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Polling for Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll begins
The counting of ballots will take place on June 26. A total of 15,69,240 voters will be exercising their franchise at 1,766 polling booths of which 296 are vulnerable. The bypoll for AAP-stronghold Sangrur was necessitated following the resignation of Bhagwant Mann, who won the Assembly election in February from Dhuri constituency, and became the Chief Minister.
Polling begins for Rampur, Azamgarh bypolls in UP
Both the seats fell vacant following the resignations of Mohd. Azam Khan and Akhilesh Yadav, both from the Samajwadi Party (SP). According to Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ajay Kumar Shukla, more than 35 lakh voters are eligible to cast their votes in Azamgarh and Rampur bypolls to decide the fate of 19 candidates.
Maharashtra CM Thackeray 'quits' official residence, returns to private home
The move came hours after his emotional appeal to the rebel group of Shiv Sena MLAs, led by Minister Eknath Shinde, that he (Thackeray) was ready to quit both as as CM and as party President, provided the rebels met him and made the demand. Thackeray - who tested Covid-19 positive this morning - also said that he had kept his resignation letter ready and any of the rebels could go and hand it over to the Governor.
ED accepts Sonia Gandhi's request to defer her questioning
She was to be questioned on June 23. As the ED has accepted her request, now she will be given a new date to get her statement recorded. In coming days the ED will decide the next summon to the Congress president. "She was suffering with Covid complications and was not fit for the questioning," said a source. Earlier, Rahul Gandhi was questioned for about 51 hours in five days in the same case.
Patnaik backs Murmu, appeals to all Odisha MLAs to support her
Patnaik, who is in Rome now, made this appeal on Twitter. "Appeal all the members of Odisha Legislative Assembly, cutting across party lines, to extend unanimous support to elect the daughter of #Odisha - Smt #DraupadiMurmu to the country's highest office," he tweeted, clearly indicating that his party will support the NDA candidate in the race for Raisina Hill.
Thackeray lobs emotional bomb at rebels, says ready to quit as CM, Sena chief
In a direct, emotional challenge to the group of rebels led by Minister Eknath Shinde who are presently in Assam, Thackeray lamented the present situation in which he said, "my own (Shiv Sainiks) don't want me as CM". "But why go to Surat or some other places to say this. Shinde could have just come and told me right here. I would have quit immediately," Thackeray said.
Talk of leadership change ends in Karnataka as Modi backs Bommai
Modi praised Bommai at a public rally and sent a message that the developmental activities in the state would continue under the leadership of Bommai, bringing the curtains down on the leadership change talk in the state. Modi stated that Karnataka will scale greater heights under the leadership of Bommai and the central government would stand by him.
Discontent grows in CPI(M) over support to Yashwant Sinha
The discontent was ignited by a comment from the CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, the party's sole Parliamentary representative from West Bengal, to a section of the media. He said that in a hurry to ensure a unanimous opposition candidate, a wrong choice was made. "It is true that our party wanted unity among all opposition parties. But all I can say right now is that the choice of candidate has not been right," he said.
Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde claims 40 Maha MLAs in Guwahati
"Myself and 39 other MLAs accompanied me. We are loyal to Balasaheb Thackeray's ideology of 'Hindutva' and we are keen to take it forward," the dissident Shiv Sena leader said, refusing to disclose details and their future course of action. When asked by the reporters why they have come to the BJP ruled Assam, Shinde said: "It is a nice place."
How serious is Mamata Banerjee about her oppn to Agnipath: question Congress, Left
According to the state Congress president in West Bengal and senior party Lok Sabha member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, if she is serious about her opposition on this count, she would bring in a resolution against it in the state Assembly and get it passed as done by the Rajasthan government.
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