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  • Kalpana Soren: Jharkhand govt set for cabinet expansion; Kalpana Soren likely to be one of the inductees

    Five months ahead of assembly polls, the Champai Sorenled coalition government in Jharkhand may witness a Cabinet expansion in July. Jailed former CM Hemant Soren’s wife Kalpana Soren could be one of the inductees.

    There are two vacancies in the Champai Soren’s Cabinet and both may be filled to send a political message before assembly polls. Kalpana had won Gandey assembly byelection in May. In the runup to parliamentary elections, she emerged as the party’s star campaigner in the absence of Hemant, who has been lodged in jail since January in connection with a money laundering case linked with an alleged land grab.

    According to JMM sources, Kalpana may be inducted in the Cabinet to portray her as the party’s main face in the forthcoming polls. Sources close to her, however, denied this speculation, saying she won’t want to enter the government for less than six months. JMM may not want to risk replacing Champai with Kalpana in the CM’s chair as this could trigger an internal rebellion. In Jharkhand, there are 12 Cabinet ministers along with the CM. At present there are 10 ministers (seven from JMM, one from RJD and three from Congress). One vacancy (opened up due to a JMM minister’s death) is from JMM quota and another has been created with the resignation of Congress’ Alamgir Alam after his arrest in a money laundering case. According to sources, Congress’ Jamtara MLA Irfan Ansari may be inducted into the Cabinet. Kalpana may fill the other vacancy. A source told ET: “The vacancy is for a candidate from the Scheduled Castes. It may also be a risk to fill it with a tribal. But it can be justified because Kalpana Soren is a tribal woman.”

    The JMMled alliance has 47 MLAs JMM’s 29, Congress’s 17 and RJD’s one. Sixty sevenyearold Champai was sworn in as the 12th CM of the state on February 2.

  • BJP names 39 candidates in its second checklist for Madhya Pradesh, together with 3 ministers and 7 MPs

    By Express News Service

    BHOPAL: Springing a strategic shock for the second time in 39 days, the ruling BJP got here out with its 39-strong second checklist of candidates for the approaching meeting polls. The candidates embrace seven sitting Lok Sabha MPs, together with three union ministers and the celebration’s nationwide normal secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.

    With this, the ruling celebration has to this point named 78 candidates towards the full 230 seats within the state dominated by it for 19 years. Earlier on August 17, the BJP had named 39 candidates in its first checklist for the state, the place polls are seemingly in November. The checklist was launched only a few hours after PM Narendra Modi left Bhopal after addressing the BJP’s Karyakarta Mahakumbh.

    Political watchers within the state really feel that by fielding seven Lok Sabha members and Vijayvargiya (4 of them have been MLAs previously), the celebration could also be making an attempt to open up the race for CM submit amongst varied possible candidates on the ballot battleground. Importantly, the celebration hasn’t until now named its longest serving CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, or some other chief as its CM face in MP and is contesting the polls with PM Modi’s face within the middle.  

    The ruling celebration additionally appears to be eyeing to strike a stability between its varied senior regional leaders on the election battlefield, to achieve most out of their expertise and affect in particular areas and castes.

    The three union ministers embrace Kshatriya caste chief and union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar (fielded from Dimani in Morena district, a part of his Lok Sabha constituency), Prahlad Patel (fielded from his ex-minister and sitting MLA brother Jalam Singh Patel’s Narsinghpur seat) and Faggan Singh Kulaste (who will struggle from his previous Vidhan Sabha seat Niwas in Mandla). Patel’s sitting MLA brother Jalam Singh Patel, reportedly doesn’t wish to contest the polls, only a few months after his son Monu Patel’s demise.

    Four different MPs, together with Ganesh Singh (fourth-time MP from Satna), might be contesting from the Satna meeting seat, four-times Jabalpur MP and ex-state celebration chief Rakesh Singh might be contesting from Jabalpur-West seat of his LS constituency, whereas second-time Brahmin girl MP Riti Pathak might be within the fray from Sidhi seat.

    BJP nationwide normal secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, the six-time former MLA from completely different seats of the native Indore district and an ex-MP minister has been fielded from Indore-1 seat (presently with Congress’s Sanjay Shukla). He makes his return to contesting Vidhan Sabha polls, ten years after he final received from Mhow-seat of Indore district. The celebration has not solely named him a candidate for Indore-1 seat to wrest the city seat of Indore, but additionally to make use of his ballot administration expertise and political affect on different seats of Indore district in addition to the complete Malwa-Nimar area that homes a most of 66 seats. Vijayvargiya has been mendacity within the chilly, regardless of being nationwide normal secretary, notably within the wake of the 2021 Bengal meeting election debacle.

    On the opposite hand, a number of instances Lok Sabha member and union minister Narendra Singh Tomar (final contested and received Vidhan Sabha polls 20 years again from house district Gwalior) has been fielded from Dimani seat of Morena district, to not solely affect seats of his Morena parliamentary constituency but additionally to ship a optimistic message to higher caste Thakurs and Brahmins within the 34-seats sturdy Gwalior-Chambal area.

    By fielding highly effective Lodhi OBC caste chief and union minister Prahlad Patel from the native Narsinghpur seat, the celebration is eyeing the OBC Lodhi vote which is critical on 40-50 seats.

    Not solely has the celebration fielded MPs, together with union ministers to strengthen the celebration within the battlefield of various areas, however has additionally given them the extra problem of proving their mettle again within the meeting ballot battleground.

    Another sitting MP who has been given an meeting ballot ticket is  Jat neighborhood chief and third-time MP from Hoshangabad constituency Uday Pratap Singh, who will contest from Gadarwara seat of his parliamentary constituency. He final received the meeting polls in 2008 as a Congress candidate from Tendukheda seat.

    By fielding Satna MP Ganesh Singh from Satna meeting seat of his LS seat Satna and the second time MP (from Sidhi constituency) in Sidhi meeting seat, the celebration is eyeing to consolidate its base among the many OBC Kurmi and Brahmin higher caste voters – the 2 highly effective blocks of inhabitants within the Vindhya area, which was swept by the BJP in 2018.    

    Also, the celebration is making an attempt to eye the essential tribal votes in tribes dominated Mahakoshal area by fielding union minister Faggan Singh Kulaste. The celebration had fared badly in 2018 on this area, which additionally homes state Congress chief Kamal Nath’s pocket borough Chhindwara’s meeting segments.    

    The celebration has denied a ticket to third-time MLA from Sidhi seat Kedarnath Shukla, seemingly as a result of controversy generated by his alleged supporter Pravesh Shukla’s 2019 video clip of urinating on a tribal man. Shukla’s shut family members say that being denied a BJP ticket, he may contest polls from Sidhi solely, both as an unbiased or on some other celebration’s ticket.  

    Two different sitting MLAs not thought-about for tickets, embrace sitting MLA and Prahlad Patel’s brother Jalam Singh Patel, who misplaced his son only a few months again, and the Maihar MLA Narayan Tripathi, who has now shaped his personal celebration for the reason for a separate Vindhya state.

    The checklist consists of names of simply three Jyotiraditya Scindia loyalist MLAs, together with former MLAs Raghuraj Singh Kansana (Morena) and Imarti Devi (Dabra-SC) and Hirendra Singh ‘Bunty Bana’ from ex-CM Digvijaya Singh’s pocket-borough Raghogarh, which since two-times is being represented by Singh’s ex-minister son Jaivardhan Singh.

