Assembly Elections Highlights | BJP top brass meet to finalise Maharashtra poll candidates, Saini to take oath as Haryana CM tomorrow

Maharashtra polls on Nov 20, two-phase voting in Jharkhand on Nov 13 and Nov 20; results on Nov 23

New Delhi: In electoral battles that will once again see the BJP and the Opposition I.N.D.I.A locking horns for supremacy, Maharashtra will go to polls on November 20 while Jharkhand will see Assembly elections in two phases on November 13 and 20.

Bypolls to 47 Assembly - including three seats in Karnataka, and one Lok Sabha seat – Wayanad – will be held on November 13 while bypoll to one each Assembly and one Lok Sabha seat – Nanded – will be held on November 20.

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Maharashtra polls: With 75 seats, dominance over coastal belt crucial to tilting power scales

The serene coastal belt of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, offers an interesting backdrop for a showdown between Mahayuti and MVA alliances in the next month's assembly elections, especially between two rival Shiv Senas.

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Jharkhand polls | Tribal pride and political strategy: JMM vs BJP

After having frittered away the momentum generated by the Lok Sabha polls, the I.N.D.I.A. bloc led by JMM’s Hemant Soren will tee off in Jharkhand with the BJP which hopes to ride the Haryana hustings to reclaim power in the tribal state by stitching new social combinations under tested state leadership.

On the other hand, the ruling JMM-Congress alliance would again be banking on Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s ability to mobilise tribal voters, the bedrock of JMM’s political edifice built by Hemant’s father and party chief Shibu Soren who spearheaded the separate statehood movement in the mineral-rich south Bihar.

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'Maharashtra govt should give maximum attention to party of 113 MLAs': State BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule

'Sincerely grateful to Haryana CM Nayab Saini and Manohar Lal Khattar': Karnal MLA Jagmohan Anand

Congress accepted defeat even before election schedule was announced: BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla

'Single-phase polling in Maharashtra show strengthening of internal security system': BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar release Mahayuti report card for 2 and a half years

Opposition still engaged in fake narratives: NCP chief Ajit Pawar

Mahayuti government hold live press conference

Mahayuti govt has done something for all communities and classes: Devendra Fadnavis

If anyone tries to derail the Mukhya Mantri Ladki Bahin Yojana, we conduct a 'proper karyakram' to identify them: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde

Maha Vikas Aghadi acting as a speed breaker for Maharashtra: CM Eknath Shinde

Mahayuti govt has taken around 900 decisions in 60 - 70 Cabinet meetings in the past 2 and a half years: Eknath Shinde

Seat sharing is almost done barring few things, details will be announced very soon: Devendra Fadnavis

Nayab Singh Saini elected as leader of Haryana BJP Legislative party, to take oath tomorrow

Opposition MVA works with anti-development vision, says Maharashtra CM Shinde; presents Mahayuti's 'report card'

Ahead of the Maharashtra assembly polls, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday accused the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi of working with an anti-development vision, as he along with allies presented a "report card" of his government's work.

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Maha Yuti report card of two-and-a-half years released by Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar amid upcoming Assembly polls

JKNC vice president takes charge as the Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir at the Secretariat and holds a meeting with secretaries of various departments

Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah receives a guard of honour at the civil secretariat.

Rajnath Singh renewed his membership as an active member of BJP.

Kejriwal, Sisodia take part in padytara in Delhi's Khichripur

BJP MLAs arrive at the residence of Haryana CM-designate Nayab Singh Saini for a dinner, ahead of the oath ceremony tomorrow.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives at the BJP headquarters for the CEC meeting on Maharashtra polls

BJP CEC meeting underway to finalise Maharashtra candidates

The BJP's central election committee met on Wednesday to finalise candidates for the Maharashtra assembly polls as the party looks to balance the dynamics of its aspiration to maximise its share of seats while accommodating the demands of two powerful allies. (PTI)