Stage set for bypolls in Mokama, Gopalganj, Adampur, Munugode, Gola, Dhamnagar, Andheri East

By PTI

PATNA/LUCKNOW/HYDERABAD: All eyes are on the bypolls for seven seats in six states, forward of voting on November 3. Their outcomes maintain symbolic significance for political events.

Chief ministers and different senior leaders made last-minute appeals to voters on Tuesday for his or her help in Mokama and Gopalganj of Bihar, Adampur of Haryana, Munugode of Telangana, Gola of Uttar Pradesh and Dhamnagar of Odisha.

In Andheri (East) of Maharashtra, the BJP has pulled out of the race after the Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray fielded the spouse of its deceased MLA Ramesh Latke from the constituency. Rutuja Latke is predicted to attain a simple victory within the election which is the primary after the latest break up within the Shiv Sena following a rebel by Eknath Shinde, who changed Thackeray because the Maharashtra chief minister. The counting of votes will happen on November 6.

BIHAR

Bihar’s Mokama and Gopalganj by-elections would be the first electoral contest after the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) snapped ties with the BJP in August and once more joined fingers with the RJD. 

The seats have been held by the RJD and the BJP respectively.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar urged voters of Mokama to help Neelam Devi, the RJD candidate and spouse of his former protégé Anant Kumar Singh whose disqualification has necessitated the by-election.

Kumar made the enchantment in a video message after he stayed away from the marketing campaign as a consequence of an harm.

“I have not been able to come myself, but I appeal to all people of Mokama to ensure a massive victory of Neelam Devi, the Mahagathbandhan candidate who is contesting on the RJD’s hurricane lamp symbol,” Kumar added.

Deputy CM and RJD inheritor obvious Tejashwi Yadav, nevertheless, led from the entrance and addressed a number of rallies.

Anant Kumar Singh was disqualified earlier this yr upon conviction in a case regarding the restoration of arms and explosives from his residence.

The BJP has nominated from the seat greenhorn Sonam Devi, spouse of an area muscleman Lalan Singh who has been opposing Anant Singh.

In Gopalganj, BJP has fielded Kusum Devi, the spouse of deceased social gathering MLA Subhash Singh.

The RJD has fielded Mohan Gupta, whereas Indira Yadav, spouse of Lalu Yadav’s brother-in-law Sadhu Yadav, is contesting as Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate.

The BJP marketing campaign was steered by its leaders and later Chirag Paswan, an estranged ally, canvassed in help of its candidates.

UTTAR PRADESH

The Gola Gorakhnath seat in Uttar Pradesh fell vacant after the dying of BJP MLA Arvind Giri on September 6.

With the BSP and the Congress preserving away from the bypolls, there appears to be a direct combat between the BJP and the Samajwadi Party The BJP has fielded Aman Giri, son of Arvind Giri, whereas the SP candidate is former Gola MLA Vinay Tiwari.

While it’s hoping to get sympathy votes, the BJP has not taken the competition frivolously and deputed as many as 40 star campaigners together with all main UP cabinet ministers and social gathering office-bearers.

On the final leg of electioneering on Monday, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath made guarantees on fee of cane dues and institution of Chhoti Kashi hall on the strains of Kashi Vishwanath and medical school.

HARYANA

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has been actively campaigning for Adampur Assembly bypolls in Haryana’s Hisar district, the place former chief minister Bhajan Lal’s grandson is amongst 22 candidates within the fray.

The bypolls have been necessitated after Kuldeep Bishnoi, the youthful son of Bhajan Lal, resigned as MLA from the seat and switched from the Congress to the BJP in August.

Bishnoi’s son Bhavya is contesting the bypolls as a BJP candidate.

The BJP, Congress, Indian National Lok Dal and Aam Aadmi Party are among the many key events contesting the bypolls.

BJP held a rally within the constituency on Tuesday that was addressed by Chief Minister Khattar and different leaders of the BJP and its ally JJP.

Leaving behind the political rivalry between the Bhajan Lal and Devi Lal households, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala additionally campaigned for Bhavya.

The JJP chief is the nice grandson of Devi Lal.

Congress leaders together with Bhupinder Singh Hooda and state unit chief Udai Bhan held a sequence of ballot conferences on the final day of campaigning, whereas AAP took out a roadshow.

The INLD additionally held a rally.

The INLD has fielded Congress insurgent Kurda Ram Nambardar.

AAP nominated Satender Singh, who converted from BJP after having earlier remained with Congress too.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann additionally campaigned in Adampur.

Khattar on Tuesday appealed to Adampur voters to make Bhavya victorious with a giant margin and warranted them no stone will likely be left unturned to make sure improvement.

TELANGANA

The Election Commission requested Telangana’s chief electoral officer to maintain a “close watch” on the Munugode Assembly constituency by “various enforcement agencies” amid allegations of makes an attempt to induce voters.

The course got here after the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Okay Rajagopal Reddy transferred Rs 5.24 crore from his family-owned agency’s account to 23 individuals and entities throughout the constituency, a cost denied by the latter.

