartan Sankalp Yatra. MLA Lalit Vasoya stated, “If someone talks about the Aam Aadmi Party in their area, then I say from the platform that instead of voting for the Aam Aadmi Party, vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party.”
After his assertion, BJP spokesperson Yagnesh Dave tweeted a video of the Congress MLA on social media and stated that the Congress MLA is following the voice of his conscience and looking for votes for BJP from the general public platform.
AAP National convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal additionally take Dig at BJP and congress by sharing a video of a Congress chief from his Twitter account.
He claimed that BJP and Congress are contesting elections collectively and each them are usually not towards one another however solely towards AAP. Sharing the video, Arvind Kejriwal wrote, “Watch this. A senior Congress chief is brazenly saying from the stage that does not vote for Aam Aadmi Party, vote for BJP. Is there nonetheless any doubt that these two are contesting elections collectively? Both are solely towards ‘AAP’.”
However, After the controversy escalated, on Monday Lalit Vasoya clarified on a video that Aam Aadmi is BJP’s B crew. My intention behind saying that it’s higher to vote for BJP than to vote for Aam Aadmi was that Aam Aadmi Party is working on the behest of BJP. Why ought to I enchantment to vote for BJP? In 2022, I actually am a candidate for Dhoraji Constituency.
Dhoraji Constituency:
In 2017, Lalit Vasoya of the Indian National Congress received the seat by defeating Patel Haribhai of the Bharatiya Janata Party with a margin of 25085 votes.
Dhoraji Assembly Constituency falls underneath the Porbandar Lok sabha constituency. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rameshbhai Lavjibhai Dhaduk received from Porbandar Lok Sabha (MP) Seat with a margin of 229823 votes by defeating Lalit Vasoya of the Indian National Congress.
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Power Games: Teen Bandar behind Bharat Jodo Yatra’s visible blitz
Express News Service
No Monkey Business
Teen Bandar behind Bharat Jodo Yatra’s visible blitzCongress chief Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra has drawn crowds and a spotlight few anticipated. While the Gandhi scion continues to be within the south, movies of his padayatra with 1000’s thronging alongside the roads have gone viral throughout the nation and overseas. Video clips of Gandhi hugging the aged, choosing up kids in his lap, receiving handmade presents from the poor, and addressing fisherfolks and farmers have been broadly shared. Then there are the professionally produced drone photographs of the milling crowds and Rahul’s march with adrenalin-pumping background scores. Behind this high-voltage protection of the padayatra is a advertising and communications firm referred to as Teen Bandar. Sources mentioned that the publicity technique for the padayatra was crafted by Teen Bandar, an organization run by two individuals — Prashant Chari and Savio Joseph. Rahul’s morning dash with kids and Kommu dance with Telangana tribals have been concepts reportedly conceived by the corporate. Congress leaders say that because of Teen Bandar, there was no boring day for the reason that yatra started. Hiring Teen Bandar has been a Bandarful thought for the Congress.
Parivar Priorities
RSS plans to shorten Pracharaks’ posting in BJPWhen former BJP president Nitin Gadkari was dropped from the highly effective parliamentary board, the occasion’s present boss J P Nadda visited the Udaseen Ashram to transient RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat concerning the circumstances that led to the choice. There is a symbiotic relationship between the BJP and the RSS. Besides being on the identical web page on ideological points, each cooperate intently on organisational issues. Senior RSS leaders are embedded within the BJP’s organisational group for coordination and ideological piloting. The submit of organising secretary on the central and state ranges within the BJP is often held by RSS pracharaks. There have been pracharaks who’ve held the submit for over a decade. Ram Lal, for instance, functioned as BJP’s normal secretary (organisation) for 13 years. He is now again with the RSS. Sources mentioned that the RSS plans to chop quick the pracharaks’ publicity to the BJP. There is a sense throughout the Sangh that lengthy stints with the BJP led to the politicisation of pracharaks. They are despatched to the BJP for organisational work, to not dabble in politics. The Sangh is, due to this fact, within the technique of firming up a call to not give its pracharaks a couple of or, in distinctive circumstances, two phrases within the BJP. As per the BJP structure, the time period of its office-bearers lasts for 3 years.
