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 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…
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, June 25 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday observed the 51st anniversary of the Emergency as ‘Samvidhan Hatya Diwas’ (Constitution Murder Day) across Madhya Pradesh, with party leaders recalling the suspension of civil liberties during the 1975-77 period and accusing the Congress of undermining democratic institutions for political survival. A series of programmes were organised in Bhopal and other districts to commemorate those who were jailed, censored or persecuted du…
Bhopal, June 23 (IANS) In a significant organisational move, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh has announced the members of its State Working Committee and invited them permanently. State BJP President and MLA Hemant Khandelwal released the much-awaited lists on Tuesday.The new State Working Committee comprises 106 prominent leaders, reflecting broad representation across the state. It includes top-tier leaders such as Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, former Chief Minister Shivraj Si…
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 …
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…
Bhopal, April 3 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh State Assembly has officially declared the Datia seat vacant consequent to Rajendra Bharti’s conviction for an offence as established by an April 2 judgment passed by a court in Delhi. The verdict, passed by the Special Judge, Digvijay Singh (PC Act), of the Rouse Avenue District Court, New Delhi, sentenced Bharti to three years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs one lakh.Rajendra Bharti, the elected member from Constituency No. 22 (Datia) of the 16th Le…
Bhopal, April 3 (IANS) Politics in Madhya Pradesh has heated up after a Delhi court convicted Datia Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti in a 28-year-old cooperative bank fraud case and sentenced him to three years in prison. The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi found Bharti and co-accused Raghuvir Sharan Prajapati guilty of criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery, and using forged documents. The case involved irregularities in a fixed deposit at the District Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank…