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This Article is From Nov 11, 2018

Highlights: Election In 5 States From November 12 To December 7, Results On December 11

The election dates in four states - in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram will be announced today.

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All India Edited by Arun Nair

Updated : November 11, 2018 3:02 pm IST

Election Commission today announced a single phase election in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram

New Delhi:

The Election Commission on Saturday announced dates for elections in five states including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram. Chhattisgarh, affected by Maoist insurgency, will go to elections in two phases on November 12 and 20. Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram will vote on November 28. Rajasthan and Telangana, where Chief Minister KCR dissolved the assembly to call for early polls, will vote on December 7. Results for the elections in all the five states will be announced on December 11.

The model code of conduct, imposing restrictions for free and fair elections, was enforced as the announcement was made by Election Commissioner OP Rawat.

Here are the HIGHLIGHTS on the story:

Nov 11, 2018 13:36 (IST)

Maoists from Maharashtra, Telangana and Odisha have crossed into Chhattisgarh ahead of the first phase of polling on Monday in a bid to disrupt the elections, intelligence sources said today. Voting for the second phase is on November 20.

"The Maoists are choosing soft targets this time to create terror. The security forces are prepared to deal with them," a senior police officer told NDTV.

The Maoists triggered seven explosions today between two villages in Antagarh, 175 km from state capital Raipur, injuring a Border Security Force soldier. In a separate encounter that broke out at Bijapur today, a Maoist was killed and another was arrested.

"The PLGA can launch surprise attacks in 'grey areas', which are less sensitive. Their chief, Hidma, was last known to be active in Sukma," said the police officer who asked not to be named. He said at least 150 heavily-armed Maoists could be active in Sukma and Dantewada. The so-called People's Liberation Guerrilla Army or PLGA is the armed wing of the terrorist group Communist Party of India (Maoist).

The Maoists are known to deploy concealed spikes and other booby traps in the jungles to slow down the advance of security forces and election staff. Several traps laid by them have been uncovered in Bastar.

Nov 11, 2018 13:35 (IST)

The use of unmanned drones for the first time in Chhattisgarh ahead of elections has revealed the movement of Maoists in the area. Elections are due in Maoist-hit areas of Chhattisgarh tomorrow and the drones are being used to recce the area before security forces move in to sanitise the area for election officials.

Polling for 18 of Chhattisgarh's 90 seats - all located in Maoist-hit areas, will be held tomorrow. The rest will vote on November 20.

Intelligence reports say Maoists from Maharashtra, Telangana, Odisha and other states on the Maoist corridor are in Chhattisgarh ahead of first phase of elections. For more than a decade, Maoists have put a ban on voting by villagers and implement it by force.

This morning, Maoists triggered seven explosions and took on security forces in Kanker district, 175 km from state capital Raipur in which one of the insurgents died. A securityman was injured.

Photos sent from an unmanned drone show a group of Maoists moving in Kaushalnar -- deep inside the forests of Abujmaad. The area has practically been claimed by Maoists and there is practically no security presence.

Nov 11, 2018 13:33 (IST)

Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2018: Liquor Ban, Interest-Free Loans: How Parties Lure Voters In Chhattisgarh
Ban on liquor, interest-free loans, almost free rice and a 'Naxal-free' state -- political parties have tried every trick in the book to outdo each other with their poll promises as the voting begins Monday with Maoist-affected areas of Chhattisgarh for a multi-phased poll season across five states."

Nov 10, 2018 15:32 (IST)

Amit Shah Explains Why Congress Not Good For Chhattisgarh

The Raman Singh government in Chhattisgarh has made the state "almost free" of Maoists and developed it as a hub of power and cement production, BJP president Amit Shah said today as he released the party's manifesto for the state where the BJP has been in power for three terms.

He said a party that depends on Maoism as a medium for revolution will not succeed. "Those who think Maoism is revolution, they can never work for Chhattisgarh," Mr Shah said, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the opposition and the people who identify with the opposition's ideology as "urban Naxals" who live a lavish life, yet "come here" to mislead the youth of Chhattisgarh.

The people of Chhattisgarh will vote in two phases on November 12 and 20.

Nov 09, 2018 14:24 (IST)

Election Commission To Hold Talks With Mizoram Leaders, Officials
A high-level team of Election Commission or EC officials would be arriving in Mizoram on Friday to hold talks with top government officials and leaders of civil societies over the crisis that has rocked the poll arrangements in the state, official sources said."

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Nov 09, 2018 13:52 (IST)

In a last attempt to woo voters ahead of the first phase of polling in Chhattisgarh, the ruling BJP will release its "game changer" manifesto on Saturday with special focus on farmers and youth, state Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal said.

The 'Sanklap Patar' will be released by BJP president Amit Shah, Mr Agrawal, who heads the BJP's manifesto drafting committee, said on Friday.

Saturday is the last day of campaigning for the first phase of polling for 18 assembly seats in Chhattisgarh on Monday.