    Out of the 39 candidates named within the checklist, six, together with two-times MP Riti Pathak, former minister and ex-MLA Imarti Devi, Jyoti Dehria (Parasia-SC), Ganga Bai Uike (Ghodadongri-ST), Nanda Brahmane (Bhikangaon-ST) and ex-MLA Sangeeta Charel (Sailana-ST) are girls candidates.

    BHOPAL: Springing a strategic shock for the second time in 39 days, the ruling BJP got here out with its 39-strong second checklist of candidates for the approaching meeting polls. The candidates embrace seven sitting Lok Sabha MPs, together with three union ministers and the celebration’s nationwide normal secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.

    With this, the ruling celebration has to this point named 78 candidates towards the full 230 seats within the state dominated by it for 19 years. Earlier on August 17, the BJP had named 39 candidates in its first checklist for the state, the place polls are seemingly in November. The checklist was launched only a few hours after PM Narendra Modi left Bhopal after addressing the BJP’s Karyakarta Mahakumbh.

    Political watchers within the state really feel that by fielding seven Lok Sabha members and Vijayvargiya (4 of them have been MLAs previously), the celebration could also be making an attempt to open up the race for CM submit amongst varied possible candidates on the ballot battleground. Importantly, the celebration hasn’t until now named its longest serving CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, or some other chief as its CM face in MP and is contesting the polls with PM Modi’s face within the middle.  googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The ruling celebration additionally appears to be eyeing to strike a stability between its varied senior regional leaders on the election battlefield, to achieve most out of their expertise and affect in particular areas and castes.

    The three union ministers embrace Kshatriya caste chief and union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar (fielded from Dimani in Morena district, a part of his Lok Sabha constituency), Prahlad Patel (fielded from his ex-minister and sitting MLA brother Jalam Singh Patel’s Narsinghpur seat) and Faggan Singh Kulaste (who will struggle from his previous Vidhan Sabha seat Niwas in Mandla). Patel’s sitting MLA brother Jalam Singh Patel, reportedly doesn’t wish to contest the polls, only a few months after his son Monu Patel’s demise.

    Four different MPs, together with Ganesh Singh (fourth-time MP from Satna), might be contesting from the Satna meeting seat, four-times Jabalpur MP and ex-state celebration chief Rakesh Singh might be contesting from Jabalpur-West seat of his LS constituency, whereas second-time Brahmin girl MP Riti Pathak might be within the fray from Sidhi seat.

    BJP nationwide normal secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, the six-time former MLA from completely different seats of the native Indore district and an ex-MP minister has been fielded from Indore-1 seat (presently with Congress’s Sanjay Shukla). He makes his return to contesting Vidhan Sabha polls, ten years after he final received from Mhow-seat of Indore district. The celebration has not solely named him a candidate for Indore-1 seat to wrest the city seat of Indore, but additionally to make use of his ballot administration expertise and political affect on different seats of Indore district in addition to the complete Malwa-Nimar area that homes a most of 66 seats. Vijayvargiya has been mendacity within the chilly, regardless of being nationwide normal secretary, notably within the wake of the 2021 Bengal meeting election debacle.

    On the opposite hand, a number of instances Lok Sabha member and union minister Narendra Singh Tomar (final contested and received Vidhan Sabha polls 20 years again from house district Gwalior) has been fielded from Dimani seat of Morena district, to not solely affect seats of his Morena parliamentary constituency but additionally to ship a optimistic message to higher caste Thakurs and Brahmins within the 34-seats sturdy Gwalior-Chambal area.

    By fielding highly effective Lodhi OBC caste chief and union minister Prahlad Patel from the native Narsinghpur seat, the celebration is eyeing the OBC Lodhi vote which is critical on 40-50 seats.

    Not solely has the celebration fielded MPs, together with union ministers to strengthen the celebration within the battlefield of various areas, however has additionally given them the extra problem of proving their mettle again within the meeting ballot battleground.

    Another sitting MP who has been given an meeting ballot ticket is  Jat neighborhood chief and third-time MP from Hoshangabad constituency Uday Pratap Singh, who will contest from Gadarwara seat of his parliamentary constituency. He final received the meeting polls in 2008 as a Congress candidate from Tendukheda seat.

    By fielding Satna MP Ganesh Singh from Satna meeting seat of his LS seat Satna and the second time MP (from Sidhi constituency) in Sidhi meeting seat, the celebration is eyeing to consolidate its base among the many OBC Kurmi and Brahmin higher caste voters – the 2 highly effective blocks of inhabitants within the Vindhya area, which was swept by the BJP in 2018.    

    Also, the celebration is making an attempt to eye the essential tribal votes in tribes dominated Mahakoshal area by fielding union minister Faggan Singh Kulaste. The celebration had fared badly in 2018 on this area, which additionally homes state Congress chief Kamal Nath’s pocket borough Chhindwara’s meeting segments.    

    The celebration has denied a ticket to third-time MLA from Sidhi seat Kedarnath Shukla, seemingly as a result of controversy generated by his alleged supporter Pravesh Shukla’s 2019 video clip of urinating on a tribal man. Shukla’s shut family members say that being denied a BJP ticket, he may contest polls from Sidhi solely, both as an unbiased or on some other celebration’s ticket.  

    Two different sitting MLAs not thought-about for tickets, embrace sitting MLA and Prahlad Patel’s brother Jalam Singh Patel, who misplaced his son only a few months again, and the Maihar MLA Narayan Tripathi, who has now shaped his personal celebration for the reason for a separate Vindhya state.

    The checklist consists of names of simply three Jyotiraditya Scindia loyalist MLAs, together with former MLAs Raghuraj Singh Kansana (Morena) and Imarti Devi (Dabra-SC) and Hirendra Singh ‘Bunty Bana’ from ex-CM Digvijaya Singh’s pocket-borough Raghogarh, which since two-times is being represented by Singh’s ex-minister son Jaivardhan Singh.

    Out of the 39 candidates named within the checklist, six, together with two-times MP Riti Pathak, former minister and ex-MLA Imarti Devi, Jyoti Dehria (Parasia-SC), Ganga Bai Uike (Ghodadongri-ST), Nanda Brahmane (Bhikangaon-ST) and ex-MLA Sangeeta Charel (Sailana-ST) are girls candidates.

  • Assembly elections: First listing of BJP candidates out for Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh

    Express News Service

    BHOPAL/RAIPUR: In a primary, the BJP on Thursday launched its first listing of 39 candidates, together with 4 ladies, for Madhya Pradesh and 21 candidates, together with 5 ladies, for Chhattisgarh earlier than the meeting polls due later this 12 months.

    The BJP’s first listing has come not less than a few months earlier than the announcement of ballot dates by the Election Commission of India for these states.

    In Madhya Pradesh, the saffron celebration launched the listing for the 39 seats (all have been misplaced in 2018 meeting polls) only a day after the assembly of its central election committee in Delhi, which was attended amongst others by PM Narendra Modi.

    The listing got here round a month and a half earlier than the mannequin code of conduct is enforced.

    Party insiders in Bhopal consider that by declaring the candidates on the 39 seats, the celebration has tried to present the candidates ample time to organize for the ballot battle.

    This train can also be being seen as an experiment of types to gauge the discontent brought on by the declaration of candidates on these seats, that are being counted among the many most difficult 100-odd seats out of the overall 230 meeting seats.

    The 39 candidates declared on Thursday, embody not less than 11 new faces, 21 ex-MLAs and 7 candidates, who previously had misplaced Vidhan Sabha polls from the identical seats they’ve been fielded now.

    The listing contains six former ministers, together with Adal Singh Kansana, Lalita Yadav, Anchal Sonkar, Nanabhau Mohod, Om Prakash Dhurve and Lal Singh Arya.

