New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari on Wednesday exuded confidence of NDA's win in Maharashtra and Jharkhand. He said that conducting single phase elections of Maharashtra indicate strong internal system of government administration.
"...The multi-phase elections used to be conducted in Maharashtra and Jharkhand until some time ago. Now, the single-phase elections in Maharashtra show the strengthening of the internal security system in Maharashtra...Be it Congress or Shiv Sena (UBT), they have accepted that they will not get the support of the people in Maharashtra. In the upcoming month of November, the NDA government of PM Modi's vision will be formed in both Maharashtra and Jharkhand," he said.
Election Commission on Tuesday announced bypolls to 48 assembly constituencies including nine seats in Uttar Pradesh and the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala.
The announcement was made by the Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar at a press conference in which he also announced dates of assembly polls in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
There are 10 vacant assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh but bypolls were announced for nine seats. Kumar said election was not announced for Milkipur seat in Ayodhya as election petition is pending. While polling will be held on 47 assembly seats and Wayanad Lok Sabha seat on Nov 13, it will be held on one assembly constituency in Uttarakhand and Nanded constituency in Maharashtra on November 20. Assembly polls in Jharkhand will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20. Maharashtra will go to the polls on November 20. The results will be declared on November 23.
The bypolls are spread over 15 states - Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. The largest number of bypolls will be held in Uttar Pradesh. (ANI)
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