Datia, July 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday approached the Election Commission (EC) against Madhya Pradesh Congress president Jitu Patwari over his remarks during campaigning for the Datia Assembly bypoll, seeking action against him and a ban on his campaign in the constituency. The complaint relates to Patwari’s allegations that the BJP had brought Rs 50 crore to Datia to influence voters, planned to distribute Rs 5,000 per vote and was preparing to capture polling booths…
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Datia, July 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday stepped up its campaign for the Datia Assembly bye-election by rolling out a booth-level outreach plan and flagging off 15 campaign vehicles, as the party sought to strengthen its organisational presence ahead of polling on July 30.The campaign vehicles were flagged off by BJP’s Madhya Pradesh incharge Mahendra Singh from the party’s election office in Datia.Addressing party workers, Singh said, “The enthusiasm among people acro…
Bhopal, July 11 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday announced former MLA Ghanshyam Singh as its candidate for the Datia Assembly by-election in Madhya Pradesh, setting up a direct contest with the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Ashutosh Tiwari in a politically significant bypoll. The by-election has attracted attention after the BJP denied a ticket to senior leader and former state Home Minister Narottam Mishra, replacing him with Tiwari. The decision triggered protests by Mishra’s supporters, expos…
Bhopal, July 10 (IANS) Ashutosh Tiwari, the newly nominated BJP candidate for the Datia Assembly by-election in Madhya Pradesh, on Friday said that the party had once again demonstrated its faith in dedicated workers and that he would strive to justify the confidence reposed in him. Speaking to IANS soon after the announcement of his candidature, Tiwari said, “I am grateful to the party’s central and state leadership for giving me this responsibility. The BJP has always respected its dedicated w…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to suspend the conviction of former Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti in the 1998 Rural Development Bank fraud case, denying him relief that could have restored his membership of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. A single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Jain declined to suspend the conviction awarded to Bharti by a Special MP/MLA court, which had also sentenced him to three years’ imprisonment in the decades-old cooperative bank fra…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a plea filed by former Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti seeking a stay on his conviction in the 1998 Rural Development Bank fraud case, and said it would pronounce its decision on Friday. A single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Jain reserved the order after hearing arguments on Bharti’s application seeking suspension of his conviction awarded by a Special MP-MLA court in New Delhi.Bharti has sought a stay on his convicti…
Datia, July 4 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday formally launched its campaign for the high-stakes Datia Assembly bypoll, with state president Jitu Patwari and former Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh projecting organisational unity, attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and keeping the suspense over the party’s candidate alive. Patwari, who reached Datia from Bhopal accompanied by Digvijaya Singh, addressed a well-attended workers’ convention on Saturday.Patwari said the Congress was fully unit…
Bhopal, July 3 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday announced the schedule for the Datia Assembly by-election, setting in motion the process to fill the vacant seat.According to the notification, the bypoll will formally be notified on July 6, with candidates permitted to file their nominations until July 13. Scrutiny of nomination papers will be conducted on July 14, while July 16 has been fixed as the last date for withdrawal of nominations.Polling will take place on July …
Bhopal, May 26 (IANS) Former Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti suffered a setback on Tuesday after the Delhi High Court deferred the hearing in his bank fraud conviction case till July 14, further reducing his chances of getting relief before the Datia Assembly by-election. Bharti had approached the High Court against the three-year jail sentence awarded to him by a Delhi MP-MLA court in a bank fraud case.The matter was listed before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on Tuesday, but the hearing could not …