A day after BJP recorded a big victory in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday handed his resignation and that of his cabinet to Governor Lt Gen (retd) Gurmit Singh. "As we have got a new mandate and our tenure is complete we have tendered our resignation to the Governor. I have been asked to continue until the new government is sworn in," Dhami told
The BJP on Friday took a much-needed break from its organisational efforts, a day after it registered a spectacular win in Assembly elections and retained governments in four states, two of which were known to not repeat parties in power. Yet, behind the calm, the churnings have started the party swung into action in the hill state of Uttarakhand where its sitting Chief
It is a bipolar battle between the BJP and Congress, which have been alternating the governments in the recent past. Track how the parties perform this time compared to the Assembly elections 2017 below:
Where is counting take place: Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Punjab are the states that went for the polls in seven phases. The results of the assembly elections for five states will be declared on March 10. When does the counting of votes start: The counting of votes will begin at 8 am on March 10 across counting centres in the five states, under the respective
Bucking the trend, the BJP on Friday returned to power in Uttarakhand for a consecutive second term albeit with lesser number of seats than 2017 and its Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami losing the electoral battle even as it thrashed Congress’ hopes for a revival in the hill state where its mascot Harish Rawat also bit the dust. BJP won 43 seats and is leading in 4 (against 56 won