Datia (Madhya Pradesh), July 6 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced the schedule for the bye-election to the Datia Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh, with July 13 fixed as the last date for filing nominations and polling scheduled for July 30. The bypoll has become necessary following the disqualification of sitting Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti, whose Assembly seat fell vacant earlier this year.According to the notification issued by the Commission, scrutiny of…
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Datia, July 2 (IANS) With the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday announcing the by-election to the Datia Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh for July 30, the Opposition Congress termed the disqualification of its MLA Rajendra Bharti a “conspiracy” involving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission, setting the tone for a high-stakes political contest. Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar said the people of Datia had elected Bharti with a decisive mandate in the …
Datia, July 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday issued the notification for the bye-election to Madhya Pradesh’s Datia Assembly constituency, setting the stage for a keenly-watched political contest between the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress.According to the poll schedule, nominations will be accepted from July 6 to July 13. Scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on July 14, while candidates can withdraw their nominations until July 16.Voting will take place o…
Bhopal, April 7 (IANS) In a significant political development on Tuesday, Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Hemant Khandelwal met senior party leader and former State Home Minister Narottam Mishra. State BJP President Khandelwal reached Mishra’s official residence located in Char Imli area in Bhopal. Subsequently, both leaders held a closed-door meeting, which lasted nearly half-an-hour.The BJP said it was a courtesy meeting between both senior party leaders; however, this cr…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Madhya Pradesh government and the Election Commission of India (ECI) on multiple petitions filed by Congress leader Rajendra Bharti, who has been convicted and sentenced in a Rural Development Bank fraud case.The High Court denied him any interim relief at this stage.The court sought the Madhya Pradesh government’s response to Bharti’s plea challenging his conviction and three-year sentence awarded by a Special M…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) A day after convicting Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti for criminal conspiracy, the Special MP-MLA Court at Delhi’s Rouse Avenue sentenced him to three years’ imprisonment on Thursday.Congress MLA from Datia Assembly constituency in Gwalior division of Madhya Pradesh was convicted by Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday and was sent to judicial custody. On Thursday, after pronouncing the quantum of punishment, the Court granted him bail upon furnishing a personal …