It is for the first time in Madhya Pradesh that bypolls are being held in as many as 28 Assembly seats in the 230-member House in one go, an official said. Our farmers’ body’s chief is with us. Voting for by-elections in Madhya Pradesh will be held from 7 am to 6 pm on Tuesday while adhering to the COVID-19 restrictions, an official said on Monday. According to Sharma, the Congress, on the other hand, has not been much impacted by the departure of Jyotiraditya Scindia and his aides. Despite the coronavirus scare, a 70.27 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Tuesday's byelections to 28 Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh, an official said.
Voting for by-elections to 28 Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh will be held from 7 am to 6 pm on Tuesday while adhering to the COVID-19 restrictions, an official said on Monday. Congress MLAs who quit from 25 seats are now in the fray as BJP candidates. The BJP won 109. Polling in Madhya Pradesh began at 7 am and will end at 6 pm, while adhering to the Covid-19 restrictions, an official said. A total of 355 candidates, including 12 ministers, are in the fray for bypolls to 28 seats in the state. In a marked departure from its usual stance, the IMF makes a plea for enhanced public expenditure that is debt-financed, but hidden within its recommendations is an agenda for private sector revival. A caste-based mobilisation had worked in its favour, given the tremendous insecurities Dalits and tribal people felt, which stemmed from the perception that provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (S.C./S.T. The last hour of voting will be for Covid-19 patients and people suspected to be suffering from the disease. The BJP, with 107 MLAs in MP assembly with an effective strength of 229, needs to win at least eight of these 28 seats to retain power in Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh (MP) Assembly bypoll result: The man who brought the Congress government tumbling down by quitiing it and joing the BJP, Jyotiraditya Scindia is under the spotlight today as counting of votes gets under way Tuesday morning for bypolls held for 28 Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh. Three other Congress MLAs followed the lead of Jyotiraditya Scindia and his supporters, and joined the BJP. 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The … Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar, BJP's Rajya Sabha member Jyotiraditya Scindia, state BJP chief V D Sharma, and former chief minister Uma Bharti were BJP's prominent campaigners. Photo: PTI, (Front row, left to right) Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar, BJP national vice president Prabhat Jha and BJP Rajya Sabha MP Jyotiraditya Scindia lighting a lamp to inaugurate the party’s membership drive in the Gohad Assembly constituency, in Gwalior on August 24. Print edition : October 09, 2020 T+ T-Kamal Nath, Congress leader and former Chief Minister, during a roadshow in Gwalior on September 18. It should be noted that as many as 355 candidates are in the fray for the 28 Madhya Pradesh Assembly seats.
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However, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s greatest strength is his media management and his distribution of sops. Both the Congress and the BJP are trying to outdo each other in mobilising voters even as they turn a blind eye to the physical distancing norms in place because of COVID-19. The Congress district president is with us. Shivraj Singh Chouhan is attempting a massive damage-control exercise through the announcement of generous incentives, including the following: 1.75 lakh beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana will be given the keys to their new homes; rations will be distributed to 37 lakh poor people who were hitherto not eligible to receive them; and Rs.4,600 crore has been earmarked to settle the crop insurance claims of nearly 20 lakh farmers. The Congress swept the Gwalior-Chambal belt in the 2018 Assembly elections, winning 27 of the 34 constituencies; 16 of them are now up for byelection. But Congress succeeded in forming the government with the support of four Independents, two BSP MLAs, and one SP MLA. Sharma, in attendance. And in challenging times like these, we need your support now more than ever. In-depth analysis of issues and events in India and around the world. Around 33,000 security personnel have been deployed in 19 districts. The counting of votes will take place on November 10. Against this backdrop, the Congress was able to cement its hold on the S.C. and S.T. The police treated them atrociously, while the government looked the other way. Meanwhile, the Congress has 87 legislators in the House. Source: PTI, Copyright © Zee Media Corporation Ltd. All rights reserved, Yes Bank share price has jumped 14% in just 5 days! They left behind a loan of Rs.8,000 crore for the Shivraj Singh government,” he said. Anando Bhakto. BJP gets 19 seats in Madhya Pradesh, seals assembly majority Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Scindia’s influence was clearly visible in results in Guna, his own parliamentary constituency. Move smoothly between articles as our pages load instantly. Covid pandemic offers a chance to construct better buildings for future. Both the Congress and the BJP are pulling out all the stops in the run-up to the byelections in 28 Assembly constituencies that will decide whether there will be a change of government in Madhya Pradesh. Click here to join our channel (@indianexpress) and stay updated with the latest headlines. The results will be an indicator of the effect of the Scindia factor in the changed political scenario in the state.