Assembly Elections 2022: NCP-Shiv Sena Seat-sharing Talks for Goa Polls on Tuesday

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday said he would talk to his brother Manohar Singh over the denial of the Congress ticket to him. Channi made the remark after his brother said he will contest as an independent from the Bassi Pathana assembly seat against the sitting Congress MLA. Read More

With the BJP deciding to field UP CM Yogi Adityanath from his home turf Gorakhpur (Urban) assembly seat in the February polls, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday sought to woo the sitting BJP MLA Radha Mohan Aggarwal, offering him his party ticket for the seat. Asked about BJP’s Gorakhpur (Urban) MLA Aggarwal, the Samajwadi Party chief told reporters here, “If you (reporters) can establish contact with him and speak to him, the ticket will be announced and he will get the ticket. Yadav was speaking to reporters at his party headquarters on the occasion of ‘Ann Sankalp Divas’. Agarwal has been the MLA from Gorakhpur Urban seat since 2002. Read More

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday said Cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat was expelled from the BJP as he was “mounting pressure” for party tickets to his family members ahead of the Assembly polls. The assembly polls in the state are slated for February 14. The BJP expelled Harak Singh Rawat from the primary membership of the party for six years on Sunday amid speculations that he was joining the Congress. Rawat was in the news recently when he threatened to resign from the state Cabinet insisting on his demand for a medical college in Haridwar. Dhami told reporters after returning from Delhi that the party stood with Rawat on every development-based issue, including a medical college in Kotdwar. Read More

Addressing a presser, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said, “I would like to thank the EC. I wrote a letter and requested them to extend the polling date.”

NCP leaders Praful Patel and Jitendra Avhad to reach Goa on Tuesday to take a decision on alliance with Congress for the upcoming polls in the state. Local level decisions will be taken in every state. The Congress isn’t in favour of any alliance in Goa. “We will speak with Sena as Shiv Sena has expressed desire to fight together. “We will take a call on it tomorrow,” said NCP leader Nawab Malik.

“Congress is the only alternative to form a stable government in Goa. TMC’s approach in Goa is very poor and their objective is wrong. People of Goa are going to reject TMC in the election. We are not forming any alliance with them,” ANI quoted Dinesh Gundu Rao, AICC Goa in-charge as saying.

SAD Chief Sukhbir Singh Badal has also welcomed the Election Commission’s decision to postpone Punjab polls to February 20. Earlier, the polling date in Punjab was scheduled for February 14. “We welcome EC decision to postpone Punjab election dates to February 20,” he said.

Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu today welcomed Election Commission’s decision to postpone the Punjab polls. He said, “We welcome ECI’s decision to postpone the Punjab Assembly election. He (Ferozepur Rural candidate Ashu Banger, who quits Aam Aadmi Party) will be joining the Congress party.”

We have announced to contest 100 seats for the upcoming UP Assembly elections; more candidates for other phases will be announced. We’ve made arrangements to conduct virtual rallies, as per the Election Commission’s guidelines: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi in Hyderabad.

Weeks after he walked out of the Congress fold, joined the Trinamool Congress and quit it a day before without assigning any reason, former Goa Congress working president Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco on Monday hinted at rejoining his parent party. He has apologised to his supporters and well-wishers for committing the “mistake” of joining the Mamata Banerjee-led party ahead of next month’s assembly polls. Addressing a press conference in Panaji on Monday, Lourenco said he had to face severe backlash after deciding to join the TMC, which he said had promised a “new dawn”.

The Election Commission on Monday decided to hold the single-phase assembly polls in Punjab on February 20 instead of February 14 in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti. Several political parties had approached the EC to postpone the polls in the state in view of Ravidas Jayanti on February 16. Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, BJP and its allies, and the BSP had urged the poll panel to postpone the date of voting as lakhs of followers of Guru Ravidas travel to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to celebrate the day. In a statement, the Commission said polls would now be held on February 20. It coincides with the third phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh.

After the EC postponed the elections in Punjab, here is the revised schedule:

1. Date of Notification: 25th January 2022 (Tuesday) 2. Last date of Nomination: 1st February 2022 (Tuesday) 3. Date of Scrutiny: 2nd February 2022 (Wednesday) 4. Date of Withdrawal: 4th February 2022 (Friday) 5. Date of Poll: 20th February 2022 (Sunday).

Counting of Votes will be taken up on 10th March 2022 (Thursday)

Former Punjab Cabinet Minister and Congress leader, Sarwan Singh Phillaur joined Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) today in Mohali. His son Damanvir Phillaur joined the party along with him.

The Election Commission of India has postponed the election date in Punjab to February 20, after requests by the parties in state.

Union Minister and Muzaffarnagar MP Sanjeev Balyan met Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Naresh Tikiat at his residence.

A case has been registered against BSP candidate Salman Saeed in Charthawal and BJP MLA Umesh Malik, for violating the Model Code of Conduct and Covid-19 guidelines, police said.

Yogi Adityanath, who has been declared BJP candidate from Gorakhpur will be the second leader to contest from the district as a Chief Minister after Tribhuvan Narayan Singh, who lost in 1971. Singh had contested from Maniram assembly seat of the Gorakhpur district while being a Chief Minister. There was a mixed reaction from political parties after Yogi Adityanath was made the BJP candidate from Gorakhpur Sadar seat on Saturday. Main opposition Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday took a jibe at the BJP’s decision to field Yogi Adityanath from the Gorakhpur constituency, saying the saffron party has already sent him home.

Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that his party’s chief ministerial candidate for Punjab assembly polls will be announced on Tuesday. He had on January 13 asked the people of Punjab to suggest names of their preferred chief ministerial candidates and launched a mobile number for the purpose. Kejriwal then said that though he had wanted party MP Bhagwant Mann’s name to be declared as the chief ministerial candidate, the latter insisted that the people of Punjab should make this decision. “The name of the party’s chief ministerial candidate for Punjab assembly elections will be announced tomorrow at 12 noon,” Kejriwal told reporters on the sidelines of an event here.

Weeks after he walked out of the Congress fold, joined the Trinamool Congress and quit it a day before without assigning any reason, former Goa Congress working president Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco on Monday hinted at rejoining his parent party. He has apologised to his supporters and well-wishers for committing the “mistake” of joining the Mamata Banerjee-led party ahead of the next month’s Assembly polls. Addressing a press conference in Panaji on Monday, Lourenco said he had to face severe backlash after deciding to join the TMC, which he said had promised a “new dawn”.

AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said he will make an announcement on Punjab CM candidate on Tuesday at 12pm. The announcement will be made during a press conference in Mohali in Punjab.