    Out of the 39 seats, 21 seats are reserved for SC/STs. A most of 11 candidates are for the 66 seats robust Malwa-Nimar area, 12 for Mahakoshal area, six for Gwalior-Chambal, 5 for Bundelkhand, 4 for central MP and one for Vindhya area.

    While 13 candidates are tribals, eight belong to the SC class, 13 from OBC class and 5 from common class.

    Just 4 within the first listing, together with ex-minister Lalita Yadav, former MLA Nirmala Bhuria, contemporary face Priyanka Meena (spouse of Indian Revenue Service officer) and Sarla Vijendra Rawat are ladies candidates.

    Just one of many 22 former Congress MLAs (who had pulled down the BJP authorities in March 2020) Adal Singh Kansana’s title figures on this listing, whereas Jyotiaditya Scindia-loyalist ex-Congress MLA Ranveer Jatav has did not get BJP ticket from Gohah-SC seat of Bhind district, which he had gained in 2018 polls on Congress ticket.

    In Chhattisgarh, the BJP declared its listing of 21 candidates. With solely 14 legislators within the 90-member House, the BJP’s transfer is seen as tactical to achieve benefit over the Congress. The celebration has fielded Vijay Baghel, Durg Lok Sabha member, from the Patan seat, which is the house constituency of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. In the 2008 meeting elections, Vijay Baghel defeated  Bhupesh Baghel by a margin of seven,842 votes.

    Chhattisgarh is among the many 5 states, together with adjoining Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram, going to polls later this 12 months.

    MADHYA PRADESH

    Adal Singh Kansana (Sumawali seat)

    A four-time former BSP and Congress MLA from Sumawali, he was among the many 22 Congress MLAs who pulled down the Kamal Nath govt in 2020. He was later a minister in Shivraj Singh Chouhan govt, however resigned a couple of months later, shedding the bypoll as BJP candidate from the seat in Nov 2020 

    Alok Sharma (Bhopal Uttar seat)

    The former Bhopal mayor, Sharma is taken into account near Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. He has been fielded from Bhopal North seat, the place he had misplaced as BJP candidate to veteran sitting Congress MLA and ex-minister Arif Aqeel in 2008 by simply 4,000-odd votes

    Dhruv Narayan Singh (Bhopal Madhya seat)

    Son of former MP CM Govind Narayan Singh, he was elected as BJP MLA from Bhopal-Madhya seat in 2008. But together with his title figuring within the 2011 RTI activist Shehla Masood homicide case (CBI gave him clear chit later), he was denied a BJP ticket from the identical seat in 2013 and 2018

    CHHATTISGARH

    Vijay Baghel (Patan seat)

    BJP LS member from Durg constituency, he’ll contest from Patan seat towards CM Bhupesh Baghel. The probably contest between the 2 Baghels is now dubbed because the conflict between Chacha (Bhupesh) and Bhatija (Vijay). The two have been pitted towards one another in 2003, 2008 and 2013 as properly

    Ram Vichar Netam (Ramanujganj seat)

    A outstanding tribal face within the state BJP and former dwelling minister in Raman Singh cabinet (2008-13). He gained Assembly elections in 2003 and 2008 however misplaced in 2013 from Ramanujganj seat. He is a Rajya Sabha member. In 2015 Amit Shah appointed him as a nationwide secretary in his workforce

    Lakhan Lal Dewangan (Korba seat)

    Former corporator and Mayor of Korba municipal company. He was elected as an MLA from Katghora seat in 2013 and was parliamentary secretary in Raman Singh govt. He is the one candidate among the many 21 names, who has misplaced 2018 polls. He will towards state minister Jai Singh Agrawal

    BHOPAL/RAIPUR: In a primary, the BJP on Thursday launched its first listing of 39 candidates, together with 4 ladies, for Madhya Pradesh and 21 candidates, together with 5 ladies, for Chhattisgarh earlier than the meeting polls due later this 12 months.

    The BJP’s first listing has come not less than a few months earlier than the announcement of ballot dates by the Election Commission of India for these states.

    In Madhya Pradesh, the saffron celebration launched the listing for the 39 seats (all have been misplaced in 2018 meeting polls) only a day after the assembly of its central election committee in Delhi, which was attended amongst others by PM Narendra Modi.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The listing got here round a month and a half earlier than the mannequin code of conduct is enforced.

    Party insiders in Bhopal consider that by declaring the candidates on the 39 seats, the celebration has tried to present the candidates ample time to organize for the ballot battle.

    This train can also be being seen as an experiment of types to gauge the discontent brought on by the declaration of candidates on these seats, that are being counted among the many most difficult 100-odd seats out of the overall 230 meeting seats.

    The 39 candidates declared on Thursday, embody not less than 11 new faces, 21 ex-MLAs and 7 candidates, who previously had misplaced Vidhan Sabha polls from the identical seats they’ve been fielded now.

    The listing contains six former ministers, together with Adal Singh Kansana, Lalita Yadav, Anchal Sonkar, Nanabhau Mohod, Om Prakash Dhurve and Lal Singh Arya.

    Out of the 39 seats, 21 seats are reserved for SC/STs. A most of 11 candidates are for the 66 seats robust Malwa-Nimar area, 12 for Mahakoshal area, six for Gwalior-Chambal, 5 for Bundelkhand, 4 for central MP and one for Vindhya area.

    While 13 candidates are tribals, eight belong to the SC class, 13 from OBC class and 5 from common class.

    Just 4 within the first listing, together with ex-minister Lalita Yadav, former MLA Nirmala Bhuria, contemporary face Priyanka Meena (spouse of Indian Revenue Service officer) and Sarla Vijendra Rawat are ladies candidates.

    Just one of many 22 former Congress MLAs (who had pulled down the BJP authorities in March 2020) Adal Singh Kansana’s title figures on this listing, whereas Jyotiaditya Scindia-loyalist ex-Congress MLA Ranveer Jatav has did not get BJP ticket from Gohah-SC seat of Bhind district, which he had gained in 2018 polls on Congress ticket.

    In Chhattisgarh, the BJP declared its listing of 21 candidates. With solely 14 legislators within the 90-member House, the BJP’s transfer is seen as tactical to achieve benefit over the Congress. The celebration has fielded Vijay Baghel, Durg Lok Sabha member, from the Patan seat, which is the house constituency of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. In the 2008 meeting elections, Vijay Baghel defeated  Bhupesh Baghel by a margin of seven,842 votes.

    Chhattisgarh is among the many 5 states, together with adjoining Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram, going to polls later this 12 months.

    MADHYA PRADESH

    Adal Singh Kansana (Sumawali seat)
    A four-time former BSP and Congress MLA from Sumawali, he was among the many 22 Congress MLAs who pulled down the Kamal Nath govt in 2020. He was later a minister in Shivraj Singh Chouhan govt, however resigned a couple of months later, shedding the bypoll as BJP candidate from the seat in Nov 2020 

    Alok Sharma (Bhopal Uttar seat)
    The former Bhopal mayor, Sharma is taken into account near Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. He has been fielded from Bhopal North seat, the place he had misplaced as BJP candidate to veteran sitting Congress MLA and ex-minister Arif Aqeel in 2008 by simply 4,000-odd votes

    Dhruv Narayan Singh (Bhopal Madhya seat)
    Son of former MP CM Govind Narayan Singh, he was elected as BJP MLA from Bhopal-Madhya seat in 2008. But together with his title figuring within the 2011 RTI activist Shehla Masood homicide case (CBI gave him clear chit later), he was denied a BJP ticket from the identical seat in 2013 and 2018

    CHHATTISGARH

    Vijay Baghel (Patan seat)
    BJP LS member from Durg constituency, he’ll contest from Patan seat towards CM Bhupesh Baghel. The probably contest between the 2 Baghels is now dubbed because the conflict between Chacha (Bhupesh) and Bhatija (Vijay). The two have been pitted towards one another in 2003, 2008 and 2013 as properly

    Ram Vichar Netam (Ramanujganj seat)
    A outstanding tribal face within the state BJP and former dwelling minister in Raman Singh cabinet (2008-13). He gained Assembly elections in 2003 and 2008 however misplaced in 2013 from Ramanujganj seat. He is a Rajya Sabha member. In 2015 Amit Shah appointed him as a nationwide secretary in his workforce

    Lakhan Lal Dewangan (Korba seat)
    Former corporator and Mayor of Korba municipal company. He was elected as an MLA from Katghora seat in 2013 and was parliamentary secretary in Raman Singh govt. He is the one candidate among the many 21 names, who has misplaced 2018 polls. He will towards state minister Jai Singh Agrawal

  • C’garh BJP launches drive earlier than drafting ballot manifesto

    Express News Service

    RAIPUR: The opposition BJP has commenced its Mission-23 plan to achieve out to the folks to hunt their solutions and points discovered pertinent to be integrated forward of drafting its manifesto for the upcoming Assembly polls.

    From the 31-member ghosna patra committee constituted earlier, the get together has fashioned 15 committees, which has begun its go to. The BJP has appointed the senior leaders as incharge for the 5 divisions of the state. The state BJP in-charge Om Mathur has instructed the get together cadres to safe the suggestions from the grassroots ranges.

    The committees will go to each village and metropolis to the touch upon all segments of the society. Each committee has 2-3 members. As a part of the in depth train, they are going to be deliberate with the cross-section of the inhabitants and have interaction in “meaningful discussions” with the folks, elucidate their responses on their points together with the event, training, facilities, native issues and different expectations that will likely be mirrored upon as foundation for the get together’s new manifesto.

    RAIPUR: The opposition BJP has commenced its Mission-23 plan to achieve out to the folks to hunt their solutions and points discovered pertinent to be integrated forward of drafting its manifesto for the upcoming Assembly polls.

    From the 31-member ghosna patra committee constituted earlier, the get together has fashioned 15 committees, which has begun its go to. The BJP has appointed the senior leaders as incharge for the 5 divisions of the state. The state BJP in-charge Om Mathur has instructed the get together cadres to safe the suggestions from the grassroots ranges.

    The committees will go to each village and metropolis to the touch upon all segments of the society. Each committee has 2-3 members. As a part of the in depth train, they are going to be deliberate with the cross-section of the inhabitants and have interaction in “meaningful discussions” with the folks, elucidate their responses on their points together with the event, training, facilities, native issues and different expectations that will likely be mirrored upon as foundation for the get together’s new manifesto.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

  • Congress woos high-profile BJP households in poll-bound MP  

    Express News Service

    BHOPAL: The meeting polls in Madhya Pradesh is simply six months away and the opposition Congress is making an attempt its finest to woo discontent high-profile BJP households.

    The Congress get together’s plans have been first tried within the Gwalior-Chambal area and later rolled into the Malwa-Nimar area.

    It was on March 22, the Hindu New Year’s day that Rao Yadvendra Singh Yadav, elder son of three-times former BJP MLA Rao Deshraj Singh Yadav, and his supporters crossed over to the Congress within the presence of Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh, and others.

    Ashok Nagar district with three meeting segments is a part of the Guna Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency was until 2019 thought-about a pocket borough of the erstwhile Gwalior state’s Scindia royal household. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, 4 instances sitting MP Jyotiraditya Scindia was defeated by his protégé and BJP candidate Dr KP Yadav.

    Late Rao Deshraj Singh Yadav’s household is taken into account the oldest Yadav household of the BJP in that area and significantly has a serious clout within the Mungaoli meeting seat of Ashok Nagar district, which was thrice gained by a late BJP stalwart.

    While becoming a member of the Congress, Rao Yadevendra Singh Yadav mentioned that after Jyotiraditya Scindia and his supporters joined the BJP three years in the past, the long-time BJP loyalists have been sidelined within the get together. Lately, BJP has additionally develop into a corrupt get together, he mentioned citing these as the explanations for his resolution to hitch the Congress.

    According to key state Congress sources, the get together is exploring the potential of fielding Yadvendra from the Mungaoli seat, which is presently represented by Scindia-loyalist and MP minister Brajendra Singh Yadav.

    Just three months previous to this improvement, the Congress had gained over BJP MP Dr KP Yadav’s brother Ajay Yadav to its ranks. Ajay Yadav is more likely to be fielded from one other Yadav-dominated seat of both Ashok Nagar or Shivpuri district.

    The Guna Lok Sabha constituency is unfold over eight meeting segments of three districts – Ashok Nagar, Shivpuri and Guna – and homes round 3.5 lakh Yadav voters, which is greater than 20% of the entire voters. The Yadavs have a decisive sway on 4 of these eight meeting seats.

    Just 9 days later, ex-CM and current Rajya Sabha member, Digvijaya Singh –the mastermind of making a dent in BJP’s Yadav household in Ashok Nagar district — was in Barwani district of southwest MP, successful yet one more large BJP chief, this time former MP and ex-Barwani District Panchayat chief Makhansingh Solanki.

    Solanki, a BJP veteran who gained the Khargone LS seat in 2009, defeating ex-MP minister Bala Bachchan by 34,000-plus votes, was feeling sidelined following the ascendency of a lot youthful leaders within the BJP, together with his personal nephew Sumer Singh Solanki (who was despatched to the Rajya Sabha in 2020) and current Khargone MP Gajendra Patel, in addition to outdated warhorse and MP cabinet minister Prem Singh Patel.

    As per sources throughout the BJP, getting a whiff of Congress’s plans, the get together had pressed its senior chief and state’s agriculture minister Kamal Patel to stop Makhansingh from becoming a member of Congress, however the efforts failed.

    As per a senior state Congress chief — who comes from the Digvijaya Singh camp – the method of capitalizing on cracks inside outdated households (significantly owing to emotions of insecurity amongst outdated BJP leaders because of the rising clout of Scindia-loyalists) will proceed within the coming days and a few extra large BJP households in varied elements of MP, are on the Congress’s radar.

    “Just wait and watch, you’ll have many leaders from big BJP families joining Congress ahead of assembly polls,” the Congress chief advised The New Indian Express.

    BHOPAL: The meeting polls in Madhya Pradesh is simply six months away and the opposition Congress is making an attempt its finest to woo discontent high-profile BJP households.

    The Congress get together’s plans have been first tried within the Gwalior-Chambal area and later rolled into the Malwa-Nimar area.

    It was on March 22, the Hindu New Year’s day that Rao Yadvendra Singh Yadav, elder son of three-times former BJP MLA Rao Deshraj Singh Yadav, and his supporters crossed over to the Congress within the presence of Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh, and others.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Ashok Nagar district with three meeting segments is a part of the Guna Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency was until 2019 thought-about a pocket borough of the erstwhile Gwalior state’s Scindia royal household. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, 4 instances sitting MP Jyotiraditya Scindia was defeated by his protégé and BJP candidate Dr KP Yadav.

    Late Rao Deshraj Singh Yadav’s household is taken into account the oldest Yadav household of the BJP in that area and significantly has a serious clout within the Mungaoli meeting seat of Ashok Nagar district, which was thrice gained by a late BJP stalwart.

