Presidential Poll results 2022
Priyanka Gandhi to start Cong poll campaign in Himachal on Oct 10
Priyanka Gandhi is likely to hold the fort of the Congress in the state since Rahul Gandhi is leading the Bharat Jodo Yatra. The Congress is eyeing a comeback in the hill state and this will be the first election in the state which will be without Virbhadra Singh. However, the Congress has appointed his wife Pratibha Singh as the state president.
Office-bearers asked to resign for campaigning in Congress president poll
The guidelines says that Pradesh Returning Officer (PRO) will be the Polling Officer of their respective PCCs and shall be responsible for keeping order at the polling stations and to see that the election is fairly conducted. "Shri Mallikarjun Kharge and Dr. Shashi Tharoor are contesting the election of Congress President in their personal capacity. Therefore, delegates are free to elect any one of them, as per their choice, through Ballot Paper.
Ahead of Congress president poll, G-23 says time to strengthen party
"Leadership, Ideological clarity, narrative & transparent access to resources are pillars of 'A' political party, Given recent unfortunate events it's time to close ranks & strengthen @INCIndia recalling wise words of @CitiznMukherjee Y'Y& work for a Consensus & effective Presidency," Tewari said in his tweet.
Parties must work with spirit of 'nation first': President Kovind
At his farewell function in the Central Hall of Parliament, Outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind said that he remains eternally grateful to the people of India and for giving him an opportunity to serve the country as President. He thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and members of his Council of Ministers, VicePresident M. Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for their support during his tenure.
BJP to study cross-voting pattern during Presidential election
Over 100 MLAs cross-voted and more than a dozen opposition MPs voted in favour of Droupadi Murmu, the President-elect. As per the data, the Congress-led opposition got 20 votes despite having 45 votes in the Assam Assembly, in Bihar six MLAs cross-voted in favour of the NDA candidate as the strength of the ruling party is 127 but got 133 votes.
Festive mood at Droupadi Murmu's residence in Delhi
Folk artistes in traditional attires carying musical instruments from different parts of the country were seen celebrating Murmu's victory since the evening at her residence on Umashankar Dikshit Marg in the national capital.
Presidential poll: Congress to decide course of action against Gujarat MLAs who cross-voted
It is estimated that Murmu, who secured 121 votes from the state, has recieved BJP's 111, NCP's one, Bharatiya Tribal Party's two and Congress' seven votes. Whereas, Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha, who was supposed to get 64 votes - Congress' 63 and one from independent MLA Jignesh Mevani, secured 57 votes.
Hope Murmu functions as Custodian of Constitution without fear or favour: Yashwant Sinha
In a statement, he also thanked opposition political parties for choosing him as their consensus candidate in this election. "I also thank all members of the Electoral College who voted for me. I accepted the offer of Opposition parties solely guided by the philosophy of Karma Yoga preached by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita - 'Do your duty without expectation of the fruits thereof'.
Trinamool to abstain from voting in Vice Presidential poll
The decision was taken on Thursday afternoon at a meeting chaired by party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, which was attended by 33 out of the 35 Trinamool MPs. "Each member was given the opportunity to present his/her views in front of the Chief Minister. Thereafter, 85 per cent of the MPs present at the meeting voiced in favour of abstaining from voting in the Vice Presidential poll," Trinamool's national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee told mediapersons after the meeting.
Could have garnered more votes in support of Yashwant Sinha: Mamata
The chief minister's stand on the issue of Presidential Polls had been quite shifty since the beginning. She was the one to initiate the meeting of the opposition parties to field a united opposition candidate in the Presidential polls. Finally, the opposition zeroed in on Yashwant Sinha, who had to resign from Trinamool Congress's national vice- president post to contest the polls.
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