BJP president JP Nadda said that under the leadership of Chief Minister N Biren Singh the state has tackled the drugs menage and achieved stability with rule of law being established as the party released its manifesto for Manipur yesterday.
Congress in charge of Uttar Pradesh elections Priyanka Gandhi Vadra addressed a virtual rally in Uttar Pradesh today.
Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Punjab, and Uttarakhand are voting in crucial elections with counting of votes scheduled for March 10.
A total of 690 Assembly constituencies will vote over the next two months, with the maximum in UP (403 seats) followed by Punjab (117), Uttarakhand (70), Manipur (60) and Goa (40).
Here are the Highlights on Assembly Elections 2022:
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called for a meeting of the freshly reconstituted National Working Committee - the ruling Trinamool Congress' top decision-making body - which will be held at her residence in Kolkata.
Arvind Kejriwal today lashed out at allegations that he had made separatist comments, calling them "comedy" and describing himself as the "world's sweetest terrorist".
The Election Commission on Thursday removed its ban on the video of a leader attacking Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, just a day after it restricted its broadcast ahead of the Sunday Punjab election.
In the video, Kumar Vishwas, a founder member of AAP who has now distanced himself from the party, claims that Mr Kejriwal supported Khalistani terrorists in Punjab.
AAP has rubbished the claims. Senior party leader Raghav Chadha called the comments "malicious, unfounded, fabricated and inflammatory".
Four days after a BJP MLA in Uttar Pradesh, which is in the midst of an election, faced a police case over a hate speech littered with anti-Muslims slurs, a video of a similarly offensive speech by another MLA from the ruling party is circulating.
BJP leader Tejasvi Surya's praise on Twitter for what he called "Yogi Ji's expressway" in Uttar Pradesh has drawn a caustic comeback from Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav. "We made it," the former Chief Minister tweeted last night, in response to the video.
On Thursday, Tejasvi Surya tweeted a video, apparently showing off a smooth drive on the Agra-Lucknow highway.
"Lucknow to Kannauj in Yogi ji's Expressway," he wrote on the video, using the hashtag #UPYogiHaiYogi. The BJP MP from Karnataka was campaigning in Uttar Pradesh, where the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP is seeking a second straight term.
डबल इंजन सरकार के सतत प्रयासों से जनपद उन्नाव के भगवन्त नगर में ₹219.1 करोड़ की लागत से विभिन्न परियोजनाओं के अंतर्गत सड़क निर्माण व चौड़ीकरण तथा मार्ग सुदृढ़ीकरण के कार्य किए गए हैं।
- Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) February 18, 2022
पूर्व की सरकारों में माफिया व अपराध का केंद्र रहा यह जनपद आज विकास के नए प्रतिमान गढ़ रहा है।
The Election Commission removed its bar on broadcasting the explosive remarks of Kumar Vishwas against Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday, hours after leaders from both sides of the political divide -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as Congress's Rahul Gandhi -- referred to the matter and attacked the Delhi Chief Minister.
The poll body restrained the media on Wednesday from broadcasting the video where Kumar Vishwas, without naming Mr Kejriwal, accused him of wanting to be the Chief Minister of Punjab or Prime Minister of an Independent nation (Khalistan).
In the video, which was shared by the BJP, he is heard recounting a conversation, and saying, "One day, he (Mr Kejriwal) told me he would either become CM (of Punjab) or first PM of an independent nation (Khalistan)... he wants power at any cost," he is heard saying.
Smarting from the political attack over his "UP, Bihar, Delhi de bhaiye remark", Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has launched a counter strike on his Delhi counterpart and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal.
People of Punjab are asking questions to Congress that what happened to those promises which you made 5 years back? They promised to waive off farm loans, provide employment and make Punjab drug-free, but nothing has happened: Union Minister Anurag Thakur in Jalandhar (17.02) pic.twitter.com/nxhBJb8ChP
- ANI (@ANI) February 18, 2022
लड़ रहा यूपी, आगे बढ़ रहा यूपी।
- Congress (@INCIndia) February 18, 2022
देखो जीत रहा यूपी।।
आज दोपहर 3 बजे @priyankagandhi जी की कांग्रेस प्रतिज्ञा वर्चुअल महारैली से जुड़कर अपनी आवाज़ को मजबूत कीजिए। pic.twitter.com/BGSU3ZFwrR