    While becoming a member of the Congress, Rao Yadevendra Singh Yadav mentioned that after Jyotiraditya Scindia and his supporters joined the BJP three years in the past, the long-time BJP loyalists have been sidelined within the get together. Lately, BJP has additionally develop into a corrupt get together, he mentioned citing these as the explanations for his resolution to hitch the Congress.

    According to key state Congress sources, the get together is exploring the potential of fielding Yadvendra from the Mungaoli seat, which is presently represented by Scindia-loyalist and MP minister Brajendra Singh Yadav.

    Just three months previous to this improvement, the Congress had gained over BJP MP Dr KP Yadav’s brother Ajay Yadav to its ranks. Ajay Yadav is more likely to be fielded from one other Yadav-dominated seat of both Ashok Nagar or Shivpuri district.

    The Guna Lok Sabha constituency is unfold over eight meeting segments of three districts – Ashok Nagar, Shivpuri and Guna – and homes round 3.5 lakh Yadav voters, which is greater than 20% of the entire voters. The Yadavs have a decisive sway on 4 of these eight meeting seats.

    Just 9 days later, ex-CM and current Rajya Sabha member, Digvijaya Singh –the mastermind of making a dent in BJP’s Yadav household in Ashok Nagar district — was in Barwani district of southwest MP, successful yet one more large BJP chief, this time former MP and ex-Barwani District Panchayat chief Makhansingh Solanki.

    Solanki, a BJP veteran who gained the Khargone LS seat in 2009, defeating ex-MP minister Bala Bachchan by 34,000-plus votes, was feeling sidelined following the ascendency of a lot youthful leaders within the BJP, together with his personal nephew Sumer Singh Solanki (who was despatched to the Rajya Sabha in 2020) and current Khargone MP Gajendra Patel, in addition to outdated warhorse and MP cabinet minister Prem Singh Patel.

    As per sources throughout the BJP, getting a whiff of Congress’s plans, the get together had pressed its senior chief and state’s agriculture minister Kamal Patel to stop Makhansingh from becoming a member of Congress, however the efforts failed.

    As per a senior state Congress chief — who comes from the Digvijaya Singh camp – the method of capitalizing on cracks inside outdated households (significantly owing to emotions of insecurity amongst outdated BJP leaders because of the rising clout of Scindia-loyalists) will proceed within the coming days and a few extra large BJP households in varied elements of MP, are on the Congress’s radar.

    “Just wait and watch, you’ll have many leaders from big BJP families joining Congress ahead of assembly polls,” the Congress chief advised The New Indian Express.

  • Gujarat: After staying away from BJP in 2017, Patidars again ruling occasion to the hilt in 2022 polls

    By PTI

    AHMEDABAD: The Patidar group, a bit of which had voted in opposition to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) within the 2017 Assembly polls held within the backdrop of the quota agitation in Gujarat, returned to the ruling outfit within the 2022 elections, serving to it win a lot of the seats dominated by the influential social group.

    The BJP has performed extraordinarily effectively within the Patidar-dominated constituencies of the state, successful virtually each seat that has vital Patel inhabitants.

    Polling for the 182-member Gujarat Assembly occurred on December 1 and 5, and votes have been counted on December 8.

    In the Saurashtra area, the Congress had gained Patidar-dominated seats of Morbi, Tankara, Dhoraji and Amreli, amongst others in 2017. However, all these Assembly segments this time went within the BJP’s kitty.

    In Patidar-dominated Surat, the place the AAP was banking on the group to bag a couple of seats, the social group by and huge backed the ruling occasion. The saffron outfit gained Patidar seats of Varachha Road, Katargam and Olpad with big margins.

    In North Gujarat, the Congress had gained Patidar-dominated Unjha seat 5 12 months in the past, however this time it was wrested by the BJP. The BJP, forward of the 2022 elections, reached out to the Patel group.

    The occasion changed its Chief Minister Vijay Rupani with incumbent Bhupendra Patel in September 2021.

    The ruling outfit introduced in Patidar quota agitation chief Hardik Patel to its fold from the Congress and fielded him from the Viramgam Assembly seat from the place he gained by a good-looking margin.

    ALSO READ| Gujarat: Clinching Viramgam seat in ballot debut is not any cakewalk for Patidar face Hardik Patel

    The largest transfer of the BJP on the state and central degree which placated the group was giving 10 per cent quota in jobs and schooling to the poor (economically weaker sections or EWS) amongst “upper castes”.

    The 2017 polls have been fought within the shadow of Hardik Patel-led quota agitation launched to safe OBC standing for the group. In the 2017 elections, regardless of setting an bold goal of successful 150 out of the 182 seats, the BJP bagged simply 99 seats.

    Thanks to the Patidar quota agitation and whirlwind marketing campaign by Hardik Patel in opposition to the BJP, the opposition Congress had then emerged victorious on 77 seats.

    As per group’s estimate, there are almost 40 seats in Gujarat the place Patidar voters play a decisive function. These seats are scattered throughout rural in addition to city landscapes of the state.

    Though Patels account for almost 18 per cent of Gujarat’s inhabitants, 44 Patidar MLAs have been elected in 2017, which confirmed their affect on electoral politics in Gujarat.

    Some of the seats having excessive focus of Patidar voters in Saurashtra area are Morbi, Tankara, Gondal, Dhoraji, Amreli, Savarkundla, Jetpur, Rajkot East, Rajkot West and Rajkot South.

    While Vijapur, Visnagar, Mehsana and Unjha seats in north Gujarat have appreciable variety of Patidar voters, no less than 5 seats of Ahmedabad metropolis – Ghatlodia, Sabarmati, Maninagar, Nikol and Naroda – are additionally thought-about Patel-dominated segments.

    In south Gujarat, a number of seats in Surat district are thought-about Patidar bastion, together with Varachha, Kamrej, Katargam and Surat North.

    For the 2022 polls, the BJP had given tickets to 41 Patidars, yet one more than the Congress’s tally. The AAP had additionally given tickets to a big variety of members from the group.

    To maintain the group joyful, the saffron outfit had additionally declared that Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will probably be retained on the put up after the elections.

    Ahead of the polls, the Jamnagar-based Sidsar Umiyadham Trust, which represents the Kadva Patidar sect, had demanded that the BJP area no less than 50 Patidar candidates.

    AHMEDABAD: The Patidar group, a bit of which had voted in opposition to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) within the 2017 Assembly polls held within the backdrop of the quota agitation in Gujarat, returned to the ruling outfit within the 2022 elections, serving to it win a lot of the seats dominated by the influential social group.

    The BJP has performed extraordinarily effectively within the Patidar-dominated constituencies of the state, successful virtually each seat that has vital Patel inhabitants.

    Polling for the 182-member Gujarat Assembly occurred on December 1 and 5, and votes have been counted on December 8.

    In the Saurashtra area, the Congress had gained Patidar-dominated seats of Morbi, Tankara, Dhoraji and Amreli, amongst others in 2017. However, all these Assembly segments this time went within the BJP’s kitty.

    In Patidar-dominated Surat, the place the AAP was banking on the group to bag a couple of seats, the social group by and huge backed the ruling occasion. The saffron outfit gained Patidar seats of Varachha Road, Katargam and Olpad with big margins.

    In North Gujarat, the Congress had gained Patidar-dominated Unjha seat 5 12 months in the past, however this time it was wrested by the BJP. The BJP, forward of the 2022 elections, reached out to the Patel group.

    The occasion changed its Chief Minister Vijay Rupani with incumbent Bhupendra Patel in September 2021.

