Assembly Elections 2023 highlights: Dy CM TS Singh Deo discloses joint leadership plan, backs CM Bhupesh Baghel for top spot

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"Our aim is to change the lives of our daughters and sisters. We have been making constant efforts to achieve this aim through 'Ladli Behna Yojana'. The money that is being given to women is further contributing towards strengthening the economy of the state," said Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Bhopal.

Three Observers - two General Observers and one Expenditure Observer were removed from their duties by the Election Commission today for misconduct and violation of the Observer's Code of Ethics. While the General Observers were deployed in Chattisgarh & Madhya Pradesh respectively, the Expenditure Observer was deployed in Mizoram: Sources

Chhattisgarh deputy chief minister TS Singh Deo said, "Congress has decided that it will fight the elections on joint leadership and this will be led by sitting CM Bhupesh Baghel...we are doing all the work together...if we win the elections, why can't the captain (Bhupesh Baghel) get the first preference? He is the first one on the line so if others are considered, that will be after him only."

Chhattisgarh Deputy CM & Congress leader TS Singh Deo in Bilaspur says, "Congress has decided that it will fight the elections on joint leadership and this will be led by sitting CM Bhupesh Baghel...we are doing all the work together...if we win the elections, why can't the captain (Bhupesh Baghel) get the first preference? He is the first one on the line so if others are considered, that will be after him only."

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar says, "It is visible that KCR's 10-year govt is coming to an end here... because of that Congress feels that they can come here as an alternative so they are playing their guarantee game which they did in Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka. In every state they made these promises, they have not fulfilled them and in every state where Congress is there, unemployment rate is high and investment is very low...Congress is making every state their ATM..."

"...Money should be sent directly to farmers because money from subsidies goes here and there...welfare of farmers is the goal of our lives, Congress did nothing for farmers..." said Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan while addressing a rally in Balaghat.

"She doesn't say a word in Rajasthan, where so many atrocities are taking place on women, especially Dalit. But Priyanka Vadra doesn't question their CM; instead she gives lectures outside," said Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Congress leader cornering the BJP-led central government over unemployment and inflation.

Exuding confidence that his party will win the Mizoram assembly polls, outgoing chief minister and Mizo National Front (MNF) president Zoramthanga on Friday said it will serve the state for the next five years in a more efficient way and with renewed vigour. The assembly elections for the 40-member assembly in the northeastern state were held on November 7. "We will retain power with the help of God and the people. We will lead and serve our state in a more efficient way and with renewed vigour," Zoramthanga said while addressing party workers at the MNF office in Aizawl.

"If people are threatened to vote then Mama's bulldozer is ready," Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan warns Congress while addressing a rally in Bijuri.

Union Minister and BJP leader Anurag Thakur held a roadshow on November 10. "In Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka, Congress said that they will give Rs 1,500 to women per month. But they didn't do it. Congress and its guarantee failed...It said that it would provide employment to 1 lakh people in Himachal. Congress and its guarantee failed...Chhattisgarh CM has taken a bribe of Rs 508 Crores under Mahadev app..."

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra won't understand what respecting women is about, said Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan.

Big industrialists don't provide employment, but businessmen who run small and medium scale manufacturing units, those who run shops, these people provide employment. There were lakhs of such small units in India but the BJP government came to power and started attacking these units," said Congress leader
RahulGandhi at an election rally in Satna, Madhya Pradesh.

It appears that the PM has been misinformed by someone, he has not been briefed correctly and that is why he used such an objectionable language," said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Congress government sympathising with terrorists" remark.

The BJP released its final list of 14 candidates for the November 30 assembly polls.The candidates in the final list include senior leader N Ramachander Rao, a former MLC, who has been fielded from Malkajgiri here.

In a major setback for the Congress, Jodhpur mayor Rameshwar Dadhich joined the BJP. Dadhich, who was a close associate of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, parted ways with the Congress after a 50-year-long association.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy, D K Shivakumar, will be campaigning in Telangana for Congress candidates in the poll-bound state on on November 10. Siddaramaiah will also address a public meeting in Kamareddy where the Congress has fielded its state president A Revanth Reddy.

Voting to be held again in one polling station on technical grounds. The state went to polls on November 7.