Name: Ex-Cong MLA Alpesh is BJP candidate in Guj bypoll
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The BJP has fielded former Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor as a candidate for the upcoming Gujarat bypolls. He will contest from Radhanpur, a seat he had won in 2017 on a Co

Ex-Cong MLA Alpesh is BJP candidate in Guj bypoll

The BJP has fielded former Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor as a candidate for the upcoming Gujarat bypolls. He will contest from Radhanpur, a seat he had won in 2017 on a Congress ticket. In July this year, Alpesh Thakor and another Congress defector Dhavalsinh Zala had quit the Gujarat assembly and rebelled against the party, complaining of "unfair treatment". The y both joined the BJP soon after. Zala too will contest on a BJP ticket from Bayad. Once considered close to Rahul Gandhi, Thakore gained popularity after he launched a counter protest after 2015 Patidar agitation.

The BJP has fielded former Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor as a candidate for the upcoming Gujarat bypolls. He will contest from Radhanpur, a seat he had won in 2017 on a Congress ticket. In July this year, Alpesh Thakor and another Congress defector Dhavalsinh Zala had quit the Gujarat assembly and rebelled against the party, complaining of "unfair treatment". The y both joined the BJP soon after. Zala too will contest on a BJP ticket from Bayad. Once considered close to Rahul Gandhi, Thakore gained popularity after he launched a counter protest after 2015 Patidar agitation.

Ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu has issued its first list of candidates for the upcoming assembly election to be conducted on April 6th. Chief Minister Palaniswami will con

Ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu has issued its first list of candidates for the upcoming assembly election to be conducted on April 6th. Chief Minister Palaniswami will contest from the Edappadi assembly constituency in his home district of Salem while his deputy Panneerselvam will fight polls from Bodinayakanur. Votes for the 234 member strong assembly will be counted on May 2.

West Bengal Chief Mnister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced the list of 291 candidates for upcoming assembly elections.

West Bengal Chief Mnister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced the list of 291 candidates for upcoming <a href="https://www.editorji.com/west-bengal-assembly-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">assembly elections</a>.&nbsp;Banerjee confirmed she will contest the poll from Nandigram and not&nbsp;Bhowanipore.
Banerjee&nbsp;will file her nomination on March 10. In Nandigram she will contest against former top aide <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/battle-for-bengal-heats-up-mamata-vs-suvendu-adhikari-in-nandigram-likely-1614868224964" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Subhendu Adhikari</a> who defected to the BJP in December.
Veteran TMC minister Sovandeb Chatterjee will be fielded from the Bhowanipore seat.&nbsp;TMC has fielded 50 women, 42 Muslim candidates.
The party has left out three seats of the total 294 for allies and friends to contest from North Bengal and other regions. It has also dropped over 20 sitting MLAs and top ministers, including Partha Chattopadhyay and Amit Mitra.
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The BJP has reached a seat-sharing formula with its Assam allies ahead of the assembly election in the state that starts March 27.Reports say the BJP will contest in 92

The BJP has reached a seat-sharing formula with its Assam allies ahead of the assembly election in the state that starts March 27. Reports say the BJP will contest in 92 of the 126 seats in the Assam Assembly, with 26 going to the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and 8 to the United People's Party Liberal (UPPL). Reports also add that an initial list of 84 BJP candidates has been finalised, and more details on seats and names of candidates are likely to be announced on Friday. Assam will vote in three phases - March 27, April 1 and April 6 - with results due on May 2.
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The EC has asked the Health Ministry for the factual position regarding a complaint by the Trinamool Congress against the use of PM Narendra Modi

The Election Commission has asked the Health Ministry for the &ldquo;factual position&rdquo; regarding a complaint by the Trinamool Congress against the use of Prime Minister <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/modi-blitz-in-bengal-pm-to-hold-more-than-a-dozen-rallies-1614836095820" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Narendra </a><a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/modi-blitz-in-bengal-pm-to-hold-more-than-a-dozen-rallies-1614836095820" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Modi</a>&rsquo;s photo on <a href="https://www.editorji.com/covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Covid-19 vaccination</a> certificates.
The poll panel said, need to ascertain whether these certificates are indeed being distributed on the instructions of the Health Ministry. The TMC had approached the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer alleging that the use of PM&rsquo;s photo is a &ldquo;blatant misuse of official machinery&rdquo; and violates the Model Code of Conduct.
Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh called these allegations &ldquo;baseless&rdquo;, adding that the vaccination drive had started before the announcement of the <a href="https://www.editorji.com/west-bengal-assembly-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">election</a> dates.
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BJP leader and Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, who is a 'Z' category protectee in the Central govt list

