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Bye-elections to Nidhauli Kalan and Lakhimpur Assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will be held on November 20, the Election Commission announced on Monday. Both the seats have fallen vacant due to the deaths of sitting Samajwadi Party MLAs. According to the schedule announced by the EC, the notification be issued on October 23.
Last date for filing nominations is October 30 and scrutiny will be done the following day. The last date for withdrawal of candidatures is November 3. Counting of votes will take place on November 23.
The EC said that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) would be used to conduct the…
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi declared that the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh would taste defeat at the hands of his party in the 2012 Assembly elections.
Mr. Gandhi scotched rumours of a tie-up between the Congress and the BSP in the light of the latter’s support to the UPA government on the cut motion in Parliament.
Days after the BSP extended support to the UPA against opposition-sponsored cut motions in Parliament, AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi clarified that there is no pact between the Congress and the BSP. In fact, he said, there would be no pact with the…