    The ruling outfit introduced in Patidar quota agitation chief Hardik Patel to its fold from the Congress and fielded him from the Viramgam Assembly seat from the place he gained by a good-looking margin.

    ALSO READ| Gujarat: Clinching Viramgam seat in ballot debut is not any cakewalk for Patidar face Hardik Patel

    The largest transfer of the BJP on the state and central degree which placated the group was giving 10 per cent quota in jobs and schooling to the poor (economically weaker sections or EWS) amongst “upper castes”.

    The 2017 polls have been fought within the shadow of Hardik Patel-led quota agitation launched to safe OBC standing for the group. In the 2017 elections, regardless of setting an bold goal of successful 150 out of the 182 seats, the BJP bagged simply 99 seats.

    Thanks to the Patidar quota agitation and whirlwind marketing campaign by Hardik Patel in opposition to the BJP, the opposition Congress had then emerged victorious on 77 seats.

    As per group’s estimate, there are almost 40 seats in Gujarat the place Patidar voters play a decisive function. These seats are scattered throughout rural in addition to city landscapes of the state.

    Though Patels account for almost 18 per cent of Gujarat’s inhabitants, 44 Patidar MLAs have been elected in 2017, which confirmed their affect on electoral politics in Gujarat.

    Some of the seats having excessive focus of Patidar voters in Saurashtra area are Morbi, Tankara, Gondal, Dhoraji, Amreli, Savarkundla, Jetpur, Rajkot East, Rajkot West and Rajkot South.

    While Vijapur, Visnagar, Mehsana and Unjha seats in north Gujarat have appreciable variety of Patidar voters, no less than 5 seats of Ahmedabad metropolis – Ghatlodia, Sabarmati, Maninagar, Nikol and Naroda – are additionally thought-about Patel-dominated segments.

    In south Gujarat, a number of seats in Surat district are thought-about Patidar bastion, together with Varachha, Kamrej, Katargam and Surat North.

    For the 2022 polls, the BJP had given tickets to 41 Patidars, yet one more than the Congress’s tally. The AAP had additionally given tickets to a big variety of members from the group.

    To maintain the group joyful, the saffron outfit had additionally declared that Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will probably be retained on the put up after the elections.

    Ahead of the polls, the Jamnagar-based Sidsar Umiyadham Trust, which represents the Kadva Patidar sect, had demanded that the BJP area no less than 50 Patidar candidates.

  • AAP, AIMIM break up minority votes of Congress in Gujarat, BJP positive factors 

    By PTI

    AHMEDABAD: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM appear to have dented the Congress’s sway over votes of minorities in Gujarat within the simply concluded Assembly polls, bringing down the primary Opposition celebration’s vote margin significantly in numerous seats throughout the state.

    Assembly polls have been held on December 1 and 5, and votes have been counted on December 8.

    The minorities, primarily Muslims, have been loyal voters of the Congress for the final a number of a long time, particularly after the 2002 post-Godhra riots.

    According to Congress sources, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on most events publish the 2002 riots, has made electoral calculations retaining in thoughts the consolidation of Hindu votes no matter castes.

    This prompted the primary Opposition celebration to safe its minority votes, one of many final elements of the Congress’s previous technique of KHAM (Kshatriya, Harijan, Adivasi and Muslim) social engineering, which as soon as was once its successful formulation within the state, they mentioned.

    However, the entry of the AAP and the Hyderabad-headquartered All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has not solely disturbed Congress’s minority vote financial institution however has additionally helped the ruling BJP, which didn’t area a single Muslim candidate within the elections, at the price of the Congress.

    In the 2022 Assembly polls, conventional political events fielded only a few Muslim candidates in Gujarat, which has a 182-member Assembly.

    The Congress had fielded six Muslim candidates, whereas the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP gave tickets to a few members of the minority neighborhood.

    The AIMIM contested 13 Assembly seats and fielded Muslim nominees on 12 of them. The AIMIM might need didn’t win a single seat and the AAP might need gained simply 5, however they derailed the Congress’s prospects and vote share in quite a few seats by splitting their conventional votes.

    In the minority-dominated Dariapur seat, thought of a Congress bastion, sitting Congress MLA Gyasuddin Shaikh misplaced to BJP’s Kaushik Jain by a margin of 5,243 votes. Shaikh polled 55,847 votes, whereas his nearest BJP rival bagged 61,090 ballots. The successful distinction was made by AAP and AIMIM candidates, who polled 4,164 and 1,771 votes, respectively.

    In Jamalpur-Khadia, the Congress’s Imran Khedawala obtained a 3rd consecutive time period, however with a diminished mandate of 58,487 votes, down from 75,000 in 2017. AIMIM’s state president Sabir Kabliwala bagged 15,677 votes and the AAP 5,887 within the constituency in Ahmedabad district.

    In the Bapunagar seat, sitting Congress MLA Himmatsinh Patel misplaced to BJP’s Dineshsinh Kushwaha by a margin of 12,070 votes. AAP and Samajwadi Party’s (SP) Muslim candidates made the distinction in margin between the Congress and the BJP. The AAP and the SP polled 6,384 and three,671 votes, respectively.

    In the Mangrol seat, two-time sitting Congress MLA Babubhai Vaja misplaced to BJP’s Kargatiya Lakhabhai by 22,501 votes.

    The AAP and the AIMIM polled 34,314 and 10,789 votes, respectively, thus contributing within the defeat of the grand previous celebration within the Assembly phase in Junagadh district.

    The Congress gained the Muslim and Dalit-dominated Danilimda Assembly phase in Ahmedabad, regardless of the AAP and the AIMIM chopping into its votes and the BJP placing up a robust battle.

    Sitting Congress MLA Shailesh Parmar gained by defeating his nearest rival, BJP’s Nareshbhai Vyas, by a margin of 13,525 votes.

    Parmar polled 68,906 votes as in comparison with 55,381 ballots forged in favour of Vyas.

    AAP candidate Soma Kapadia polled 22,934 votes, whereas AIMIM’s Kaushika Parmar garnered 2,464.

    Although Parmar gained, his victory margin was a lot decrease than in 2012 and 2017.

    In the Godhra seat, Bharatiya Janata Party’s C Ok Raulji defeated his Congress rival Rashmitaben Chauhan by 35,198 votes. Raulji bagged 96,223 votes, whereas Chauhan obtained 61,025. In 2017, the BJP’s victory margin was simply 358 votes.

    Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajeshbhai Patel secured 11,827 votes, whereas the AIMIM’s Hasan Kachaba garnered 9,508 ballots, consuming into Congress conventional votes within the communally-sensitive Assembly seat of Godhra, the place the burning of an categorical practice had triggered state-wide communal riots 20 years again.

    BJP MLA Sangita Patil registered a 3rd straight win in Surat’s Marathi and Muslim-dominated Limbayat constituency. She defeated her nearest rival, Aam Aadmi Party’s Pankaj Tayede, by a margin of 58,009 votes. The AAP elbowed out the Congress, the normal fundamental Opposition on this seat, to a distant third place. Patil polled 95,696 votes as in comparison with 37,687 votes in favour of Tayede. Congress candidate Gopalbhai Patil completed third with 29,436, whereas the AIMIM was a distant fourth with 5,216 votes.

    The Vejalpur seat in Ahmedabad district, which incorporates the big Muslim ghetto of Juhapura, has a 35 per cent vote share of the minority neighborhood. 

    According to political analysts, the voting sample in Muslim-dominated seats reveals minorities have shifted loyalties because the Congress has didn’t emerge as a substitute for the BJP.