BJP leader and Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs,&nbsp;Nityanand Rai, who is a 'Z' category protectee in the Central govt list, will also get Z category CRPF cover in poll-bound West Bengal.
Nityanand Rai is a central observer for BJP in Bengal. The order is said to have come late on Wednesday evening, with some reports saying Rai is also entitled to a bullet-proof vehicle.&nbsp;Rai will be given CRPF protection only in West Bengal, while in other states he will be given state protection.
Last month, former TMC MLA Rajib Banerjee, who&nbsp;joined the BJP&nbsp;in January, was provided with Z category security in West Bengal by the Ministry of Home Affairs.&nbsp;
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Hours after BJP projected ‘metro man’ E Sreedharan as its CM candidate for Kerala elections, Union minister V Muraleedharan’s statement has triggered

Hours after BJP projected &lsquo;metro man&rsquo; E Sreedharan as its CM candidate for Kerala elections, Union minister V Muraleedharan&rsquo;s statement has triggered confusion. 
He claimed to have &ldquo;cross-checked&rdquo; with party&rsquo;s Kerala chief K Surendran on the announcement, who said that &ldquo;he has not made any such announcement&rdquo;.
&ldquo;What I wanted to tell was that through media reports I learnt that the party has made this announcement. Later, I cross-checked with the party chief who said that he has not made any such announcement,&rdquo; V Muraleedharan was quoted as saying by ANI. 
Sreedharan, the architect of the Delhi Metro, had formally joined the BJP on February 25 in the presence of Union Minister RK Singh at a function in Malappuram district. He had earlier said that he will work as a technocrat rather than as a politician.

The West Bengal Assembly election is likely to witness a direct contest between TMC turncoat Suvendhu Adhikari who joined the BJP earlier this year, and Mamata Banerjee

The West Bengal Assembly election is likely to witness a direct contest between TMC turncoat Suvendhu Adhikari who joined the BJP earlier this year, and Mamata Banerjee from Nandigram, the constituency that catapulted Didi and the TMC to power in the state.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has already announced to contest as the Trinamool Congress candidate from Nandigram. Reports suggest Mamata Banerjee wants to contest from Nandigram alone, instead of two constituencies, her usual being Bhabanipur.
The decision to field Suvendu Adhikari from the Nandigram seat, according to Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh was taken at the BJP&rsquo;s core committee meeting on candidates in Bengal on Thursday.
The assembly elections in West Bengal are set to be held in eight phases between March 27 and April 29. The votes will be counted on May 2.

The campaign for the West Bengal assembly elections is now a phenomenon that continues to give. In a rather peculiar gesture, a former Trinamool Congress lead

The campaign for the West Bengal&nbsp;assembly elections is now a phenomenon that continues to give. In a rather peculiar gesture, a&nbsp;former Trinamool Congress leader was seen doing squats on stage moments after joining the BJP in Purbo Medinipur district on Thursday.
Sushanta Pal, known to be a loyalist of TMC turncoat Suvendu Adhikari, described the act as an attempt to &ldquo;atone past sins&rdquo; during his tenure with the Mamata&nbsp;Banerjee-led ruling party. &nbsp;
As Sushanta&nbsp;Pal did squats on stage, some&nbsp;BJP supporters present at the rally chanted &lsquo;Jai Shri Ram&rsquo; slogans. Most others however looked at the spectacle&nbsp;in utter&nbsp;bewilderment.

West Bengal Election 2021: Shiv Sena has said the party will not be contesting the West Bengal assembly polls.

Putting an end to days of speculation, the&nbsp;Shiv Sena has said the party will not be contesting the<a href="https://www.editorji.com/west-bengal-assembly-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> West Bengal assembly polls</a>.
Sena&nbsp;MP&nbsp;Sanjay Raut tweeted saying the party won't contest the polls but will stand in solidarity with <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/must-stop-bjp-at-all-costs-mamata-gets-support-from-bhai-tejashwi-for-bengal-polls-1614607542739" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mamata&nbsp;Banerjee</a>, calling her 'the real Bengal Tigress'.
Raut said the decision was made after a lot of discussions with Sena&nbsp;chief and Maharashtra&nbsp;Chief Minister&nbsp;Uddhav Thackeray.
Wishing Didi&nbsp;a 'roaring success', Raut said the fight was between 'Didi Vs All', adding that all three M&rsquo;s &ndash; Money, Muscle and Media are being used against &lsquo;M&rsquo;amata Didi&nbsp;this election.
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Dushyant Chautala, whose Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) is a ruling ally of the BJP in Haryana, on Thursday said, he does not believe in the term 'love jihad' and has no is

