Election Mandate: Congress CEC meeting for Rajasthan polls held today

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced their candidate for the Budhni Assembly constituency on october 30. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan files his nomination papers from Budhni Assembly for the upcoming State Assembly elections. On November 17, the 230-member Madhya Pradesh assembly will vote in a single phase. Nominations were accepted beginning on October 21, and the deadline was Monday, October 30. (Image:PTI)

On October 30, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra pledged a series of initiatives, including the cancellation of Self-Help Group loans, subsidised cooking gas cylinders under a new plan, and free care for traffic accident victims if her party wins power following the Assembly elections. She also offered up to 200 units of free electricity if Congress retained power. (Image:PTI)

The Telangana Jana Samithi stated on Monday that it will back the Congress party in the next assembly elections, strengthening the Congress' struggle against the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS). The Jana Samithi party made this decision after meeting with Telangana Pradesh Congress chairman Revanth Reddy on Monday. The Jana Samithi President M Kodandaram said that his party will not run in the upcoming elections, but will instead back the Congress party in its fight against the ruling BRS. (Image:PTI)

Candidates for the 200-member Rajasthan Assembly began filing nomination papers today. The deadline for submitting nominations is November 6 and nominations would be examined on November 7. Candidates have until November 9 to withdraw their nominations. So far, the BJP has chosen 124 names while the Congress has finalised 105. Other smaller parties, such as the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, have issued 10 candidates, the Aam Aadmi Party has released 60 candidates, and the Bahujan Samaj Party has released 56 candidates. (Image:PTI)

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari spoke at a public meeting in Dampa Assembly Constituency, Mizoram, ahead of the Mizoram Assembly elections. Initially PM Narendra Modi was supposed to visit but he cancelled the visit at the last moment. (Image:PTI)