The EC had on Saturday barred Telangana vitality minister Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy from campaigning for 48 hours for violating the ballot code after he allegedly threatened to cease welfare schemes if individuals don’t vote for the ruling TRS candidate.

The TRS, not too long ago renamed Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), goals to reveal its dominance in state politics and go nationwide with a giant win right here.

A loss would hamper not solely its nationwide plans but in addition embolden the opposition forward of the Assembly polls.

The BJP, in the meantime, hopes to provide a push to its plans to emerge as the choice to TRS with a victory in Munugode.

The social gathering is on a excessive following its victories in Dubbak and Huzurabad Assembly bypolls and in addition the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election over the last two years.

While 47 candidates are within the fray, the primary contest is confined to Reddy, who’s searching for re-election on a BJP ticket after quitting the Congress, former MLA Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy of TRS and Congress’ Palvai Sravanthi.

The BJP had deployed Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, state unit president and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar, social gathering MLAs Eatala Rajender and M Raghunandan Rao amongst different leaders for the marketing campaign.

The TRS too raised the pitch with a number of state ministers, MLAs and different leaders protecting each inch of Munugode.

TRS Working President Okay T Rama Rao even introduced that he would “adopt” the constituency and personally concentrate on its improvement.

Congress nominee Palvai Sravanthi is banking on the goodwill of her late father Palvai Govardhan Reddy who had served as Munugode MLA and as MP.

COLUMN | Odisha’s Dhamnagar meeting by-poll and the importance it holds for the BJD and the BJP

ODISHA

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had on Monday addressed voters in Dhamnagaris by the digital mode and promised that 5 years of labor will likely be accomplished in 18 months.

Patnaik who can be the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president urged them to elect a lady from the seat as “mothers work more efficiently.”

The BJD has fielded Abanti Das, the lone girl among the many complete 5 candidates.

BJP MLA Bishnu Charan Sethi’s dying necessitated the by-poll.

The saffron social gathering, banking on sympathy votes, has fielded Sethi’s son Suryabanshi Suraj.

The BJD gained all six Zilla Parishad seats and 9 of 11 wards of Dhamnagar Notified Area Council (NAC) within the panchayat and civic polls held in February and April respectively this yr.

The social gathering has additionally gained all bypolls since 2019.

“I am optimistic that the people will repeat it,” Patnaik mentioned.

The BJD’s official candidate is going through a insurgent as its former MLA Rajendra Das is within the fray as an Independent.

Both BJD and BJP have accused one another of violating the mannequin code of conduct and have filed complaints with the EC.

Out of the seven seats the place bypolls are being held, the BJP and the Congress held two seats every, whereas one seat every was held the BJD, Shiv Sena and RJD.

PATNA/LUCKNOW/HYDERABAD: All eyes are on the bypolls for seven seats in six states, forward of voting on November 3. Their outcomes maintain symbolic significance for political events.

Chief ministers and different senior leaders made last-minute appeals to voters on Tuesday for his or her help in Mokama and Gopalganj of Bihar, Adampur of Haryana, Munugode of Telangana, Gola of Uttar Pradesh and Dhamnagar of Odisha.

In Andheri (East) of Maharashtra, the BJP has pulled out of the race after the Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray fielded the spouse of its deceased MLA Ramesh Latke from the constituency. Rutuja Latke is predicted to attain a simple victory within the election which is the primary after the latest break up within the Shiv Sena following a rebel by Eknath Shinde, who changed Thackeray because the Maharashtra chief minister. The counting of votes will happen on November 6.

BIHAR

Bihar’s Mokama and Gopalganj by-elections would be the first electoral contest after the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) snapped ties with the BJP in August and once more joined fingers with the RJD. 

The seats have been held by the RJD and the BJP respectively.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar urged voters of Mokama to help Neelam Devi, the RJD candidate and spouse of his former protégé Anant Kumar Singh whose disqualification has necessitated the by-election.

Kumar made the enchantment in a video message after he stayed away from the marketing campaign as a consequence of an harm.

“I have not been able to come myself, but I appeal to all people of Mokama to ensure a massive victory of Neelam Devi, the Mahagathbandhan candidate who is contesting on the RJD’s hurricane lamp symbol,” Kumar added.

Deputy CM and RJD inheritor obvious Tejashwi Yadav, nevertheless, led from the entrance and addressed a number of rallies.

Anant Kumar Singh was disqualified earlier this yr upon conviction in a case regarding the restoration of arms and explosives from his residence.

The BJP has nominated from the seat greenhorn Sonam Devi, spouse of an area muscleman Lalan Singh who has been opposing Anant Singh.

In Gopalganj, BJP has fielded Kusum Devi, the spouse of deceased social gathering MLA Subhash Singh.

The RJD has fielded Mohan Gupta, whereas Indira Yadav, spouse of Lalu Yadav’s brother-in-law Sadhu Yadav, is contesting as Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate.

The BJP marketing campaign was steered by its leaders and later Chirag Paswan, an estranged ally, canvassed in help of its candidates.

UTTAR PRADESH

The Gola Gorakhnath seat in Uttar Pradesh fell vacant after the dying of BJP MLA Arvind Giri on September 6.