Dushyant Chautala, whose Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) is a ruling ally of the BJP in Haryana, on Thursday said, he does not believe in the term 'love jihad' and has no issue with someone who is willingly converting to marry his/her partner.
In an interview with NDTV, the deputy chief minister said, Haryana will get a law specifically for checking forceful religious conversion and his party will support it, but if anybody converts willingly or marries a partner of another faith, then there is no bar.
Chautala&rsquo;s statements come at a time when the BJP is looking to table a legislation in Haryana to check &ldquo;love jihad&rdquo;. Chautala has been at loggerheads with the BJP over the farmers&rsquo; protests as well, and has even threatened to resign if their demands are not dealt with.&nbsp;Several BJP-ruled states, including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka, have already brought in legislations against &ldquo;love jihad&rdquo;.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to go on a mega campaign trail as five states go to polls at the end of this month.

Prime Minister <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/west-bengal-ec-tells-petrol-pumps-to-remove-hoardings-with-pm-s-pic-1614822615876" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Narendra&nbsp;Modi</a>&nbsp;is all set to go on a mega campaign trail as five states go to polls at the end of this month.
The prime minister is expected to hold 2 rallies before each of the 8 phases in West Bengal, the Hindustan Times has reported. The first rally will be held in Kolkata on March 7.
He is also expected to hold six rallies in Assam, which will vote in 3 phases, and Kerala, Tamil Nadu&nbsp;and Puducherry. <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/poll-dates-out-for-bengal-tn-kerala-assam-puducherry-results-on-may-2-1614346682127" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Assembly elections</a> in the three southern states will be held in a single phase on April 6.
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Expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala has said she is quitting politics and public life. Sasikala who was in a Bengaluru jail for four years in a corruption case was relea

Expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala has said she is quitting politics and public life. Sasikala who was in a Bengaluru jail for four years in a corruption case was released in January and was widely expected to re-enter her party ahead of the assembly polls in Tamil Nadu. In a letter released on Wednesday, Sasikala, who was a close aide of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, wrote that she has 'never been after power or position'. This comes days after her nephew TTV Dhinakaran told reporters that Sasikala will certainly contest upcoming assembly elections. In the letter, she also urged the supporters of AIADMK to stay united and defeat MK Stalin's DMK.

The Election Commission on Wednesday directed petrol pumps and other agencies to remove hoardings with photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the poll-bound Wes

The Election Commission on Wednesday directed petrol pumps and other agencies to remove hoardings with photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the poll-bound West Bengal. The poll panel said that such hoardings and advertisements of govt schemes violate the model code of conduct. It has directed that such hoardings and advertisements should be brought down within 72 hours. The directive came hours after Trinamool complained to EC that the use of the PM's photo on advertisements and Covid vaccination certificates, which are being distributed by the union health ministry are violating the model code of conduct.
According to the official, the CEO has received over 1,000 similar complaints out of which 450 were found to be genuine.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray did not hold back as he slammed the Bhartiya Janta Party on a range of issues- from commitment to Hindutva to the farmers&rs

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray did not hold back as he slammed the Bhartiya Janta Party on a range of issues- from commitment to Hindutva to the farmers&rsquo;s agitation against the Centre&rsquo;s farm laws. Speaking in the state assembly, the Shiv Sena chief said that the BJP should not comment on his party&rsquo;s commitment to Hindutva when it hasn&rsquo;t even conferred Bharat Ratna on&nbsp;Savarkar. Hitting back at the former ally, Thackeray said if barbed wire fences such as those erected to stop protesting farmers had been erected along the border, China would not have been able to intrude. Further, he said chanting &lsquo;Bharat Mata ki Jai&rsquo; does not guarantee love for the country especially when farmers are protesting on the streets. The Maharashtra CM questioned BJP&rsquo;s alliance with separatist PDP in Kashmir, critiqued the delay in the construction of Ram Mandir and went on to take a jibe at the Central government&nbsp;for renaming&nbsp;Motera cricket stadium.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and his Cabinet colleague Himanta Biswa Sarma arrived at the residence of Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Wednesday to f

