PM to join Haryana poll campaignOctober 6th, 2009 AMBALA - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will Wednesday address his first campaign rally here for the Haryana assembly elections. The prime minister will address the rally at the Gandhi ground in Ambala, 45 km from Chandigarh, in favour of Congress candidate Venod Kumar Sharma and the party candidates of the adjoining assembly constituencies.
1,222 in fray for Haryana assembly pollOctober 1st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The fate of a total of 1,222 candidates will be decided Oct 13 in the election for 90 assembly seats in Haryana. Haryanas Chief Electoral Officer Sajjan Singh said Thursday that 1,222 candidates remained in the fray after withdrawal of nominations and rejection of invalid nomination papers.
Filing of nominations for Maharashtra, Haryana Arunachal elections ends todaySeptember 25th, 2009 New Delhi, Sept 25 (ANI): Filing of nominations for Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections will close this evening. The last day for withdrawing of nomination is September 29 and the scrutiny will be held on September 26.
'PM, Sonia, Rahul to campaign aggressively for polls'September 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and general secretary Rahul Gandhi will campaign "aggressively" to ensure the victory of the party and its alliance in the coming assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh. Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan told reporters here Thursday that the party would "make a clean sweep in all the state elections."
However, sources said the Congress high command was not taking the Maharashtra assembly elections lightly.
BJP names more candidates for Maharashtra, Haryana pollsSeptember 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) Monday announced its second list of 40 candidates for the Oct 13 assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana. The party also finalised the names of candidates for by-election to three seats in the Uttar Pradesh assembly, according to an official statement here.
Cong election committee meets to finalise candidates for assembly pollsSeptember 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Election Committee of the Congress party met here today to finalise candidates for Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh assembly polls. Prime Minister Dr.
Deshmukh to head Congress' Maharashtra poll panelSeptember 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Friday appointed Heavy Industries Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh as chairman of the election management committee for Maharashtra polls. "Congress president Sonia Gandhi has nominated Vilasrao Deshmukh as the chairman of the election management committee for the ensuing assembly election in Maharashtra," Janardan Dwivedi, chairman of party's media department, said in a release here.
Maharashtra, Haryana vote count may be advanced: poll panelSeptember 5th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Election Commission of India (ECI) Saturday indicated that it could consider advancing the counting of votes in assembly elections to be held in Maharashtra and Haryana next month. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla said here that the long gap between the polling (Oct 13) and the counting (Oct 22) for assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh was kept in view of the Diwali festival season next month and also due to the tough terrain in Arunachal Pradesh.
BJP to chalk out assembly poll strategy FridaySeptember 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) central election committee will meet here Friday to chalk out a strategy for the assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh. BJP leader M.
Assembly polls in Maharashtra, Haryana, Arunachal on Oct 13August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Assembly polls in the three Congress-ruled states of Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh will be held simultaneously Oct 13, the Election Commission announced Monday. The counting of votes will take place nine days later, Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla told reporters here.
Haryana cabinet recommends assembly dissolutionAugust 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Seeking early polls, the Congress government in Haryana led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda Friday recommended the dissolution of the state assembly nearly six months before the expiry of its term. Government sources said the decision was taken at a cabinet meeting held here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Hooda.
Haryana governor dissolves state assemblyAugust 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia Friday evening dissolved the state assembly, just hours after the Haryana cabinet recommended its dissolution. An official spokesman confirmed to IANS that the the governor issued a notification Friday evening, dissolving the state assembly.
Haryana polls can be held any time: Prithviraj ChavanAugust 18th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Amid a strong possibility that the Haryana cabinet would seek dissolution of the state assembly to advance elections, central minister Prithviraj Chavan Tuesday said that state assembly polls could be held any time. "The Congress party in Haryana is prepared for elections.
Congress lays out 'ground reality' - NCP part of UPAJune 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Monday reaffirmed that it was in alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), days after a senior leader said the party should go it alone in the Maharashtra assembly elections. "The Congress and the NCP are in alliance since 1999.
'Congress should contest Maharashtra elections alone'June 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A senior Congress leader has said the party should fight the assembly elections in Maharashtra alone rather than in alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). In the latest issue of Congress mouthpiece Sandesh, its editor Anil Shastri, who is also a special invitee to the Congress Working Committee (CWC), said: A larger chunk of Congresspersons in Maharashtra want to go it alone in the coming assembly elections.
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