    “The Congress’s silent campaign was a complete flop show as it failed to put up an alternative, and just like any common voters, a large section of minorities appeared to have switched to the AAP. The Congress lacked the momentum in the entire election,” political analyst Hemant Shah mentioned.

    Echoing him, political analyst Dilip Gohil maintained the ballot outcomes mirror voters craving for an alternate have discovered the AAP as a substitute of the Congress.

    “Be it minorities or the commoner, they were looking for an alternative, and they have found it in the AAP. The problem for the Congress is they might have secured the distant second position, but they have lost the perception battle to the AAP. And this would prove politically fatal for the Congress as they would find it hard to revive themselves,” he mentioned.

    AHMEDABAD: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM appear to have dented the Congress’s sway over votes of minorities in Gujarat within the simply concluded Assembly polls, bringing down the primary Opposition celebration’s vote margin significantly in numerous seats throughout the state.

    Assembly polls have been held on December 1 and 5, and votes have been counted on December 8.

    The minorities, primarily Muslims, have been loyal voters of the Congress for the final a number of a long time, particularly after the 2002 post-Godhra riots.

    According to Congress sources, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on most events publish the 2002 riots, has made electoral calculations retaining in thoughts the consolidation of Hindu votes no matter castes.

    This prompted the primary Opposition celebration to safe its minority votes, one of many final elements of the Congress’s previous technique of KHAM (Kshatriya, Harijan, Adivasi and Muslim) social engineering, which as soon as was once its successful formulation within the state, they mentioned.

    However, the entry of the AAP and the Hyderabad-headquartered All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has not solely disturbed Congress’s minority vote financial institution however has additionally helped the ruling BJP, which didn’t area a single Muslim candidate within the elections, at the price of the Congress.

    In the 2022 Assembly polls, conventional political events fielded only a few Muslim candidates in Gujarat, which has a 182-member Assembly.

    The Congress had fielded six Muslim candidates, whereas the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP gave tickets to a few members of the minority neighborhood.

    The AIMIM contested 13 Assembly seats and fielded Muslim nominees on 12 of them. The AIMIM might need didn’t win a single seat and the AAP might need gained simply 5, however they derailed the Congress’s prospects and vote share in quite a few seats by splitting their conventional votes.

    In the minority-dominated Dariapur seat, thought of a Congress bastion, sitting Congress MLA Gyasuddin Shaikh misplaced to BJP’s Kaushik Jain by a margin of 5,243 votes. Shaikh polled 55,847 votes, whereas his nearest BJP rival bagged 61,090 ballots. The successful distinction was made by AAP and AIMIM candidates, who polled 4,164 and 1,771 votes, respectively.

    In Jamalpur-Khadia, the Congress’s Imran Khedawala obtained a 3rd consecutive time period, however with a diminished mandate of 58,487 votes, down from 75,000 in 2017. AIMIM’s state president Sabir Kabliwala bagged 15,677 votes and the AAP 5,887 within the constituency in Ahmedabad district.

    In the Bapunagar seat, sitting Congress MLA Himmatsinh Patel misplaced to BJP’s Dineshsinh Kushwaha by a margin of 12,070 votes. AAP and Samajwadi Party’s (SP) Muslim candidates made the distinction in margin between the Congress and the BJP. The AAP and the SP polled 6,384 and three,671 votes, respectively.

    In the Mangrol seat, two-time sitting Congress MLA Babubhai Vaja misplaced to BJP’s Kargatiya Lakhabhai by 22,501 votes.

    The AAP and the AIMIM polled 34,314 and 10,789 votes, respectively, thus contributing within the defeat of the grand previous celebration within the Assembly phase in Junagadh district.

    The Congress gained the Muslim and Dalit-dominated Danilimda Assembly phase in Ahmedabad, regardless of the AAP and the AIMIM chopping into its votes and the BJP placing up a robust battle.

    Sitting Congress MLA Shailesh Parmar gained by defeating his nearest rival, BJP’s Nareshbhai Vyas, by a margin of 13,525 votes.

    Parmar polled 68,906 votes as in comparison with 55,381 ballots forged in favour of Vyas.

    AAP candidate Soma Kapadia polled 22,934 votes, whereas AIMIM’s Kaushika Parmar garnered 2,464.

    Although Parmar gained, his victory margin was a lot decrease than in 2012 and 2017.

    In the Godhra seat, Bharatiya Janata Party’s C Ok Raulji defeated his Congress rival Rashmitaben Chauhan by 35,198 votes. Raulji bagged 96,223 votes, whereas Chauhan obtained 61,025. In 2017, the BJP’s victory margin was simply 358 votes.

    Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajeshbhai Patel secured 11,827 votes, whereas the AIMIM’s Hasan Kachaba garnered 9,508 ballots, consuming into Congress conventional votes within the communally-sensitive Assembly seat of Godhra, the place the burning of an categorical practice had triggered state-wide communal riots 20 years again.

    BJP MLA Sangita Patil registered a 3rd straight win in Surat’s Marathi and Muslim-dominated Limbayat constituency. She defeated her nearest rival, Aam Aadmi Party’s Pankaj Tayede, by a margin of 58,009 votes. The AAP elbowed out the Congress, the normal fundamental Opposition on this seat, to a distant third place. Patil polled 95,696 votes as in comparison with 37,687 votes in favour of Tayede. Congress candidate Gopalbhai Patil completed third with 29,436, whereas the AIMIM was a distant fourth with 5,216 votes.

    The Vejalpur seat in Ahmedabad district, which incorporates the big Muslim ghetto of Juhapura, has a 35 per cent vote share of the minority neighborhood. 

    According to political analysts, the voting sample in Muslim-dominated seats reveals minorities have shifted loyalties because the Congress has didn’t emerge as a substitute for the BJP.

    “The Congress’s silent campaign was a complete flop show as it failed to put up an alternative, and just like any common voters, a large section of minorities appeared to have switched to the AAP. The Congress lacked the momentum in the entire election,” political analyst Hemant Shah mentioned.

    Echoing him, political analyst Dilip Gohil maintained the ballot outcomes mirror voters craving for an alternate have discovered the AAP as a substitute of the Congress.

    “Be it minorities or the commoner, they were looking for an alternative, and they have found it in the AAP. The problem for the Congress is they might have secured the distant second position, but they have lost the perception battle to the AAP. And this would prove politically fatal for the Congress as they would find it hard to revive themselves,” he mentioned.

  • Gujarat Assembly polls: Cash, jewelry value Rs 10.5 crore seized by EC

    By PTI

    AHMEDABAD: Police and surveillance groups deployed by the Election Commission have to this point seized money and jewelry value Rs 10.49 crore, whereas greater than 91,000 individuals have been positioned beneath preventive detention within the run-up to the Assembly polls in Gujarat, an official has mentioned.

    The mannequin code of conduct has been in drive since November 3 within the state the place elections might be held in two phases – on December 1 and 5.

    “From November 3 till November 25, local police along with flying and static surveillance teams of the EC have seized Rs 4.01 crore in cash and Rs 6.48 crore worth of jewellery. Various narcotic substances worth Rs 61 crore have also been seized,” an official launch mentioned on Friday.

    The police have, to this point, lodged greater than 29,800 instances beneath Prohibition legal guidelines and arrested 24,170 individuals with liquor value Rs 1351 crore.

    Liquor sale and consumption are fully banned in Gujarat.

    In all, 91,154 individuals have been put beneath preventive detention to this point beneath numerous provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Gujarat Prohibition Act and Gujarat Police Act, the discharge added.