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and his Cabinet colleague Himanta Biswa Sarma arrived at the residence of Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Wednesday to finalise seat-sharing pact ahead of the the Assam assembly polls. The BJP and its two Assam allies, the AGP and the UPPL are expected to finalise by today the number of seats to be contested by each party. While the AGP, which won 14 constituencies in the 2016 assembly elections, may get around 22 seats to contest, the UPPL, which is a new partner of the BJP and does not have any MLA now, is expected to get around 12 seats to contest, news agency PTI reported quoting sources. After the joint meeting, the BJP leaders are expected to meet separately at the residence of BJP&nbsp;President JP&nbsp;Nadda to scrutinise the list of candidates for the polls in Assam.&nbsp;

Arvind Kejriwal referred to AAP’s win in the Delhi municipal polls as an indicator of people’s faith in his government’s work.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal referred to&nbsp;Aam Aadmi Party&rsquo;s win in the <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/message-to-bjp-aap-wins-4-of-5-seats-in-delhi-civic-polls-1614754569316" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Delhi municipal polls</a> as an indicator of people&rsquo;s faith in his government&rsquo;s work.&nbsp;
AAP bagged 4 out of the 5 civic wards where by polls were held in February, with Congress winning just 1 seat.&nbsp;After the win, party chief <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/arvind-kejriwal-will-not-visit-assam-for-assembly-polls-campaign-1614772069239" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arvind Kejriwal</a> alleged that the BJP had turned the MCD into 'most corrupt department' and now people want his party to clean it.&nbsp;
Optimistic that his party will be able to recreate a similar win in next year&rsquo;s civic body polls, he&nbsp;advised the newly elected councillors to work honestly and with humility.

The BJP mocked Rahul Gandhi’s remark on the emergency and the RSS, calling it comical. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar added that RSS is the largest school of pa

The BJP mocked Rahul Gandhi&rsquo;s remark on the emergency and the RSS, calling it comical. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar added that RSS is the largest school of patriotism in the world and said that Rahul Gandhi would take a lot of time to understand the RSS. He also said Rahul's remark was laughable. During an interview with renowned economist Kaushik Basu, Rahul Gandhi had said that during the emergency Congress made no attempt to capture the institutional frameworks of the country. He went on to say that because the RSS has now filled up institutions with its men, even beating the BJP in an election would not rid institutions of men sympathetic to the organisation.

BJP Minister Sex Scandal: An alleged sex scandal has rocked the Karnataka govt. State minister Ramesh Jarkiholi has resigned.

An alleged sex scandal has rocked the Karnataka govt. State minister Ramesh Jarkiholi&nbsp;has resigned after he was booked in the wake of&nbsp;a CD that purportedly&nbsp;showed the minister sexually exploiting a woman on the promise of a govt job.
The minister said he has resigned on moral grounds&nbsp;while denying charges levelled against him. Chief minister BS Yeddiyurappa&nbsp;has accepted Jarkiholi's resignation.
Earlier,&nbsp;union minister Pralhad Joshi had said that the BJP will take action after checking the authenticity of the alleged sex video tape.&nbsp;

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi spoke fondly of the time she spent with female tea garden workers of poll-bound Assam earlier this week. Posting a video of her wor

Congress leader Priyanka&nbsp;Gandhi spoke fondly of the time she spent with female tea garden workers of poll-bound Assam earlier this week. Posting a video of her working in the tea estate and talking to the workers, she wrote that she 'spent a few of hours filled with love and belonging'&nbsp;and that they had accepted her in a moment. She also spoke about the hardships women labourers face and wrote that their fingers have knots because of the work they do all day. 'To bring a little relief to their lives is the duty of my politics,'&nbsp;Priyanka&nbsp;added.

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party's has won four of five seats in Delhi civic body bypolls while has Congress has romped home in one.

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party's has won four of five seats in Delhi civic body bypolls while has Congress has romped home in one.
Deputy CM Manish Sisodia termed the results "a message to the BJP for 2022 MCD elections" as he congratulated the party workers.
The counting of votes, which began this morning, was completed a little before 11 AM. The Aam Aadmi party candidates won Kalyanpuri, Rohini, Trilokpuri, Shalimar Bagh while the Congress secured victory in Chauhan Bangar.
The BJP presently controls all three of the national capital's municipal bodies.

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