Political Gambit
December MCD polls to maintain AAP away from GujaratThe Aam Aadmi Party took away Congress voters in Delhi and Punjab and performed a task in its defeat in Goa. But now it threatens to eat into the BJP votes within the high-stakes Gujarat meeting elections. Arvind Kejriwal began the Gujarat marketing campaign by tying up with Chhotubhai Vasava’s Bharatiya Tribal Party. The alliance was anticipated to harm each the Congress and the BJP within the tribal belt, residence to fifteen per cent of the state’s inhabitants. But they quickly parted methods. Kejriwal is now on his personal. And true to type, he focuses largely on the city seats of Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara. These are the BJP’s strongholds. There is little shock that the BJP’s assault in Gujarat has centered extra on AAP than the Congress. The BJP has raised the difficulty of HawalaGate and LiquorGate in opposition to AAP. Both tales have been, by the way, damaged by this paper. The occasion is making an attempt to defend its city strongholds in opposition to AAP’s makes an attempt to poach its voters. Therefore, the timing of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections is seen because the BJP’s try to attract the AAP management out of Gujarat. Delhi is AAP’s residence turf, the place it enjoys huge help. The occasion can not complain about its timing because it has been demanding MCD polls for a very long time. The BJP has performed it good by making an attempt to unfold the AAP management skinny. Gujarat elections are scheduled on December 1 and 5, and the MCD polls are on December 4.
No Monkey Business
Teen Bandar behind Bharat Jodo Yatra’s visible blitzCongress chief Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra has drawn crowds and a spotlight few anticipated. While the Gandhi scion continues to be within the south, movies of his padayatra with 1000’s thronging alongside the roads have gone viral throughout the nation and overseas. Video clips of Gandhi hugging the aged, choosing up kids in his lap, receiving handmade presents from the poor, and addressing fisherfolks and farmers have been broadly shared. Then there are the professionally produced drone photographs of the milling crowds and Rahul’s march with adrenalin-pumping background scores. Behind this high-voltage protection of the padayatra is a advertising and communications firm referred to as Teen Bandar. Sources mentioned that the publicity technique for the padayatra was crafted by Teen Bandar, an organization run by two individuals — Prashant Chari and Savio Joseph. Rahul’s morning dash with kids and Kommu dance with Telangana tribals have been concepts reportedly conceived by the corporate. Congress leaders say that because of Teen Bandar, there was no boring day for the reason that yatra started. Hiring Teen Bandar has been a Bandarful thought for the Congress.
Parivar Priorities
RSS plans to shorten Pracharaks’ posting in BJPWhen former BJP president Nitin Gadkari was dropped from the highly effective parliamentary board, the occasion’s present boss J P Nadda visited the Udaseen Ashram to transient RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat concerning the circumstances that led to the choice. There is a symbiotic relationship between the BJP and the RSS. Besides being on the identical web page on ideological points, each cooperate intently on organisational issues. Senior RSS leaders are embedded within the BJP’s organisational group for coordination and ideological piloting. The submit of organising secretary on the central and state ranges within the BJP is often held by RSS pracharaks. There have been pracharaks who’ve held the submit for over a decade. Ram Lal, for instance, functioned as BJP’s normal secretary (organisation) for 13 years. He is now again with the RSS. Sources mentioned that the RSS plans to chop quick the pracharaks’ publicity to the BJP. There is a sense throughout the Sangh that lengthy stints with the BJP led to the politicisation of pracharaks. They are despatched to the BJP for organisational work, to not dabble in politics. The Sangh is, due to this fact, within the technique of firming up a call to not give its pracharaks a couple of or, in distinctive circumstances, two phrases within the BJP. As per the BJP structure, the time period of its office-bearers lasts for 3 years.
Political Gambit
December MCD polls to maintain AAP away from GujaratThe Aam Aadmi Party took away Congress voters in Delhi and Punjab and performed a task in its defeat in Goa. But now it threatens to eat into the BJP votes within the high-stakes Gujarat meeting elections. Arvind Kejriwal began the Gujarat marketing campaign by tying up with Chhotubhai Vasava’s Bharatiya Tribal Party. The alliance was anticipated to harm each the Congress and the BJP within the tribal belt, residence to fifteen per cent of the state’s inhabitants. But they quickly parted methods. Kejriwal is now on his personal. And true to type, he focuses largely on the city seats of Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara. These are the BJP’s strongholds. There is little shock that the BJP’s assault in Gujarat has centered extra on AAP than the Congress. The BJP has raised the difficulty of HawalaGate and LiquorGate in opposition to AAP. Both tales have been, by the way, damaged by this paper. The occasion is making an attempt to defend its city strongholds in opposition to AAP’s makes an attempt to poach its voters. Therefore, the timing of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections is seen because the BJP’s try to attract the AAP management out of Gujarat. Delhi is AAP’s residence turf, the place it enjoys huge help. The occasion can not complain about its timing because it has been demanding MCD polls for a very long time. The BJP has performed it good by making an attempt to unfold the AAP management skinny. Gujarat elections are scheduled on December 1 and 5, and the MCD polls are on December 4.
