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candidates have filed nominations for 70 constituencies which will go to polls on November 17 in the second phase of the Chhattisgarh assembly elections, poll authorities said. The deadline for filing nominations for the second phase of polls ended on Monday. Out of the total 90 assembly seats in the state, polling in 20 seats will be held in the first phase on November 7.

BJP national spokesman Sudhanshu Trivedi on Sunday said central agencies will investigate the alleged virtual participation of a Hamas leader in a protest programme in Kerala against Israel's war with the militant outfit. Kerala BJP chief K Surendran alleged on Saturday that Hamas leader Khaled Mashal had participated virtually in the protest programme organised by an Islamist group in the southern state. Trivedi said that the Hamas leader addressed a rally virtually in Kerala from where Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is a Lok Sabha member.

Nishikant Dubey, a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), raised concerns on Saturday, asserting that there are efforts to manipulate witnesses in the 'Cash-for-Query' case. Dubey called upon the Lok Sabha speaker to initiate necessary actions in response to this issue.

Vindhya region was nearly swept by the BJP in the 2018 assembly elections, but it has a history of giving space to parties with different ideological hues — from Communists to the BSP — making the region politically evolved where the Congress will look to improve tally in the upcoming polls and new entrant AAP try to notch up its first win in the state. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is eyeing to enter in the state assembly, possibly through the Vindhya region, which elected the first Lok Sabha member for the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) from Madhya Pradesh in 1991 and also gave representation to Communists in electoral politics.

BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey today appeared before the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee to submit oral evidence on his allegations of «Cash for Query' against TMC MP Mahua Moitra. As he arrived at Parliament annexe for the deposition the BJP MP said that he will completely cooperate with the Committee and will be present whenever the Committee calls him for questioning. »I will give all the information that the Committee asks me to provide.

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Kashmir on Wednesday condemned the attack on the hospital in Gaza by Israel calling for international intervention from the to stop the Israeli aggression and violence. Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah expressed sadness over the inability of the Arab nations to raise the voice of Palestinians at the United Nations and other international platforms. “India has stood by Palestine since the times of Jawaharlal Nehru and called for an end to oppression. It is sad that the government of India has supported Israel, even though people here support Palestine,” said Abdullah.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has referred BJP MP Nishikant Dubey's «bribe-for-query» complaint against Trinamool Congress member Mahua Moitra to the Ethics Committee of the lower House. Dubey has accused Moitra of taking «bribes» from a businessman to ask questions in Parliament and urged Birla to constitute an «inquiry committee» to look into the charges against her.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said the ticket distribution process for the upcoming assembly polls is going on «smoothly» and asserted that candidates would be selected on the basis of winnability as well as the feedback received from a survey conducted. He made the remarks ahead of the screening committee meeting here. Later in the evening, the screening committee met in the party's war room at 15, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road to discuss the names of the candidates put forward by the state's election committee headed by Rajasthan unit chief Govind Singh Dotasra.

Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla told European Parliament vice-president Nicola Beer in a bilateral meeting here on Saturday. Birla said this in protest against European Parliament's July resolution on the human rights situation in India in the backdrop of violence in Manipur.

More than a year and a half after he left the party, former Congress national general secretary Imran Masood returned to the party fold on Saturday, with the party terming it as “ghar wapsi”.

BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said he wants to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Odisha and has requested the party to give him a chance. In an interview with PTI, Pradhan said the BJP's agenda is to ensure that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets to serve the nation for a third term. «I want to contest the Lok Sabha polls in 2024.

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Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday informed that the regional opposition parties will hold a joint peaceful protest on October 10 against trampling of constitutional rights and delay of elections here. Abdullah chaired a meeting of the regional opposition parties in Jammu in which leaders from Congress, People’s Democratic Party, Panthers Party and other political parties participated. They also condemned the raids against journalists in New Delhi. “Considering the situation on ground and how the constitution has been suspended in J&K and our rights have been attacked and trampled upon, we have decided to take out a peaceful protest on October 10,” said Abdullah.

Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee along with party leaders and workers sat on a dharna at the Rajghat here on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary on Monday demanding the release of funds for West Bengal by the Centre. The Lok Sabha member, accompanied by party leaders including MPs, MLAs and state ministers who had arrived from West Bengal, paid tributes to Gandhi at the memorial and held the protest for two hours, sporting black armbands and displaying placards, after which they were escorted out by security personnel.

Madhya Pradesh assembly polls, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday declared the name of one more candidate, taking the tally so far to 79. The latest nominee, Monika Batti, is the daughter of the late Manmohan Shah Batti, former president of Akhil Bhartiya Gondwana Party (ABGP).

Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday said dreaming has become a habit of the Congress and the people of Madhya Pradesh will decide in the next 60 days who is nervous in the elections. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released its second list of 39 candidates for the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls due this year-end, fielding seven Lok Sabha members including Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Prahlad Singh Patel and Faggan Singh Kulaste. It also fielded BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya. The election schedule is yet to be announced. With the second list, the BJP has named its candidates for 78 out of the total 230 assembly seats in MP. The Congress claims the BJP has fielded its senior leaders because it is scared of defeat. Asked about it, Scindia told reporters here, «The people of the state will decide in the next 60 days who is nervous in the elections.

Danish Ali on the floor of the Lok Sabha during a discussion on the country's successful lunar landing mission — Chandrayaan-3, BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri on Sunday sidestepped a direct query on his remarks. To a question on his remarks, which saw the BSP MP writing to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and several Opposition members calling for his dismissal from the Lower House as well as the BJP, Budhuri on Sunday said, «No comments.» He added that Speaker Birla was «looking into the matter». Meanwhile, weighing in on the controversy around Bidhuri's remarks, fellow BJP leader and MP Ravi Kishan said no member should be allowed to get away with such comments in a «temple of democracy». «No elected member of the Parliament, which is a temple of democracy, should be allowed to make such comments. His remarks were unpardonable. I have many Muslim friends, some of whom are associated with show business.

Lok Sabha and state assemblies together. Besides this, there were suggestions in the meeting to also consult the Election Commission, study Article 356 of the Constitution and rename the committee as 'One Nation One Election' panel, sources said. Legal luminaries in the panel suggested the constitution only talks about holding elections after five years and there is no such provision which bars from holding simultaneous polls, they said. In its first meeting, the panel decided to seek the views of national parties and those that run state administrations, parties with federal lawmakers, and other recognised state parties on holding polls at the same time throughout the nation — across the tiers of executive hierarchy. The committee also decided to approach the Law Commission for its «suggestions/viewpoints» on the subject. The preliminary meeting was held in the capital under the Chairmanship of Ram Nath Kovind, former President. The meeting was also attended by Amit Shah, Union Home Minister; Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union Minister for Law and Justice; Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Leader of Opposition; N.

Kapil Sibal on Saturday took a swipe at the government over BJP Lok Sabha member Ramesh Bidhuri's derogatory remarks in the Lower House against BSP MP Danish Ali, saying the «seven-star edifice» saw the new culture of «hate» being inaugurated in Parliament.

Opposition parties will write to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri's use of abusive language against BSP MP Danish Ali in the House and demand that the matter be sent to the privileges committee, sources said on Friday.