Kalpana Soren said, "BJP never stands with us in our fight over public issues. Be it the 27% reservation for the backward, Sarna-Adivasi Dharam Code or the 1932 Local Resident Policy. We get it passed by the Assembly but nobody from BJP fights our fight for issues of Jharkhand. Today, if we are felicitating Maiya in Jharkhand then BJP's 'PIL gang' rushes to the fore. Our intentions are clear, we want to raise our issues if Jharkhand and issues of social justice. We will be at it.."
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav emphasised his pioneering efforts in women empowerment through initiatives like 'Ladli Behna'. He described it as a transformative scheme that uplifts mothers and sisters, deeply rooted in the values of 'Sanatan Dharma'. Highlighting India's unique cultural identity, Yadav celebrated the nation's reverence for motherhood, exemplified by the phrase 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai', and contrasted it with male-dominated global societies.
Caste census is the biggest issue before us and we will get it done; it is our central pillar, says Rahul Gandhi
Nawab Malik said "The bike rally is starting right now from Sana Malik's constituency and then we will attend the bike rally in our own constituency. The excitement in the people clearly shows that we are going to win both seats. We have done the work and we will keep working..."
Mahayuti will win in Maharashtra with over 165 seats. The people of Maharashtra have accepted the BJP-Mahayuti manifesto. The public is not ready to accept Congress," says Maharashtra BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule
CM said, "This is the last day to campaign for Maharashtra Election2024, Jharkhand Election 2024 and a few by-elections. I urge all voters to exercise their franchise. This is the biggest right in a democracy. I will conduct four roadshows and rallies in Mumbai today. I am confident that the manner in which the country is progressing under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the image that India has built before the world, there is BJP's atmosphere in Maharashtra, Jharkhand and across the state..."
Shivraj Sing Chouhan said, "...These (Congress) are people full of hate...First, they divided the country on the name of religion now they again want to divide the country on the basis of caste, but the people of the country will answer this...Congress party is bewildered after losing in Harnaya and now they are losing in Maharashtra and Jharkhand also...We will get a good victory..."
Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said it was the Congress which amended the Constitution during Emergency in 1975, but was now making baseless claims that the BJP planned to alter the statute book.
Addressing a rally in Maharashtra's Thane city on Sunday night ahead of the November 20 state assembly polls, Gadkari asserted that no one can alter the salient features of the Constitution. (PTI)
Raising concerns on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's "slave" remarks on journalists in a rally in Maharashtra, Mumbai Press Club emphasised that the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha should prioritize tangible measures to address the challenges faced by journalists, rather than just making statements. (ANI)
Yadav addressing an election rally at Dhanbad told the people to ask BJP who will be their chief minister in Jharkhand if voted to power in the state as the I.N.D.I.A. bloc has clarity of its CM candidate.
NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar has cautioned his detractors that they should mess with anyone but him and appealed to voters to not just defeat those who rebelled under Ajit Pawar, but "defeat them big" in the Maharashtra assembly polls.
Addressing a rally at Madha in Solapur district on Sunday ahead of the November 20 state polls, Sharad Pawar recounted an episode of defection that led to him losing the post of leader of opposition in the assembly almost five decades ago and his resolve that led to the defeat of all those who had backstabbed him.
"In the elections of 1980, 58 persons won polls from our party and I became leader of opposition. I had gone abroad and when I came back I realised Chief Minister AR Antulay saheb had done some miracle and 52 of the 58 MLAs had switched sides. I lost the post of LoP," he said.
"I did nothing (at the time). I just started reaching out to people across the state and worked hard for three years. In the next elections, I fielded young candidates against all 52 MLAs who had left me. I am proud of the people of Maharashtra that all 52 who left me were defeated," he told the gathering.
Mumbai: An independent candidate contesting the Maharashtra assembly election has made an unusual appeal that slippers be banned near polling booths in his constituency in Dharashiv, citing that they were his poll symbol and wearing them would be a v...
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The backroom maneuvers for vote consolidation among ideologically incompatible allies were evident in the seat distribution of both Maha Vikas Agadhi and the ruling Mahayuti.
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