Bypoll season: BJP faces take a look at in Bihar, Maharashtra

By Express News Service

RAIPUR: Political temperature throughout six states is about to rise following the Election Commission’s announcement of by-elections for seven Assembly seats on November 3. Besides Bihar and Maharashtra, the opposite states embody UP (one in Gola Karan Nath in Lakhimpur Kheri), Telangana (Munigode/Nalgonda), Odisha (Dhamnagar-SC) and Haryana (Adampur).

Bihar and Maharashtra will witness two and one by-elections every, respectively. For the BJP it will likely be a testing floor, particularly after the social gathering’s break-up with Nitish Kumar-led JD-U a few months again. The seats going to the polls are Mokama and Gopalganj. 

Similarly in Maharashtra, the BJP will get a touch of the individuals’s temper following its ascension to energy with a Shiv Sena faction led by Eknath Shinde, in Andheri-East. In Bihar, the 2 by-elections shall be equally vital for the ruling ‘grand alliance’ that features the JD-U, RJD and Congress apart from 4 different events. As per the schedule introduced by the ECI, nominations will begin on Oct 7. Contestants can withdraw their names until Oct 17 and the polling will happen on Nov 3. The vote is due Nov 6.

The Mokama seat fell vacant after the termination of membership of RJD MLA Anant Singh following his conviction in a felony case. The demise of sitting BJP MLA Subhash Singh necessitated a by-poll in Gopalganj. 

While Mokama is taken into account an RJD bastion, Gopalganj had earlier been represented by the BJP for 4 consecutive phrases.  In Maharashtra, Andheri East belonged to Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latke, who died in May this 12 months in Dubai after a coronary heart assault.

While the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has fielded Latke’s spouse Rutuja within the election, the BJP is fielding former corporator Murji Patel.  The Andheri by-poll will happen earlier than the cash-rich civic physique BMC goes to the polls. It shall be a litmus take a look at for the Shiv Sena, which has cut up vertically after a revolt.

Bihar essential 
Bihar and Maharashtra will witness two and one by-polls every, respectively. For the BJP it will likely be a testing floor, particularly after the social gathering’s break-up with Nitish Kumar-led JD-U a few months again. The seats going to the polls are Mokama and Gopalganj. It shall be equally vital for the grand alliance

RAIPUR: Political temperature throughout six states is about to rise following the Election Commission’s announcement of by-elections for seven Assembly seats on November 3. Besides Bihar and Maharashtra, the opposite states embody UP (one in Gola Karan Nath in Lakhimpur Kheri), Telangana (Munigode/Nalgonda), Odisha (Dhamnagar-SC) and Haryana (Adampur).

Bihar and Maharashtra will witness two and one by-elections every, respectively. For the BJP it will likely be a testing floor, particularly after the social gathering’s break-up with Nitish Kumar-led JD-U a few months again. The seats going to the polls are Mokama and Gopalganj. 

Similarly in Maharashtra, the BJP will get a touch of the individuals’s temper following its ascension to energy with a Shiv Sena faction led by Eknath Shinde, in Andheri-East. In Bihar, the 2 by-elections shall be equally vital for the ruling ‘grand alliance’ that features the JD-U, RJD and Congress apart from 4 different events. As per the schedule introduced by the ECI, nominations will begin on Oct 7. Contestants can withdraw their names until Oct 17 and the polling will happen on Nov 3. The vote is due Nov 6.

The Mokama seat fell vacant after the termination of membership of RJD MLA Anant Singh following his conviction in a felony case. The demise of sitting BJP MLA Subhash Singh necessitated a by-poll in Gopalganj. 

While Mokama is taken into account an RJD bastion, Gopalganj had earlier been represented by the BJP for 4 consecutive phrases.  In Maharashtra, Andheri East belonged to Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latke, who died in May this 12 months in Dubai after a coronary heart assault.

While the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has fielded Latke’s spouse Rutuja within the election, the BJP is fielding former corporator Murji Patel.  The Andheri by-poll will happen earlier than the cash-rich civic physique BMC goes to the polls. It shall be a litmus take a look at for the Shiv Sena, which has cut up vertically after a revolt.

Bihar essential 
Bihar and Maharashtra will witness two and one by-polls every, respectively. For the BJP it will likely be a testing floor, particularly after the social gathering’s break-up with Nitish Kumar-led JD-U a few months again. The seats going to the polls are Mokama and Gopalganj. It shall be equally vital for the grand alliance