    AHMEDABAD: Police and surveillance groups deployed by the Election Commission have to this point seized money and jewelry value Rs 10.49 crore, whereas greater than 91,000 individuals have been positioned beneath preventive detention within the run-up to the Assembly polls in Gujarat, an official has mentioned.

    The mannequin code of conduct has been in drive since November 3 within the state the place elections might be held in two phases – on December 1 and 5.

    “From November 3 till November 25, local police along with flying and static surveillance teams of the EC have seized Rs 4.01 crore in cash and Rs 6.48 crore worth of jewellery. Various narcotic substances worth Rs 61 crore have also been seized,” an official launch mentioned on Friday.

    The police have, to this point, lodged greater than 29,800 instances beneath Prohibition legal guidelines and arrested 24,170 individuals with liquor value Rs 1351 crore.

    Liquor sale and consumption are fully banned in Gujarat.

    In all, 91,154 individuals have been put beneath preventive detention to this point beneath numerous provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Gujarat Prohibition Act and Gujarat Police Act, the discharge added.

  • Himachal Pradesh meeting polls: Voting throughout 68 constituencies begins 

    By PTI

    SHIMLA: Voting for the essential Himachal Pradesh elections started on Saturday at 8 am on a sluggish notice after officers carried out a mock ballot in any respect cubicles to test EVMs.

    More than 55 lakh voters within the hill state will determine the destiny of 412 candidates in 68 meeting constituencies. Twenty 4 ladies candidates are within the fray this time.

    Of the entire voters, 28,54,945 are male and 27,37,845 are feminine voters within the state.

    Himachal Pradesh’s Chief Electoral Officer Maneesh Garg stated all preparations are in place for the polling.

    Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur, his spouse Sadhana Thakur & daughters Chandrika Thakur & Priyanka Thakur, supply prayers in Mandi, forward of casting their votes for the state’s #MeetingElections2022 pic.twitter.com/OGWVvDXW7j

    — ANI (@ANI) November 12, 2022

    “All 7,884 polling parties have reached the polling stations and set up the polling booths. They are accompanied by security forces. Nearly 50,000 polling staff and around 25,000 security staff have been deployed,” he advised PTI.

    The voting is scheduled from 8 am to five pm and the Election Commission has 7,884 polling stations, together with three auxiliary voting stations in far-flung areas. Of these, 789 are susceptible cubicles and 397 important ones.

    The EC has arrange its highest sales space in Tashigang, Kaza in Spiti space of Lahaul Spiti district at a peak of 15,256 ft that may cater to 52 voters.

    The 2017 meeting election noticed a document 75.57 per cent polling.

    SHIMLA: Voting for the essential Himachal Pradesh elections started on Saturday at 8 am on a sluggish notice after officers carried out a mock ballot in any respect cubicles to test EVMs.

    More than 55 lakh voters within the hill state will determine the destiny of 412 candidates in 68 meeting constituencies. Twenty 4 ladies candidates are within the fray this time.

    Of the entire voters, 28,54,945 are male and 27,37,845 are feminine voters within the state.

    Himachal Pradesh’s Chief Electoral Officer Maneesh Garg stated all preparations are in place for the polling.

    Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur, his spouse Sadhana Thakur & daughters Chandrika Thakur & Priyanka Thakur, supply prayers in Mandi, forward of casting their votes for the state’s #MeetingElections2022 pic.twitter.com/OGWVvDXW7j
    — ANI (@ANI) November 12, 2022
    “All 7,884 polling parties have reached the polling stations and set up the polling booths. They are accompanied by security forces. Nearly 50,000 polling staff and around 25,000 security staff have been deployed,” he advised PTI.

    The voting is scheduled from 8 am to five pm and the Election Commission has 7,884 polling stations, together with three auxiliary voting stations in far-flung areas. Of these, 789 are susceptible cubicles and 397 important ones.

    The EC has arrange its highest sales space in Tashigang, Kaza in Spiti space of Lahaul Spiti district at a peak of 15,256 ft that may cater to 52 voters.

    The 2017 meeting election noticed a document 75.57 per cent polling.

  • Srinagar Diary

    Express News Service

    National Conference  getting ready for polls
    With an eye fixed on first-ever Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, National Conference has introduced constituency incharge for the Assembly seats in Kashmir. The constituency incharges seem like celebration candidates for the Assembly polls, which is more likely to be held in April-May subsequent yr. The most important inclusion within the checklist is that of Salman Sagar, who’s son of celebration normal Secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar. Both father and son have been made constituency incharge for 2 seats in Srinagar – Salman Sagar (Hazratbal seat) and Ali Mohammad Sagar (Khanyar seat).

    Israeli diplomat visits Jammu farms 
    Agriculture Attache MASHAV at Israel’s embassy in India, Yair Eshel visited Jammu and Kashmir not too long ago and visited three farms in Jammu area. He met J&Okay’s Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo and briefed him in regards to the Indo-Israel Agriculture Project (IIAP) of creating proposed Centers of Excellence (CoE) in J&Okay. Each CoE will likely be comprising nursery administration, finest practices cultivation methods, irrigation, and fertigation. On his go to to a few farms in Jammu, Eshel stated the area has potential to supply greens and fruits by utilizing fashionable expertise. 

    Young researchers collect at KU
    Researchers from varied educational establishments of the state and elsewhere within the nation have gathered at University of Kashmir for hands-on coaching and sensitisation on state-of-the-art scientific tools. The week-long coaching programme is being organised by Department of Chemistry in collaboration with Sophisticated Analytical Instrumentation Facility, Punjab University, below the aegis of a DST-sponsored ‘Synergistic Training Programme Utilizing the Scientific and Technological Infrastructure’. The theme of the programme is, “Insights and Hands-On Training Programme on Analytical Techniques in Chemical, Physical and Biological Sciences”.

    Fayaz wani
    Our correspondent in Jammu and Kashmir
    [email protected]

    National Conference  getting ready for polls
    With an eye fixed on first-ever Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, National Conference has introduced constituency incharge for the Assembly seats in Kashmir. The constituency incharges seem like celebration candidates for the Assembly polls, which is more likely to be held in April-May subsequent yr. The most important inclusion within the checklist is that of Salman Sagar, who’s son of celebration normal Secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar. Both father and son have been made constituency incharge for 2 seats in Srinagar – Salman Sagar (Hazratbal seat) and Ali Mohammad Sagar (Khanyar seat).

    Israeli diplomat visits Jammu farms 
    Agriculture Attache MASHAV at Israel’s embassy in India, Yair Eshel visited Jammu and Kashmir not too long ago and visited three farms in Jammu area. He met J&Okay’s Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo and briefed him in regards to the Indo-Israel Agriculture Project (IIAP) of creating proposed Centers of Excellence (CoE) in J&Okay. Each CoE will likely be comprising nursery administration, finest practices cultivation methods, irrigation, and fertigation. On his go to to a few farms in Jammu, Eshel stated the area has potential to supply greens and fruits by utilizing fashionable expertise. 

    Young researchers collect at KU
    Researchers from varied educational establishments of the state and elsewhere within the nation have gathered at University of Kashmir for hands-on coaching and sensitisation on state-of-the-art scientific tools. The week-long coaching programme is being organised by Department of Chemistry in collaboration with Sophisticated Analytical Instrumentation Facility, Punjab University, below the aegis of a DST-sponsored ‘Synergistic Training Programme Utilizing the Scientific and Technological Infrastructure’. The theme of the programme is, “Insights and Hands-On Training Programme on Analytical Techniques in Chemical, Physical and Biological Sciences”.

    Fayaz wani
    Our correspondent in Jammu and Kashmir
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