Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said, "The atmosphere is very good here. I have come here for the Jharkhand Assembly Elections. We will fight the elections and form our govt again. The JMM-Congress is doing good work here. The results will be better this time."
Raj Thackeray's son & MNS candidate from Mahim, Amit Thackeray said, "I am getting a lot of support from the public and I believe in doing door-to-door campaigning. I will work for the development of my constituency."
"This is the same Arvind Sawant for whom we had campaigned in 2014 and 2019. Look at his thinking when he calls a woman 'maal' (item). I would like to tell him that this same voter will make him 'behaal' in the elections," says Shiv Sena candidate from Mumbadevi, Shaina N C on Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Arvind Sawant's recent controversial remarks.
On controversy over Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's age, JMM Leader Manoj Pandey said, "We do not hide anything, nor do we try to hide anything. Everything is crystal clear. Documents are attached and it is verified. They are seeing a huge defeat in front of them, do not lose your mental balance, keep your political spirit, victory and defeat keep happening. The people of the BJP have become distracted. We are those people who do not hide information."
After meeting MNS chief Raj Thackeray, Shiv Sena leader Shaina N C said, "I have family relations with Raj Thackeray and I extended best wishes to him on the occasion of Diwali. I am hopeful that the public from the Mumbadevi constituency will support me in the elections."
Faultlines have emerged within the ruling Maha Yuti (NDA) alliance over controversial leader Nawab Malik filing nominations for the forthcoming Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections. A money laundering probe has put Malik on the spot.
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The BJP and Congress, which leads two diametrically-opposite coalitions, are engaged in a direct fight in around one-fourth of the 288 seats during the Vidhan Sabha polls in which the political fate of several top leaders and chief ministerial aspirants would be decided.
Congress' Kolhapur North MLA Jayshree Jadhav, who was denied ticket by the party for the Maharashtra assembly polls, on Thursday joined the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. After she along with her son Satyajit joined the party in Shinde's presence, Jadhav was made a deputy leader of the party and the in-charge of its women's wing.
The campaign for the Vidhan Sabha polls in Maharashtra will gather steam next week when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, among others, address a series of rallies across the state in the do-or-die elections after the Lok Sabha polls.
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Nomination papers of 7,994 candidates filed across the 288 assembly constituencies in Maharashtra, where polling will take place on November 20, were found valid after scrutiny, election officials said on Thursday.
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