With the BSP and the Congress preserving away from the bypolls, there appears to be a direct combat between the BJP and the Samajwadi Party The BJP has fielded Aman Giri, son of Arvind Giri, whereas the SP candidate is former Gola MLA Vinay Tiwari.

While it’s hoping to get sympathy votes, the BJP has not taken the competition frivolously and deputed as many as 40 star campaigners together with all main UP cabinet ministers and social gathering office-bearers.

On the final leg of electioneering on Monday, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath made guarantees on fee of cane dues and institution of Chhoti Kashi hall on the strains of Kashi Vishwanath and medical school.

HARYANA

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has been actively campaigning for Adampur Assembly bypolls in Haryana’s Hisar district, the place former chief minister Bhajan Lal’s grandson is amongst 22 candidates within the fray.

The bypolls have been necessitated after Kuldeep Bishnoi, the youthful son of Bhajan Lal, resigned as MLA from the seat and switched from the Congress to the BJP in August.

Bishnoi’s son Bhavya is contesting the bypolls as a BJP candidate.

The BJP, Congress, Indian National Lok Dal and Aam Aadmi Party are among the many key events contesting the bypolls.

BJP held a rally within the constituency on Tuesday that was addressed by Chief Minister Khattar and different leaders of the BJP and its ally JJP.

Leaving behind the political rivalry between the Bhajan Lal and Devi Lal households, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala additionally campaigned for Bhavya.

The JJP chief is the nice grandson of Devi Lal.

Congress leaders together with Bhupinder Singh Hooda and state unit chief Udai Bhan held a sequence of ballot conferences on the final day of campaigning, whereas AAP took out a roadshow.

The INLD additionally held a rally.

The INLD has fielded Congress insurgent Kurda Ram Nambardar.

AAP nominated Satender Singh, who converted from BJP after having earlier remained with Congress too.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann additionally campaigned in Adampur.

Khattar on Tuesday appealed to Adampur voters to make Bhavya victorious with a giant margin and warranted them no stone will likely be left unturned to make sure improvement.

TELANGANA

The Election Commission requested Telangana’s chief electoral officer to maintain a “close watch” on the Munugode Assembly constituency by “various enforcement agencies” amid allegations of makes an attempt to induce voters.

The course got here after the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Okay Rajagopal Reddy transferred Rs 5.24 crore from his family-owned agency’s account to 23 individuals and entities throughout the constituency, a cost denied by the latter.

The EC had on Saturday barred Telangana vitality minister Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy from campaigning for 48 hours for violating the ballot code after he allegedly threatened to cease welfare schemes if individuals don’t vote for the ruling TRS candidate.

The TRS, not too long ago renamed Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), goals to reveal its dominance in state politics and go nationwide with a giant win right here.

A loss would hamper not solely its nationwide plans but in addition embolden the opposition forward of the Assembly polls.

The BJP, in the meantime, hopes to provide a push to its plans to emerge as the choice to TRS with a victory in Munugode.

The social gathering is on a excessive following its victories in Dubbak and Huzurabad Assembly bypolls and in addition the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election over the last two years.

While 47 candidates are within the fray, the primary contest is confined to Reddy, who’s searching for re-election on a BJP ticket after quitting the Congress, former MLA Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy of TRS and Congress’ Palvai Sravanthi.

The BJP had deployed Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, state unit president and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar, social gathering MLAs Eatala Rajender and M Raghunandan Rao amongst different leaders for the marketing campaign.

The TRS too raised the pitch with a number of state ministers, MLAs and different leaders protecting each inch of Munugode.

TRS Working President Okay T Rama Rao even introduced that he would “adopt” the constituency and personally concentrate on its improvement.

Congress nominee Palvai Sravanthi is banking on the goodwill of her late father Palvai Govardhan Reddy who had served as Munugode MLA and as MP.

COLUMN | Odisha’s Dhamnagar meeting by-poll and the importance it holds for the BJD and the BJP

ODISHA

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had on Monday addressed voters in Dhamnagaris by the digital mode and promised that 5 years of labor will likely be accomplished in 18 months.

Patnaik who can be the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president urged them to elect a lady from the seat as “mothers work more efficiently.”

The BJD has fielded Abanti Das, the lone girl among the many complete 5 candidates.

BJP MLA Bishnu Charan Sethi’s dying necessitated the by-poll.

The saffron social gathering, banking on sympathy votes, has fielded Sethi’s son Suryabanshi Suraj.

The BJD gained all six Zilla Parishad seats and 9 of 11 wards of Dhamnagar Notified Area Council (NAC) within the panchayat and civic polls held in February and April respectively this yr.

The social gathering has additionally gained all bypolls since 2019.

“I am optimistic that the people will repeat it,” Patnaik mentioned.

The BJD’s official candidate is going through a insurgent as its former MLA Rajendra Das is within the fray as an Independent.

Both BJD and BJP have accused one another of violating the mannequin code of conduct and have filed complaints with the EC.

Out of the seven seats the place bypolls are being held, the BJP and the Congress held two seats every, whereas one seat every was held the BJD, Shiv Sena and RJD.