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An elderly woman in Meghalaya, where Assembly poll will be held later this month, has allegedly refused to accept freebies from contestants in East Khasi Hills district and has returned the 'gifts' given to her family. Purity Phawa, president of the women's organisation in her locality, reportedly even told candidates' agents in person that she wants to elect legislators and not distributors. Election to all the 60 seats in the state Assembly will be held on February 27 and counting will be held on March 2. Phawa's family, which resides at Lumdiengjri in West Shillong constituency, had reportedly received freebies from the agents of ruling National People's Party candidate Mohindro Rapsang and United Democratic Party (UDP) contest Paul Lyngdoh on January 28 and 30 respectively. I was not at home when the freebies arrived. When I returned, my daughter told me that the candidates had sent us a pressure cooker and two sets of imported bowls on January 28 and 30, Phawa told PTI o

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday sought the unopposed election of Rutuja Latke, the candidate of the Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena, in the November 3 Andheri East Assembly bypoll while MNS president Raj Thackeray appealed to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis not to field BJP's nominee to show reverence to the late MLA Ramesh Latke. The MNS' appeal to Fadnavis and its decision to not contest the bypoll has generated intense political discussion given Raj Thackeray's political rivalry with his cousin Uddhav Thackeray. The late Latke belonged to Shiv Sena. Notably, the last date for withdrawal of the nominations for the bypoll is October 17. Fadnavis said the proposition of Raj Thackeray will be discussed seriously with BJP leaders and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the final decision will be taken only after a discussion with senior leaders in BJP. He also said whenever there was a proper communication or appeal made to BJP, it was responded to ...

Over 86 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the bypoll to Huzurabad assembly constituency in Telangana on Saturday.As per the Election Commission's Voter Turnout app, 86.33 per cent voter turnout was reported till 7 pm.Huzurabad assembly constituency reported a total voter turnout of 61.66 per cent for the by-poll by 3:30 pm on Saturday, according to the Election Commission.Voting began at 7 am on Saturday amid stringent COVID-19 protocols.The result of the by-poll will be announced on November 2. Huzurabad seat fell vacant after former health minister Eatala Rajender resigned from ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and joined the BJP.On June 12, Rajender had submitted his resignation as Huzurabad MLA after he was sacked from the state Council of Ministers following allegations of land encroachments.The seat has become a battle of prestige for the ruling TRS and the Opposition alike.The Commission had reviewed the situations related to pandemic, flood, festivals, cold ...

New Delhi, 13 AprilThe results to the bypolls for nine legislative assembly seats across seven states have given opportunities in equal measure to rivals Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress to exult. The BJP won five of the nine seats, the Congress bagged three and Trinamool Congress one.Apart from Delhi, where the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lost a seat it had held, the other results largely followed the trend of ruling parties retaining seats in bypolls. Polling for these was on Sunday. The bypolls were part of the Election Commission's effort to fill all vacant assembly and Lok Sabha seats before the presidential elections in July.With Delhi scheduled for its civic polls on April 23, the result of the Rajouri Garden assembly seat was interpreted as evidence of a BJP resurgence. The three elected municipal bodies in Delhi are currently ruled by the BJP, while the AAP runs the Delhi government. The BJP-Shiromani Akali Dal joint candidate won Rajouri Garden, handsomely won by ..