The second phase, for the remaining 72 constituencies, will be held on November 20. "It will be a game changer. The manifesto will put forth the vision for a new Chhattisgarh, which will be among the most developed states of the country by 2025," Mr Agrawal said.

Nov 04, 2018 15:08 (IST)

Telangana Elections 2018: Telangana Government Let Down Muslims On Promise Of Reservation: Congress
The TRS government in Telangana has let down Muslims on its promise of 12 per cent reservation in government jobs and educational institutions, state Congress president N Uttam Kumar Reddy alleged Saturday."

Nov 04, 2018 15:06 (IST)

TDP founder NT Rama Rao's wife has "requested" her husband to take rebirth "to save the self-respect of Telugu people".

In a letter addressed to her husband, Lakshmi Parvathi claimed TDP president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has given up the very ideology for which the party was formed by joining hands with the Congress and "requested" her husband to "take rebirth" to cleanse the politics and restore the self-respect of the people.

NT Rama Rao, popularly known as NTR, had formed TDP in 1982 with the single purpose of defeating the Congress. Within nine months, he stormed to power ending the virtual monopoly of the Congress in Andhra Pradesh.

Nov 02, 2018 20:54 (IST)

Renu Jogi, wife of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, today announced that she will contest the upcoming state assembly election from Kota as a candidate of her husband's party. Renu Jogi is a sitting Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Kota constituency. The Congress party has instead opted to field Vibhor Singh from the seat this time.

Nov 02, 2018 20:51 (IST)

BJP Releases Second List Of 28 Candidates For Telangana Assembly Elections
The latest list was finalised by the Central Election Committee of the BJP which met yesterday under the party chief Amit Shah in Delhi.

Nov 02, 2018 20:48 (IST)

3 Ministers Denied Tickets As BJP Issues Candidate List In Madhya Pradesh
The Bharatiya Janata Party today issued its first list of 177 candidates for the single-phase on November 28 Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections and dropped three ministers, including Urban Development Minister Maya Singh, from the list.

Nov 02, 2018 12:45 (IST)

Women block Dhola-Tinsukia highway and burn tyres in protest in Tinsukia. All Assam Bengali Youth Students Federation has called a 12-hour shutdown in the district today.

Nov 02, 2018 12:28 (IST)

Opposition wants a JPC on Rafale: Rahul Gandhi

One of you had pointed out that Dassault had said that HAL didn't have the land and Anil Ambani was given the contract because he had acquired land.
It is now revealed that the land was actually bought from the money of the contract that was given by Dassault to Anil Ambani... this is a clear-cut case of getting a kickback. Anil Ambani's account received 284 crores from Dassault
The Dassault CEO is clearly trying to protect PM Modi. Why has Dassault given money to Anil Ambani in advance to buy the land.
Now you also see how CBI is being handled to somehow manage a cover-up. It is obvious that there is now enough material to nail the culprits.
The fact of the matter is Anil Ambani has not bought the land. It is Dassault that has bought the land.

Nov 02, 2018 12:25 (IST)

Congress President Rahul Gandhi is holding a press conference on Rafale.

Nov 02, 2018 12:02 (IST)

Nov 02, 2018 11:45 (IST)

Congress Workers Upset Over Ticket Distribution Vandalise Party Office In Chhattisgarh
With assembly elections in the state inching closer, the political battle has intensified, not only among political rivals but within the parties as well."

On Thursday, Congress party workers created ruckus at the district party office in Bilaspur and protested against an alleged anomaly in ticket distribution for the upcoming assembly polls. In a similar incident, the party office in Raipur was vandalised by aggrieved workers, who vented out their anger against ticket allocation for one seat.

At the Bilaspur party office, Congress workers raised slogans against one of the party candidate who was given a ticket for one of the constituencies of the district. Slogans were also raised against senior party leader and Chhattisgarh Congress in-charge PL Punia.

Some protestors also broke chairs and ransacked the office of the Congress district president, while a large group staged a sit-in outside the district party office.

Nov 02, 2018 11:44 (IST)

BJP releases first list of 177 candidates for Madhya Pradesh elections. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan to contest from Budhni.

Nov 01, 2018 14:19 (IST)

Sharad Pawar, Chandrababu Naidu and Farooq Abdullah are holding press conference.

Nov 01, 2018 13:37 (IST)

The apex body of Bru refugees in Tripura has appealed to political parties in Mizoram to refrain from visiting the relief camps for poll campaigns, ahead of the November 28 elections to the 40-member Assembly.

R Laldawngliana, the vice president of Mizoram Bru Displaced People's Forum (MBDPF), said the community members were not keen on attending public meetings by parties from Mizoram.

"We do not welcome poll canvassing inside the camps. The members here are not looking forward to attending public meetings by the parties, just before the polls," he said.

Nov 01, 2018 08:30 (IST)

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday took a dig at Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his recent statement about Mr Chouhan's son, claiming that his name had figured in the Panama Papers.

While addressing a public rally in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua on Monday, Rahul Gandhi had claimed that Kartikey Chouhan was named in Panama papers. However, the very next day, the Congress president clarified that he "got confused" when he leveled allegations against the chief minister's son.

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