assembly elections

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court demanding a ban on rallies by political parties ahead of the upcoming Assembly Elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur over fears of the spread of the new omicron variant.

With the Election Commission of India conducting the West Bengal election in a long-drawn 8-phase exercise and the Uttar Pradesh panchayat poll amid the Covid-19 pandemic, several political parties have alleged biases in the poll body’s functioning.

The Congress and Janata Dal (S) had formed a coalition government in the state after the 2018 Assembly elections. It fell in 2019 after 16 MLAs of both the Congress and the Janata Dal (S) resigned from the house after which the BJP came to power.

The Election Commission had announced the poll dates on February 26. The Assembly elections in these states will take place from March 27 to April 29- with the results to be declared on May 2.

Gujarat High Court has quashed an order of the Metropolitan Court Ahmedabad, in connection with a 13-year-old case of violation of model code of conduct during the assembly elections in 2007, directing the Meghaninagar Police Station to file a criminal complaint against state Home Minister Pradipsinha

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