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Bypolls outcomes 2022: Counting of votes for 7 Assembly seats in 6 states in the present day
By ANI
NEW DELHI: The counting of votes within the by-elections to the seven Assembly constituencies unfold throughout six states might be held on Sunday.
The fierce battle is between Bharatiya Janata Party and regional events such because the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Samajwadi Party (SP), and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD).
The polling was held on November 3 in Mokama and Gopalganj meeting constituencies of Bihar, Andheri (East) of Maharashtra, Adampur of Haryana, Munugode of Telangana, Gola Gokarannath of Uttar Pradesh, and Dhamnagar of Odisha.
Among the seven seats the place by-polls had been held, the BJP held three seats, the Congress two whereas the Shiv Sena and the RJD had one every.
In the Assembly bypolls held throughout six states, the Munugode constituency in Telangana recorded the best voter turnout, as per Election Commission tendencies.
According to EC’s approximate tendencies, 48.35 per cent voter turnout was recorded within the Gopalganj constituency whereas 52.47 per cent was recorded in Mokama in Bihar. With 77.55 per cent voting, Telangana’s Munugode recorded the best voter turnout. Further, the Adampur constituency in Haryana witnessed a 75.25 per cent voter turnout.
In Odisha, there was 66.63 per cent voter turnout recorded in Dhamnagar Assembly constituency bypolls. Gola Gokrannath constituency in Uttar Pradesh recorded a 55.68 per cent voter turnout. Meanwhile, the high-octane Andheri East constituency in Maharashtra witnessed the bottom voter turnout at 31.74 per cent, as per EC’s approximate tendencies.
Haryana’s Adampur seat witnessed the competition between BJP, Congress, Indian National Lok Dal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
In Adampur, the by-election was necessitated after former chief minister Bhajan Lal’s son Kuldeep Bishnoi resigned as MLA from the seat and switched from the Congress to the BJP in August. Bishnoi’s son Bhavya contested the bypoll because the BJP candidate.
The Congress fielded former Union minister Jai Prakash whereas the INLD picked Congress insurgent Kurda Ram Nambardar as its candidate. Satender Singh was AAP’s candidate.
Notably, the Adampur seat is taken into account a stronghold of Bishnoi.
In Andheri East, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena faction’s candidate Rutuja Latke, the spouse of incumbent Sena MLA Ramesh Latke whose loss of life in May necessitated the ballot, is anticipated to comfortably win the by-polls because the BJP had determined to not contest.
This was the primary election after the revolt within the Shiv Sena by Eknath Shinde and 39 different legislators which led to the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities.
The NCP and Congress have additionally supported the candidature of Rutuja Latke.
The bypoll Telangana’s Munugode Assembly constituency was necessitated after Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy give up the Congress and in addition as MLA in August and joined the BJP.
While 47 candidates are within the fray, the attention is on BJP’s Raj Gopal Reddy, former TRS MLA Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy and Congress’ Palvai Sravanthi.
The bypoll outcomes is a status battle for Chief Minister Ok Chandrasekhar Rao, who’s planning for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
In Bihar, this was the primary main election after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar parted his methods with BJP and joined arms with RJD and Congress to type a Grand Alliance authorities.
The foremost contest is between the BJP and the RJD in Bihar
For the Mokama bypolls, the BJP has fielded Sonam Devi towards RJD’s Neelam Devi, whose husband Anant Singh’s disqualification has necessitated the by-election.
Notably, Mokama is claimed to be the stronghold of Anant Singh since 2005. He received the seat twice on JD(U) tickets.
BJP has given the ticket to Kusum Devi, the spouse of incumbent BJP MLA Subhash Singh whereas RJD has fielded Mohan Prasad Gupta for Goapalgunj by-election.
The BJP is searching for to retain the Gola Gokarannath seat in Uttar Pradesh, which fell vacant after the loss of life of BJP MLA Arvind Giri in September.
With the BSP and the Congress protecting away from the bypolls, the battle is between the BJP’s Aman Giri and the SP candidate and former Gola Gokarannath MLA Vinay Tiwari.
In Odisha’s Dhamnagar bypoll, there appears to be a troublesome contest between ruling BJD candidate Abanti Das and BJP candidate Suryabanshi Suraj Sthitaprajana, the son of Bishnu Sethi, BJP MLA after whose loss of life, the meeting seat fell vacant, as its candidate for the by-election.
NEW DELHI: The counting of votes within the by-elections to the seven Assembly constituencies unfold throughout six states might be held on Sunday.
The fierce battle is between Bharatiya Janata Party and regional events such because the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Samajwadi Party (SP), and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD).
