Hectic political
activities can be witnessed in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
and Union Territory of Puducherry ahead of the upcoming assembly
elections. Campaigning is gaining momentum in the four states and the
Union Territory. In Assam, ruling BJP has launched a star-studded
campaign. Senior leader and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home
Minister Amit Shah are addressing several rallies in Upper Assam today.
Mr. Shah will address rallies at Margherita and Nazira.
Union Minister Smriti Irani yesterday
addressed three election rallies and urged people to vote for NDA for
continuous development in the state. On the other hand, Senior Congress
leaders Jitendra Singh, Ripun Bora, Gaurav Gogoi are also campaigning
for party candidates in the State. Senior party leader and Chattisgarh
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will visit Dibrugarh today. Other parties
including AIUDF, Asom Gana Parishad, BPF, Assam Jatiya Parishad, Raijor
Dal and Left parties are also holding election rallies in Assam. 47
Assembly Constituencies in Assam, will go to polls on 27th of this month
during the first phase while voting on 39 Assembly seats in the State
will be held on 1st of April in the second phase.
In West Bengal, Senior leaders and star campaigners of BJP are holding a
series of public meetings and road shows today in the districts going
to polls in the first phase. Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Smriti
Irani held a public meeting at Manbazar assembly
constituency in Purulia. Afterwards, Ms Irani will be addressing two
rallies in Medinipur and Patashpur assembly constituencies today. Home
Minister Amit Shah will be taking part in a road show at Kharagpur of
West Medinipur this evening.
Candidates of the Left parties and
Trinamool Congress are also campaigning since morning. They are mainly
focusing on door to door campaign and rallies today. Chairman of the
Left Front Biman Basu will be in Jhargram. Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress
has postponed the manifesto release programme which was scheduled for
this evening. Polling will be held in 30 Assembly seats of West Bengal
in the first phase on 27th of this month while 30 Assembly
Constituencies of state will go to polls on 1st of April in the Second
Phase. The process of filing of nominations is underway for the Third
Phase of assembly elections in Assam and West Bengal.
Filing of nomination papers is also going on for the single-phase
assembly elections in Kerala, Tamil Nadu as well as the Union Territory
of Puducherry. All the 140 Assembly Constituencies of Kerala and 234
Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu along with 30 Assembly
Constituencies in Puducherry will go to polls together on 6th of
April. The Congress Party has announced the list of 21 candidates for
Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections. In 2016 Assembly elections, the party
contested on 41 Assembly constituencies as an ally of the DMK and
secured eight seats with 6.47 voting percentage. Four more names of
contestants are yet to be released by the party. This time Congress is
in direct contest with BJP on five seats, Coimbatore South, Karaikudi,
Udhagamandalam and three constituencies in Kanyakumari.
In the Union Territory of Puducherry, the DMK party has released a list
of 13 constituencies that they will contest in the upcoming assembly
elections and announced the name of 12 candidates. The counting of votes
in the four States and the Union Territory will take place on 2nd of
May
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