Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat on Monday claimed his Congress party will win 45-48 seats in the assembly polls this time owing to a strong anti-incumbency wave.
Election to the 70-member assembly in Uttarakhand was held on February 14 and the results are to be announced on March 10.
"If we compare the 2002 assembly polls with the 2022 assembly polls we are in a better position this time. In 2002 we won the polls on the strength of our positivity while the anti-incumbency against the BJP government at that time was not as strong as this time," Rawat said. (PTI)
Chennai Police arrest AIADMK leader D Jayakumar on charges of attacking a DMK cadre at a polling booth on urban local body poll voting day (Saturday). Jayakumar and 40 other AIADMK cadres were earlier booked under 8 sections pertaining to rioting & assault. (ANI)
"The fourth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election will take place on February23. Polling parties will move to their respective polling stations tomorrow. Above 50 per centof polling stations will be under live webcast surveillance," saidBD Ram Tiwari, Additional Chief Electoral Officer, to ANI.
The high-pitched campaigning for the fourth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections came to an end on Monday with leaders from various political parties intensifying attacks on their opponents.
The fourth phase will decide the fate of 624 candidates in 59 Assembly segments spread across Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Banda and Fatehpur districts.
Polling will be held on February 23.
Of the 59 seats, the BJP had won 51 in the 2017 elections, four had gone to the Samajwadi Party, and three to the Bahujan Samaj Party. The BJP's ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) had bagged one seat. (PTI)