Jaipur, April 13 (IANS) Congress leader Sachin Pilot said on Monday that the demand for early local elections is gaining momentum across Rajasthan as governance by officials alone is failing to adequately address the everyday concerns of people in both urban and rural areas.Highlighting what he described as a widening gap between administration and public needs, Pilot said there is a “widespread demand” for restoring elected representation at the earliest.Pilot was speaking to the media in T…
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Gandhinagar, April 1 (IANS) The Gujarat State Election Commission, on Wednesday, announced the schedule for local body elections across the state, with polling to be held on April 26 and counting of votes on April 28, initiating one of the largest grassroots electoral exercises. State Election Commissioner S. Murali Krishna said the nomination process will begin on April 6 and continue until April 11.Scrutiny of nomination papers will be conducted on April 13, while the last date for withdrawal …
Ahmedabad, March 24 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday released its first list of more than 460 candidates for the upcoming local body elections in Gujarat, with the party’s state president Isudan Gadhvi describing the move as the beginning of a shift towards broader participation in electoral politics.In a video statement, Gadhvi said the list includes candidates for taluka and district panchayats, municipalities and municipal corporations across the state.He said the selection had bee…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a visit to the national capital.The meeting between the two leaders was shared by the Prime Minister’s Office on social media.While details of the discussions were not officially disclosed, the meeting comes at a time when political activity in Gujarat has intensified ahead of the upcoming local body elections in the state.Chief Minister Patel had travelled to New Delhi to hold di…
Vadodara, March 6 (IANS) The Vadodara District Planning Board, chaired by Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi, approved development works worth Rs 16 crore under the 15 per cent discretionary provision, along with Rs 2.5 crore for municipal projects, at a meeting held at the Collector’s Office on Friday.Addressing the meeting, Sanghavi emphasised the importance of completing all Planning Board work with quality and within the scheduled timeframe.“It is essential that development pro…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) convened a ‘National Round Table Conference’ with the State Election Commissioners on Tuesday at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, marking the first such meeting in 27 years. The conference is being chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi are also present at the event. Additionally, the State Election Commissioners (SECs) from all states and Union Territories are …
Kochi, Feb 20 (IANS) In a significant setback to the state government, the Kerala High Court on Friday stayed the move to regularise employees who have been working for over a decade on daily wage and contract basis in government-controlled Public Sector Undertakings, autonomous bodies and the Kerala Kalamandalam. With Assembly elections round the corner, this stay has come as a shocker for the Vijayan government.Following the mauling the ruling Left suffered at the local body polls held in Dece…
Hyderabad, Feb 16 (IANS) Elections to chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of 11 municipalities in Telangana were postponed on Monday as both the ruling Congress and main opposition BRS accused each other of resorting to undemocratic means to capture power in the urban local bodies.Elections in Yellandu, Sultanabad, Ibrahimpatnam, Kagaznagar, Ketanapally, Khanapur, Zaheerabad, Inderesham, Dornakal, Jjangaon and Thorrur have been postponed by the election authorities.Elections to 116…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday described the party’s performance in the Telangana local body elections as an endorsement of its governance model centred on welfare, dignity and inclusive growth.“Heartfelt thanks to every Congress ‘karyakarta’ and leader. This victory belongs to you and to the people of Telangana,” LoP Gandhi said in a post on X.The ruling Congress secured close to 60 per cent of the …
Hyderabad, Feb 13 (IANS) Telangana’s ruling Congress party has taken initial lead in the municipal elections as the counting of votes was underway on Friday. The Congress party secured majority in six municipalities while main opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) bagged on municipality.Over 73 per cent voters had cast their votes in the municipal elections in 116 municipalities and seven corporations on Wednesday. Counting of votes was taken up from 8 a.m. on Friday amid tight security.Out of…