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The counting of votes will take place on February 14 and on March 10.
The BJP on Wednesday announced its second list for the Uttarakhand assembly elections, fielding former state chief minister BC Khanduri’s daughter Ritu Bhushan Khanduri from Kotdwara. Khanduri, the sitting MLA from Yamkeshwar, was not part of the party’s first list, which had 59 candidates. With the latest list, the BJP has announced candidates for 68 out of the total 70 assembly seats in the state. The two seats for which the party is yet to announce its candidates are Doiwala and Tehri.
The Congress on Wednesday released its third list of 89 candidates for the Uttar Pradesh elections, with 40 per cent seats reserved for women. The party has already announced 255 candidates for the state assembly elections. It had 125 candidates in the first list and another 41 were declared in the second list. 37 women are included in the third list of candidates. The first and second list of Congress had 50 and 16 women respectively.
Shri Bhagwan Sharma alias Guddu Pandit, a two-time BSP MLA from Debai seat, has accused former UP Chief Minister Kalyan Singh’s son and Etah MP Rajveer Singh of getting his nomination rejected. Pandit had earlier alleged that the Samajwadi Party had denied him a ticket only on the behest of Rajveer Singh alias Raju Bhaiya. The nomination of Pandit, who is contesting as a Shiv Sena candidate, was rejected allegedly due to lack of Form B. Pandit said that there is no chance that he could forget to attach the said form and blamed Raju Bhaiya for the rejection. He also alleged that Raju Bhaiya can get him killed.
Shiromani Akali Dal on Wednesday fielded senior party leader Bikram Singh Majithia against Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu from Amritsar East and former CM Parkash Singh Badal from Lambi seat. Parkash Singh Badal will be the oldest candidate in the assembly elections to be held on February 20. Announcing Majithia’s candidature, party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal attacked Sidhu, saying his political career was coming to an end.
Meanwhile, Majithia expressed his gratitude to the SAD chief for fielding him from Amritsar East and tweeted, “A brave history of famines to defend the rights of Punjabis and protect them from anti-Punjab elements like @serryontopp Is.” Amritsar East will be the second seat from where Bikram Singh Majithia will contest. The second seat from where he will be fielding is Majitha assembly constituency. “Navjot Sidhu, be ready,” Sukhbir Badal told the Punjab Congress chief.
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