The polling was held on November 3 in Mokama and Gopalganj meeting constituencies of Bihar, Andheri (East) of Maharashtra, Adampur of Haryana, Munugode of Telangana, Gola Gokarannath of Uttar Pradesh, and Dhamnagar of Odisha.
Among the seven seats the place by-polls had been held, the BJP held three seats, the Congress two whereas the Shiv Sena and the RJD had one every.
In the Assembly bypolls held throughout six states, the Munugode constituency in Telangana recorded the best voter turnout, as per Election Commission tendencies.
According to EC’s approximate tendencies, 48.35 per cent voter turnout was recorded within the Gopalganj constituency whereas 52.47 per cent was recorded in Mokama in Bihar. With 77.55 per cent voting, Telangana’s Munugode recorded the best voter turnout. Further, the Adampur constituency in Haryana witnessed a 75.25 per cent voter turnout.
In Odisha, there was 66.63 per cent voter turnout recorded in Dhamnagar Assembly constituency bypolls. Gola Gokrannath constituency in Uttar Pradesh recorded a 55.68 per cent voter turnout. Meanwhile, the high-octane Andheri East constituency in Maharashtra witnessed the bottom voter turnout at 31.74 per cent, as per EC’s approximate tendencies.
Haryana’s Adampur seat witnessed the competition between BJP, Congress, Indian National Lok Dal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
In Adampur, the by-election was necessitated after former chief minister Bhajan Lal’s son Kuldeep Bishnoi resigned as MLA from the seat and switched from the Congress to the BJP in August. Bishnoi’s son Bhavya contested the bypoll because the BJP candidate.
The Congress fielded former Union minister Jai Prakash whereas the INLD picked Congress insurgent Kurda Ram Nambardar as its candidate. Satender Singh was AAP’s candidate.
Notably, the Adampur seat is taken into account a stronghold of Bishnoi.
In Andheri East, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena faction’s candidate Rutuja Latke, the spouse of incumbent Sena MLA Ramesh Latke whose loss of life in May necessitated the ballot, is anticipated to comfortably win the by-polls because the BJP had determined to not contest.
This was the primary election after the revolt within the Shiv Sena by Eknath Shinde and 39 different legislators which led to the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities.
The NCP and Congress have additionally supported the candidature of Rutuja Latke.
The bypoll Telangana’s Munugode Assembly constituency was necessitated after Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy give up the Congress and in addition as MLA in August and joined the BJP.
While 47 candidates are within the fray, the attention is on BJP’s Raj Gopal Reddy, former TRS MLA Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy and Congress’ Palvai Sravanthi.
The bypoll outcomes is a status battle for Chief Minister Ok Chandrasekhar Rao, who’s planning for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
In Bihar, this was the primary main election after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar parted his methods with BJP and joined arms with RJD and Congress to type a Grand Alliance authorities.
The foremost contest is between the BJP and the RJD in Bihar
For the Mokama bypolls, the BJP has fielded Sonam Devi towards RJD’s Neelam Devi, whose husband Anant Singh’s disqualification has necessitated the by-election.
Notably, Mokama is claimed to be the stronghold of Anant Singh since 2005. He received the seat twice on JD(U) tickets.
BJP has given the ticket to Kusum Devi, the spouse of incumbent BJP MLA Subhash Singh whereas RJD has fielded Mohan Prasad Gupta for Goapalgunj by-election.
The BJP is searching for to retain the Gola Gokarannath seat in Uttar Pradesh, which fell vacant after the loss of life of BJP MLA Arvind Giri in September.
With the BSP and the Congress protecting away from the bypolls, the battle is between the BJP’s Aman Giri and the SP candidate and former Gola Gokarannath MLA Vinay Tiwari.
In Odisha’s Dhamnagar bypoll, there appears to be a troublesome contest between ruling BJD candidate Abanti Das and BJP candidate Suryabanshi Suraj Sthitaprajana, the son of Bishnu Sethi, BJP MLA after whose loss of life, the meeting seat fell vacant, as its candidate for the by-election.
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Former CM Amarinder Singh warns of return of darkish days of Nineteen Eighties in Punjab
By PTI
CHANDIGARH: Former chief minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday warned towards the return of the darkish period of the Nineteen Eighties in Punjab, saying “the way things are unfolding in the state today is quite worrisome” and cautioned the AAP authorities towards any “laxity”.
He additionally condemned the “complete failure” on the a part of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) authorities within the state, claiming that it has not taken any motion to date even after 24 hours following the homicide of the Shiv Sena (Taksali) chief Sudhir Suri in Amritsar on Friday.
