The recently concluded urban local body election in Odisha has laid bare a disturbing trend of political apathy by electorates in the urban centres. As low as 50 per cent voters turned out in Bhubaneswar while the figure was 48 percent in Berhampur. The trend has left political analyst worried, and political parties putting an accusing…Continue Reading
The campaigning for the upcoming elections to urban local bodies (ULBs) in Odisha has gained momentum with the State Election Commission (SEC) releasing the final list of candidates contesting the polls. There are 6,411 candidates in the fray for the elections to ULBs following withdrawal of nominations by 641 aspirants on the last day of…Continue Reading
As Odisha braces up for the upcoming urban elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has alleged that several corporator candidates of the party contesting in Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) have received threats to withdraw their candidature.As per reports, several BJP candidates have alleged that they are being lured with different offers as well as threatened…Continue Reading
As expected, the State Election Commission (SEC) on Friday announced the dates for the conduct of the urban local body (ULB) elections in Odisha.Announcing the dates, the State Election Commissioner (SEC) Aditya Prasad Padhi said that the elections to 106 Municipalities/NACs and three Municipal Corporations will be held on March 24, 2022.The general elections will…Continue Reading
Counting of votes for the urban local body elections commenced at 8 a.m. across the 10 southern districts of Tamil Nadu Counting of votes for the urban local body elections commenced at 8 a.m. across the 10 southern districts of Tamil Nadu The counting of votes for the Tamil Nadu urban local body elections in…Continue Reading
The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday released its poll manifesto, promising an ‘Urban Employment Guarantee Act’ on the lines of MNREGA and 33 per cent reservation for women in government jobs, besides a slew of benefits to farmers. The party released its manifesto — Samajwadi Vachan Patra — for the coming assembly elections, shortly after the…Continue Reading
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu BJP on Monday announced it would contest alone in the urban civic polls slated to be held on February 19 and asserted that its alliance with the AIADMK in the state remained intact. It is difficult to firm up seat sharing with the AIADMK for civic body polls considering several practical…Continue Reading