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Assembly polls | Assam Opposition alliance candidates return home Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA After a week’s stay in Congress-ruled Rajasthan, Assam Assembly election candidates of the Opposition alliance, including those from the All-India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), flew back to Guwahati on Friday. They were brought to Jaipur on April 9 amid fears of horse-trading by the BJP. The candidates, numbering about 20, were staying in a luxury hotel near Jaipur and were expected to be in the State Capital till May 2, when the election results are scheduled to be announced. The Congress party was reportedly bearing the expenses of their stay.
Assembly elections 2021 Live news: Single-phase polls in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry All seats in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry vote today . Bengal and Assam have third phase polls. ! 08:25 AM DMK president MK Stalin casts his vote at Siet College, Teynampet ( ANI) 08:21 AM Polling underway in all the 30 assembly seats in the union territory of Puducherry The main fight is between the Congress -DMK alliance and the AINRC-BJP-AIADMK alliance. For NDA, All India NR Congress is contesting in 16 seats, BJP in 9, AIADMK in 5 For UPA, Congress is contesting in 14, DMK in 13, and minor parties in 2 of the remaining 08:17 AM Pollling underway in 40 seats in the third and final phase in Assam
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee; Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal; Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan and Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami (From L to R). NEW DELHI: Polling began at 7 am on Tuesday for one of the busiest days in the ongoing assembly election in all four states and one Union territory - West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Polling is being held for a total of 475 assembly constituencies. While for West Bengal, the day marks the third in an eight-phase election, in Assam it is the third and final phase of voting. The remaining states/UT -Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are witnessing a single-phase polling.
Assam Assembly Election 2021: Third phase of polling begins across 40 constituencies The polling will be held from 7 am to 6 pm. The time for casting votes has been increased by an hour to ensure COVID-19 protocols are followed. File photo (Source: ANI) Updated: Apr 6, 2021, 06:55 AM IST The polling for the third and final phase of the Assam Assembly elections 2021 began at 7 am on Tuesday. It will continue till 6 pm. The time for casting votes has been increased by an hour to ensure COVID-19 protocols are followed in the constituencies. The counting of votes will take place on May 2. Also read Political parties
Day 3 of Assam Polls: What Makes the Final Phase a Pivotal One? Some of the key players in the state's politics will be contesting in this stage. Pramila Rani Brahma, Mira Borthakur Goswami, Ranjit Dass and Himanta Biswa Sarma. Photos: Twitter and PTI Politics9 hours ago New Delhi: The third and the last phase of elections in Assam got underway at 7 am today, April 6. Voting will continue till 6 pm. In this phase, the remaining 40 of the total 126 assembly seats would go for polling. In the 2016 polls, the two key contenders â the BJP and Congress â had pocketed 11 seats each of these 40 seats.
He could address only one of the three scheduled rallies Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday cut short his election campaign in Assam and returned to New Delhi in view of the Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh. Mr. Shah was scheduled to attend three rallies — in Sarbhog, Bhabanipur and Jalukbari — on the last day of campaigning for the third and final phase of polling on April 6. But he had to return after the first rally at Sarbhog in western Assam’s Barpeta district. “Today’s first Assam rally by Home Minister at Sarbhog, before he cut short his visit as well as other two rallies and returned to Delhi in view of the Naxal attack. Crowds in thousands from all sections of society thronged the jam-packed venue,” tweeted Jitendra Singh, Minister for Development of North Eastern Region and in charge of the party’s campaign in Assam.
The Trinamool Congress's charge was led by chief minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, who is also an MP, Abhishek Banerjee. In his successive rallies, the prime minister attacked the TMC government over "appeasement politics", while raking up the issue of ground-level corruption, including the alleged irregularities in Amphan relief. West Bengal CM and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee address an election campaign rally at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas. On the other side, the chief minister took on the leaders who left her party to join the BJP ahead of the elections, urging people to vote against the "traitors". She also attacked the BJP-led government at the Centre over rising fuel prices and the state of the economy.
Assam Assembly elections | Campaign ends for final election phase Updated: Updated: The key constituencies in this phase are Jalukbari, Patacharkuchi, Dharmapur, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar East and Sidli. Share Article AAA Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal (right) campaigning for BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma in Kamrup (Metro) district. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar. The key constituencies in this phase are Jalukbari, Patacharkuchi, Dharmapur, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar East and Sidli. Campaigning for the third and final phase of the Assembly election covering 40 constituencies across 12 districts of western Assam and other parts came to an end on Sunday evening. The Congress and two of its main allies in the 10-party
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