Tag: elections
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NDA seat-sharing talks for Bihar elections imminent
During the exercise, the BJP is expected to smooth things over between the two other alliance partners whose relationship has turned frosty this year. BJP President JP Nadda arrived in Patna for a crucial meeting with alliance partner and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of the Janata Dal (United). With this, the seat-sharing talks among the ... -
Bihar polls to be held as per schedule
Speaking to a news channel on Monday, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora confirmed that assembly elections in Bihar will go on as per the schedule and the poll body was making all preparations against COVID-19. Earlier, the EC had asked the various political parties in the state to weigh in before August 11 on whether ... -
BJP flexes digital muscles for Bihar campaign
The party, which has always been a trendsetter when it comes to the use of technology in political campaigns, has big plans for the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar. With COVID-19 and social distancing norms, political rallies don’t seem to on the agenda any time soon. But elections must go on and parties are preparing ... -
Voting for 19 Rajya Sabha seats concludes
Polling took place in eight states simultaneously with key states like Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan voting for their Rajya Sabha members. Voting concluded for 19 Rajya Sabha seats in eight state assemblies today with the Election Commission making special arrangements in light of the coronavirus pandemic. A concentrated effort was made to ensure sanitation ... -
Many hurdles before elections in J&K but that doesn’t stop the BJP
The party recently started making noises about its preparation for polls in the union territory even as other political parties have remained conspicuously quiet. This week, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) declared that it is ready for assembly election in the newly-formed union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and started appointing in-charges for various departments ...