Suri (58) was shot useless in broad daylight whereas participating in a protest. He was protesting towards the administration of Gopal Mandir on Majitha Road — one of many busiest locations within the metropolis — after some damaged idols of Hindu deities had been allegedly discovered on the roadside, which he termed an act of sacrilege.
The BJP chief mentioned he was extra involved as a result of the AAP authorities had “neither shown any inclination nor any capability” to deal with such an alarming state of affairs.
“Once you let your weakness and shortcomings known, anti-national forces are bound to take advantage of that and that is what is precisely happening in Punjab now,” he mentioned.
“I am reminded of 1980s when the situation started drifting and deteriorating into terrorism and we had to pay such a huge price,” Singh warned whereas cautioning the AAP authorities towards any laxity and inaction.
“What to speak of taking any action, nobody from the AAP has even condemned the brutal murder of the Shiv Sena leader so far,” he mentioned in an announcement.
Singh expressed shock as to how may somebody who was underneath excessive safety be shot useless in full public view with so many policemen round.
“What action has the government taken,” he requested whereas warning towards letting folks being killed like that and letting these accountable go scot-free.
The senior BJP chief criticized the AAP authorities for offering a free run to the novel preacher Amritpal Singh, who has been overtly preaching and propagating violence and talking the language of secession and separatism.
“How can you (AAP government) let someone like him go scot-free when he has been openly speaking against the unity and integrity of the country and openly calling youth to take weapons,” he mentioned.
“This is criminal negligence on part of the AAP government as it has repeatedly failed in tackling serious incidents of crime,” Singh alleged. He identified that gangsters had been additionally “having a free run as they were killing people like international sports stars and singers at their sweet will.”
He additionally expressed sturdy apprehensions that the forces inimical to the pursuits of the nation and state could quickly kind a nexus between gangsters and terrorists. “I am not sure whether they have already done it and if they do it, it will be a very dangerous situation to tackle,” he warned the federal government whereas advising it “to nip the evil in the bud.”
READ: Punjab Court sends Shiv Sena (Taksali) chief’s homicide accused to 7-day police remandCHANDIGARH: Former chief minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday warned towards the return of the darkish period of the Nineteen Eighties in Punjab, saying “the way things are unfolding in the state today is quite worrisome” and cautioned the AAP authorities towards any “laxity”.
He additionally condemned the “complete failure” on the a part of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) authorities within the state, claiming that it has not taken any motion to date even after 24 hours following the homicide of the Shiv Sena (Taksali) chief Sudhir Suri in Amritsar on Friday.
Suri (58) was shot useless in broad daylight whereas participating in a protest. He was protesting towards the administration of Gopal Mandir on Majitha Road — one of many busiest locations within the metropolis — after some damaged idols of Hindu deities had been allegedly discovered on the roadside, which he termed an act of sacrilege.
The BJP chief mentioned he was extra involved as a result of the AAP authorities had “neither shown any inclination nor any capability” to deal with such an alarming state of affairs.
“Once you let your weakness and shortcomings known, anti-national forces are bound to take advantage of that and that is what is precisely happening in Punjab now,” he mentioned.
“I am reminded of 1980s when the situation started drifting and deteriorating into terrorism and we had to pay such a huge price,” Singh warned whereas cautioning the AAP authorities towards any laxity and inaction.
“What to speak of taking any action, nobody from the AAP has even condemned the brutal murder of the Shiv Sena leader so far,” he mentioned in an announcement.
Singh expressed shock as to how may somebody who was underneath excessive safety be shot useless in full public view with so many policemen round.
“What action has the government taken,” he requested whereas warning towards letting folks being killed like that and letting these accountable go scot-free.
The senior BJP chief criticized the AAP authorities for offering a free run to the novel preacher Amritpal Singh, who has been overtly preaching and propagating violence and talking the language of secession and separatism.
“How can you (AAP government) let someone like him go scot-free when he has been openly speaking against the unity and integrity of the country and openly calling youth to take weapons,” he mentioned.
“This is criminal negligence on part of the AAP government as it has repeatedly failed in tackling serious incidents of crime,” Singh alleged. He identified that gangsters had been additionally “having a free run as they were killing people like international sports stars and singers at their sweet will.”
He additionally expressed sturdy apprehensions that the forces inimical to the pursuits of the nation and state could quickly kind a nexus between gangsters and terrorists. “I am not sure whether they have already done it and if they do it, it will be a very dangerous situation to tackle,” he warned the federal government whereas advising it “to nip the evil in the bud.”READ: Punjab Court sends Shiv Sena (Taksali) chief’s homicide accused to 7-day police remand